System and method to provide an interactive coupon channel a video casting network
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- providing a television program on a first channel of an interactive video casting system;
including information with the television program on the first channel to link the first channel to a second channel based on subject matter shown in the television program;
filtering the information to exclude coupons from merchants not listed on a participating merchant list;
providing a notification to a user of an expiration date of a coupon separate from the expiration date printed on the coupon; and
responsive to a command received from a user input device, using the information to link the first channel to the second channel, and subsequently providing content on the second channel to allow a user to initiate a transaction related to a coupon on the second channel, wherein the second channel is viewable and navigable by the user; and
automatically generating a reminder of an upcoming coupon expiration date.
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Abstract
A system and method to provide an interactive coupon channel via a video casting network. A viewer can tune to the coupon channel to search for coupons by keyword or category. The coupon channel can also be accessed through another channel, such as a shopping channel. Once a coupon is selected by the user, the coupon channel can send the coupon to another user/viewer, save, or print the coupon. The user may also directly redeem the coupon online with a merchant affiliated with the interactive television system. A notification feature can notify the user of an expiration date of the coupons. Also, coupons can be correlated with other television programming of otherwise presented via use of triggers embedded in the television programming.
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32 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a television program on a first channel of an interactive video casting system; including information with the television program on the first channel to link the first channel to a second channel based on subject matter shown in the television program; filtering the information to exclude coupons from merchants not listed on a participating merchant list; providing a notification to a user of an expiration date of a coupon separate from the expiration date printed on the coupon; and responsive to a command received from a user input device, using the information to link the first channel to the second channel, and subsequently providing content on the second channel to allow a user to initiate a transaction related to a coupon on the second channel, wherein the second channel is viewable and navigable by the user; and automatically generating a reminder of an upcoming coupon expiration date. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An article of manufacture, comprising:
a machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to; filter coupons available on a second channel to exclude coupons from merchants not listed on a participating merchant list; correlate information, related to a television program on a first channel of an interactive video casting system, with data related to the filtered coupons available on the second channel; based on a correlation result, present information related to a coupon to a client terminal; and respond to a request received from the user in response to the information presented and allow the user to view the second channel and redeem the coupon on a channel different from the second channel. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method, comprising:
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correlating information related to a television program presented on a first channel with information related to a coupon on a second channel, the information relating to the coupon on the second channel including information related to a user; displaying the coupon to the user on the second channel if a) the information related to the coupon is consistent with information on the first channel and b) the coupon is offered by a merchant listed on a participating merchant list; and responding to a command received from a user input device to allow the user to participate in a transaction related to the coupon displayed on the second channel. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method, comprising:
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offering a coupon available from a coupon channel of an interactive video casting system, the coupon channel comprising one of a plurality of different user-viewable channels available on the interactive video casting system, wherein offering the coupon comprises excluding coupons from merchants not listed on a participating merchant list and presentation on another of the plurality of different channels of information indicative of availability of the coupon via a display screen of a client terminal in communication with the interactive video casting system, the interactive video casting system comprising a plurality of sources from which to provide coupons for the coupon channel, the offered coupon being affiliated with at least one merchant that is subscribed to the interactive video casting system and listed on the participating merchant list, wherein offering the coupon includes providing a plurality of features related to transactions that can be conducted in connection with any of the coupons available from the coupon channel; responsive to a command received from a user input device that is in communication with the client terminal, conducting a transaction related to the offered coupon, the user input device having at least one button to send the command to the client terminal, the client terminal capable to correlate the received command with the offered coupon and to initiate the transaction subsequent to correlation of the received command with the offered coupon; and providing an electronic notification related to the offered coupon from the interactive video casting system subsequent to conducting the transaction, the electronic notification capable of being provided to the client terminal for display on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A method, comprising:
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offering a coupon available from a coupon channel of an interactive video casting system, the coupon channel comprising one of a plurality of different user-viewable channels available on the interactive video casting system, wherein offering the coupon includes presentation, on another of the plurality of channels via a display screen of a client terminal, of information indicative of availability of the coupon via use of triggers sent from the interactive video casting system, wherein offering the coupon includes providing a plurality of features related to transactions that can be conducted in connection with any of the coupons available from the coupon channel, and wherein offering the coupon comprises filtering the triggers to prevent offering of coupons from merchants not listed on a participating merchant list; responsive to a command received from a user input device that is in communication with the client terminal, displaying the offered coupon on the coupon channel via the display screen, conducting a transaction related to the offered coupon, the client terminal capable to correlate the received command with the offered coupon and to initiate the transaction subsequent to correlation of the received command with the offered coupon; and providing an electronic notification related to the offered coupon from the interactive video casting system subsequent to conducting the transaction, the electronic notification capable of being provided to the client terminal for display on the display screen, the electronic notification further capable of being provided on one of the channels of the interactive video casting system that is different from the coupon channel. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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