System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information
First Claim
1. A method for displaying interactive advertisements to a user of an interactive television program guide implemented at least partially on the user'"'"'s television equipment, the method comprising:
- associating a plurality of advertisements accessible by the interactive television program guide with a first section of the interactive television program guide, wherein the first section of the interactive television program guide comprises at least one page associated with a particular attribute;
assigning a priority to each of the plurality of advertisements;
selecting, from the plurality of advertisements, an advertisement having a priority corresponding to a number of times that the first section of the program guide has been previously accessed; and
displaying the selected advertisement, when the first section of the program guide is next accessed.
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Abstract
A system and method for utilizing data stored in an EPG database for modifying advertisement information. In this way, a service provider and/or an advertiser can transmit a single advertisement to all the television stations regardless of their geographic location and other user specific information, and need not re-transmit the advertisement even if there is a change in the show'"'"'s program description. When the advertisement is displayed, the correct updated information is retrieved from the EPG database and inserted into the advertisement.
In one aspect, the present invention describes a method for modifying an advertisement in an EPG comprising the steps of: storing television schedule information in a first database; storing advertisement information in a second database; incorporating a portion of the television schedule information into a portion of the advertisement information to form a modified advertisement; and displaying the modified advertisement on a screen.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for displaying interactive advertisements to a user of an interactive television program guide implemented at least partially on the user'"'"'s television equipment, the method comprising:
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associating a plurality of advertisements accessible by the interactive television program guide with a first section of the interactive television program guide, wherein the first section of the interactive television program guide comprises at least one page associated with a particular attribute; assigning a priority to each of the plurality of advertisements; selecting, from the plurality of advertisements, an advertisement having a priority corresponding to a number of times that the first section of the program guide has been previously accessed; and displaying the selected advertisement, when the first section of the program guide is next accessed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An interactive television program guide system for displaying interactive advertisements, the system comprising:
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a display monitor having a screen; an interactive television application implemented at least partially on a user'"'"'s television equipment; and a microprocessor configured to; associate a plurality of advertisements accessible by the interactive television application with a first section of an interactive television program guide, wherein the first section of the interactive television program guide comprises at least one page associated with a particular attribute; assign a priority to each of the plurality of advertisements; select, from the plurality of advertisements, an advertisement having a priority corresponding to a number of times that the first section of the program guide has been previously accessed; and display the selected advertisement, when the first section of the program guide is next accessed. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory machine readable medium for use in displaying interactive advertisements to users of an interactive television application implemented at least partially on the user'"'"'s television equipment, having machine program logic recorded thereon for:
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associating a plurality of advertisements accessible by an interactive television program guide with a first section of the interactive television program guide, wherein the first section of the interactive television program guide comprises at least one page associated with a particular attribute; assigning a priority to each of the plurality of advertisements; selecting, from the plurality of advertisements, an advertisement having a priority corresponding to a number of times that the first section of the program guide has been previously accessed; and displaying the selected advertisement, when the first section of the program guide is next accessed. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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