Media content synchronized advertising platform methods
First Claim
1. A media content based advertising processor-implemented method, comprising:
- obtaining TV program schedule listing data including a plurality of ad tags representing a plurality of placed ad segments;
providing the obtained TV program schedule listing data including the plurality of ad tags representing the plurality of placed ad segments to a user mobile device communicatively coupled to an infrared communication component;
receiving a user media program selection message from the user mobile device,wherein the user mobile device transmits a TV remote channel selection indication to a TV set via the infrared communication component,wherein the user media program selection message and the TV remote channel selection indication comprise the same user selected channel;
receiving an atmospherics data package from the user mobile device;
obtaining an atmospherics data artifact from the atmospherics data package;
extracting user instant activities information based on analysis of the atmospherics data artifactgenerating a user viewing status indication based on the user instant activities information;
incorporating the user viewing status indication into viewer measurement data of the user selected channel;
determining whether the received user media program selection message indicates a user watching event based on the viewer measurement data of the user selected channel;
retrieving an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data, the ad tag indicating a timestamp when an ad segment embedded in the user selected media program is to be displayed on the TV set and an advertised item featured in the ad segment;
determining the timestamp of the ad tag with the user selected channel when the received user media program selection message is determined to indicate the user watching event;
generating a deliverable mobile ad featuring the advertised item featured in the ad segment; and
providing the generated deliverable mobile ad to the user mobile device in synchronization with the timestamp when the ad segment featuring the advertised item is displayed on the TV set.
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Abstract
The MEDIA CONTENT SYNCHRONIZED ADVERTISING PLATFORM METHODS (“AD-SYNCH”) transforms TV program schedule listing information and user channel selection via AD-SYNCH components, into TV audience viewing data and ad effects data. A method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining TV program schedule listing data; providing the obtained TV program schedule listing data to a user mobile device; receiving an indication of user channel selection; determining a media program associated with the received indication of user channel selection; determining an ad associated with the determined media program; providing a survey question related to the determined ad to the user mobile device; and receiving a user response to the survey question.
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17 Claims
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1. A media content based advertising processor-implemented method, comprising:
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obtaining TV program schedule listing data including a plurality of ad tags representing a plurality of placed ad segments; providing the obtained TV program schedule listing data including the plurality of ad tags representing the plurality of placed ad segments to a user mobile device communicatively coupled to an infrared communication component; receiving a user media program selection message from the user mobile device, wherein the user mobile device transmits a TV remote channel selection indication to a TV set via the infrared communication component, wherein the user media program selection message and the TV remote channel selection indication comprise the same user selected channel; receiving an atmospherics data package from the user mobile device; obtaining an atmospherics data artifact from the atmospherics data package; extracting user instant activities information based on analysis of the atmospherics data artifact generating a user viewing status indication based on the user instant activities information; incorporating the user viewing status indication into viewer measurement data of the user selected channel; determining whether the received user media program selection message indicates a user watching event based on the viewer measurement data of the user selected channel; retrieving an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data, the ad tag indicating a timestamp when an ad segment embedded in the user selected media program is to be displayed on the TV set and an advertised item featured in the ad segment; determining the timestamp of the ad tag with the user selected channel when the received user media program selection message is determined to indicate the user watching event; generating a deliverable mobile ad featuring the advertised item featured in the ad segment; and providing the generated deliverable mobile ad to the user mobile device in synchronization with the timestamp when the ad segment featuring the advertised item is displayed on the TV set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A media content based advertising processor-implemented method, comprising:
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obtaining TV program schedule listing data including a plurality of ad tags representing a plurality of placed ad segments; providing TV program schedule listing data including the plurality of ad tags representing a plurality of placed ad segments to a user mobile device; receiving a user media program selection message from the user mobile device, the user media program selection message indicating a user has selected a media program to watch on a first screen device; receiving an atmospherics data package from the user mobile device; obtaining an atmospherics data artifact from the atmospherics data package; extracting user instant activities information based on analysis of the atmospherics data artifact generating a user viewing status indication based on the user instant activities information; incorporating the user viewing status indication into viewer measurement data of the user selected channel; retrieving an ad tag associated with the user selected media program from the TV program schedule listing data, the ad tag indicating a timestamp when an ad segment embedded in the user selected media program is to be displayed on the first screen device and an advertised item featured in the ad segment; identifying the advertised item featured in the ad segment embedded in the media program and the timestamp when the ad segment featuring the advertised item is displayed on the first screen device during the media program based on the retrieved ad tag; capturing a visual image showing the identified advertised item within a contextual scene from the media program; determining an available ad template associated with the retrieved ad tag, the available ad template having a user interactive element; generating a deliverable mobile ad having the captured visual image showing the identified advertised item based on the available ad template, the deliverable mobile ad being configured to facilitate a purchase transaction of the advertised item upon a purchase request submitted via the user interactive elements; and providing the generated deliverable mobile ad to be displayed at the user mobile device in synchronization with the timestamp when the ad segment featuring the advertised item is displayed on the first screen device during the media program.
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