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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2013
Applicants:

Masahide Tanaka, Osaka, JP;

Tohru Matsui, Nara, JP;

Inventors:

Masahide Tanaka, Osaka, JP;

Tohru Matsui, Nara, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47 (2011.01); H04N 21/4784 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4784 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); H04N 21/25435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract

An advertisement provider issues coupons to an audiences of television set in exchange of viewing a commercial message and receives advertising rate from the advertiser of the commercial message in exchange of informing of the coupon issuance. A television station allows the audience to decompress a downloaded digital image data of a television program in exchange of presentation of the coupon. The television station receives allotment of the advertising rate in exchange of informing of the coupon presentation form audiences. The television station sorts the presented coupons by the advertisement providers to inform each advertisement provider of the coupon presentation. The television station allows the decompression even in a shortage of the presented coupon, provided that it will be compensated by money or later presentation of coupon by due data. The commercial messages are provided automatically or by request. The audience may voluntarily replace television program by commercial message.


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