Adaptive direct transaction for networked client group

• US 7,769,620 B1
• Filed: 09/01/1998
• Issued: 08/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dennis Fernandez, Fernandez & Associates LLP
• Original Assignee: Dennis Fernandez
• Inventors: Fernandez, Irene Hu, Fernandez, Dennis Sunga
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes, John W
• Assistant Examiner(s): WU, RUTAO
• Application Number:
  US09/145,167
• Time in Patent Office: 4,354 Days
• Field of Search: 705/10, 705/7, 705/27, 705/26, 395/800.28, 395/800.17, 395/732, 395/860, 395/821, 395/680, 701/213, 386/46, 725/37, 725/136, 725/35
• US Class Current: 705/14.49
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0253 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

Internet-based software and associated database provide group analysis overlay to monitor client-server web traffic and provide direct marketing to client group. Client car, patient, office or school sensor and interface provides overlay attribute for database comparison to classify usage pattern, location, timing, or family for targeted messaging for enhanced service from server source. Database group registry tracks client classification and provides adaptive context mapping according to set attribute relative to targeted on-line transaction.

Claims

1. An interactive digital television set-top apparatus for coupling to a network for providing contextually-mapped biomedical media service comprising:

an interface for receiving a video stream from the network;

a controller for causing the video stream to be stored in a digital video recorder, such stored video being accessible for play-back using a software search agent; and

a personal biological sensor for generating a real-time signal for transmission via the network interface, the real-time signal enabling such set-top apparatus to be classified in a promotional group for targeted messaging, whereby a promotion video stream is directed to the set-top apparatus adaptively in response to the real-time signal, the received video stream comprising a biomedical expertise message for clinical diagnosis that is contextually mapped to a patient group by comparing automatically with an associated value stored in a database a patient diagnosis sensed using the sensor comprising a micromachined transducer coupled to a diagnosed patient for measuring or monitoring an organic material of the patient coupled to the sensor transducer that senses the organic material, such that the sensor transducer generates therefrom the personal biological sensor signal for enabling such patient to be diagnosed via the biomedical expertise message that is adapted to the personal biological sensor signal measurement or monitoring of the organic material as generated by the sensor transducer, the biomedical expertise message being scheduled for viewing by one or more patient belonging to the patient group, the patient or promotional group being determined automatically by software for group analysis overlay that monitors patient sensor or sensor interface to process patient attribute in either group by comparing patient attribute with associated attribute stored in the database.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the sensor comprises a DNA or protein probe, whereby the promotion video stream comprises a tele-medicine application associated with sensed DNA or protein.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein:

the sensor comprises a GPS location device, whereby the promotion video stream comprises a vehicular or mobile application associated with sensed location.

4. An interactive digital television set-top method for providing contextually-mapped biomedical media service comprising the steps of:

receiving a video stream from via a network interface;

storing the video stream in a digital video recorder for play-back, such stored video being accessible using a software search agent; and

generating a personal biological sensor signal for transmission via the network interface, the signal enabling set-top classification in a promotional group for targeted messaging, whereby a promotion video stream is directed adaptively in response to the signal, the received video stream comprising a biomedical expertise message for clinical diagnosis that is contextually mapped to a patient group by comparing automatically with an associated value stored in a database a patient diagnosis sensed using the sensor comprising a micromachined transducer coupled to a diagnosed patient for measuring or monitoring an organic material of the patient coupled to the sensor transducer that senses the organic material, such that the sensor transducer generates therefrom the personal biological sensor signal for enabling such patient to be diagnosed via the biomedical expertise message that is adapted to the personal biological sensor signal measurement or monitoring of the organic material as generated by the sensor transducer, the biomedical expertise message being scheduled for viewing by one or more patient belonging to the patient group, the patient or promotional group being determined automatically by software for group analysis overlay that monitors patient sensor or sensor interface to process patient attribute in either group by comparing patient attribute with associated attribute stored in the database.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein:

the signal is generated by a DNA or protein probe, whereby the promotion video stream comprises a tele-medicine application associated with sensed DNA or protein.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein:

the signal is generated by a GPS location device, whereby the promotion video stream comprises a vehicular or mobile application associated with sensed location.