Method to promote branded products and/or services
AssigneesBlu Ventures, LLC, ioMedia Partners, LLC
InventorCourtney Jones
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Abstract
A method to promote branded products and/or services is disclosed. The method includes integrating a brand-specific graphical user interface with a global informational networked-based media station resulting in an integrated web site. The integrated web site is accessible via a global informational network (e.g., the Internet) using a personal computer (PC) system connected to the global informational network. The brand-specific graphical user interface is displayed on a screen of the PC system to a user and streaming digital media content (provided by the network-based station) is played on the PC system.
Claims15
A method to promote branded products and/or services, said method comprising:
- integrating a customized, brand-specific graphical user interface with a global informational network-based media station resulting in an integrated web site that is accessible via a global informational network;
- accessing said integrated web site via said global informational network using a personal computer (PC) system connected to said global informational network;
- displaying said brand-specific graphical user interface on a screen of said PC system;
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- playing streaming digital media content, provided by said network-based media station to said PC system, on said PC system.
The method of claim I wherein said global informational network comprises the Internet.
The method of claim I wherein said integrated web site includes a downloadable media player software application for playing said streaming digital media content on said PC system.
The method of claim I wherein said brand-specific graphical user interface includes a media player user interface for operatively controlling said streaming digital media.
The method of claim I wherein said streaming digital media content comprises at least one of streaming digital audio and streaming digital video.
The method of claim I wherein said network-based media station comprises an Internet television station.
The method of claim I wherein said integrated web site includes an integrated global search engine to allow a user of said integrated web site to search said global informational network without interrupting said streaming digital media content to said PC system.
The method of claim I wherein said integrated web site is hosted on at least one server connected to said global informational network.
The method of claim I wherein said brand-specific graphical user interface provides links to at least one of other web pages, other web sites, and other links associated with products and/or services promoted by a brand, other than said network-based media station.
The method of claim I wherein said brand-specific graphical user interface provides links to at least one of other web pages, other web sites, and other links not associated with a brand promoted by said brand-specific graphical user interface.
The method of claim I wherein said PC system includes a media player software application which is automatically launched in order to play said streaming digital media content on said PC system.
The method of claim I wherein said PC system includes a browser software application to allow access to at least said integrated web site on said global informational network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.