Method, system and program product for displaying advertising content on a music player
View Patent ↗A method, system and program product for displaying advertising content on a portable music player. A method, system and program product for displaying advertising content on a portable music player based on content stored therein. The method includes checking in a meta tag for a music file being downloaded whether a URL corresponding to a content file containing advertising content associated with the music file being downloaded is specified therein. If a URL is specified, automatically connecting to the URL to download the content file associated with the music file being downloaded, and displaying, on the display of the music player, relevant content of the advertising content downloaded to the music player, where the advertising content downloaded includes at least one of: advertising related to a music file downloaded, advertising related to a music file stored on the music player, additional general information related to the music file downloaded, and additional general information related to a music file stored on the music player.
1. A method of advertising on a portable music player, the method comprising the steps of:
the portable music player identifying a plurality of music files currently stored on the portable music player by checking a library of music files currently stored on the portable music player;
a programmed processor determining advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on identities of the plurality of music files identified by the portable music player from the library as currently stored on the portable music player; and
the programmed processor initiating display of the advertising content on the portable music player.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the programmed processor is part of the portable music player.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the programmed processor initiates play of one of the plurality of music files concurrently with the display of the advertising content.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the prior step of downloading to the portable music player at least one music file that is not currently stored on the portable music player.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:
the portable music player receiving download of the plurality of music files prior to storage of the plurality of music files on the portable music player, a meta tag containing a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) accompanying one of the plurality of music files, the URL identifying a web site containing advertisements, including the advertising content, available for display on the portable music player.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the programmed processor determines the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on one or more genres of the plurality of music files identified from the library as currently stored on the portable music player.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the programmed processor determines the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on one or more listening habits logged for a user of the portable music player pertaining to the plurality of music files identified from the library as currently stored on the portable music player.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the programmed processor determines the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on respective numbers of times that the plurality of music files identified from the library as currently stored on the portable music player have been played on the portable music player.
9. A computer program product for advertising on a portable music player, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;
program instructions, stored on one or more of the storage devices for execution in the portable music player, to identify a plurality of music files currently stored on the portable music player by checking a library of music files currently stored on the portable music player;
program instructions, stored on one or more of the storage devices, to determine advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on identities of the plurality of music files identified by the program instructions, which execute in the portable music player, from the library as currently stored on the portable music player; and
program instructions, stored on one or more of the storage devices, to initiate display of the advertising content on the portable music player.
10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the program instructions to determine the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player determines the advertising content based in part on one or more genres of the plurality of music files identified from the library as currently stored on the portable music player.
11. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the program instructions to determine the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player determines the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on one or more listening habits logged for a user of the portable music player pertaining to the plurality of music files identified from the library as currently stored on the portable music player.
12. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the program instructions to determine the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player determines the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on respective numbers of times that the plurality of music files identified from the library as currently stored on the portable music player have been played on the portable music player.
13. The computer program product of claim 9 further comprising:
program instructions, stored on one of the storage devices for execution on the portable music player, to receive download of the plurality of music files prior to storage of the plurality of music files on the portable music player, a meta tag containing a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) accompanying one of the plurality of music files, the URL identifying a web site containing advertisements, including the advertising content, available for display on the portable music player.
14. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the program instructions to determine advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player execute on the portable music player.
15. A computer system for advertising on a portable music player, the computer system comprising:
one or more processors, one or more computer-readable tangible memories, and one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;
program instructions, stored in the portable music player on one or more of the storage devices for execution in the portable music player by one or more of the processors via one or more of the memories, to identify a plurality of music files currently stored on the portable music player by checking a library of music files currently stored on the portable music player;
program instructions, stored on one or more of the storage devices for execution by one or more of the processors via one or more of the memories, to determine advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on identities of the plurality of music files identified by the program instructions, which execute in the portable music player, from the library as currently stored on the portable music player; and
program instructions, stored on one or more of the storage devices for execution by one or more of the processors via one or more of the memories, to initiate display of the advertising content on the portable music player.
16. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the program instructions to determine the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player determines the advertising content based in part on one or more genres of the plurality of music files identified from the library as currently stored on the portable music player.
17. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the program instructions to determine the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player determines the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on one or more listening habits logged for a user of the portable music player pertaining to the plurality of music files identified from the library as currently stored on the portable music player.
18. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the program instructions to determine the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player determines the advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on respective numbers of times that the plurality of music files identified from the library as currently stored on the portable music player have been played on the portable music player.
19. The computer system of claim 15 further comprising:
program instructions, stored in the portable music player on one or more of the storage devices for execution in the portable music player by one or more of the processors via one or more of the memories, to receive download of the plurality of music files prior to storage of the plurality of music files on the portable music player, a meta tag containing a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) accompanying one of the plurality of music files, the URL identifying a web site containing advertisements, including the advertising content, available for display on the portable music player.
20. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the program instructions to determine advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player execute on the portable music player.