Characterization of Advertisements into Selectable Subcategories
Systems and method of organizing advertisements in a digital home communication terminal are disclosed. One such method includes displaying a plurality of advertisement categories corresponding to products, services, or combinations thereof. The method also includes receiving a user selection of one of the advertisement categories. The method also includes displaying a plurality of subcategories associated with the user selected advertisement category, responsive to the user selection. The method also includes receiving a user selection of one of the subcategories. The method also includes presenting an advertisement matching the selected advertisement category and subcategory.
1 . A method of organizing advertisements in a digital home communication terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a plurality of advertisement categories corresponding to products, services, or combinations thereof;
receiving a user selection of one of the advertisement categories;
responsive to the user selection, displaying a plurality of subcategories associated with the user selected advertisement category;
receiving a user selection of one of the subcategories;
presenting an advertisement matching the selected advertisement category and subcategory.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the advertisement categories correspond to products, and the subcategory corresponds to a product type, a product source, or a specific product.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
preventing the presentation of any advertisement not corresponding to the selected advertisement subcategory and category.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving and storing advertisements that do not correspond to the selected advertisement subcategory and category.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving and storing only those advertisements that correspond to the selected advertisement subcategory and category.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
retrieving the advertisement from local storage.
7 . A method of organizing advertisements in a digital home communication terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a menu of advertisement categories corresponding to products, services, or combinations thereof;
receiving a user selection of one of the advertisement categories;
responsive to the user selection, displaying a succession of menus corresponding to subcategories, each menu associated with the user selected advertisement category and each subcategory further defining the previous subcategory;
receiving a user selection of one of the subcategories from each of the menus;
presenting an advertisement matching the selected advertisement category and all the selected subcategories.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the advertisement categories correspond to products, and the subcategories in the first of the succession of menus correspond to types of products in the selected advertisement category.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the subcategories in a second of the succession of menus correspond to sources of products in the selected subcategory from the first menu.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the subcategories in a third of the succession of menus correspond to specific products in the selected subcategory from the second menu.