Systems and methods for viewer-incentivized targeted commercials

A system for incentivizing content viewer feedback, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions executed by the one or more processors that cause the one or more processors to:
• output a first television program with at least one commercial break of a first duration;
• output at least one television commercial for presentation during a first commercial break;
• for the at least one television commercial, receive from a viewer, a rating;
• determine an incentive value based on at least the rating of the at least one commercial;
• calculate an awarded total incentive value using the determined incentive value:
• determine a first incentive threshold value has been reached by the total awarded incentive value;
• select a second duration for the second commercial break based on determining that the first incentive threshold value has been reached by the total awarded incentive value, wherein the second duration is shorter than the first duration;
• and
• output the second commercial break of the selected second duration.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium for incentivizing content viewer feedback, comprising processor-readable instructions executed by one or more processors that cause the one or more processors to:

• output a first television program with at least one commercial break of a first duration;
• output at least one television commercial for presentation during a first commercial break;
• for the at least one television commercial, receive from a viewer, a rating;
• determine an incentive value based on at least the rating of the at least one commercial;
• calculate an awarded total incentive value using the determined incentive value;
• determine a first incentive threshold value has been reached by the total awarded incentive value;
• select, based on determining that the first incentive threshold value has been reached by the total awarded incentive value, a second duration for a second commercial break, wherein the second duration is shorter than the first duration;
• and
• output the second commercial break of the second duration.

A method for incentivizing content viewer feedback, the method comprising:

• outputting, by a television receiver, a first television program having at least a first commercial break of a first duration and a second commercial break;
• outputting, by the television receiver, at least one television commercial for presentation during the first commercial break of the first television program;
• for the at least one television commercial, receiving, by the television receiver, from a viewer, a rating;
• determining, by the television receiver, an incentive value awarded based on at least the rating of the at least one commercial;
• calculating, by the television receiver, an awarded total incentive value using the determined incentive value;
• determining, by the television receiver, that a threshold incentive value has been met by the total awarded inventive value;
• determining, based on determining that the first incentive threshold value has been reached by the awarded total incentive value, a second duration for the second commercial break;
• and
• outputting, by the television receiver, the second commercial break during the first television program, the second commercial break being of the second duration that is shorter than the first duration of the first commercial break.