Coordinated Virtual Presences

• US 20150149301A1
• Filed: 11/26/2014
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: El Media Holdings USA LLC
• Original Assignee: El Media Holdings USA LLC
• Inventors: Dow, Chris, Kennedy, Timothy
• Application Number:
  US14/554,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20150149301A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.69
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation

Abstract

Various embodiments that may generally relate to presentation of information in a coordinated manner. One or more output devices may make an advertising offering. One or more commercial offerings may be offered in coordination with the advertising presentation made through the output devices. The offerings may be limited in time and/or geographic area. Customers in an area at a specified time may be presented with an advertising campaign enabling them to access a virtual store at the time and in the area. Various methods are described. Various apparatus are described. Further embodiments are described.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, one or more geographic locations for a coordinated advertising and a commercial offering;

determining, by the computing device, contents that define the commercial offering;

determining, by the computing device, one or more advertisements that define the advertising offering;

determining, by the computing device, a time period for making a coordinated commercial and advertising offering;

making, by the computing device, an adverting offering in at least one of the one or more geographic areas during the time period;

facilitating, by the computing device, a commercial offering in the geographic area during the time period;

ending, by the computing device, a coordinated commercial offering and advertising offering in response to an end of the time period; and

determining, by the computing device, a consolidated billing for the coordinated advertising and commercial offering.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents include an ability to engage in a financial transaction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents include a good offered for sale at a price.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisements include an advertisement for the contents.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein making the advertising offering incudes controlling one or more electronic billboards to display the one or more advertisements.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein controlling the one or more electronic billboards includes controlling a plurality of billboards in the geographic location to display the one or more advertisements in a coordinated manner.

7. The method of claim 1, in which facilitating the commercial offering includes populating a shopping interface available to mobile devices with the contents.

8. The method of claim 1, in which facilitating the commercial offering includes allowing users to access the contents during the time in the geographic area.

9. The method of claim 1, in which facilitating the commercial offering includes allowing access to the contents.

10. The method of claim 1, in which determining the consolidated bill includes determining a bill for an advertiser for services of providing the commercial offering and advertising offering.

11. The method of claim 1, in which ending the coordinated commercial offering and advertising offering includes restricting access to the contents and stopping a display of the one or more advertisements.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a computing device; and

a non-transitory medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by the computing device cause the apparatus to;

determine one or more geographic locations for a coordinated advertising and a commercial offering;

determine contents that define the commercial offering;

determine one or more advertisements that define the advertising offering;

determine a time period for making a coordinated commercial and advertising offering;

make an adverting offering in at least one of the one or more geographic areas during the time period;

facilitate a commercial offering in the geographic area during the time period;

end a coordinated commercial offering and advertising offering in response to an end of the time period; and

determine a consolidated billing for the coordinated advertising and commercial offering.