Method and apparatus for reproducing audio and/or video data for use in at least one checkout environment

• US 8,839,289 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2012
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jan Wendt
• Original Assignee: Jan Wendt
• Inventors: Wendt, Jan
• Primary Examiner(s): SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D
• Application Number:
  US13/363,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20120198505A1
• Time in Patent Office: 958 Days
• Field of Search: 725/9, 725/32, 725 74- 83
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23109 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. EPG data repository details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2358 for generating different versions, e.g. for different recipient devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2542 for selling goods, e.g. TV shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25435 involving characteristics of content or additional data, e.g. video resolution or the amount of advertising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26241 involving the time of distribution, e.g. the best time of the day for inserting an advertisement or airing a children program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40

Abstract

The invention involves a procedure and a system for reproducing or alternatively creating audio and/or video data in a location (12, 14, 16) in which sales are made, such as a restaurant or a business, which includes at least one data source (28) for audio and/or video data; at least one replay station (20); one control system (10), which is connected to the storage device and the replay station; at least one pay station (18), which is connected with the control system; at least one storage unit (30, 32); which control system creates correlation data sets from the data previously stored and contains a time correlation between the data that have been played. Or, alternatively between the applications and programs that created them and the pay station sales, and the control system takes account of these correlation data sets in replaying the data or in selecting the programs or applications.

Claims

1. System for replaying or creating audio and/or video data in a premises in which sales are made, the system comprising:

at least one data source for audio and/or video data or at least one replay station for audio and/or video data;

a control system, which is connected to at least one storage device or the replay station;

at least one pay station connected with the control system;

at least a second storage device, which is designed for storing at least one of the group comprising pay station sales, the audio and/or video data, programs, and applications that create the data, wherein the control system creates sets of correlation data from stored data, which have a temporal correlation between the played audio and/or video data or between the applications and programs that create these data and the cash point sales, and wherein the control of the correlation data-sets is taken into account for the playing of the audio and/or video data or in selecting programs or applications; and

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at least a third storage device for storing the correlation data calculated by the control system, wherein the correlation data has a trigger to play audio and/or video data that had previously accompanied higher sales, wherein the trigger is automatically generated by the third storage device.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control system has an apparatus for recording the number of persons in the premises, wherein corrected correlation data is created to determine corrected correlation data per visitor.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the control system takes into account the data from the recording device to create data-sets.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the replay station is an interactive device, and the audio and/or video data are provided as part of an application.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the data source is a data storage device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the pay station is an electronic pay station, which is connected to the control system over a serial interface.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the storage unit for storing the correlation data sets is connected to the control system.

8. The system of claim 3, wherein the pay station is an electronic pay station, which is connected to the control system over a serial interface.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein the storage unit for storing the correlation data sets is connected to the control system.

10. The system according to claim 1 wherein the replay station is an interactive device and the audio and/or video data are provided as part of an application.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the data source is a data storage device.

12. The system according to claim 1 wherein the data source is a data storage device.

13. The system according to claim 1 wherein the pay station is an electronic pay station, which is connected with the control system over a serial interface.

14. The system according to claim 1 wherein the storage device for storing the correlation data sets is connected with the control system.

15. A method for replaying audio and/or video data or for using the programs or applications that create the data in at least one location having a pay station, the method comprising the steps of:

recording, using a first electronic data storage device, at least one of the group comprising the audio and/or video data, programs, and applications that are played back;

recording, using a second electronic data storage device, at least one of the group comprising pay station sales, and an amount of time spent in the location by associated customers;

establishing correlation data between play of the audio and/or video data or the programs and applications, and the recorded sales and/or the amount of time spent; and

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utilizing a third electronic data storage device, controlling further play of the audio and/or video data or implementing the programs or applications using the correlation data, wherein the correlation data has a trigger to play audio and/or video data that had previously accompanied higher sales, wherein the trigger is automatically generated by the third storage device.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the audio and/or video data are video clips and music videos.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:

utilizing electronic sensors, recording the number of persons in the location; and

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using the number of persons for standardizing the correlation.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the method further comprises the step of:

using the recorded number of persons for giving the time spent over time in the location; and

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generating subsequent correlation data between the audio and/or video data that are played or the programs or applications that create the data and the time spent in the location, wherein the correlation data for the time spent in the location are used for the control of the replaying of the audio and/or video data or for running the programs or applications.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein data regarding the correlation are stored in a storage device.

20. The method according to claim 15, wherein data regarding the correlation are stored in a storage device.