System for data management and on-demand rental and purchase of digital data products
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1. A data delivery system for providing automatic delivery of multimedia data products from one or more multimedia data product providers, the system comprising:
- a remote account transaction server for providing multimedia data products to an end user, at least one of the multimedia data products being specifically identified advertising data; and
a programmable local receiver unit for interfacing with the remote account transaction server to receive one or more of the multimedia data products and for processing and automatically recording the multimedia data products, said programmable local receiver unit including at least one individually controlled and reserved advertising data storage section adapted specifically for storing the specifically identified advertising data, said at least one advertising data storage section being monitored and controlled by said remote account transaction server and such that said specifically identified advertising data is delivered by said remote account transaction server and stored in said at least one individually controlled and reserved advertising data storage section.
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Abstract
A system for handling data and transactions involving data through the use of a virtual transaction zone, which virtual transaction zone removes the dependency of such transaction on the delivery medium of the product. The invention may reside and operate on a variety of electronic devices such as televisions, VCRs, DVDs, personal computers, WebTV, any other known electronic recorder/player, or as a stand alone unit. The transaction zone also provides a mechanism for combining mediums, data feeds, and manipulation of those feeds. The transaction zone also provides a mechanism for controlling the content, delivery, and timing of delivery of the end consumer'"'"'s product.
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106 Claims
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1. A data delivery system for providing automatic delivery of multimedia data products from one or more multimedia data product providers, the system comprising:
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a remote account transaction server for providing multimedia data products to an end user, at least one of the multimedia data products being specifically identified advertising data; and a programmable local receiver unit for interfacing with the remote account transaction server to receive one or more of the multimedia data products and for processing and automatically recording the multimedia data products, said programmable local receiver unit including at least one individually controlled and reserved advertising data storage section adapted specifically for storing the specifically identified advertising data, said at least one advertising data storage section being monitored and controlled by said remote account transaction server and such that said specifically identified advertising data is delivered by said remote account transaction server and stored in said at least one individually controlled and reserved advertising data storage section. - 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, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A data delivery system for providing automatic delivery of multimedia data products from one or more multimedia data product providers, the system comprising:
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a remote account transaction server for providing an end user access to multimedia data products and for providing targeted advertising data to the end user; and a programmable local receiver unit for interfacing with the remote account transaction server to receive specific multimedia data products and for processing and automatically recording the multimedia data products, said programmable local receiver unit including an addressable data storage memory said addressable data storage memory comprising a plurality of individually controlled storage sections, each being separately assignable, addressable, and reserved for specific processing and storage operations and at least one of said plurality of individually controlled storage sections being reserved as an advertising data storage section exclusively for storing the targeted advertising data, and a microprocessor programmed to control the operation of said programmable local receiver unit including storing of the multimedia data products received from said remote account transaction server into said plurality of individually controlled storage sections and to store the targeted advertising data in said advertising data storage section. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A method of providing targeted multimedia advertising data to specific targeted end users of a multimedia data delivery system, comprising:
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dividing a memory of a programmable local receiver unit into a plurality of individually controlled storage sections, said programmable local receiver unit configured for interfacing with a remote account transaction server to receive specific multimedia data products and for processing and automatically recording the specific multimedia data products according to user specified programming options; reserving at least one of said plurality of individually controlled storage sections in said programmable local receiver unit as an advertising data storage section specifically for storing advertising data; monitoring and controlling said advertising data storage section in said programmable local receiver unit with said remote account transaction server; delivering advertising data from said remote account transaction server to said programmable local receiver unit; and storing the advertising data in said advertising data storage section of said programmable local receiver unit. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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81. A data delivery system for providing automatic delivery of digital data products from one or more digital data product providers, the system comprising:
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a central control unit for facilitating sending of digital data products to an end user, at least one of the digital data products being specifically identified advertising data; and a programmable receiver for interfacing with said central control unit to receive one or more of the digital data products and for automatically recording the digital data products, said programmable receiver including at least one individually controlled and reserved advertising data storage section adapted for storing the specifically identified advertising data, said at least one advertising data storage section being monitored and controlled by said central control unit located remote to the end user, such that the specifically identified advertising data is delivered and stored in said at least one individually controlled and reserved advertising data storage section. - View Dependent Claims (82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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97. A data delivery system for providing automatic delivery of digital data products and targeted advertising to at least one end user, the system comprising:
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a communications interface for interfacing with a central control unit for providing an end user access to digital data products and for facilitating sending of targeted advertising data to an end user; and a programmable receiver for interfacing with said central control unit for configuring said programmable receiver to receive specific digital data products and for processing the digital data products, said programmable receiver including an addressable data storage memory, said addressable data storage memory comprising at least one individually controlled storage section and wherein at least one of said individually controlled storage sections is reserved for storing the targeted advertising data, and a microprocessor programmed to control operation of said programmable receiver unit including processing of the digital data products and to store the targeted advertising data in at least one of said individually controlled storage sections. - View Dependent Claims (98, 99, 100)
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101. A method of providing targeted multimedia advertising data to specific targeted end users of a digital data delivery system, comprising:
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reserving at least one of individually controlled storage section in a programmable receiver to provide an advertising data storage section specifically for storing advertising data, the programmable receiver configured to receive specific digital data products and to automatically record the specific digital data products according to programmable user suitability criteria; monitoring and controlling said advertising data storage section in the programmable receiver with a central control unit; facilitating the delivery of advertising data to the programmable receiver; storing the advertising data in said advertising data storage section; selecting advertising that is suitable for targeting to an end user based upon the suitability data associated with the end user to generate targeted advertising; and presenting the targeted advertising to the end user. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105, 106)
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