SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMERCE IN MEDIA PROGRAM RELATED MERCHANDISE
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Abstract
The disclosed technology provides systems and methods for delivering a media program and purchase opportunities related to the media program to user equipment. A media program and its related merchandise information can be located at a distribution facility. The distribution facility can tailor the purchase opportunities it provides to the user equipment based on the user equipment'"'"'s equipment category. When user equipment receives purchase opportunities, the user equipment can select the opportunities based on which types of merchandise are supported by the user equipment. The user equipment and/or a distribution facility may be able to determine the location of the user equipment. When the distribution facility provides merchandise information for physical merchandise to the user equipment, the merchandise information can be selected to include physical merchandise that are available for purchase at stores that are, for example, near the location of the user equipment.
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40 Claims
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33. A method comprising:
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determining an elapsed time of a media asset accessed by a user equipment; identifying physical merchandise that is related to the elapsed time of the accessed media asset; determining a location of the user equipment; determining a location where the physical merchandise is available for purchase; determining a distance from the location of user equipment to the location where the physical merchandise is available for purchase; and transmitting an advertisement associated with the physical merchandise to the user equipment, wherein the advertisement associated with the physical merchandise is generated for display during the elapsed time and includes an indication of the location of the at least one physical merchandise. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A system comprising a processor configured to:
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determine an elapsed time of a media asset accessed by a user equipment; identify physical merchandise that is related to the elapsed time of the accessed media asset; determine a location of the user equipment; determine a location where the physical merchandise is available for purchase; determine a distance from the location of user equipment to the location where the physical merchandise is available for purchase; and transmit an advertisement associated with the physical merchandise to the user equipment, wherein the advertisement associated with the physical merchandise is generated for display during the elapsed time and includes an indication of the location of the at least one physical merchandise. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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