WO2000052935A1 - System and method for serving local and global media content - Google Patents
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- Broadcast media such as television and radio broadcasts, and streaming audio and streaming video data
- a number of receivers which could include a computer with a monitor screen for example. Since such media can be served through a network by a central server, the possibility exists to personalize the media content for an audience with at least one characteristic determined according to location and/or time. For example, the media content could be adjusted for viewers in the office of a physician, those waiting in an airport, bus station or train station, or in a government office, or patients in a hospital. The content could be further adjusted according to different segments of the viewers.
- the combined media content could feature a children's program for the office of a pediatrician, more mature content for those viewers waiting in a government office, and a mixture of different types of content for airports, bus or train stations.
- Such adjustments to the content could even include different types of advertisements, thereby enabling the system to both entertain audience members and to generate advertising revenues.
- WebTV Networks, Inc. http://webtv.com as of January 16. 2000.
- WebTV only customizes content for individual users through a particular device, such that customization is based upon user interaction rather than upon the location of the display device.
- the present invention is of a system and a method for combining broadcast media content with additional content at a local site according to at least one locally determined characteristic of the audience to which the combined content is served.
- broadcast media refers to any publicly available content which is passively received through some type of reception mechanism.
- broadcast media content encompassed within the present invention include, but are not limited to, television and radio broadcasts, streaming audio and streaming video data, computer generated broadcast data, data provided through a media player such as a videotape player, a DVD (digital video disc) player, an audiotape player, and a compact disk (CD) player, and broadcast data available through any other transmission mechanism such as the Internet or an intranet, or any other type of network.
- the format of the added content, including the layout and the type of content is optionally variable, but is preferably adjusted according to at least one characteristic of the audience.
- the broadcast media and additional contents are combined by the local site, preferably according to a template, and then displayed to the audience at the local site.
- the template contains at least information concerning what data objects are displayed, when these objects are displayed and how these objects are displayed.
- a method for combining broadcast media content and added content into combined content according to a locally determined characteristic of an audience comprising: (a) providing a central distribution facility having a global server for serving at least a portion of the added content; (b) providing a local site for displaying the combined content to the audience; (c) connecting the local site to the global server; (d) sending the at least a portion of the added content from the global server to the local site; (e) receiving the at least a portion of the added content by the local site according to the locally determined characteristic of the audience; (f) receiving the broadcast media content by the local site; (g) combining the at least a portion of the added content and the broadcast media content by the local site to form the combined content; and (h) displaying the combined content to the audience on a display device.
- a method for combining broadcast media content and added content into combined content according to a locally determined characteristic of an audience comprising: (a) providing a central distribution facility having a global server for serving at least a portion of the added content; (b) providing a local site for displaying the combined content to the audience; (c) connecting the local site to the global server; (d) constructing an advertising campaign, the campaign including an advertisement as the portion of the added content sent from the global server; (e) selecting at least one local site for displaying the advertisement for the campaign according to the locally determined characteristic of the audience; (f) sending the advertisement to the at least one local site; (g) receiving the advertisement by the local site; (h) receiving the broadcast media content by the local site; (i) combining the advertisement and the broadcast media content by the local site to form the combined content; and (j) displaying the combined content to the audience on a display device.
- auditorence includes one or more individuals present at a particular location in a particular environment during a particular period of time.
- display device also includes a storage device for storing the data for later display, as well as a television display screen with at least one speaker, a display screen or one or more speakers separately, as well as any other type of device for displaying any type of media.
- the term '"product includes both physical products and services (tangible and intangible products), as well as ideas and concepts.
- computational device refers to a connection between any two or more computational devices which permits the transmission of data.
- computational device includes, but is not limited to, personal computers (PC) having an operating system such as DOS, WindowsTM, OS/2TM or Linux; MacintoshTM computers: computers having JAVATM-OS as the operating system; graphical workstations such as the computers of Sun MicrosystemsTM and Silicon GraphicsTM, and other computers having some version of the UNIX operating system such as AIXTM or SOLARISTM of Sun MicrosystemsTM; or any other known and available operating system, or any device, including but not limited to: laptops, hand-held computers, enhanced cellular telephones, wearable computers of any sort, which can be connected to a network as previously defined and which have an operating system.
- PC personal computers
- MacintoshTM computers computers having JAVATM-OS as the operating system
- graphical workstations such as the computers of Sun MicrosystemsTM and Silicon GraphicsTM
- AIXTM or SOLARISTM of Sun MicrosystemsTM
- WindowsTM includes but is not limited to Windows95TM, Windows 3.xTM in which "x " ' is an integer such as "1”, Windows NTTM, Windows98TM, Windows CETM. Windows2000TM, and any upgraded versions of these operating systems by Microsoft Corp. (USA).
- the present invention could be implemented as software, firmware or hardware, or as a combination thereof.
- the functional steps performed by the method could be described as a plurality of instructions performed by a data processor.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B are schematic block diagrams of another embodiment of the present invention, for providing the combined broadcast content at a local television set in a private home.
- the present invention is of a system and a method for combining broadcast media content with additional content at a local site according to at least one locally determined characteristic of the audience to which the combined content is served.
- the different types of broadcast media content encompassed within the present invention include, but are not limited to. television and radio broadcasts, streaming audio and streaming video data, computer generated broadcast data, data provided through a media player such as a videotape player, a DVD (digital video disc) player, an audiotape player, and a compact disk (CD) player, and broadcast data available through any other transmission mechanism such as the Internet or an intranet.
- the format of the added content including the layout and the type of content, is optionally variable, but is preferably adjusted according to at least one characteristic of the audience.
- a plurality of local sites are controlled by a central se ⁇ cr.
- One or more central servers can be connected to a main server.
- the main server can then optionally act as an "ad portal" for advertisements, such that advertisements may be purchased through the main sen er operating the "ad portal" for display on the plurality of local sites.
- the advertisements are optionally and more preferably purchased through the main server at any location through the Internet.
- the advertisements may optionally include different types of media, such as still images, text, video and audio data, and a combination thereof. Such purchases may even optionally be performed internationally, such that advertisements are preferably displayed on local sites in a plurality of different countries. Alternatively, advertisements may be selected and displayed at particular local sites according to the particular characteristics of these sites and the audience at those sites.
- the "ad portal” is not limited to the system described herein, but may optionally collect other kinds of advertising media while enhancing variety in an advertising campaign.
- the local site preferably includes stand alone point-of-sale (POS) terminal, through which the viewer may optionally purchase one or more products which are advertised at the local site. More preferably, the product or products are sold at a discount through the POS terminal, or according to some other incentive offer for purchase.
- POS terminal optionally and more preferably includes a swipe card reader for accepting the details of the credit card of the viewer.
- a system 10 features a central content distribution facility 12 for distributing global custom content.
- the term "global custom content" refers to customized content which is distributed to a plurality of individual receiving sites, as described in greater detail below.
- Central content distribution facility 12 could be implemented as one or more computers connected through a network, for example.
- Central content distribution facility 12 preferably controls and determines the usage policy through templates and supplies the necessary software, firmware or hardware tools to program these templates.
- Central content distribution facility 12 features a global custom content generator 14 and a global content server 16.
- Global custom content generator 14 generates the global customized content.
- the global custom content is then passed to global content server 16, which serves the global custom content.
- Global custom content server 16 could be implemented as a computer, such as a PC computer, which is connected to a network 18 through any standard network connection.
- the standard network connection for global custom content server 16 could be wired or wireless, just as network 18 could be either a wired or wireless network.
- Network 18 could be any type of network for connecting computers, including but not limited to, a WAN (wide area network), a LAN (local area network), a peer-to-peer network (PTP), a cable network, a wireless network or the POTS (plain old telephone system) network.
- the type of standard network connection would therefore depend upon the type of network 18.
- global custom content server 16 could be connected through an Ethernet card.
- global custom content server 16 could be connected through a dial-up modem for example.
- Other examples of implementations could easily be determined by one of ordinary skill in the art.
- the added content is preferably adjusted according to at least one characteristic of the audience at local site 20.
- the at least one characteristic could be determined according to the particular location of local site 20. the purpose of the audience at that location, the composition of the audience at that location, the time at which the combined content is being served to the audience, and the environment of that location, or a combination thereof.
- an uplink channel 19 connects local site 20 to central content distribution facility 12 for receiving such information about the local environment as the temperature in that environment and the type of broadcast media content being viewed at that location.
- the type of broadcast media content could be determined according to a particular television channel being received by local site 20, for example.
- uplink channel 19 preferably enables location and environment specific information to be sent to central content distribution facility 12.
- local site 20 could be a supermarket.
- the audience members are shoppers at the supermarket, such that the at least one characteristic could be related to the purpose of the supermarket, which is shopping for food and other grocery items; the composition of the audience, which could include parents with children and so forth; and the time at which the combined content is being broadcast, which could also determine the composition of the audience. For example, children are more likely to be present in the supermarket in the morning rather than late at night.
- the advertisements are more preferably purchased as part of a campaign, which may optionally be at least partially determined according to stored histories of other executed campaigns. Also more preferably, main facility 13 enables a "real time" or near real time advertising campaign to be purchased and run internationally. Most preferably, main facility 13 suggests a campaign to the requesting user according to an analysis of the budget and preferences of the requesting user.
- local content processor 22 includes a broadcast media receiver 26 for receiving the broadcast media content from broadcast content generator 24.
- broadcast media receiver 26 could be a television tuner connected to a video capturing device. The television broadcast signals would then be converted to video signals by the video capturing device. The video signals would then be converted to a digital stream of data.
- Local content processor 22 also includes a computing platform 28 for operating at least one software module.
- the software module could include a software object, optionally available as part of the WindowsTM operating system, which captures the digital stream data.
- the captured data from the publicly available broadcast content is then processed as at least one data object.
- the global custom content is also processed as at least one data object.
- One example of a method for forming the combined content is through an added software layer, operated by computing platform 28.
- the added software layer preferably alters each type of data object, for example to alter the size and location of the object in the final display.
- the data object is then added to a mixture of such objects, preferably at a particular time, to form the combined content. More preferably, such a mixture of objects is prepared and determined according to a template.
- the template is received from global custom content server 16.
- the template preferably determines the identity of each data object, how the object is to be displayed, preferably including the size and location of that object in the final display, and when the object is to be displayed.
- the template is more preferably described in terms of a language which is then read by a parser software module.
- the parser software module then invokes a library of functions, preferably of JavaScriptTM functions, in order to prepare and mix the data objects.
- the template minimizes the amount of data related to the display of the data objects which is sent by global custom content server 16 to local site 20.
- the mixture of data objects is then preferably arranged by a client software module, such as a JavaScriptTM-enabled ActiveXTM control, which is able to manipulate data objects with mixed formats.
- the client software module then sends the data as a digital stream for display.
- this digital stream is then captured by an encoder 30.
- Encoder 30 then translates the digital stream into a video format.
- passive display device 32 is preferably a television display screen with at least one speaker.
- passive display device 32 could be a display screen or one or more speakers separately for example. Audio data could be similarly processed and displayed as described above for the video data.
- a second embodiment for local site 20 is a local content distribution facility 34.
- Local content distribution facility 34 receives the global custom content from global custom content server 16 through network 18.
- Local content distribution facility 34 then adds local custom content generated by a local custom content generator 36.
- This local custom content is served by a local custom content server 38. with the global custom content, to local content processor 22 through a local network 40.
- Local content processor 22 contains all of the features as described above.
- local content processor 22 adds the local custom content as one or more data objects to form part of the added content which is mixed with the broadcast media content to form the combined content.
- the local custom content could be a message directed to a particular member of the audience by name.
- completely locally generated, customized content is added to the broadcast media content and the global custom content to form the combined content.
- local site 20 optionally features a point-of-sale (POS) terminal 42, through which the viewer in the audience may optionally purchase one or more products which are advertised at local site 20. More preferably, the product or products are sold at a discount through POS terminal 42, or according to some other incentive offer for purchase.
- POS terminal 42 optionally and more preferably includes a swipe card reader for accepting the details of the credit card of the viewer.
- FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of an exemplary method according to the present invention for combining publicly available broadcast media content with added content and then for displaying the combined content.
- the global customized content as the added content, is acquired and stored in a centralized database in the central distribution facility.
- the global customized content is preferably adjusted according to at least one characteristic of the audience, which preferably includes but is not limited to a demographic characteristic, the time of the display, a characteristic of the location of the audience (such as office of a physician, supermarket and so forth), a characteristic of the environment of the location such as the temperature, and the purpose of the audience at that location (such as shopping, receiving health care and so forth).
- the template for displaying the combined added content, such as the global customized content, and broadcast media content is also stored in the central distribution facility. More preferably, there are multiple such templates stored in the central distribution facility and most preferably in the global custom content generator.
- step 3 the local site, as either a local content distribution facility or a local content processor, connects to the global server.
- this connection is performed upon demand, although alternatively the connection could be performed at a predetermined connection time, or even a constant connection.
- step 4 the global content server relays the appropriate global customized content to the local content distribution facility or to the local content processor.
- this step of receiving the global customized content includes the step of receiving the template for displaying the combined added content and broadcast media content. More preferably, each local site is able to receive a particular combination of customized content and a template, such that the local content is most preferably customized for that local site.
- each local site could have a separate identification number or other identifier, such that the local custom content is customized according to this identifier.
- the local content server of the local content distribution facility serves the local customized content to the local content processor.
- the local content is preferably adjusted according to at least one characteristic of the audience, which preferably includes but is not limited to a demographic characteristic, time of the display, a characteristic of the location of the audience (such as office of a physician, supermarket and so forth), a characteristic of the environment at that location, and the purpose of the audience at that location (such as shopping, such that an audio or visual message is sent to all shoppers; receiving health care and so forth).
- step 6 preferably the local content processor and/or the local content distribution facility sends information concerning the previously received content to the global server.
- the requested information is determined according to the template. For example, this information could include statistics about displayed data objects, or about such factors as the temperature and the type of broadcast media content received by the local site, which are readily measurable by the local site.
- step 7 preferably a synchronization mechanism is performed through the system to synchronize the computers in the system, including but not limited to the global content server, the local content server and the computing platform associated with the local content processor.
- the local content processor receives and processes the broadcast media content as previously described, in order to form data in a suitable format to be combined with the global customized content.
- the local content processor combines at least the global customized content and the broadcast media content, preferably according to the template. More preferably, additionally the local content processor combines the local customized content with the global customized content and the broadcast media content.
- the local content processor displays the combined content on a display device, preferably according to the strict rules specified in the template, in step 10.
- step 1 the local content processor gathers the requested statistics, and any other requested information, according to the request or requests in the template as described with regard to step 6.
- FIGS 3A and 3B are schematic block diagrams of another embodiment of the present invention, for providing the combined broadcast content at a local television set in a private home.
- the television set is connected to a television broadcast medium, such as cable or a satellite link, through a receiver unit.
- the television set receives both the broadcast content and the custom content through the receiver unit, which then assembles the content into a single signal for display by the television set.
- Receiver unit 50 receives both local content and global broadcast content through network 52.
- the local content is preferably adjusted according to the characteristics of the viewer at that particular display device 48. For example, in a private home, a first television set could be located in the living room, where the entire family may watch it; a second television set could be located in a child's room, where only the child may watch it; and a third television set could be located in the parent's room, where only the parents may watch it. Therefore, the location of each display device 48 could be used to determine the type of local content which should be displayed.
- the mechanism for receiving the local content at receiver unit 50 may optionally be implemented in a variety of ways.
- receiver unit 50 is connected to a second communication channel 54 for receiving the local content.
- a second communication channel 54 could be a telephone line, whether PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) or wireless, for a cellular telephone, for example.
- Second communication channel 54 could also be a LAN (local area network) or WAN (wide area network), for example.
- receiver unit 50 is only connected to network 52.
- receiver unit 50 either includes two separate receivers 56 for actually receiving two separate signals from network 52 as shown, or alternatively only includes a single receiver 56.
- the local content could optionally be sent on a separate part of the signal, for example on the portion of the signal which is used for sending teletext signals.
- single receiver 56 preferably includes a demodulator (not shown) for separating the two different types of signals from the local content and the global content.
- the local content is downloaded at a predetermined time when display device 48 is not being operated, such as after midnight, for example.
- the viewer of display device 48 could be rewarded for receiving the local content by reduced payment for viewing the broadcast, or even by receiving a free or reduced cost display device 48.
- the "ad portal" embodiment previously described with regard to Figure 1 , could also be implemented with system 44, for purchasing advertisements at a variety of local sites 46.
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