System and method for advertisement transmission and display

• US 8,516,017 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2012
• Issued: 08/20/2013
• 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:
  US13/452,783
• Publication Number:
  US 20120209848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 487 Days
• Field of Search: 707/737, 707/812
• US Class Current: 707/812
• 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 system for determining rules of presentation for secondary media content to be associated with at least one media segment, the system comprising:

an association module comprising one or more computer processors, the association module configured to;

determine identifying data corollary to the at least one media segment;

determine the rules of presentation based on one or more criteria presented using an electronic output device;

determine a secondary media content based at least partly on the identifying data corollary to the at least one media segment and the rules of presentation, whereby the determination associates the secondary media content with a secondary media content identifier;

associate in a database the secondary media content identifier with the identifying data corollary to the at least one media segment, whereby the associating determines data that enables the identification of a specific association of the secondary media content identifier with the identifying data corollary to the at least one media segment;

store the data that enables the identification of the specific association of the secondary media content identifier with the identifying data corollary to the at least one media segment on a computer server system configured to enable distribution of at least the secondary media content to at least one receiving device according to the rules of presentation; and

a memory for storing at a minimum the identifying in data corolla to the at least one media segment.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a communication module configured to provide

     1) the data that enables the identification of the specific association of the secondary media content identifier with the identifying data corollary to the at least one media segment and

     2) the secondary media content to the at least one receiving device according to the rules of presentation, whereby the at least one receiving device is configured to present the secondary content in association with the at least one media segment.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein receipt of the response enables identification of a responder.

4. The system of claim 2 further comprising:

a response server configured to;

receive a response message from the at least one receiving device, the response message including at least the data that enables the identification of the specific association of the secondary media content identifier with the identifying data corollary to the at least one media segment; and

associate the response message with the specific association of the secondary media content with the at least one media segment.

5. The system of claim 4 further comprising:

a report generation server configured to generate a report based at least in part on the specific association of the secondary media content with the media segment.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the determination of the secondary media content is used to modify one or more of the following:

the rules of presentation, the one or more criteria.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer server system and the database are controlled by discrete entities.

8. A system for associating secondary media content identifiers with at least one of a plurality of broadcast segments identified in a database, the system comprising:

a media content database for storing secondary media content identifiers, each secondary media content identifier being associated with one of a plurality of secondary media content;

a control management database for storing identifying elements for broadcast segments, each identifying element associated with at least one of a plurality of broadcast segments;

an association module comprising one or more computer processors, the association module configured to associate the secondary media content identifiers stored corollary to the identifying elements to at least one specific broadcast segment, the association enabling identification of usage activity responsive to specific associations of secondary media content with broadcast segments; and

a memory for storing at least part of the association enabling identification of usage activity responsive to specific associations of secondary media content with broadcast segments.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the media content database and the control management database are managed by a single entity.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the media content database and the control management database are managed by discrete entities.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the usage activity is identified in relation to at least one specific instance of the broadcast segment.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a response module configured to receive a response corollary to the secondary media content and, based at least in part on the response, updates one or more of the following databases;

the media content database, the control management database.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein receipt of the response enables identification of a responder.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising a report module configured to generate a report based at least in part on a result generated by the association module.

15. A system for determining at least one criterion established to enable the presentation of secondary media content on an electronic device, the system comprising:

an interface for determining at least one criterion, each criterion established to determine the presentation of a secondary media content corollary to at least one media segment;

a secondary media content presentation interface enabling association of the determined criterion to a secondary media content;

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

a transmission selection module for selecting at least one broadcast segment transmission outlet capable of distributing the criterion associated secondary media content, each criterion associated secondary media content being traceable through reference to the stored criterion association in the database.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the criterion association is modified based at least in part on the association of the criterion to the secondary media content.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein generation of a usage report containing criterion associated secondary media content activity determines one or more of the following:

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

18. The system of claim 15, further comprising a response module configured to receive a response, wherein the response is based at least in part on the secondary media content.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein receipt of the response enables identification of a responder.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the criterion is modified based at least in part on the response.