Content with customized advertisement

• US 8,813,123 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2003
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Individual Network LLC
• Original Assignee: Zeroclick, LLC (f/k/a InterAD Technologies, LLC; ST Sales Tech Holdings, LLC) (IPNav)
• Inventors: Khoo, Denis, Ratcliff, Raymond F III, Benevento, Francis A II
• Primary Examiner(s): Flynn, Nathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Parra, Omar S
• Application Number:
  US10/704,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20040143843A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,938 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 725/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The invention provides a method and system for customizing advertisements to the individual viewer or user receiving a content which may be generic or customized, subject to or independent of, a broadcast schedule.

Claims

1. A method for providing a customized video advertisement over a data network to a searcher, the method comprising:

generating, in response to a search initiated by the searcher over the data network, a search answer list including a plurality of search answers, the search answer list being customized based on personalized data of the searcher;

transmitting the search answer list over the data network from the computer system to a searcher device, wherein the search answer list is presented on the searcher device but is not permanently stored at the searcher device for subsequent presentation to the searcher;

generating, in response to the search initiated by the searcher over the data network, an advertisement list indicating a plurality of video advertisements, wherein the advertisement list is (i) customized based on the personalized data of the searcher and the customized search answer provided to the searcher in response to the search and (ii) related to a category of the search;

transmitting the advertisement list over the data network from the computer system to the searcher device, wherein the advertisement list is presented on the searcher device but is not permanently stored at the searcher device for subsequent presentation to the searcher; and

providing the searcher device, over the data network and in response to a searcher'"'"'s selection, with at least one video advertisement corresponding to the searcher'"'"'s selection selected from said advertisement list in addition to at least one search answer from said search answer list,

wherein said personalized data is not processed local to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the search is conducted by the searcher through an electronic network search engine.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data network includes an Internet.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data network comprises communication links between an advertiser, a content provider, a content owner and the searcher.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized data includes a personal profile.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized data includes a television show preference.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized data includes past viewings.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of video advertisements is directly related to the category of the search.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the personalized data of the searcher includes preferences of the searcher for specific categories, products, or services.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of video advertisements is a periodic intermittent message or a product or service placed within the search result.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of search answers represents video media, the method further comprising transmitting the at least one of the plurality of search answers on the data network from the computer system to the searcher device.

12. A method for generating a customized media list, the method comprising steps of:

receiving, at a server, a search query from a client device, the client device being coupled to the server through a data network;

identifying a search answer, in response to the search query, the search answer being customized based on personalized data associated with a user of the client device;

updating the personalized data associated with the user of the client device based on the customized search answer;

identifying a video advertisement responsive to the search query, the video advertisement being customized based on the updated personalized data associated with the user of the client device;

generating a customized media list including the customized video advertisement; and

transmitting, through the data network and to the client device, the customized media list.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the video advertisement is being customized based on the customized search answer and one or more other parameters included in the personalized data associated with the user of the client device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more parameters included in the personalized data comprise a personal profile.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more other parameters included in the personalized data comprise a television show preference.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more other parameters included in the personalized data comprise past viewings.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more other parameters included in the personalized data comprise data entered by the user of the client device.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the data network includes an Internet.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the data network comprises communication links between an advertiser, a content provider, a content owner and the user of the client device.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the client device includes a general purpose computer.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein identifying the customized video advertisement includes identifying a customized video advertisement that is configured to optimize the user'"'"'s response to the customized video advertisement.

22. The method of claim 12, wherein the customized video advertisement is related to a category of the search.

23. The method of claim 12, wherein the personalized data of the searcher includes preferences of the searcher for specific categories, products, or services.

24. The method of claim 12, wherein the customized video advertisement includes a periodic intermittent message or a product or service placed within a search result.

25. The method of claim 12, wherein the search answer represents video media.

26. The method of claim 12, wherein identifying the customized video advertisement includes:

comparing properties of advertisements included in an advertising storage medium to the personalized data associated with the user of the client device; and

selecting the customized video advertisement based on the result of comparison.

27. The method of claim 12, wherein the customized media list includes the customized search answer.

28. A method for providing a customized video advertisement over a data network to a searcher, the method comprising:

generating, in response to a search initiated by the searcher over the data network, a search answer list including a plurality of search answers, the search answer list being customized based on personalized data of the searcher;

transmitting the search answer list over the data network from the computer system to a searcher device, wherein the search answer list is presented on the searcher device;

updating the personalized data based on the customized search answer;

generating, in response to the search initiated by the searcher over the data network, an advertisement list indicating a plurality of video advertisements, wherein the advertisement list is generated based on the updated personalized data of the searcher and (ii) related to a category of the search;

transmitting the advertisement list over the data network from the computer system to the searcher device, wherein the advertisement list is presented on the searcher device;

retrieving, in response to a searcher'"'"'s selection, at least one video advertisement corresponding to the searcher'"'"'s selection selected from the advertisement list; and

providing, over the data network, the retrieved at least one video advertisement in addition to the search answer list with the searcher.