WO1996005564A1 - Systeme informatique et payant de diffusion de donnees - Google Patents

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WO1996005564A1
WO1996005564A1 PCT/US1995/009644 US9509644W WO9605564A1 WO 1996005564 A1 WO1996005564 A1 WO 1996005564A1 US 9509644 W US9509644 W US 9509644W WO 9605564 A1 WO9605564 A1 WO 9605564A1
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    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/16—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a computerized data vending system, and in particular, to a self-service dating vending system comprising a network formed of a plurality of coin-operating vending machines which enable customers to create personal advertisements for advertising through the network and to respond to advertisements of other customers.
  • a personal __ advertisement may contain an appropriate description, personal profile, and/or audio.
  • interested parties After an advertisement has been published, interested parties reach the advertising party by placing, e.g., a 1-900 phone call or sending a letter to the publication in which the advertisement was placed.
  • personal advertisements can be placed in an appropriate electronic mail system.
  • Public computer networks CompuServe and Prodigy represent conventional electronic systems for placing personal advertisements. Participants in such systems usually pay a subscription fee.
  • drawbacks of such systems are that they are not very efficient, rather expensive, and do not lend themselves to complete automatization. Another drawback is that they require an intermediary between the interested parties. A further drawback is that they provide for only voice and text communications, but do not allow for image information.
  • the computerized ad system of the '731 Patent comprises data processing means, including means for creating an ad database comprising a plurality of ads. Each ad contains data describing an item to be made available through the system, such as a property offered for sale or lease, available services employment, etc.
  • the data processing means further includes means for receiving profile data describing an item sought from others through the system, such as property desired for purchase or lease or desired services or employment.
  • the classified ad system also includes an interactive voice response system comprising means for storing words and/or phrases in voice form, means for receiving the output data from the data processing means and means for assembling a voice output message corresponding to the output data from the stored words and/or phrases.
  • interactive voice response system is coupled to a telephone network, so that the voice message can be delivered to a customer or the like via a telephone network.
  • the computerized system described in the '731 Patent does not have provisions for creating an ad on the spot, e.g., upon payment of a prescribed fee, at a plurality of locations, or provisions for immediate access and response to the stored ads from a plurality of locations for general public use.
  • an object of the invention is a computerized dating vending system which would permit a user to input necessary data of the user at any of a plurality of terminals located at a plurality of different locations and to access data input at any of the plurality of terminals for general public use.
  • a computerized dating vending system comprising a plurality of self-service vending terminals, remote sites, which are connected with each other and which permit a customer or user to input, upon payment of an appropriate fee, a desired advertisement into any of the plurality of terminals and to review any of the advertisement which were placed in any of the terminals upon payment of the appropriate fee.
  • the computerized dating vending system includes a central processor or a host unit, which includes memory means for storing data relating to advertisements and responses to the advertisements and which is connected with the self-service terminals or remote sites.
  • Each self-service vending terminal includes a microprocessor and an associated video display device having a display screen, means for inputting advertisements and profiles, means for outputting the stored advertisements and profiles and means for receiving payments.
  • the system further includes means for communication of the separate self-service terminals with the central processor.
  • the communicating means includes a network server and network modem connecting the central processor to the server.
  • a terminal or remote site may represent a kiosk type unit which is placed in public areas (convenience stores, bars, etc.) easily accessible to users.
  • the users can be divided in two main groups: (1) those leaving an ad or profile, who will be referred to below as profilers, and those browsing existing ads/profiles, who will be referred to below as browsers.
  • profilers those leaving an ad or profile
  • browsers those browsing existing ads/profiles
  • a browser can print out those ads/profiles in which he/she is interested, and/or leave E-mail or voice messages for the profiler.
  • the profiler In order to place an advertisement, the profiler actuates the self-service terminal by inputting either cash or credit card payment into payment receiving means. After the vending machine is actuated, the profiler inputs the desired advertisement, which may include personal data, such as age, sex, physical data, religion and the like and/or a photo.
  • the inputting means may be formed as keyboard for entering text, as voice input, photo-scanning device, digital camera and the like or can also be formed as a combination of different types inputting means.
  • the entry data are stored in a respective terminal and are also transmitted to the central processor which, in turn, transmits the data to all other terminals of the system, thus, insuring access to the data from any of the network terminals.
  • an advertisement is placed in the vending machine, it is given an identification code.
  • the advertisement will be stored for a set period of time. Browsers will be able to leave messages for these advertisements in a form such as key entering text, scanning of photos, voice input, recording video, a photo taken, or by simply providing a code to the profiler in the terminal or placing a call to the profiler if the advertisement includes the profiler's phone number.
  • an ad or response to an ad is placed in the terminal, it is transmitted to other terminals, thus allowing for interactivity. This generally will be done by all of the terminals calling central processor via telephone lines and loading daily data in a preprogrammed sequence. Once all the data has been updated in the central processor, it will call all the terminals in the network in a sequence, updating them with all of the daily inputted data collected from all of the terminals. This may generally take place once every twenty-four hours and in the middle of the night. Another method would be to allocate a dedicated telephone line to each terminal, thus allowing for online updates.
  • Profiles may leave their phone numbers in the terminals.
  • the terminals would allow the browser to call the profiler through the machine and, at the same time, not disclose the phone number to the browser.
  • the terminals may be placed in sport bars, night clubs, convenience stores, grocery stores, video stores, or other suitable locations. Users of the terminals will be able to: (i) input personal advertisements into the terminal; (ii) review personal advertisements of others at the terminals; and (iii) leave responses to personal advertisements in the vending machine or place a call through the vending machine to a profiler.
  • Fig. 1 is a flow chart showing schematically a computerized dating vending system
  • Fig. 2 is a flow chart showing schematically the composition of a self-service terminal of the computerized dating vending system according to the present invention
  • Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing step sequences which can be undertaken at a terminal or remote site.
  • Fig. 4 is a flow chart showing information exchange between a terminal remote site and a central computer host locale.
  • the computerized dating vending system 10 shown in Figure 1 comprises a central processor 12, including data storage means (not shown) and is connected by a network modem 14 and network server 16 to a plurality of self-service terminals 18.
  • the central processor 12 may be a standard IBM compatible PC variety, driven by, e.g., Intel Chip 80486 or Pentium.
  • the central processor should have a large storage capacity and be equipped with an expansion communication device capable to handle multiple dial-in calls simultaneously.
  • a multi-port serial board or AT compatible single board PC processor boards can be used.
  • the central processor 12 serves as an intermediary between the separate self-service terminals 18.
  • Each terminal 18 comprises a microprocessor 20, for converting input information into storable data, and advertisement input means 22 for inputting the advertised data into the microprocessor 20.
  • the microprocessor 20 includes an input 24 for receiving the input data, storage means 26 for storing the input data input at the terminal 18 and data received via the central processor 12, from other terminals, and an output-input means 28 for outputting data, received at the respective terminal to the central processor and for receiving data from the central processor.
  • the microprocessor 20 may be similar to the central processor, a standard IBM compatible PC variety, but with a reduced storage capacity and without an expansion communication device.
  • the microprocessor 20 is associated with a video display 30 for displaying images of profiles, if available.
  • the self-service terminal 18 further comprises a payment receiving device 32, which is connected to the input device 22 and actuates the same, upon receiving payment.
  • the payment receiving device 32 if designed to accept credit cards, may be connected to a credit card payment authorized unit 34.
  • the device 32 may include a standard bank credit card reader.
  • a digital camera can be used as a photo-scanning or picture taking device 36.
  • the digital camera is an electronic photo-sensitive device which records images and sends the digital images, in lieu of film, directly to a computer via a serial port interface.
  • the camera looks and acts similar to a standard camera in that it contains a viewer, lens, flash, and push ⁇ button to take pictures.
  • the camera works by viewing an image into its photo-sensitive cell, then building a matrix of pixel values (single points of color which appear on a computer monitor) in digital format (strings of l's and 0's) .
  • the main component of a digital camera which acts as the receptacle for light and images entering the lens, is the Charge Coupled Device, or CCD.
  • the CCD works by storing the image information as an array of electrical charges, which is then measured by the camera and stored as a number.
  • the camera cannot only be used manually, like a standard camera, but can also be placed in a cradle which is connected to a personal computer, then acted upon via software running on the PC.
  • the software could be designed to print a message on its monitor, saying "Smith, I will take a picture of you in three seconds," then signal the camera to take the picture, without any human interaction.
  • the image can be stored in various standard computer graphics formats, such as TIFF, PCX, BMP, etc.
  • TIFF image size
  • PCX image size
  • BMP image size
  • a typical compressed color image is about 5OK bytes in size.
  • 500 megabyte storage device e.g. hard drive, optical disk, magnetic tape, etc.
  • Digital images once stored in the computer can be output in various ways.
  • an image can be output to a printer.
  • Most laserjet or inkjet printers are capable of clear, grey-scale output of images (dot-matrix printers can also be used, but with much less quality output) .
  • color printers which use a number of color printing technologies, including thermal transfer, solid ink, liquid ink, dye diffusion, and color xerography.
  • images can also be output to film, using instruments called phototypesetters and photoplotters.
  • a standard analog video camera may be used together with a video input board connected with the microprocessor.
  • the video input board converts an analog video input to a digital format so that single frames can be captured and stored in a standard graphic file format, e.g., TIFF, PCX, BMP.
  • a profiler who wants to place an ad, actuates a self-service terminal 18 by inserting an appropriate payment into the payment receiving device 32, which actuates the input means 22.
  • the input means 22 displays the options available to the profiler.
  • the user Upon selecting an option, the user inputs the necessary information. If the option selected retrieval of the stored data, they are displayed on the video display 30 and/or printed out, and/or are voice- displayed.
  • a user begins by starting a program (box 1) and selecting, a option (box 5) on the main menu (box 4) .
  • the choices to the user are as follows: reviewing instructions (boxes 6, 10) , browsing ads/leaving messages (box 8) , creating a personal ad (box 7) , checking mail box (box 9) . If the user selects the optional reviewing instructions, after the completion of their display (box 14) , the main menu (box 4) is displayed again.
  • a payment method screen (box 11) appears, requesting payment.
  • the user profiler
  • inputs various information, personal traits, interests, etc. box 12
  • has his picture taken box 13
  • the picture is taken it is displayed on the screen for the user review. If the user does not like the photo, he/she can have it retaken.
  • the user inputs (by voice) a personal message.
  • the user profiler
  • PIN personal identification number
  • the user When the user selects the option of browsing the ads, after effecting payment (box 16) , the user (browser) inputs parameters, traits, etc., of a person, he/she is interested in dating (box 17) , and the terminal displays all profiles, which match the input (box 18) . Then the browser can browse through each profile one at a time (boxes 20-21) . If some data for a desired profile are stored in the central (host) computer and the browser requests their retrieval, the terminal dials the host computer for the requested data.
  • the browser if he/she desires, can leave a message for a selected profile (box 22-23) and then continue browsing or exit (box 26) .
  • the profiler can retrieve a message, if any, by either dialing a pre-determined phone number, with entering his/her mailbox code and PIN (boxes 27-29), or simply by visiting the terminal. If a message(s) is (are) present, it (they) will be retrieved for the profiler (boxes 30-32) .
  • the flow chart shown in Fig. 4 illustrates exchange of information between terminals (remote site 7) and the central computer (host locale) .
  • the host computer (box 1) updates the information from all remote sites by dialing all remote cites in sequence. After receiving information from one remote cite (boxes 2-6) , it dials another remote cite (boxes 7-10) .
  • the self-service vending terminals were described as forming part of a centralized computerized vending system. However, it should be apparent that a self-service vending terminal can be self-contained, and not be connected with the central processor. In this case, the browser will have access only to personal ads which were input in a particular terminal he/she is using.
  • the present invention was described with reference to placing and retrieval of personal advertisements.
  • the system according to the invention may be used for many other forms of advertisements such as help-wanted ads, automobile and/or real estate ads, and other types of classified ads.

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Système informatique et payant de diffusion de données commerciales, comprenant un processeur central (12) ou ordinateur central, qui comporte des moyens de mémorisation de données concernant des messages publicitaires et des réponses à ces messages publicitaires et qui est relié à des terminaux de distribution en libre service (18) situés à distance par un moyen de communication comprenant un serveur de réseau (16) et un modem de réseau (14). Chaque terminal de distribution en libre service comprend un microprocesseur (20), une mémoire pour les messages publicitaires (26), et des moyens d'entrée et de retrait des informations publicitaires (22, 28). Chaque terminal comprend également un moyen de réception de paiement (32) servant à mettre en fonction le moyen d'entrée (22) après réception d'un paiement prédéterminé. Il y a plusieurs types de moyens d'entrée différents, tels qu'au moins un moyen choisi entre un clavier, un enregistreur vocal, un enregistreur vidéo, un lecteur, une imprimante et une caméra numérique.
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