IP Library Granted Patent US 10,448,078
Granted Patent B2
US 10,448,078 · App. 14/731,956 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for targeted distribution of digital on-screen graphic elements

Inventors: Claudio Marcus (Andover, NH); Seth Haberman (New York, NY)
Assignee: Visible World, LLC
H04N21/2668G06Q30/02H04N21/251H04N21/42684H04N21/4312H04N21/44222H04N21/458H04N21/4667H04N21/812H04N21/8153
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Patent No.
US 10,448,078
App. No.
14/731,956
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for presenting targeted digital on-screen graphics are described. A content originator, such as an advertiser or media network operator, may specify targeted segments and/or targeted digital on-screen graphics to be presented to one or more viewers of an available audience. The expected presentation of a digital on-screen graphic on a content presentation device associated with targeted segments may be detected. A target digital on-screen graphic may be transmitted or otherwise made available to the content presentation device. The targeted digital on-screen graphic may be displayed instead of or overlaying at least a portion of the original digital on-screen graphic, such that all or a portion of the original digital on-screen graphic is substituted by the target digital on-screen graphic.

Claims (37)

1. A system comprising:

a processor of a server; and

a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium in operable communication with the processor, wherein the computer-readable storage medium contains one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

receive target information associated with a plurality of content presentation devices;

receive campaign information associated with one or more targeted on-screen graphics;

determine, based at least on the received target information and the received campaign information, to present a targeted on-screen graphic of the one or more targeted on-screen graphics to at least one target device of the plurality of content presentation devices during presentation of content, wherein the targeted on-screen graphic is generated based on determining data previously viewed on the at least one target device;

receive expected presentation information indicating a predetermined time duration for an expected presentation of an original on-screen graphic at the at least one target device; and

generate, based on the expected presentation information, targeted presentation information to trigger the targeted on-screen graphic to be presented at the at least one target device during the predetermined time duration of the presentation of the original on-screen graphic such that the targeted on-screen graphic is visible and overlays at least a portion of the original on-screen graphic within the presented content such that the portion of the original on-screen graphic is not visible.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the content presentation device comprises at least one of: a television, a set-top-box, a display monitor, a personal video recorder, a hard drive, and a content receiver.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the target information comprises information indicating content presentation device viewer content interaction history.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the target information comprises a unique device identifier associated with a content presentation device.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the targeted on-screen graphic is generated based on graphic presentation information associated with the original on-screen graphic.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the original on-screen graphic and the targeted on-screen graphic are received via a local area network.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a server, target information associated with a plurality of content presentation devices;

receiving, by a server, campaign information associated with one or more targeted on-screen graphics;

determining, by a server and based at least on the received target information and the received campaign information, to present a targeted on-screen graphic of the one or more targeted on-screen graphics to at least one target device of the plurality of content presentation devices during presentation of content, wherein the targeted on-screen graphic is generated based on determining data previously viewed on the at least one target device;

receiving, by a server, expected presentation information indicating a predetermined time duration for an expected presentation of an original on-screen graphic at the at least one target device; and

generating, by a server and based on the expected presentation information, targeted presentation information to trigger the targeted on-screen graphic to be presented at the at least one target device during the predetermined time duration of the presentation of the original on-screen graphic such that the targeted on-screen graphic is visible and overlays at least a portion of the original on-screen graphic within the presented content such that the portion of the original on-screen graphic is not visible.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the content presentation device comprises at least one of: a television, a set-top-box, a display monitor, a personal video recorder, a hard drive, and a content receiver.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the target information comprises information indicating content presentation device viewer content interaction history.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the target information comprises a unique device identifier associated with a content presentation device.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the targeted on-screen graphic is generated based on graphic presentation information associated with the original on-screen graphic.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the original on-screen graphic comprises a bug embedded in or overlaid on the content.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code stored thereon, the computer-readable program code, when executed by a processor of a server, causing:

receiving target information associated with a plurality of content presentation devices;

receiving campaign information associated with one or more targeted on-screen graphics;

determining, based at least on the received target information and the received campaign information, to present a targeted on-screen graphic of the one or more targeted on-screen graphics to at least one target device of the plurality of content presentation devices during presentation of content, wherein the targeted on-screen graphic is generated based on determining data previously viewed on the at least one target device;

receiving expected presentation information indicating a predetermined time duration for an expected presentation of an original on-screen graphic at the at least one target device; and

generating, based on the expected presentation information, targeted presentation information to trigger the targeted on-screen graphic to be presented at the at least one target device during the predetermined time duration of the presentation of the original on-screen graphic such that the targeted on-screen graphic is visible and overlays at least a portion of the original on-screen graphic within the presented content such that the portion of the original on-screen graphic is not visible.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the content presentation device comprises at least one of: a television, a set-top-box, a display monitor, a personal video recorder, a hard drive, and a content receiver.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the target information comprises information indicating content presentation device viewer content interaction history.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the target information comprises a unique device identifier associated with a content presentation device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the computer-readable program code, when executed by the processor, further causes:

determining viewership analytics of the plurality of content presentation devices, wherein the viewership analytics comprises advertising effectiveness of viewing the targeted on-screen graphic relative to viewing the original on-screen graphic, and

wherein the viewership analytics of the plurality of presentation devices further comprises at least one of:

a number of the plurality of content presentation devices exposed to the targeted on-screen graphic; a number of the plurality of content presentation devices exposed to other targeted on-screen graphics associated with the campaign information; a number of times each device of the plurality of content presentation devices was exposed to the targeted on-screen graphic; and a timing associated with each exposure of the targeted on-screen graphic.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Sep 26, 2021
From: VISIBLE WORLD, LLC
To: FREEWHEEL MEDIA, INC.
Reel/Frame 057600/0950 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 11, 2018
From: VISIBLE WORLD INC.
To: VISIBLE WORLD, LLC
Reel/Frame 047216/0534 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2015
From: MARCUS, CLAUDIO; HABERMAN, SETH
To: VISIBLE WORLD, INC.
Reel/Frame 036478/0919 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62008055 · Jun 5, 2014
Related Publication 20150358664A1 · Dec 10, 2015
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