METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH CAPABILITY AND TARGETED ADVERTISING FOR AUDIO, IMAGE, AND VIDEO CONTENT OVER THE INTERNET
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a communication module; and
a processor configured to;
transmit, via the communication module, a search request to an external electronic device;
receive advertisement content and non-advertisement content from the external electronic device in response to the search request; and
present, via a display operatively coupled with the processor, the advertisement content in relation with the non-advertisement content.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for extracting the content of a video, image, and/or audio file or podcast, analyzing the content, and then providing a targeted advertisement, search capability and/or other functionality based on the content of the file or podcast.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a communication module; and a processor configured to; transmit, via the communication module, a search request to an external electronic device; receive advertisement content and non-advertisement content from the external electronic device in response to the search request; and present, via a display operatively coupled with the processor, the advertisement content in relation with the non-advertisement content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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memory to store one or more advertisement contents and one or more non-advertisement contents; a communication module; and a processor configured to; receive, via the communication module, a search request from an external electronic device; select, via the memory, at least one advertisement content from the one or more advertisement contents, and at least one non-advertisement content from the one or more non-advertisement content, based at least in part on the search request; and transmit the at least one advertisement content and the at least one non-advertisement content to the external electronic device as a response to the search request. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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receiving, at an electronic device including a processor and memory storing one or more advertisement contents and one or more non-advertisement contents, a search request from an external electronic device; selecting, using the processor, at least one advertisement content from the one or more advertisement contents, and at least one non-advertisement content from the one or more non-advertisement contents in response to the search request; and transmitting the at least one advertisement content and the at least one non-advertisement content to the external electronic device as a response to the search request. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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transmitting, via a communication module operatively coupled with the processor, a search request to an external electronic device; receiving advertisement content and non-advertisement content from the external electronic device in response to the search request; and presenting, via a display operatively coupled with the processor, the advertisement content in relation with the non-advertisement content.
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