CONTENT DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM

• US 20130060913A1
• Filed: 10/24/2012
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ciright Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ciright Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Callahan, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US13/659,220
• Publication Number:
  US 20130060913A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/00 Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied

Abstract

A system is adapted to manage the distribution of content to one or more cooperating media/substrates. The system receives data representative of environment conditions for one or more cooperating media/substrates adapted to display digital content. The media/substrates may be located in public spaces. The system compares the received data representative of environment conditions with selection criteria to identify content for distribution to the media/substrates. The selected content is distributed to the one or more cooperating media/substrates.

Claims

1. A content management and distribution system, comprising:

one or more computing processors; and

a computing memory communicatively coupled with the one or more computing processors, the computing memory having stored thereon computer executable instructions that cause the content management and distribution system to perform operations, comprising;

selecting by the content management and distribution system based upon one or more display system factors comprising any of the location of the one or more display systems, physical size of the one or more display systems, physical orientation of the one or more display systems, and the operating status of the one or more display systems, a set of selection criteria to be used in identifying information for display at the one or more display systems;

receiving by the content management and distribution system data representative of one or more environment conditions that is collected by one or more environment condition sensing devices operatively cooperating with the one or more display systems, the environment conditions comprising one or more physical environment conditions at one or more sporting events within a predetermined distance from the one or more display systems comprising;

the duration of time of the one or more sporting events, the status of the weather at the one or more sporting events, the number of people in attendance at the one or more sporting events, the location of one or more participants of the one or more sporting events, the activity of one or more participants of the one or more sporting events, the status of a match of the one or more sporting events, one or more scores of the one or more sporting events, the time of day of the one or more sporting events, the noise level at the one or more sporting events, and the number of participants of the one or more sporting events, and the occurrence of one or more commercial transactions at the one or more sporting events;

applying by the content management and distribution system the selected set of selection criteria and the data representative of the one or more environment conditions in querying content data residing on the data store to select content for distribution; and

communicating the selected content to one or more display systems.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, further wherein the selected content comprises any of text content, graphic content, video content, audio content, and a combination thereof.

3. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein the one or more display systems comprise a digital score board used in a sporting event.

4. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein the one or more display systems comprise any of a mobile phone, a smart-phone, a kiosk, a directory display unit, an emergency information display unit, an electronic billboard, an electronic bulletin board, a television, an interactive ordering unit, a tablet computing device, a personal computer, and a mobile-enabled watch device.

5. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein the one or more display systems comprise one or more electronic displays operatively connected to a digital communications network.

6. The system as recited in claim 5, wherein the digital communications network comprises an open communications network.

7. The system as recited in claim 5, wherein the selected content comprises any of a coupon, an advertisement, real-time performance data of the one or more participants of the one or more sporting events, sustainability data about the one or more sporting events, promotional offers regarding the purchase and/or redemption of one or more products and/or services from one or more commercial vendors located within a predetermined distance from the one or more display systems, marketing information about the one or more participants of the one or more sporting events, statistical information about the past performance of one or more participants of the one or more sporting events, and marketing information about the location of the sporting event.

8. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the selected content is selected based on the one or more environment conditions comprising the one or more scores of the one or more sporting events.

9. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the selected content is selected based on the one or more environment conditions comprising the occurrence of one or more commercial transactions at the one or more sporting events.

10. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one instruction for tracking content that is distributed to the one or more display system and storing data representative of the tracked content.

11. The system as recited in claim 10, further comprising at least one instruction for generating reporting data from the data representative of the tracked content.

12. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more display systems are adapted to receive content according to one or more instructions provided by the content management and distribution system and display the received content.

13. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more display systems further comprise at least one sensor for sensing the environment conditions proximate to the display systems.

14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the at least one sensor for sensing the environment conditions is adapted to sense data indicative of at least one of the following comprising:

a number of persons passing by, a number of vehicles passing by, weather conditions, a location, and commercial activity.

15. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more display systems comprises a display for displaying content.

16. The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the display systems comprise at least one of the following:

a light emitting diode display, a liquid crystal display, a surface having organic paint thereon, or a surface having recyclable paint thereon.

17. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the display is adapted to electronically receive content from the content management and distribution system.

18. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein of the one or more display systems comprise comprises a display adapted to display content, an environment condition data aggregator adapted to sense the one or more environment conditions that are within a predetermined distance from the one or more display systems, and a communications component adapted to communicate with the content management and distribution system.

19. The system as recited in claim 18, wherein the one or more display systems further comprise a data store.

20. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more display systems are adapted to receive input from an operator, the input comprising at least one of the following:

voice;

text;

biometric data, payment data, and identification data.

21. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising one or more data stores operable to store data comprising at least one of the following:

content for distribution, guidelines for distributing content, tracking data identifying content previously distributed, and reporting data.

22. A computer implemented method for managing and/or distributing content, comprising:

at a computing system, selecting by the content management and distribution system based upon one or more display system factors comprising any of the location of the one or more display systems, physical size of the one or more display systems, physical orientation of the one or more display systems, and the operating status of the one or more display systems, a set of selection criteria to be used in identifying information for display at the one or more display systems;

at the computing system, receiving by the content management and distribution system data representative of one or more environment conditions that is collected by one or more environment condition sensing devices operatively cooperating with the one or more display systems, the environment conditions comprising one or more physical environment conditions at one or more sporting events comprising within a predetermined distance from the one or more display systems comprising;

the duration of time of the one or more sporting events, the status of the weather at the one or more sporting events, the number of people in attendance at the one or more sporting events, the location of one or more participants of the one or more sporting events, the activity of one or more participants of the one or more sporting events, the status of a match of the one or more sporting events, one or more scores of the one or more sporting events, the time of day of the one or more sporting events, the noise level at the one or more sporting events, and the number of participants of the one or more sporting events, and the occurrence of one or more commercial transactions at the one or more sporting events;

at the computing system, comparing the received data representative of environment conditions with selected selection criteria to select content for distribution; and

at the computing system, communicating the selected content to the one or more cooperating display systems.

23. The method as recited in claim 22, further comprising associating an identifier with each of the one or more cooperating display systems.

24. The method as recited in claim 22, wherein receiving data representative of one or more environment conditions of one or more cooperating display systems comprises receiving data corresponding to traffic in the vicinity of the one or more display systems.

25. The method as recited in claim 22, further comprising receiving selection criteria from a cooperating content provider.

26. The method as recited in claim 22, further comprising tracking the content that is distributed to the one or more cooperating display systems and storing the data representative of the tracked content.

27. The method as recited in claim 26, further comprising generating reporting data from the data representative of the tracked content.

28. The method as recited in claim 22, wherein receiving data representative of environment conditions comprises receiving data representative of environment conditions according to a schedule.

29. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by a computing system cause the computing system to perform operations, comprising:

at a computing system, selecting by the content management and distribution system based upon one or more display system factors comprising any of the location of the one or more display systems, physical size of the one or more display systems, physical orientation of the one or more display systems, and the operating status of the one or more display systems, a set of selection criteria to be used in identifying information for display at the one or more display systems;

at a computing system, receiving by the content management and distribution system data representative of one or more environment conditions that is collected by one or more environment condition sensing devices operatively cooperating with the one or more display systems, the environment conditions comprising one or more physical environment conditions at one or more sporting events comprising within a predetermined distance from the one or more display systems comprising;

the duration of time of the one or more sporting events, the status of the weather at the one or more sporting events, the number of people in attendance at the one or more sporting events, the location of one or more participants of the one or more sporting events, the activity of one or more participants of the one or more sporting events, the status of a match of the one or more sporting events, one or more scores of the one or more sporting events, the time of day of the one or more sporting events, the noise level at the one or more sporting events, and the number of participants of the one or more sporting events, and the occurrence of one or more commercial transactions at the one or more sporting events;

at the computing system, comparing the received environment condition data with one or more environment condition criteria to select content for distribution; and

at the computing system, communicating the selected content to the one or more cooperating display systems.