System and Method for Synchronizing On-Air Commercial Programming with Interactive Applications
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Abstract
There is provided a system and method for the synchronizing on-air commercial programming with interactive applications, providing interactive content synchronized with on-air television programming. There is provided a system comprising a client device with a display device and an input device and running a synchronization application. The client device receives digital data transmitted from a server, and transmits user feedback information generated from user interactions with the digital data back to the server. The digital data are interactive advertisements, such as online social games, that increase users'"'"' awareness of the advertised products or messages. The digital data are delivered to the user'"'"'s client device in synchronization with the broadcasting of on-air television commercials.
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34 Claims
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- A method for synchronizing interactive application content with broadcasting program information, the method comprising;
detecting a light and/or an audio frequency signal emitted from a television receiving and showing a broadcast from a television broadcasting station; beginning to accept a digital data from a server, in response to the detecting of the light and/or an audio frequency signal; receiving the digital data from the server into a client device in synchronization with broadcasting of an on-air commercial programming through a television transmitted from a television broadcasting station; providing an interactive environment on a display of the client device using the digital data; transmitting a user feedback information generated from a user action within the interactive environment to the server; and terminating the reception of the digital data by the client device in synchronization with a return of regular noncommercial programming to the television from the television broadcasting station. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
- A method for synchronizing interactive application content with broadcasting program information, the method comprising;
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- A client device for synchronizing interactive application content with broadcasting program information, the client device comprising;
a display screen; the client device configured to; detect a light and/or an audio frequency signal emitted from a television receiving a broadcast from a television broadcasting station; begin to accept a digital data from a server, in response to detecting the light and/or an audio frequency signal; receive the digital data from the server into a client device in synchronization with broadcasting of an on-air commercial programming through a television transmitted from a television broadcasting station; provide an interactive environment on the display screen of the client device using the digital data; transmit an user feedback information generated from a user action within the interactive environment to the server; and terminate the reception of the digital data by the client device in synchronization with a return of regular noncommercial programming to the television from the television broadcasting station. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
- A client device for synchronizing interactive application content with broadcasting program information, the client device comprising;
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