Method and system for organizing and disseminating information on products featured in entertainment productions
First Claim
1. A method of providing a user with product information on products featured in entertainment productions, said method comprising:
- displaying products identified from a catalogue of product information on a display screen of a user computer and visual indicators related to entertainment productions associated with the products;
receiving a product selection from a user;
displaying detailed product information on a display screen of a user computer based on said product selection;
collecting and storing user information and at least a portion of said user'"'"'s selections;
determining information regarding selections made during a particular time period by a plurality of users accessing a web page containing the catalogue of product information, such information including information as to which navigation methods each of said plurality of users used to find a particular one of said products from said catalog of product information, said information including names of movies, television programs, actors, and/or actresses for which the particular one of said products is associated; and
generating and outputting performance reports including the determined information based upon said collected information.
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Abstract
A method, program product and system for organizing and disseminating information on products featured in entertainment productions. The invention includes a database for storing a catalogue of product information on products featured in entertainment productions. A server is programmed to perform the steps of: authorizing access to the user, accepting a search request from the user, querying the database based on said search request, displaying the products identified from the catalogue on a display screen of a user computer using visual indicators related to entertainment productions, receiving a product selection from said user, and displaying detailed product information on a display screen of a user computer based on the product selection.
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54 Claims
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1. A method of providing a user with product information on products featured in entertainment productions, said method comprising:
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displaying products identified from a catalogue of product information on a display screen of a user computer and visual indicators related to entertainment productions associated with the products; receiving a product selection from a user; displaying detailed product information on a display screen of a user computer based on said product selection; collecting and storing user information and at least a portion of said user'"'"'s selections;
determining information regarding selections made during a particular time period by a plurality of users accessing a web page containing the catalogue of product information, such information including information as to which navigation methods each of said plurality of users used to find a particular one of said products from said catalog of product information, said information including names of movies, television programs, actors, and/or actresses for which the particular one of said products is associated; andgenerating and outputting performance reports including the determined information based upon said collected information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 42, 43, 44)
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20. A program product stored on a computer-readable medium, for providing a user with product information on products featured in entertainment productions, said program product comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, one or more machines to perform the following method steps:
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displaying products identified from a catalogue of product information on a display screen of a user computer and visual indicators related to entertainment productions associated with the products; receiving a product selection from a user; displaying detailed product information on a display screen of a user computer based on said product selection; collecting and storing user information and at least a portion of said user'"'"'s selections;
determining information regarding selections made during a particular time period by a plurality of users accessing a web page containing the catalogue of product information, such information including information as to which navigation methods each of said plurality of users used to find a particular one of said products from said catalog of product information, said information including names of movies, television programs, actors, and/or actresses for which the particular one of said products is associated; andgenerating and outputting performance reports including the determined information based upon said collected information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for organizing and disseminating information on products featured in entertainment productions, said system comprising:
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a database for storing a catalogue of product information on products featured in entertainment productions; and a computer server programmed to perform the steps of; displaying products identified from said catalogue on a display screen of a user computer and visual indicators related to entertainment productions associated with the products; receiving a product selection from a user; displaying detailed product information on a display screen of a user computer based on said product selection; collecting and storing user information and at least a portion of said user'"'"'s selections, including navigation methods; generating performance reports based upon said collected information; and providing said performance reports to advertisers who sell said products identified from said catalogue, said performance reports providing information concerning advertisement mechanisms to evaluate past, current and future placement of advertisements for said products offered for sale by said advertisers, said advertisement mechanisms including movies, television programs, actors and/or actresses. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method of providing product information on products featured in entertainment productions, said method comprising:
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collecting and storing user information and user selections made with respect to products identified with different types of entertainment productions on a web site that contains a catalogue of product information; determining information regarding selections made during a particular time period by a plurality of users accessing the web site, such information including information as to which navigation methods each of said plurality of users used to find a particular one of said products from said catalog of product information, said information including at least one of;
a) names of movies, b) names of television programs, and c) names of actors and/or actresses, for which the particular one of said products is associated; andgenerating and outputting performance reports including the determined information based upon said collected information. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54)
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