Customized content delivery through the use of arbitrary geographic shapes
    1.
    发明授权
    Customized content delivery through the use of arbitrary geographic shapes 有权
    通过使用任意地理形状定制内容传递

    公开(公告)号:US08504073B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-06

    申请号:US12189861

    申请日:2008-08-12

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16 G06F7/00 H04M3/42

    摘要: Methods and systems are disclosed for providing customized content to users based on their location. In one embodiment, for each of one or more content providers, a customized content delivery function receives information from the content provider defining a number of geographic shapes selecting corresponding geographic areas. Preferably, each of the geographic shapes overlaps at least one other of the geographic shapes and is assigned an importance level. For each geographic shape, the content provider defines one or more tags for the geographic shape and assigns a weight to each of the one or more tags. Thereafter, when a request is received from a requestor, one or more content items are selected for delivery to the requestor based on the geographic shapes, the tags and corresponding weights for the geographic shapes, and the location of the requestor.

    摘要翻译: 公开了基于其位置向用户提供定制内容的方法和系统。 在一个实施例中,对于一个或多个内容提供者中的每一个,定制内容递送功能从内容提供者接收定义选择相应地理区域的多个地理形状的信息。 优选地,每个地理形状与至少另一个地理形状重叠并被分配重要性等级。 对于每个地理形状,内容提供者为地理形状定义一个或多个标签,并为一个或多个标签中的每一个分配权重。 此后,当从请求者接收到请求时,基于地理形状,地理形状的标签和对应权重以及请求者的位置,选择一个或多个内容项目用于递送给请求者。

    Method and system for arranging an advertising schedule
    2.
    发明授权
    Method and system for arranging an advertising schedule 失效
    安排广告时间表的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08312487B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-13

    申请号:US12347192

    申请日:2008-12-31

    摘要: A method and system for arranging advertising breaks based on channel surfing characteristics of viewers. The surfing characteristics of a plurality of viewers is determined, the surfing characteristics bearing on a likelihood of a respective viewer channel surfing. Advertisements are assigned to time slots among a plurality of channels based on the surfing characteristics of the plurality of viewers to form an advertising schedule. Programming is delivered with the plurality of advertisements according to the advertising schedule. The reduction of simultaneous channel surfing increases availability and efficient use of a shared medium by a plurality of different users.

    摘要翻译: 一种基于观众的频道冲浪特征来安排广告休息的方法和系统。 确定多个观看者的冲浪特征,冲浪特征与各观众频道冲浪的可能性相关。 基于多个观众的冲浪特征,将广告分配给多个频道中的时隙,以形成广告时间表。 根据广告时间表,与多个广告一起递送编程。 同时通道冲浪的减少增加了多个不同用户的共享介质的可用性和有效使用。

    DYNAMIC RADIO CLIENT
    3.
    发明申请
    DYNAMIC RADIO CLIENT 审中-公开
    动态无线电客户端

    公开(公告)号:US20100280835A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-04

    申请号:US12573969

    申请日:2009-10-06

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/00

    摘要: This disclosure relates to enabling a potential participant to define preferences for a talk radio program. In one embodiment, via a radio client, a potential participant defines preferences for a talk radio program wherein the preferences include at least a topic of interest and a semantic relevance. In one embodiment, the participant preferences also include a time availability indicating when the potential participant is available to participate in the talk radio program. The radio client sends the preferences to a talk radio program service. When a talk radio program satisfying the preferences of the potential participant is scheduled or otherwise available, the talk radio program service notifies the potential participant. A topic of the talk radio program is semantically related to the topic of interest of the potential participant to at least a degree defined by the semantic relevance.

    摘要翻译: 本公开涉及使潜在参与者能够定义谈话无线电节目的偏好。 在一个实施例中,经由无线电客户端,潜在的参与者定义通话无线电节目的偏好,其中所述偏好包括至少一个感兴趣的主题和语义相关性。 在一个实施例中,参与者偏好还包括指示潜在参与者何时可以参与谈话无线电节目的时间可用性。 无线电客户端将偏好设置发送到通话广播节目服务。 当话音无线电节目满足潜在参与者的喜好被调度或其他可用时,通话无线电节目服务通知潜在的参与者。 讲话无线电节目的主题在语义相关性至少定义的程度上语义上与潜在参与者的兴趣主题相关。

    Methods and Systems of Presenting Advertisements in Consumer-Defined Environments
    4.
    发明申请
    Methods and Systems of Presenting Advertisements in Consumer-Defined Environments 有权
    在消费者定义的环境中呈现广告的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20080306817A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-11

    申请号:US11759532

    申请日:2007-06-07

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00

    摘要: Targeted or other advertising may comprise one or more advertisements presented in a virtual world environment constructed according to consumer parameters, with the advertisements presented according to rules, scripts, or other parameters defined by the advertiser(s). For instance, one or more consumer computing device(s) can access data defining a brand name, logo, and/or message and can access data defining consumer preferences for the context in which advertisements are to be presented. For example, the context may vary according to viewer identity, programming content, time of day, and the like. Then, the consumer computing device(s) can render a virtual world based on the consumer preferences with the virtual world also comprising the advertisement(s) generated based on advertiser definitions.

    摘要翻译: 目标或其他广告可以包括根据消费者参数构建的虚拟世界环境中呈现的一个或多个广告,根据规则,脚本或由广告商定义的其他参数呈现广告。 例如,一个或多个消费者计算设备可以访问定义品牌名称,徽标和/或消息的数据,并且可以访问定义用于要呈现广告的上下文的消费者偏好的数据。 例如,上下文可以根据观看者身份,节目内容,时间等而变化。 然后,消费者计算设备可以基于消费者偏好来呈现虚拟世界,虚拟世界还包括基于广告商定义生成的广告。

    Digital hierarchy based communication systems
    5.
    发明授权
    Digital hierarchy based communication systems 有权
    基于数字层次的通信系统

    公开(公告)号:US07142549B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-28

    申请号:US09862446

    申请日:2001-05-23

    申请人: Gregory M Evans

    发明人: Gregory M Evans

    IPC分类号: H04L12/56 H04J3/16

    摘要: An interface device for providing a gateway function between lines of a public switched telephone network (PSTN) that carry digital hierarchy signals and an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) backbone network that carries signals in ATM format, the interface device comprising: a telephony transceiver operative to receive upstream digital hierarchy signals in a plurality of digital hierarchies from the PSTN; a hierarchy converter associated with the telephony transceiver and operative to convert at least some of said upstream digital hierarchy signals in a plurality of digital hierarchies to upstream signals in a single digital hierarchy distributed over a plurality of logical channels; an inverse multiplexing unit operatively associated with the hierarchy converter and operative to inverse-multiplex the upstream signals in the single digital hierarchy distributed over a plurality of logical channels; an ATM framer operatively associated with the inverse multiplexing unit and operative to map at least some of the upstream inverse-multiplexed digital hierarchy signals into ATM cells; and an ATM transceiver operatively associated with the ATM framer and operative to transmit said upstream signals in ATM format to the ATM backbone network.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在承载数字分层信号的公共交换电话网络(PSTN)和承载ATM格式的信号的异步传输模式(ATM)骨干网络的线路之间提供网关功能的接口设备,所述接口设备包括:电话收发器 从PSTN接收多个数字层级中的上游数字分层信号; 与电话收发器相关联的层级转换器,用于将多个数字层级中的所述上游数字层级信号中的至少一些转换成分布在多个逻辑信道上的单个数字层级中的上行信号; 反向复用单元,可操作地与分层转换器相关联并且可操作以对分布在多个逻辑信道上的单个数字层级中的上行信号进行反相复用; ATM成帧器,其与所述反向多路复用单元可操作地相关联并且用于将所述上游反向多路复用数字分层信号中的至少一些映射到ATM信元中; 以及与ATM成帧器可操作地相关联的ATM收发机,并且以ATM格式将所述上行信号发送到ATM骨干网络。

    Providing a radio station at a user device using previously obtained DRM locked content
    6.
    发明授权
    Providing a radio station at a user device using previously obtained DRM locked content 有权
    在使用先前获得的DRM锁定内容的用户设备处提供无线电站

    公开(公告)号:US08825552B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-02

    申请号:US12239860

    申请日:2008-09-29

    IPC分类号: G06Q99/00 G06Q30/06

    摘要: A system and method are disclosed for providing a radio station for playback at a user device using previously obtained Digital Rights Management (DRM) locked content for the radio station. In one embodiment, a radio station application and DRM locked content to be used by the radio station application are downloaded to a user device, which is preferably a mobile user device. The DRM locked content includes a number of DRM locked songs that may be used for the radio station. Thereafter, the radio station application obtains a playlist for the radio station, where the playlist for the radio station includes at least a subset of the DRM locked content provided to the user device for the radio station. Playback of the playlist for the radio station is then provided at the user device, and playback is reported to a remote service for royalty tracking.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种系统和方法,用于提供用于在用户设备处回放的无线电站,使用先前获得的无线电台的数字版权管理(DRM)锁定内容。 在一个实施例中,要由无线电台应用使用的无线电台应用程序和DRM锁定内容被下载到优选地是移动用户设备的用户设备。 DRM锁定的内容包括可以用于无线电台的多个DRM锁定歌曲。 此后,无线电台应用程序获得无线电台的播放列表,其中无线电台的播放列表至少包括为无线电台提供给用户设备的DRM锁定内容的子集。 然后在用户设备处提供用于无线电台的播放列表的回放,并将回放报告给远程服务以进行版税跟踪。

    Method and system for on-demand narration of a customized story
    7.
    发明授权
    Method and system for on-demand narration of a customized story 失效
    定制故事按需叙述的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08332741B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-11

    申请号:US12330006

    申请日:2008-12-08

    IPC分类号: G06F17/28 G09B17/00 G09B19/00

    CPC分类号: G09B5/04

    摘要: A method and apparatus for on-demand narration of a customized story. A user indicates a desire via a user device to listen to a narrated customized story. A story service receives personalization information relating to the user associated with the user device, and obtains localization information relating to information associated with a location of the user device. A customized story is generated based on the personalization information and the localization information, and is narrated to the user device.

    摘要翻译: 用于定制故事的按需叙述的方法和装置。 用户通过用户设备指示听从叙述的定制故事的欲望。 故事服务接收与用户设备相关联的用户的个性化信息,并且获取与用户设备的位置相关联的信息相关的定位信息。 基于个性化信息和本地化信息生成定制故事,并且被叙述到用户设备。

    SKIP FEATURE FOR A BROADCAST OR MULTICAST MEDIA STATION
    9.
    发明申请
    SKIP FEATURE FOR A BROADCAST OR MULTICAST MEDIA STATION 有权
    广播或多媒体媒体站的跳跃功能

    公开(公告)号:US20120066404A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-15

    申请号:US12882419

    申请日:2010-09-15

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: A skip function for broadcast or multicast media content is disclosed. In general, a receiving device simultaneously receives two or more content streams transmitted for one or more radio stations and provides a skip function by buffering and switching between the two or more content streams. Initially, the receiving device provides playback of a first content stream of the two or more content streams. During playback of the first content stream, the receiving device buffers one or more most recently received content items from the other content streams. When a skip request is received, the receiving device performs a skip function by switching playback from the first content stream to a second content stream of the two or more content streams beginning at the start of the one or more most recently received content items from the second content stream that have been buffered at the receiving device.

    摘要翻译: 公开了广播或组播媒体内容的跳过功能。 通常,接收设备同时接收为一个或多个无线电站发送的两个或更多个内容流,并且通过在两个或多个内容流之间进行缓冲和切换来提供跳过功能。 最初,接收设备提供两个或多个内容流的第一内容流的回放。 在第一内容流的回放期间,接收设备从其他内容流缓冲一个或多个最近接收到的内容项。 当接收到跳过请求时,接收设备通过将来自第一内容流的回放切换到来自该一个或多个最近接收的内容项的开始处的两个或多个内容流的第二内容流来执行跳过功能 已经在接收设备处缓冲的第二内容流。

    Bandwidth sharing in a distributed wireless client application using inverse multiplexing termination
    10.
    发明申请
    Bandwidth sharing in a distributed wireless client application using inverse multiplexing termination 失效
    使用反向多路复用终止的分布式无线客户端应用中的带宽共享

    公开(公告)号:US20120039309A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-16

    申请号:US12656528

    申请日:2010-02-02

    IPC分类号: H04W8/00 H04N11/04

    摘要: A system and method for bandwidth sharing in a distributed wireless client application using inverse multiplexing termination. The system includes: a group of collocated client playback devices having wide area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN) connectivity, and a centralized inverse multiplexing (IMUX) server which optimizes shared bandwidth of both the WAN via inverse multiplexing and the LAN using either broadcast or multicast of all virtual multiplexing paths to all other client playback devices of the group of collocated client playback devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 一种使用反向多路复用终端的分布式无线客户端应用中带宽共享的系统和方法。 该系统包括:具有广域网(WAN)和局域网(LAN)连接性的一组并置的客户端重放设备,以及通过逆多路复用和LAN优化WAN两者的共享带宽的集中式反向复用(IMUX)服务器 使用所有虚拟多路复用路径的广播或多播来到并置客户回放设备组的所有其他客户端回放设备。 公开了其他实施例。