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Distributed scalable media environment for advertising placement in movies

US9934819B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 21, 2011
Grant dateApr 3, 2018
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S715/972
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Ads are placed in a movie using a graphical interface that enables selecting of the ads from a set of ads, selecting frames of the movie for the ad, and selecting locations in the frames for the ads. Each of the ad and the movie can be a still image, a full motion video, an audio, a graphic or a combination thereof. An executable command may also be a part of the ad that is inserted, the command being selected for execution by a viewer of the ad when the movie is played to the viewer.

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