Fly Buy Coupon System
Media is received over a channel and played on a media-displaying screen. An advertising system produces Windows that represent the advertising, which preferably take up 5% of the area of the screen or less. These Windows are displayed over the media, but in locations that continuously move. The Windows are displayed only for a limited time, and the user can click on them during the time they are displayed. After clicking on them, a coupon code is displayed which enables a discount on a product.
1 . A method, comprising:
displaying media that is received over a channel on a screen of a media player device;
displaying an advertisement over said media, said advertisement displayed only on a portion of the screen of the media player device, and said displaying comprising continually moving the location of the advertisements so that the portion of the screen that is occupied by said advertisement continuously moves, said displaying occurring only for a limited amount of time; and
allowing actuating only during a time of said displaying to obtain a coupon code that is based on said advertisement, whereby said actuating after said displaying does not provide said coupon code.
2 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein said advertisement is displayed on 5% or less of an area of the screen of the media player device.
3 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein said coupon code includes expiration information.
4 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein said advertisement is formed of a first window part including a description of the product that is the subject of the discount, and a second window part including a description of the amount of the discount.
5 . A method as in claim 4 , wherein said first window part and said second window part have different outer shapes.
6 . A method as in claim 1 , further comprising, at a specified non zero time after said displaying, again displaying said advertising and allowing actuating said advertising during said again displaying.
7 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein said displaying media comprises displaying on a computer.
8 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein said displaying media comprises displaying on a cellular phone.
9 . A media player device, comprising:
a display screen,
a connection to a channel which receives content that is displayed on said display screen; and
a window producing module, which produces a window that is displayed on said display screen, said window displaying an advertising forming only a portion of the screen of the content, and said window producing module continually moving a position of said window relative to the content, and displaying said window only for a specified time; and
a selection part, enabling selecting said advertising only during said specified time to produce discount information from said advertising while moving.
10 . A media player as in claim 9 , wherein said window occupies an area of 5% or less of an overall area of the display screen.
11 . A device as in claim 9 , wherein said window producing module produces a coupon with an expiration information thereon.
12 . A device as in claim 9 , wherein said window producing module produces a first window part of that describes a product and a second window part that describes a discount that is available on said product.
13 . A device as in claim 9 , wherein said first window part in said second window part define different outer shapes.
14 . A device as in claim 9 , further comprising again displaying said window some time later.
15 . A device as in claim 9 , wherein said media player includes a computer.
16 . A device as in claim 9 , wherein said media player includes a cellular telephone.
17 . A device as in claim 9 , wherein said media player includes a television.
18 . A method, comprising:
receiving media over a channel;
displaying said media on a display device;
at a first specified time, displaying an advertisement over said media, over only a portion of the screen of them media player, while continually moving a location of the advertisement on the screen of the media player;
after a second specified time, terminating said displaying said advertisement over the media;
at a third specified time, after said first specified time, again displaying an advertisement over only a portion of the media player while continually moving the location of the advertisement on the screen, and terminating the displaying after a fourth specified time; and
while said advertisement is being displayed, allowing actuating an area of the screen defining the advertisement to obtain a coupon code based on the advertisement.
19 . A method as in claim 18 , wherein said advertisement occupies 5% or less of the area of the screen.
20 . A method as in claim 18 , wherein said advertisement is formed of a first window showing the display device and a second window showing a discount amount.
21 . A method as in claim 20 , wherein said first and second windows have different outer shapes.