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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2006
Applicant:
Matthew Huntington, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Inventor:
Matthew Huntington, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
OpenTV, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0246 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01); H04N 7/165 (2013.01); H04N 21/25866 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/440245 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for controlling the frequency that a user views an advertisement. In particular, the systems monitor the number of times an advertisement is played to a user. Once the advertisement has been played a predetermined number of times, the advertisement is replaced by another advertisement.