Advertisement subsidized video-on-demand system
OwnerMax Abecassisinventor
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Abstract
A random access pointcast video delivery system provides the capability for a viewer to select a video advertisement. The video advertisement is automatically customized responsive to the application of the viewer's video content preferences to a video segment map defining a plurality of video segments. The viewer is compensated for the verified apparent viewing of the selected advertisement independently of the purchase of the advertised product or service. Where the advertisement is associated with a credit, the viewing of the advertisement subsidizes the viewer's receipt of other video and communication services. Where a viewing of a video results in a purchase, a deposit in the purchase is automatically escrowed until after the buyer has received satisfactory delivery of the purchase.
Claims20
A video-on-demand system comprising:
- storing means for storing a plurality of feature length motion pictures and video advertisements;
- communicating means for receiving a communication from a viewer;
- processing means for selecting, responsive to the communication and from the plurality of feature length motion pictures and video advertisements, a feature length motion picture and a video advertisement;
- retrieving means for retrieving the selected feature length motion picture and video advertisement;
- transmitting means for transmitting the retrieved feature length motion picture and video advertisement to the viewer;
- verifying means for interactively verifying an apparent viewing, by the viewer, of at least a portion of the transmitted video advertisement;
- and
- subsidizing means for applying a credit for the apparent viewing of the video advertisement against charges for feature length motion pictures provided to the viewer.
A video-on-demand system comprising:
- storing means for storing a plurality of videos;
- communicating means for receiving, from a viewer, a request for product information;
- processing means for selecting, responsive to the request for product information and from the plurality of videos, a video comprising product information;
- random accessing means for retrieving the selected video;
- transmitting means for transmitting the retrieved video to the viewer;
- verifying means for interactively verifying an apparent viewing, by the viewer, of at least a portion of the transmitted video;
- and
- subsidizing means for applying a credit for the apparent viewing of the video against charges for feature length motion pictures provided to the viewer.
A method of providing video-on-demand services, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing a plurality of feature length motion pictures and videos;
- receiving a communication from a viewer;
- selecting, responsive to the communication and from the plurality of feature length motion pictures and videos, a feature length motion picture and a video;
- retrieving the selected feature length motion picture and video;
- transmitting the retrieved feature length motion picture and video to the viewer;
- interactively verifying an apparent viewing, by the viewer, of at least a portion of the transmitted video;
- and
- applying a credit for the apparent viewing of the video against charges for feature length motion pictures provided to the viewer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.