Digital signage and gaming services to comply with federal and state alcohol and beverage laws and regulations

• US 20100042505A1
• Filed: 08/15/2008
• Published: 02/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TouchTunes Music Corporation (The Octave Music Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: National Broadcast Media Corp.
• Inventors: Straus, Stephen D.
• Granted Patent: US 10,290,006 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.730
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0248 Avoiding fraud
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0252 based on events or environment, e.g. weather or festivals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0274 Split fees
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

Methods and systems providing digital signage and interactive gaming services in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations are described. A service fee is collected from a retailer, and a service fee may or may not be collected from a retailer (e.g., a bar). An advertising fee is collected from a first advertising provider. The first advertising provider is involved in alcohol distribution/wholesaling or manufacturing. A second advertising fee from a second advertising provider is collected. The second advertising provider is involved in a non-alcohol related industry. A portion of a subscription fee is collected based on a separate source of fees (e.g., text message or jukebox fee) received from a patron. The message may contain information indicating that the patron wishes to pay a service fee. Revenue sharing is implemented by distributing a portion of the service fee to the retailer and distributing a portion of the advertising fee from the second advertising provider to the retailer in compliance with federal and state laws.

Claims

1. A method of providing advertisements, the method comprising:

receiving advertisements at a data center, the advertisements to be displayed based on receipt of advertising fees, wherein at least one of the advertisements is a alcoholic beverage advertisement;

sending at least one advertisement from the data center to a display processor via a packet data network; and

integrating the advertisement in a display window with video using the display processor such that the advertisement appears on a portion of a display in a retail establishment of a retailer while the video is playing and the retail establishment is selling alcoholic beverages and while complying with legal regulations relating to alcoholic beverages.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving one or more messages from one or more individuals in the retail establishment in response to content seen by the one or more individuals.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving one or more messages from one or more individuals in the retail establishment comprises:

sending the one or more messages from the one or more individuals wirelessly to a telecommunications tower; and

forwarding the one or more messages received wirelessly to the data center.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a first service provider and a second service provider share revenue based on the transmission of messages.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first service provider comprises an SMS aggregator service provider and the second service provider comprises a telecommunications service provider.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving advertisements comprises receiving at least one advertisement from an alcoholic beverage advertiser and at least one ad from at least one non-alcoholic beverage advertiser.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a first advertising fee associated with the first advertisement message from the first advertising provider is not to be distributed to the retailer, the first advertisement message being the alcoholic beverage advertisement.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the packet data network comprises the Internet.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a first advertisement message from a first advertising provider;

receiving a second advertisement message from a second advertising provider;

receiving a second message from a remote client at the retail establishment;

combining the second message with the first advertising message and the second advertisement message to produce an aggregated message; and

transferring the aggregated message to the display processor via the data center for displaying the aggregated message on the display.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a service fee is collected from a retailer and the first and second advertisement messages are shown on the display based on advertisement fees.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the first message comprises an SMS message, and further comprising sending a response message to a device identified as a sender of the SMS message.

12. An advertising system having one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed, cause the system to perform a method comprising:

receiving advertisements at a data center, the advertisements to be displayed based on receipt of advertising fees, wherein at least one of the advertisements is a alcoholic beverage advertisement; and

sending at least one advertisement from the data center to a display processor via a packet data network;

integrating the advertisement in a display window with video using the display processor such that the advertisement appears on a portion of a display in a retail establishment of a retailer while the video is playing and the retail establishment is selling alcoholic beverages and while complying with legal regulations relating to alcoholic beverages.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises receiving one or more messages from one or more individuals in the retail establishment in response to content seen by the one or more individuals.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the method of receiving one or more messages from one or more individuals in the retail establishment further comprises:

sending the one or more messages from the one or more individuals wirelessly to a telecommunications tower; and

forwarding the one or more messages received wirelessly to the data center.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein a first service provider and a second service provider share revenue based on the transmission of messages.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first service provider comprises an SMS aggregator service provider and the second service provider comprises a telecommunications service provider.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein receiving advertisements comprises receiving at least one advertisement from an alcoholic beverage advertiser and at least one ad from at least one non-alcoholic beverage advertiser.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein a first advertising fee associated with the first advertisement message from the first advertising provider is not to be distributed to the retailer, the first advertisement message being the alcoholic beverage advertisement.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the packet data network comprises the Internet.

20. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a first advertisement message from a first advertising provider;

receiving a second advertisement message from a second advertising provider;

receiving a second message from a remote client at the retail establishment;

combining the second message with the first advertising message and the second advertisement message to produce an aggregated message; and

transferring the aggregated message to the display processor via the data center for displaying the aggregated message on the display.

21. The system of claim 12, wherein a service fee is collected from a retailer and the first and second advertisement messages are shown on the display based on advertisement fees.

22. The system of claim 12, wherein the first message comprises an SMS message, and further comprising sending a response message to a device identified as a sender of the SMS message.