System and method for advertisement transmission and display

• US 10,423,981 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2018
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: StratosAudio, Inc.
• Original Assignee: StratosAudio, Inc.
• Inventors: Christensen, Kelly M., Hansen, John Phillip, Mock, Thomas Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Ortiz Ditren, Belix M
• Application Number:
  US15/922,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20180365733A1
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0272 Period of advertisement exposure
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 11/4076 Timing circuits for regeneration management G11C11/406
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 11/4096 Input/output [I/O] data management or control circuits, e.g. reading or writing circuits, I/O drivers or bit-line switches
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 2207/2254 Calibration
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 7/1066 Output synchronization
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 7/1078 Data input circuits, e.g. write amplifiers, data input buffers, data input registers, data input level conversion circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 7/1096 Write circuits, e.g. I/O line write drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 7/22 Read-write [R-W] timing or clocking circuits; Read-write [R-W] control signal generators or management
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 7/222 Clock generating, synchronizing or distributing circuits within memory device
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00

Abstract

The disclosure herein provides systems and methods for a media enhancement system configured to associate a secondary media signal (for example, the secondary media signal can comprise an advertisement) to a primary media signal (for example, a radio broadcast). The disclosure herein additionally provides systems and methods for a media enhancement system that enables the generating, transmitting, displaying, and/or responding to a plurality of associated and/or unassociated secondary media signals, based on a primary media content from a primary media signal, user characteristics (for example, demographic and/or geographic information), and/or third-party preferences (for example, the goals of advertisers). The secondary media signals can be used to enhance the primary media content already being provided to the user on a user device. The secondary media signals can also be used to create psychological associations or relationships with the primary media content already being provided to the user.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for determining at least one selection criterion established to enable the presentation of secondary broadcast media content on an electronic broadcast receiving device, the method comprising:

determining, by a computer system, the at least one selection criterion, each selection criterion established to determine the presentation of a secondary broadcast media content corollary to at least one broadcast media segment;

associating, by the computer system, the determined selection criterion to a secondary broadcast media content using a presentation interface;

storing, in an electronic database, each selection criterion association, each stored selection criterion association being database indexed to data elements designed to enable unique identification of the presented secondary broadcast media content as determined by the at least one selection criterion and correlation to the at least one broadcast media segment; and

selecting, by the computer system, at least one broadcast media segment digital data transmission encoder output capable of distributing the selection criterion associated secondary broadcast media content, each selection criterion associated secondary broadcast media content being traceable using an indexed reference pointing to the stored selection criterion association in the database.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection criterion association is modified based at least in part on the association of the selection criterion to the secondary broadcast media content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein generation of a usage report containing selection criterion associated secondary broadcast media content activity using the electronic broadcast receiving device determines one or more of the following:

location, date and time of digital data transmission via at least one specific broadcast media segment digital data transmission encoder output, number of responses generated with at least one specific broadcast media segment digital data transmission encoder output, number of responses generated per presentation, demographic detail regarding a responder, identification of at least one specific broadcast media segment being broadcast at the time of presentation.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a response, wherein the response is based at least in part on the secondary broadcast media content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein receipt of the response enables identification of a responder.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the selection criterion is modified based at least in part on the response.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a unique identifier specific to the instance of the at least one broadcast media segment.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one broadcast media segment digital data transmission encoder output utilizes at least one of the following technologies:

analog radio, digital radio, satellite radio, television, Internet, wireless.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein one or more of the stored selection criterion association database indexed to data elements designed to enable unique identification of the presented secondary broadcast media content as determined by the at least one selection criterion and correlation to the at least one broadcast media segment is further associated with the unique identifier specific to the instance of the at least one broadcast media segment.

10. A method for interacting with secondary broadcast media content associated with a primary broadcast media segment using a broadcast receiving system, the method comprising:

receiving a primary broadcast media segment having a unique identifier specific to an instance of each broadcast;

presenting the primary broadcast media segment having the unique identifier specific to an instance of each broadcast;

obtaining a secondary broadcast media content associated with the primary broadcast media segment;

presenting the secondary broadcast media content associated with the primary broadcast media segment, the presentation of the secondary broadcast media content indicating at least one interactive option for selection corollary to the secondary broadcast media content;

generating a selection of the at least one interactive option for selection corollary to the secondary broadcast media content; and

transmitting the selection of the at least one interactive option for selection corollary to the secondary broadcast media content using a digital data encoder output to a database for validation.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the primary broadcast media segment having the unique identifier specific to the instance of each broadcast is database indexed to uniquely identifying data assigned to the secondary broadcast media content.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the selection of the at least one interactive option for selection corollary to the secondary broadcast media content is forwarded to a second receiving system.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the selection of the at least one interactive option for selection corollary to the secondary broadcast media content comprises at least one of the following:

a vote, a poll, an advertisement, a coupon, a game, an premium, a purchase.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the receiving of the primary broadcast media segment utilizes at least one of the following technologies:

analog radio, digital radio, satellite radio, television, Internet, wireless.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the transmitting of the selection using the digital data encoder output utilizes at least one of the following technologies:

a wired connection, a wireless connection, a removable memory device.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the receiving of the primary broadcast media segment and the obtaining of the secondary broadcast media content utilize the same digital data encoder output transmission technology.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the receiving of the primary broadcast media segment and the obtaining of the secondary broadcast media content utilize different digital data encoder output transmission technologies.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting the unique identifier specific to an instance of each broadcast to the database.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting the uniquely identifying data assigned to the secondary broadcast media content to the database using a digital data encoder output.

20. The method of claim 10, wherein the digital data encoder output transmission of the selection further includes an attribute of the receiving system including at least one of the following:

location derived from GPS, location derived the Internet, location derived from wireless telephony, identifier associated the receiving system, identifier associated with a user of the receiving system.