Targeted online advertisements based on viewing or interacting with television advertisements
DCFirst Claim
1. A method implemented using a programmed hardware computer system coupled to the Internet, the method comprising:
- (a) with the computer system automatically causing, in response to online activity from a first online user interface device, a first selected online advertisement to be directed to the first online user interface device, which online user interface device corresponds, at a time the first selected online advertisement is directed, to a first online access identifier;
(b) wherein the first selected online advertisement is selected based on information from a first user profile, which first user profile references or includes a first set-top box identifier that the computer system has electronically associated with the first online access identifier;
(c) wherein the information in part (b) is derived at least in part from automatically collected first data related to user behavior with respect to at least one television advertisement delivered to a set-top box, which set-top box corresponds, at a time of that user behavior, to the first set-top box identifier; and
(d) wherein the first set-top box identifier and the first online access identifier are associated without using personally identifiable information pertaining to either a user of the first online user interface device or a user of the set-top box that corresponds to the first set-top box identifier, based on automatically recognizing that the online user interface device corresponding to the first online access identifier and the set-top box corresponding to the first set-top box identifier are connected, independently of each other, to a common local area network.
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Abstract
In a computer-implemented method, a selected online advertisement is automatically directed to, or online activity is automatically tracked and recorded from, an online user interface device which corresponds, at the time the advertisement is directed or the activity is tracked, to a first online access identifier. The advertisement is directed or the activity is tracked based on information from a user profile that references or includes a first set-top box identifier. That information is derived at least in part from automatically collected data related to user behavior with respect to at least one television advertisement delivered to a set-top box, which set-top box corresponds, at the time of that user behavior, to the first set-top box identifier. The first online access identifier is associated with the first set-top box identifier, by being referenced or included in the user profile, by being associated in a database, or otherwise.
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1. A method implemented using a programmed hardware computer system coupled to the Internet, the method comprising:
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(a) with the computer system automatically causing, in response to online activity from a first online user interface device, a first selected online advertisement to be directed to the first online user interface device, which online user interface device corresponds, at a time the first selected online advertisement is directed, to a first online access identifier; (b) wherein the first selected online advertisement is selected based on information from a first user profile, which first user profile references or includes a first set-top box identifier that the computer system has electronically associated with the first online access identifier; (c) wherein the information in part (b) is derived at least in part from automatically collected first data related to user behavior with respect to at least one television advertisement delivered to a set-top box, which set-top box corresponds, at a time of that user behavior, to the first set-top box identifier; and (d) wherein the first set-top box identifier and the first online access identifier are associated without using personally identifiable information pertaining to either a user of the first online user interface device or a user of the set-top box that corresponds to the first set-top box identifier, based on automatically recognizing that the online user interface device corresponding to the first online access identifier and the set-top box corresponding to the first set-top box identifier are connected, independently of each other, to a common local area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising one or more computers, wherein the one or more computers are programmed and connected to:
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(a) automatically cause, in response to online activity from a first online user interface device, a first selected online advertisement to be directed to the online user interface device, which first online user interface device corresponds, at a time the first selected online advertisement is directed, to a first online access identifier; (b) wherein the first selected online advertisement is selected based on information from a first user profile, which first user profile references or includes a first set-top box identifier that the computer system has electronically associated with the first online access identifier; (c) wherein the information in part (b) is derived at least in part from automatically collected first data related to user behavior with respect to at least one television advertisement delivered to a set-top box, which set-top box corresponds, at a time of that user behavior, to the first set-top box identifier; and (d) wherein the first set-top box identifier and the first online access identifier are associated without using personally identifiable information pertaining to either a user of the first online user interface device or a user of the set-top box that corresponds to the first set-top box identifier, based on automatically recognizing that the online user interface device corresponding to the first online access identifier and the set-top box corresponding to the first set-top box identifier are connected, independently of each other, to a common local area network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An article comprising a non-transitory, tangible medium encoding computer-readable instructions that, when applied to a programmed hardware computer system coupled to the Internet, instruct the computer system to:
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(a) automatically cause, in response to online activity from a first online user interface device, a first selected online advertisement to be directed to the first online user interface device, which first online user interface device corresponds, at a time the first selected online advertisement is directed, to a first online access identifier; (b) wherein the first selected online advertisement is selected based on information from a first user profile, which first user profile references or includes a first set-top box identifier that the computer system has electronically associated with the first online access identifier; (c) wherein the information in part (b) is derived at least in part from automatically collected first data related to user behavior with respect to at least one television advertisement delivered to a set-top box, which set-top box corresponds, at a time of that user behavior, to the first set-top box identifier; and (d) wherein the first set-top box identifier and the first online access identifier are associated without using personally identifiable information pertaining to either a user of the first online user interface device or a user of the set-top box that corresponds to the first set-top box identifier, based on automatically recognizing that the online user interface device corresponding to the first online access identifier and the set-top box corresponding to the first set-top box identifier are connected, independently of each other, to a common local area network. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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