US 10,504,168 B2Granted

Apparatus and method for facilitating a purchase using information provided on a media playing device

AssigneePoltorak Media LLC

InventorAlexander I. Poltorak

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Abstract

Disclosed are apparatus and method for facilitating a purchase in conjunction with media content information. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a transmission of media content, information regarding the content, and information for facilitating a purchase of at least one of a copy of the content, a good, and/or a service. The content may include broadcast media content and entertainment media content. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to process the information regarding the content and the information for facilitating a purchase of the copy of the content, the good, and/or the service. The apparatus also includes a display device for displaying information.

Claims21

Dependent claims

An apparatus for providing content with additional information, the apparatus comprising:

memory storage storing media content, information regarding the media content, and information regarding a product, the information regarding the product comprising information for facilitating a transaction relating to the product, the information regarding the media content comprising a unique identifier of the media content;
a transmitter configured to transmit to a media playing device the media content, the information regarding the media content, and the information for facilitating the transaction;
a processing device coupled to the memory storage and the transmitter, wherein the processing device is configured to process the information regarding the media content and the information for facilitating the transaction;
wherein the apparatus is configured so that the transmitter transmits to the media playing device the media content together with the information for facilitating the transaction and the information regarding the media content.

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Facts

Application: 15/964,995Filed 27 Apr 2018 · continuation
Priority: 24 Dec 2002
Published: US 2018/0365747 A120 Dec 2018
Granted: 10 Dec 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification29 codes

G06Q 30/0613
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: using intermediate agents
G06Q 20/123
Specially adapted for electronic shopping systems: shopping for digital content
G06Q 20/1235
Shopping for digital content: with control of digital rights management [DRM]
G06Q 20/322
Using wireless devices: aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]

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