Multimedia product placement marketplace

• US 9,940,644 B1
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Zhu, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Sittner, Matthew T
• Application Number:
  US14/585,448
• Time in Patent Office: 1,197 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0275 Auctions

Abstract

A multimedia product placement marketplace is provided. A media player presents primary media content received over a first channel. A media component presents auxiliary media content received over a second channel, and selects a portion of an auxiliary media content related to the primary media content, which may have been presented by the media player during a previous time period. If the selected portion of the auxiliary media content is associated with at least one item of information, the media component receives the information over a second channel, and displays the received information via a user interface on the handset. The received information includes a link to a commerce server that provides a commercially available product and/or a commercially available service related to the selected portion of the auxiliary media content to enable a transaction. The link may be based on a highest value bid within a period of time.

Claims

1. A system for a multimedia product placement marketplace, comprising:

a processor on a handset;

a memory on the handset; and

a media component stored in the memory, that when executed by the processor,

selects, based on user input, a user-selected portion of an auxiliary media content related to a primary media content received by a different media player over a first channel, wherein the auxiliary media content comprises at least some of the primary media content presented by the different media player,

determines that the user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content is associated with a metatag of the auxiliary media content,

receives at least one item of information associated with the metatag over a second channel in response to a determination that the user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content is associated with the metatag,

displays the received information via a user interface on the handset, wherein the received at least one item of information comprises a link to a commerce server that provides at least one of a commercially available product and a commercially available service related to the user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content to enable a transaction,

selects, based on user input, a second user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content related to the primary media content received by the different media player,

determines that the second user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content is not associated with a second metatag of the auxiliary media content,

responsive to a determination that the second user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content is not associated with the second metatag of the auxiliary media content,

requests, from a commerce server, at least one item of information associated with the second user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content, and

receives the at least one item of information associated with the second user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content in response to the requesting.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the handset is one of a mobile phone, a wireless communication device, a pager, a personal digital assistant, a portable computer, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a digital camera, a digital music player, a digital calculator, an electronic key fob for keyless entry, a second media player, and an inventory control device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the different media player comprises one of a television, a set top box, a gaming console, a satellite radio device, a motion picture theater, a desktop computer, a personal computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a portable telecommunications device, a cellular telephone, a digital telephone, and a personal digital assistant.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the media component receives the auxiliary media content from the different media player over the second channel using a short range wireless connection.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the short range wireless connection uses at least one of a Bluetooth technology, a near field communication (NFC) technology, a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology, and infrared technology, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a content provider that transmits the primary media content to the different media player and inserts the metatag into the auxiliary media content to associate the user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content with the at least one item of information.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the different media player receives the primary media content from the content provider over the first channel using a long range fixed connection.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the media component receives the auxiliary media content from the content provider using a long range wireless connection.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the handset wirelessly communicates via one of a code division multiple access (CDMA) technology, a global system for mobile communication (GSM) technology, a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) technology, a long-term evolution (LTE) technology, and a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) technology.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the media component further requests the at least one item of information associated with the user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content in response to a determination that the selected portion of the auxiliary media content is not associated with the metatag, receives the at least one item of information over the second channel in response to requesting the at least one item of information, and displays the at least one item of information via the user interface on the handset.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the media component further synchronizes presentation of the auxiliary media content with presentation of the primary media content received by the different media player.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the synchronization is based on user input entered via the user interface.

13. A system for a multimedia product placement marketplace, comprising:

a first processor on a server;

a first memory on the server;

a bid component stored in the first memory, that when executed by the first processor, receives a bid to associate a content link to a media content, determines whether the bid is a highest value within a period of time, and associates the media content to the content link in response to a determination that the bid is a highest value within the period of time;

a second processor on a handset;

a second memory on the handset; and

a media component stored in the second memory, that when executed by the second processor,

selects, based on user input, a user-selected portion of an auxiliary media content related to a primary media content received by a different media player over a first channel wherein the auxiliary media content comprises at least some of the primary media content presented by the different media player,

determines whether the user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content comprises a metatag of the auxiliary media content,

receives the content link over a second channel in response to a determination that the user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content comprises the metatag,

displays the received content link via a user interface on the handset, wherein the received content link comprises a link to a commerce server that provides at least one of a commercially available product and a commercially available service related to the user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content to enable a transaction,

selects, based on user input, a second user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content related to the primary media content received by the different media player,

determines that the second user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content is not associated with a second metatag of the auxiliary media content,

responsive to a determination that the second user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content is not associated with the second metatag of the auxiliary media content,

requests, from a commerce server, at least one item of information associated with the second user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content, and

receives the at least one item of information associated with the second user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content in response to the requesting.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the bid is based on a geographic location associated with the handset executing a location fix technology.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the location fix technology comprises one of advanced forward link trilateration, global positioning system, a cell sector location fix technology, and a hybrid location fix technology.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the auxiliary media content is related to the primary media content and comprises the at least some of the primary media content presented by the different media player during a time period.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the different media player and the handset are different types of devices.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein responsive to a determination that the selected portion of the auxiliary media content is not associated with the metatag of the auxiliary media content, the media component requests the at least one item of information associated with the user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content from a commerce server and receives the at least one item of information associated with the selected portion of the auxiliary media content in response to requesting the at least one item of information.

18. The system of 17, wherein the user-selected portion of the auxiliary media content is a portion of the primary media content presented by the different media player during the time period.