System and method for providing advertising content via mobile device docking station
AssigneeOohdoo, Inc.
InventorsRandy ENGEL, Darren W. COLLINS
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Abstract
Certain of the disclosed embodiments present a system and method for providing in-home targeted advertisements to individual consumers. For instance, the disclosed embodiments include an in-home advertising device that enables a user to interact with the in-home advertising device and purchase items with the push of a button. Additionally, in some embodiments, the in-home advertising device may include a built in printer for enabling a user to print an advertised and/or coupon.
Claims20
An in-home advertising device for delivering targeted ads to a user, the advertising device comprising:
- a touch screen operable to configure a user profile and further operable to select an advertisement in response to selections of a user;
- a printer in communication with the touch screen and operable to print the advertisement in response to the selections of the user, the advertisement operable to be printed with a consumer identifier, the consumer identifier being assigned to the advertising device, the consumer identifier operable to identify the advertising device as being associated with an advertisement that is redeemed with a merchant;
- a transceiver operable to communicate with a wireless network, the user profile and the advertisement operable to be communicated over the wireless network using the transceiver, the transceiver having a dedicated telephone number, the transceiver operable to communicate the user profile to the wireless network and receive the advertisement, the advertisement being determined in response to the user profile;
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- an impression module in communication with the touch screen and operable to store impression data in response to the advertisement being displayed by the touch screen, selected by a user of the touch screen, or printed by a user of the touch screen, wherein the touch screen, printer, transceiver, impression module, and routing module are contained within a single housing.
An in-home advertising device for delivering targeted ads to a user, the advertising device comprising:
- at least one interface for communicatively coupling at least one electronic device with the in-home advertising device, wherein the electronic device is also operable of communicating over a network;
- a network interface operable to communicate with a remote device for receiving advertisements, the advertisements selected based on a comparison of a user profile of the user, data associated with a plurality of advertisements, and location information that provides a date, time, and location of the electronic device as the electronic device travels with the user;
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- a memory component operable to store the advertisements;
- a processing component operable to execute instructions for initiating displaying of the advertisements to a display device of the at least one electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.