System and method for enforcing advertising policies using digital rights management
First Claim
1. A system for policy-based advertising, comprising:
- a server, communicatively linked to a user computer over a network, including a digital rights management system; and
a database communicatively linked to the server, the database storing advertising content and commercial content, the advertising content and the commercial content being managed by the digital rights management system,the server;
providing the advertising content to the user computer over the network,providing to the user computer over the network one or more usage conditions for the advertising content to be enforced by the digital rights management system, the one or more usage conditions including a predetermined time period for displaying the advertising content on the user computer,receiving from the user computer metering data reflecting a time period that the advertising content was displayed on the user computer, anddetermining, by the digital rights management system, whether one or more of the advertising policy usage conditions for the advertising content have been met based on the received metering data, anddelivering, to the user computer, a license for the commercial content when the one or more usage conditions for the advertising content are determined to have been met.
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Abstract
A system and method for policy-based advertising. According to an embodiment, an advertisement server receives a request for advertising content from a user computer over a network, the advertising content associated with an advertising policy specifying one or more usage conditions to be met by a user of the user computer in connection with the advertising content in order for the user to qualify for a promotional consideration, provides to the user computer over the network, in response to the request for the advertising content, the advertising content and one or more constraints to be enforced by a content player on the user computer in accordance with the advertising policy, receives from the user computer metering data reflecting usage of the advertising content on the user computer, and determines whether the one or more advertising policy usage conditions have been met based on the received metering data.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for policy-based advertising, comprising:
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a server, communicatively linked to a user computer over a network, including a digital rights management system; and a database communicatively linked to the server, the database storing advertising content and commercial content, the advertising content and the commercial content being managed by the digital rights management system, the server; providing the advertising content to the user computer over the network, providing to the user computer over the network one or more usage conditions for the advertising content to be enforced by the digital rights management system, the one or more usage conditions including a predetermined time period for displaying the advertising content on the user computer, receiving from the user computer metering data reflecting a time period that the advertising content was displayed on the user computer, and determining, by the digital rights management system, whether one or more of the advertising policy usage conditions for the advertising content have been met based on the received metering data, and delivering, to the user computer, a license for the commercial content when the one or more usage conditions for the advertising content are determined to have been met. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for policy-based advertising, comprising:
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receiving, by a server having a digital rights management system, a request for advertising content from a user computer over a network, the advertising content associated with an advertising policy enforced by the digital rights management system specifying one or more usage conditions to be met by a user of the user computer in connection with the advertising content in order for the user to qualify for a promotional consideration, the one or more usage conditions including a predetermined time period for displaying the advertising content on the user computer; providing to the user computer over the network, in response to the request for the advertising content, the advertising content in an encrypted form, a key for unlocking the encrypted advertising content by a content player on the user computer, and one or more usage conditions to be enforced by the digital rights management system in accordance with the advertising policy; and receiving, by the server from the user computer, metering data reflecting a time period that the advertising content was displayed on the user computer; determining, by the digital rights management system, whether the one or more advertising policy usage conditions have been met based on the received metering data, and providing, by the server to the user computer, the promotional consideration when the one or more advertising policy usage conditions have determined to be been met. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for policy-based advertising, comprising:
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a server, including a digital rights management system, receiving a request for advertising content from a user computer over a network, the advertising content associated with an advertising policy, managed by the digital rights management system, specifying one or more usage conditions to be met by a user of the user computer in connection with the advertising content in order for the user to qualify for a promotional consideration, the one or more usage conditions including a predetermined time period for displaying the advertising content on the user computer; said server; providing to the user computer over the network, in response to the request for the advertising content, the advertising content and the one or more usage conditions to be enforced by a content player on the user computer in accordance with the advertising policy; receiving from the user computer metering data reflecting a time period that the advertising content was displayed on the user computer; determining, by the digital rights management system whether the one or more advertising policy usage conditions have been met based on the received metering data; and providing, if the one or more usage conditions have been determined to be met, the promotional consideration.
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