Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing electronic transactions

• US 8,990,426 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2007
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hill, N. Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Vostal, O.C.
• Application Number:
  US11/946,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20090138543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,673 Days
• Field of Search: 709/246
• US Class Current: 709/246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2361 Selecting a particular reproducing device from amongst a plurality of devices, e.g. high or low resolution devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/00 Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD] real-time bi-directional transmission of motion video data H04N7/14 ; broadcast or conference over packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/40 Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing electronic transactions are provided. A method includes presenting an offer on a first communications device to conduct an electronic transaction on another communications device that is different from the first communications device. In response to an acceptance of the offer and selection of the other communications device, the method includes retrieving a network address for the other communications device from a storage device, and executing the electronic transaction on the other communications device via the network address.

Claims

1. A method for providing an electronic transaction, comprising:

presenting an offer on a communications device to conduct the electronic transaction, the offer presented during a programming event occurring on the communications device, the programming event including content presented by a content provider over a media channel, the presenting the offer including presenting the offer in conjunction with the content; and

in response to an acceptance of the offer by the communications device;

determining a media file type associated with a subject of the offer;

presenting notification, via a user interface at the communications device, of another communications device that is compatible with the media file type associated with the subject of the offer;

receiving, from the communications device, a selection comprising the other communications device;

retrieving, from an account record associated with the communications device, a network address for the other communications device, each of the communications device and the other communications device in the account record associated with a pre-defined community of users, wherein the presenting notification of another communications device that is compatible with the media file type is implemented in response to identifying the media file type listed in the account record for the other communications device; and

executing the electronic transaction on the other communications device via the network address, the electronic transaction comprising transmitting a media file having the media file type.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the network address for the other communications device includes retrieving the network address from the account record via a device identifier of the communications device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the media file comprises a multi-media file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the communications device is an Internet Protocol-enabled television, the method further comprising:

presenting the offer via a picture-in-picture presentation on the Internet Protocol-enabled television.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the communications device is an Internet Protocol-enabled television, the method further comprising:

presenting the offer via a ticker presentation on the Internet Protocol-enabled television.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein content of the offer relates to a media content item presented on the communications device, and the offer is presented at the time in which the media content item is presented, the media content item being a broadcast television program.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the offer further includes a recording service and wherein the electronic transaction includes recording a media file on the other communications device at the time of broadcast of the media file.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the communications device includes an Internet Protocol-enabled television.

9. A system for providing an electronic transaction, comprising:

a computer system; and

a media transaction application executing on the computer system, the media transaction application implementing a method, comprising;

presenting an offer on a communications device to conduct the electronic transaction, the offer presented during a programming event occurring on the communications device, the programming event including content presented by a content provider over a media channel, the presenting the offer including presenting the offer in conjunction with the content; and

in response to an acceptance of the offer by the communications device;

determining a media file type associated with a subject of the offer;

maintaining an account record associated with the communications device, a network address for another communications device, a media file type listed in the account record for the other communications device, each of the communications device and the other communications device in the account record associated with a pre-defined community of users;

presenting notification, via a user interface at the communications device, the other communications device that is compatible with the media file type associated with the subject of the offer, wherein the presenting notification to the other communications device that is compatible with the media file type is implemented in response to identifying the media file type listed in the account record for the other communications device;

receiving, from the communications device, a selection comprising the other communications device;

retrieving, from the account record associated with the communications device, a network address for the other communications device, each of the communications device and the other communications device in the account record associated with a pre-defined community of users; and

executing the electronic transaction on the other communications device via the network address, the electronic transaction comprising transmitting a media file having the media file type.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein retrieving the network address for the other communications device includes retrieving the network address from the account record via a device identifier of the communications device.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the media file comprises a static image.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the communications device is an Internet Protocol-enabled television, the method further comprising:

presenting the offer via a picture-in-picture presentation on the Internet Protocol-enabled television.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the communications device is an Internet Protocol-enabled television, the method further comprising:

presenting the offer via a ticker presentation on the Internet Protocol-enabled television.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein content of the offer relates to a media content item presented on the communications device, and the offer is presented at the time in which the media content item is presented, the media content item being a broadcast television program.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the offer further includes a recording service and wherein the electronic transaction includes recording a media file on the other communications device at the time of broadcast of the media file.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the other communications device includes a cellular telephone.

17. A computer program product for providing an electronic transaction, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to implement operations, comprising:

presenting an offer on a communications device to conduct the electronic transaction, the offer presented during a programming event occurring on the communications device, the programming event including content presented by a content provider over a media channel, the presenting the offer including presenting the offer in conjunction with the content; and

in response to an acceptance of the offer by the communications device;

determining a media file type associated with a subject of the offer;

presenting notification, via a user interface at the communications device, of another communications device that is compatible with the media file type associated with the subject of the offer;

receiving, from the communications device, a selection comprising the other communications device;

retrieving, from an account record associated with the communications device, a network address for the other communications device, each of the communications device and the other communications device in the account record associated with a pre-defined community of users, wherein the presenting notification of another communications device that is compatible with the media file type is implemented in response to identifying the media file type listed in the account record for the other communications device; and

executing the electronic transaction on the other communications device via the network address, the electronic transaction comprising transmitting a media file having the media file type;

wherein retrieving the network address for the other communications device includes retrieving the network address from the account record via a device identifier of the communications device

wherein the communications device is an Internet Protocol-enabled television, the method further comprising presenting the offer during a programming event via a picture-in-picture presentation on the Internet Protocol-enabled television;

wherein the content of the offer relates to a media content item presented on the communications device, and the offer is presented at the time in which the media content item is presented, the media content item being a broadcast television program; and

wherein the offer is an audio file, the other communications device is a cellular telephone, and the electronic transaction comprises transmitting the audio file to the cellular telephone.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the media file comprises an audio file.