METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMBEDDING ADVERTISEMENTS IN AUDIO FILES FOR INTERNET AND NETWORK DISTRIBUTION

• US 20130254042A1
• Filed: 05/17/2013
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Patent , LLC
• Original Assignee: Patent , LLC
• Inventors: Sharp, Michael A.
• Application Number:
  US13/897,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20130254042A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.69
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

A method for distribution of advertising that includes combining an audio data file that produces an advertising message when processed with a data file that produces a performance of a musical composition when processed. Alternatively the invention may be viewed as a method for distribution of music which includes providing a server connected to a computer network, permitting message data files to be provided for a fee paid by the party providing the message, purchasing rights to multimedia data files from owners of such rights and making available to end users data files comprising a message and a licensed multimedia file by a connection to the network server. Preferably the method provides a multimedia file that comprises a musical composition. An especially preferred embodiment provides a multimedia data file that is an MP3 file comprising a musical composition.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media storing a media file suitable for transmission over a computer network, the media file comprising:

a first data portion configured to deliver a commercial advertising message to a user when executed; and

a second data portion configured to deliver a non-commercial audio experience to a user when executed;

wherein the media file is configured such that the first and second data portions are executed each time the user executes the media file.

2. The media file of claim 1, wherein the media file is in a compressed file format.

3. The media file of claim 1, wherein the media file is in a way format.

4. The media file of claim 1, wherein the media file is in a MP3 format.

5. The media file of claim 1, wherein the media file can be transferred or copied by the user from one multimedia device to another.

6. The media file of claim 1, wherein the non-commercial audio experience comprises a multimedia experience.

7. The media file of claim 1, wherein the commercial advertising message is from about three seconds to about sixty seconds in length.

8. The media file of claim 1, wherein the first data portion is provided by a third party for a fee.

9. The media file of claim 8, wherein the first data portion is executed each time the media file is executed regardless of the amount of the fee paid by the third party.

10. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions for implementing a method of distributing a commercial advertising message, the method comprising:

providing a first media file configured to deliver audio multimedia to a user when executed;

combining the first media file with a second media file comprising a commercial advertising message to form a third media file;

receiving a request for the first media file from a user; and

transmitting the third media file to the user over the computer network.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising executing the third media file on a computer or a multimedia playing device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the first media file is provided by a party for a fee.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the commercial advertising message is played every time the third media file is executed, regardless of the amount of the fee.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the first, second, and third media files are audio files.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the first and second media files are combined using a sound editor.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the first and second media files are combined using a hexadecimal editor.

17. A server connected to a computer network and including one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media configured to perform a method of distributing multimedia, the method comprising:

permitting a party to provide first multimedia files comprising commercial advertising messages to the server for a fee;

purchasing rights to second multimedia files from owners of such rights, thereby providing licensed second multimedia files to the server;

combining at least one first multimedia file with a second multimedia file to form a third multimedia file;

making the third multimedia file available for download by a user over the computer network.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the third multimedia file can be transferred or copied by the user from one multimedia device to another after being downloaded by the user.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the commercial advertising message is played every time the user plays the third multimedia file.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein first, second, and third multimedia files are audio files.