Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for commerce in media program related merchandise
- Patent Title (中): 媒体节目相关商品的商业系统和方法
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Application No.: US14091264Application Date: 2013-11-26
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Publication No.: US09135645B2Publication Date: 2015-09-15
- Inventor: Doug Yates
- Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Ropes & Gray LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q10/10 ; G06Q30/06 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N21/478 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/2665 ; H04N21/414 ; H04N21/431 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/658 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/458

Abstract:
The disclosed technology provides systems and methods for delivering a media program and purchase opportunities related to the media program to user equipment. A media program and its related merchandise information can be located at a distribution facility. The distribution facility can tailor the purchase opportunities it provides to the user equipment based on the user equipment's equipment category. When user equipment receives purchase opportunities, the user equipment can select the opportunities based on which types of merchandise are supported by the user equipment. The user equipment and/or a distribution facility may be able to determine the location of the user equipment. When the distribution facility provides merchandise information for physical merchandise to the user equipment, the merchandise information can be selected to include physical merchandise that are available for purchase at stores that are, for example, near the location of the user equipment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140089094A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMERCE IN MEDIA PROGRAM RELATED MERCHANDISE Public/Granted day:2014-03-27
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