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System and/or methods for distributing advertisements from a central advertisement network to a peripheral device via a local advertisement server

  • US 8,332,887 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2009
  • Issued: 12/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A local advertisement server, comprising:

  • a network connection to a central advertising network located remote from the local advertisement server;

    a storage location configured to store an advertisement database, the advertisement database including advertisements received from the central advertising network via the network connection along with content control data associated with each said advertisement;

    an advertisement server advertisement queue;

    a local connection to a plurality of peripheral devices and a digital jukebox device located in the same location as the local advertisement server, the jukebox device and at least some of said peripheral devices including respective storage locations and being configured to maintain respective jukebox device and peripheral device advertisement queues and log files, and to cause advertisements to be displayed from the respective advertisement queues without directly consulting the advertisement server advertisement queue; and

    a display controller configured to cause peripheral devices connected to the local advertisement server via the local connection that do not include their own peripheral device advertisement queues to display at least some of the advertisements received from the central advertising network using the advertisement server advertisement queue and in dependence on the content control data associated with the advertisements.

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