Remotely configurable media and advertisement player and methods of manufacture and operation thereof
US8554616B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2020/10546
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
For use with a computer network, a media and advertisement player, a method of manufacturing the player and a method of playing media and advertisements and reporting the playing of the media and advertisements to a remote system. In one embodiment, the player includes: (1) a media player that receives media from a remote system via the computer network and plays the media in response to customer requests, (2) an advertisement player that receives advertisements and a corresponding advertising schedule from the remote system via the computer network and plays the advertisements according to the advertising schedule and (3) a tracking subsystem that generates as-run logs containing records of a playing of the media and the advertisements and transmits the as-run logs to the remote system via the computer network.
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