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Patent No.:

US 9633377 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2015

Image content and advertisement data providing method, system, and apparatus

Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Susumu Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:

Haug Partners LLP

William S. Frommer

Primary Examiner:

James R Sheleheda

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/441 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4782 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/8352 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/441 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4782 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/8352 (2013.01);
Abstract

To provide an image contest providing method capable promoting advertisement effect by dynamically inserting an advertisement image to a distributed image content, an image content reproducing apparatus requests an image content providing apparatus to distribute the image content. Then, the image content is distributed to the image content reproducing apparatus and a viewer can utilize the image content. At this occasion, the image content providing apparatus distributes the image content, detects an advertisement inserting position and requests an advertisement image providing apparatus to distribute an advertisement image. Then, the advertisement image providing apparatus selects the advertisement a image to be inserted to the image content and transmits thereof to the image content providing apparatus. Thereafter, the image content providing apparatus inserts the advertisement image to a position of the image content for inserting the advertisement and distribute thereof the image content reproducing apparatus.

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