WO2007005538A2 - Distribution de fichiers multimedias - Google Patents

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WO2007005538A2
WO2007005538A2 PCT/US2006/025421 US2006025421W WO2007005538A2 WO 2007005538 A2 WO2007005538 A2 WO 2007005538A2 US 2006025421 W US2006025421 W US 2006025421W WO 2007005538 A2 WO2007005538 A2 WO 2007005538A2
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Andrew W. Lombardo
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Rockstar Technologies, L.L.C.
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • 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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    • G06Q30/02—Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

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  • This invention is directed to a method and apparatus for distributing media files on a computer network by a user absent surcharges or payment, and without the need to provide personal information to third parties, thereby maintaining the user's privacy.
  • the present invention is directed to a method of downloading digital media files by a user comprising the steps of entering and storing the user's personal preferences; providing digital media files wherein such digital media files are owned by one or more rights holder; displaying an advertisement related to the user's personal preferences wherein such advertisement must be concluded prior to successfully downloading a selected digital media file; permitting the download of a selected digital media file by the user only upon the conclusion of the advertisement; and providing the rights holder with compensation for the download of the selected digital media file.
  • the user's personal information is kept confidential from third parties.
  • such digital media files are selected from the group consisting of text files, music files, graphics files, ring tone files, and video files.
  • the present invention is directed to a method of targeted advertising comprising the steps of providing a database of media files downloadable by a computer user; providing one or more advertising campaigns; selecting an advertising campaign for viewing by a computer user in accordance to a user's preferences; displaying the selected advertising campaign to the computer user when the computer user initiates download of a selected media file; completing the download of the selected media file upon conclusion of the selected advertising campaign.
  • the method may further include the step of compensating a rights holder of the media files.
  • the user cannot circumvent the display prior to downloading the selected media file.
  • the present invention is directed to a server within a network of user computers, each computer capable of accessing an application written by a programmer and stored on the served, the server capable of providing targeted advertisements to one or more users, comprising means for entering, and searching user information stored on the server; means for storing and downloading digital media files owned by one or more rights holders; means for storing and displaying an advertisement to completion relating to a user's information prior to the user downloading a selected digital media file such that the user is not subject to fees for the download of the selected digital media file; and means for compensating the rights holders.
  • the advertiser and/or the rights holder may search the user information.
  • the server may further include means for calculating royalty payments to the rights holders; means for providing selected user information to an advertiser; and/or means for contacting selected users according to the user's information.
  • the present invention is directed to a computer program product comprising a computer usable media having computer readable program code means embedded therein for downloading digital media files by a user, the computer readable program code means in the computer program product comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to enter and store a user's personal preferences; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to enter and store digital media files; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to enter and store one or more advertisement campaigns; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to allow a user to search the digital media files; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to download a selected digital media file to a user's computer; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display an advertisement to conclusion on the user's computer during the download of a selected digital media file; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to permit the download of the selected digital media file only upon conclusion of the advertisement; and computer readable program code means for causing a computer to
  • the present invention is directed to a computer program product comprising a computer usable media having computer readable program code means embedded therein for targeted advertisements, the computer readable program code means in the computer program product comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to store a database of digital media files downloadable by a computer user; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to select an advertisement campaign for viewing by the computer user in accordance with the user's preferences; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to display a selected advertisement when the user initiates download of a selected media file; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to complete the download of the selected media file upon conclusion of the selected advertisement.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a system that may be used to practice the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow diagram depicting the process steps of the present invention Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment(s)
  • FIGS. 1 to 2 of the drawings in which like numerals refer to like features of the invention.
  • Features of the invention are not necessarily shown to scale in the drawings. '
  • the present invention provides a method and apparatus for distributing digital media files wherein a computer user may download digital media files without incurring any charges whereby the computer user is subject to a targeted advertisement, in particular, during the file download time.
  • Fees collected from advertisers are used to offset the royalties due to rights holders of the digital media files such that the download is free for the user.
  • Demographic information about the computer users may also be collected and disseminated to the advertisers as well as the rights holders.
  • this system and apparatus can be used to disseminate digital media files such as , but not limited to, music, books, artwork, video> games, ring tones, and multimedia works.
  • One or more databases stored on a server or other electronic file storage device can be used to collect and maintain information about the users, the advertisers, and the rights holders; and the digital media files.
  • the information can be readily accessible directly or remotely by the programmer, the user, the advertiser, and/or the rights holder using a computer terminal. Remote connection is available via the Internet.
  • an interface can be designed to provide guidance in navigating the databases.
  • the users can search the database through filters including, but not limited to, the name of the rights holder, types of files, or genre.
  • a programmer in accordance with the method and apparatus of the present invention, can design a website according to known techniques in the art, that would allow the dissemination of the digital media files.
  • the programmer may also be known as the webmaster.
  • the one or more databases can be used to store user information such as, for example, name, address, password, email address, and user selected interests.
  • Advertiser information may include the advertiser's contact information, the advertising campaigns, user key words targeted by the advertisers, and demographic information of all users that have viewed each of or, more broadly all, the advertising campaigns.
  • Rights holders can store information such as the copyrighted work, and demographic information of all users that have downloaded each of or all of their copyrighted works.
  • a first database is used to store all user information
  • a second database is used to store all advertiser information
  • a third database is used to store all the copyrighted works.
  • Each database can be linked to each other or a single database can also be used to contain all information and file types. Design and maintenance of such databases are known to one of skill in the art.
  • an information system typically includes one computer system such as a server 10 that stores the digital media files, user information, and advertising campaigns and makes them available to other computer systems such as user computer 20 or programmer computer 30.
  • Server 10 and computers 20 and 30 communicate via messages using a communications protocol sent over a communication channel such as a computer network, e.g., the Internet.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of the method steps of the present invention, wherein the application can be initiated 100 by a user, a rights holder, also referred to as an artist, or an advertiser.
  • the application can be initiated by a new user 110 who is not in the user database. Therefore, the new user registers with the website by inputting such user data as personal information, email address, selecting a username and password, and selecting their interests and preferences.
  • All such user information is entered into the user database 120.
  • the user Upon successful registration, the user becomes a registered user. Once they were registered they would be able to log in 130 and search for the media files 140.
  • the media files may be searched by key words, artist name, or media file name, for example.
  • a targeted advertisement from a campaign provided by the advertiser is shown to the user during the file download 160.
  • the download of the media file is completed 180. During the download time, the user cannot conclude the targeted advertisement since the advertiser is "sponsoring" the download. In order to successfully download the media file, the targeted advertisement must run to completion.
  • the targeted advertisement may contain a means for the user to contact the advertiser directly to obtain additional information on the service or product being advertised.
  • the user is prompted 190 to search again. If the user chooses to search again, the user is directed back to search the media files 140. However, if the user chooses not to search again, the process ends and the user can log out of the system or close the application.
  • the process can also be initiated by the advertiser 100.
  • New advertisers would provide the webmaster with one or more advertisement campaigns that would be shown to users during the file download.
  • New advertisement campaigns would be entered into the advertiser database 310.
  • Different advertisers may have different keywords for interests that they want to specify that correspond to the interests filled out by the user when registering.
  • a registered advertiser may search the user database 320 and obtain demographic information on their target audience 330. The demographic information can be stored and reported back to the advertisers without breaching the confidentiality of any users. There would be no loss of privacy for the registered user since the user information would be kept in the database and would not be available to the advertiser. No personal contact information would be given to the advertiser.
  • demographic information such as, but not limited to, income level, gender, profession, hobbies and other interests, can be provided to the advertiser.
  • the advertiser can contact the webmaster to request additional information from the selected registered users or the webmaster may provide an electronic mailing list, i.e., listserv, to the advertiser without divulging specific registered user email addresses.
  • the advertiser is prompted to search again 340. Should the advertiser choose to search again under different criteria, the advertiser is directed back to search the registered user information 320. However, if the advertiser chooses not to search again, the process ends and the advertiser can log out of the system or close the application.
  • the rights holders or artists can also initiate the process of the present invention 100.
  • New artists can register with the webmaster and their information and media files are stored into the database 210.
  • the registered artists can also search the user database 220 to obtain information about the users who download their media files 230. Such information may be useful to an artist in targeting a market segment or formulating a market strategy.
  • the application may also provide a means for the registered user to contact the artist directly. Alternatively, the application may provide a means for registered users to be contacted with updated artist information such as local appearances via an electronic mailing list. Again, the artist would not be privy to the personal information of the registered users. When the artist has acquired their desired information, the artist is prompted to search again 240.
  • the present invention provides a method and apparatus for which media files can be downloaded by computer users at no expense wherein an advertiser "sponsors" the download by 25421
  • the advertiser can provide a targeted advertisement to potential and existing customers and gain valuable demographic information of those customers by linking the advertisement to the download of media files to computer users. Thus, artists or rights holders are fairly compensated and users are not liable for copyright infringement.

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L'invention concerne un système, un procédé et un dispositif pour le téléchargement par un utilisateur de fichiers multimédias numériques. Selon l'invention, l'utilisateur d'un ordinateur peut télécharger des fichiers multimédias numériques sans engager de frais en étant soumis à une publicité ciblée, notamment pendant le temps de téléchargement des fichiers. Les droits perçus auprès des annonceurs peuvent être utilisés pour compenser les redevances dues aux détenteurs des droits des fichiers multimédias numériques, de sorte que le téléchargement est gratuit pour l'utilisateur. Ce système et ce dispositif sont, de préférence, utilisés pour diffuser des fichiers multimédias numériques, tels que de la musique, des livres, des oeuvres d'art, de la vidéo, des jeux, des sonneries d'appel et des oeuvres multimédias.
PCT/US2006/025421 2005-07-02 2006-06-29 Distribution de fichiers multimedias WO2007005538A2 (fr)

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US69591905P 2005-07-02 2005-07-02
US60/695,919 2005-07-02
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US11/471,884 US7513714B2 (en) 2006-06-21 2006-06-21 Removable driving tabs for a vibratory caisson

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WO2014043622A3 (fr) * 2012-09-17 2015-07-02 Muir Jason Nathaniel Système, procédé et support lisible par ordinateur pour une publicité
US9336360B1 (en) 2013-03-14 2016-05-10 Kobalt Music Group Limited Analysis and display of a precis of global licensing activities
US10319040B1 (en) 2013-03-14 2019-06-11 Ktech Services Limited Control of the generation and display of royalty administration and rights management data based on the user's rights of access
USD773491S1 (en) 2013-03-15 2016-12-06 Kobalt Music Group Limited Display screen with a graphical user interface
USD773490S1 (en) 2013-03-15 2016-12-06 Kobalt Music Group Limited Display screen with a graphical user interface
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