Attention manager for occupying the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device
First Claim
1. A system for engaging the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device, comprising:
- a content display system associated with the display device, the content display system including means for receiving a set of content data and a set of instructions for enabling a display device to selectively display, in an unobtrusive manner that does not distract a user of the apparatus from a primary interaction with the apparatus, an image or images generated from a set of content data, the content display system further including means for using the display device to selectively display the image or images using the set of instructions;
a content providing system including means for providing a set of content data to the content display system;
means for providing to the content display system a set of instructions for enabling a display device to selectively display an image or images generated from a set of content data;
first communication means for enabling communication between the means for providing and the content display system; and
second communication means for enabling communication between the content providing system and the content display system.
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Abstract
An attention manager presents information to a person in the vicinity of a display device in a manner that engages at least the peripheral attention of the person. The information is embodied by one or more sets of content data (e.g., video or audio data). Each set of content data is formulated by a content provider and made available for use by content display systems. Upon appropriate activation, each content display system displays images corresponding to the sets of content data in accordance with predetermined scheduling information. The attention manager makes use of “unused capacity” of the display device and the person'"'"'s attention, providing information to the person that the person might not otherwise expend adequate energy to obtain. The attention manager also affords an opportunity to content providers to disseminate their information to people that are interested in receiving such information, enabling the content providers to provide better directed information dissemination, as well as providing access to the previously unused attention capacity of those interested users.
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67 Claims
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1. A system for engaging the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device, comprising:
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a content display system associated with the display device, the content display system including means for receiving a set of content data and a set of instructions for enabling a display device to selectively display, in an unobtrusive manner that does not distract a user of the apparatus from a primary interaction with the apparatus, an image or images generated from a set of content data, the content display system further including means for using the display device to selectively display the image or images using the set of instructions;
a content providing system including means for providing a set of content data to the content display system;
means for providing to the content display system a set of instructions for enabling a display device to selectively display an image or images generated from a set of content data;
first communication means for enabling communication between the means for providing and the content display system; and
second communication means for enabling communication between the content providing system and the content display system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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19. A system for engaging the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device of an apparatus, comprising:
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means for acquiring a set of content data from a content providing system; and
means for selectively displaying on the display device, in an unobtrusive manner that does not distract a user of the apparatus from a primary interaction with the apparatus, an image or images generated from the set of content data.
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46. A method for engaging the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device of an apparatus, comprising:
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acquiring a set of content data from a content providing system; and
selectively displaying on the display device, in an unobtrusive manner that does not distract a user of the apparatus from a primary interaction with the apparatus, an image or images generated from the set of content data.
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49. A computer readable medium encoded with one or more computer programs for enabling acquisition of a set of content data and display of an image or images generated from the set of content data on a display device during operation of an attention manager, comprising:
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acquisition instructions for enabling acquisition of a set of content data from a specified information source;
user interface installation instructions for enabling provision of a user interface that allows a person to request the set of content data from the specified information source;
content data scheduling instructions for providing temporal constraints on the display of the image or images generated from the set of content data; and
display instructions for enabling display of the image or images generated from the set of content data.
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66. A computer readable medium encoded with one or more computer programs for enabling a content display system to selectively display on a display device, in an unobtrusive manner that does not distract a person from a primary interaction with an apparatus associated with the display device, an image generated from a set of content data, comprising:
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operating instructions for beginning, managing and terminating the selective display of the image on the display device;
content display system scheduling instructions for scheduling the display of the image on the display device; and
installation instructions for installing the operating instructions and content display system scheduling instructions on a content display system. - View Dependent Claims (67)
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