Coordinating advertisements at multiple playback devices
First Claim
1. A central node for coordinating advertisements in heterogeneous content played by a plurality of playback devices comprising:
- a digital storage device;
a communication interface associated with the digital storage device; and
a control system associated with the digital storage device and configured to;
receive from the plurality of playback devices schedule information identifying different content played by the plurality of playback devices; and
coordinate ad slots in the different content played by the plurality of playback devices based on the schedule information to concurrently coordinate the ad slots in the different content, wherein at least one targeted advertisement is provided to the plurality of playback devices for insertion into the coordinated ad slots.
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Abstract
A system and method for coordinating advertisements on multiple playback devices during playback of heterogeneous content are provided. In general, a virtual group of playback devices or users of the playback devices is formed and managed by a virtual group (VG) control function. In operation, the VG control function operates to coordinate advertisement slots in heterogeneous content being played by the playback devices and provide targeted advertisements to the playback devices for insertion into the coordinated advertisement slots. The targeted advertisements may be, for example, targeted advertisements for each user or playback device, targeted advertisements for subsets of the users or playback devices in the virtual group, targeted advertisements for the virtual group, targeted complementary advertisements for subsets of users or playback devices in the virtual group, or targeted complementary advertisements for the virtual group.
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28 Claims
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1. A central node for coordinating advertisements in heterogeneous content played by a plurality of playback devices comprising:
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a digital storage device; a communication interface associated with the digital storage device; and a control system associated with the digital storage device and configured to; receive from the plurality of playback devices schedule information identifying different content played by the plurality of playback devices; and coordinate ad slots in the different content played by the plurality of playback devices based on the schedule information to concurrently coordinate the ad slots in the different content, wherein at least one targeted advertisement is provided to the plurality of playback devices for insertion into the coordinated ad slots. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for coordinating advertisements in heterogeneous content played by a plurality of playback devices comprising:
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at least one communication interface communicatively coupling the system to the plurality of playback devices; and a control system associated with the at least one communication interface and adapted to; receive from the plurality of playback devices schedule information identifying different content played by the plurality of playback devices; and interact with the plurality of playback devices to coordinate ad slots in the different content played by the plurality of playback devices based on the schedule information to concurrently coordinate the ad slots in the different content, wherein at least one targeted advertisement is provided to the plurality of playback devices for insertion into the coordinated ad slots.
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