OPTICAL DISK DEVICE AND ADVERTISING SYSTEM

• US 20100183283A1
• Filed: 01/14/2010
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Funai Electric Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Funai Electric Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: Yasunaga, Satoshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,244,096 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2541 Blu-ray discs; Blue laser DVR discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded

Abstract

An optical disk device includes a reproduction component, a determination component, a memory component, a communication component, and an output component. The reproduction component reproduces contents stored in optical disks. The determination component determines genres of the contents while the reproduction component reproduces the contents. The memory component stores a first table that associates each of the genres that have been determined by the determination component with a reproduction counter that indicates a number of times the reproduction component has reproduced the contents that belong to each of the genres. The communication component downloads from a server advertising data corresponding to one of the genres stored in the first table. The one of the genres is selected based on the reproduction counter of the first table. The output component outputs an advertisement based on the advertising data that is downloaded by the communication component.

Claims

1. An optical disk device comprising:

a reproduction component configured to reproduce contents stored in optical disks that are loaded in the optical disk device;

a determination component configured to determine genres of the contents while the reproduction component reproduces the contents;

a memory component configured to store a first table that associates each of the genres that have been determined by the determination component with a reproduction counter that indicates a number of times the reproduction component has reproduced the contents that belong to each of the genres;

a communication component configured to communicate with a server via a network, the communication component being further configured to download from the server advertising data corresponding to one of the genres stored in the first table, the one of the genres being selected based on the reproduction counter of the first table; and

an output component configured to output an advertisement based on the advertising data that is downloaded by the communication component.

2. The optical disk device according to claim 1, further comprising

a selection component configured to select the one of the genres with a reproduction counter that is greater than a predetermined number of times from the genres stored in the first table,

the communication component being further configured to send the one of the genres that has been selected by the selection component to the server, and download the advertising data corresponding to the one of the genres that has been selected by the selection component.

3. The optical disk device according to claim 1, further comprising

a selection component configured to select the one of the genres with a reproduction counter that is the highest of the reproduction counters stored in the first table,

the communication component being further configured to send the one of the genres that has been selected by the selection component to the server, and download the advertising data corresponding to the one of the genres that has been selected by the selection component.

4. The optical disk device according to claim 1, wherein

the output component is configured to output the advertisement to a display device that is electrically connected to the optical disk device to display the advertisement on the display device.

5. The optical disk device according to claim 1, wherein

the communication component is further configured to communicate with the server to download the advertising data when the optical disk is loaded in the optical disk device and a browser software stored in the optical disk is activated.

6. The optical disk device according to claim 5, wherein

the communication component is configured to communicates with the server to download the advertising data when a BD-Live compatible Blu-Ray disc, which corresponding to the optical disk, is loaded in the optical disk device and the browser software stored in the Blu-Ray disc is activated.

7. The optical disk device according to claim 1, wherein

the memory component is further configured to store a second table that associates each of content titles of the contents with a genre of each of the contents,

the determination component being further configured to acquire a content title of a content from the optical disk when the reproduction component reproduces the content, the determination component being further configured to determine the genre of the content corresponding to the content title that is acquired from the optical disk based on the second table.

8. The optical disk device according to claim 7, wherein

the communication component is configured to communicate with the server to download the advertising data when a BD-Live compatible Blu-Ray disc, which corresponding to the optical disk, is loaded in the optical disk device and the browser software stored in the Blu-Ray disc is activated.

9. An advertising system comprising:

a server electrically connected to a network, the server including

a memory configured to store advertising data and genres that are mutually associated with each other, and

a reply component configured to receive a genre via the network, and send the advertising data corresponding to the genre that is stored in the memory; and

an optical disk device electrically connected to the server via the network, the optical disk device including

a reproduction component configured to reproduce contents stored in optical disks that are loaded in the optical disk device;

a determination component configured to determine genres of the contents while the reproduction component reproduces the contents;

a memory component configured to store a first table that associates each of the genres that have been determined by the determination component with a reproduction counter that indicates a number of times the reproduction component has reproduced the contents that belong to each of the genres;

a communication component configured to communicates with the server via the network, the communication component being further configured to download from the server the advertising data corresponding to one of the genres stored in the first table, the one of the genres being selected based on the reproduction counter of the first table; and

an output component configured to output an advertisement based on the advertising data that is downloaded by the communication component.

10. The advertising system according to claim 9, wherein

the reply component of the server is further configured to receive the one of the genres that is sent from the communication component of the optical disk device, read the advertising data corresponding to the one of the genres from the memory of the server, and reply to the communication component of the optical disk device with the advertising data that is read from the memory of the server.

11. The advertising system according to claim 10, wherein

the memory component of the optical disk device is further configured to store a second table that associates each of content titles of the contents with a genre of each of the contents,

the determination component of the optical disk device being further configured to acquires a content title of a content from the optical disk when the reproduction component of the optical disk device reproduces the content, the determination component of the optical disk device being further configured to determine the genre of the content corresponding to the content title that is acquired from the optical disk based on the second table.

12. The advertising system according to claim 11, wherein

the communication component of the optical disk device is configured to communicate with the server to download the advertising data when a BD-Live compatible Blu-Ray disc, which corresponding to the optical disk, is loaded in the optical disk device and the browser software stored in the Blu-Ray disc is activated.

13. An advertising method comprising:

reproducing contents stored in optical disks that are loaded in an optical disk device;

determining genres of the contents during reproducing the contents;

storing a first table that associates each of the genres that have been determined with a reproduction counter that indicates a number of times the contents that belongs to each of the genres have been reproduced;

downloading advertising data corresponding to one of the genres stored in the first table from a server that is connected to the optical disk device via a network, the one of the genres being selected based on the reproduction counter of the first table; and

outputting an advertisement based on the advertising data that is downloaded.