초록 ▼

An attention manager presents information to a person in the vicinity of a display device in a manner that engages at least the peripheral attention of the person. The information is embodied by one or more sets of content data (e.g., video or audio data). Each set of content data is formulated by a

An attention manager presents information to a person in the vicinity of a display device in a manner that engages at least the peripheral attention of the person. The information is embodied by one or more sets of content data (e.g., video or audio data). Each set of content data is formulated by a content provider and made available for use by content display systems. Upon appropriate activation, each content display system displays images corresponding to the sets of content data in accordance with predetermined scheduling information. The attention manager makes use of "unused capacity" of the display device and the person's attention, providing information to the person that the person might not otherwise expend adequate energy to obtain. The attention manager also affords an opportunity to content providers to disseminate their information to people that are interested in receiving such information, enabling the content providers to provide better directed information dissemination, as well as providing access to the previously unused attention capacity of those interested people.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim:] [1.] A system for engaging the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device of an apparatus, comprising:a content display system associated with the display device, the content display system including means for receiving a set of content data and a set of instru

[ We claim:] [1.] A system for engaging the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device of an apparatus, comprising:a content display system associated with the display device, the content display system including means for receiving a set of content data and a set of instructions for enabling a display device to selectively display, in an unobtrusive manner that does not distract a user of the apparatus from a primary interaction with the apparatus, an image or images generated from a set of content data, the content display system further including means for using the display device to selectively display the image or images using the set of instructions;a content providing system including means for providing a set of content data to the content display system;means for providing to the content display system a set of instructions for enabling a display device to selectively display an image or images generated from a set of content data;first communication means for enabling communication between the means for providing and the content display system;second communication means for enabling communication between the content providing system and the content display system; andmeans for auditing the display of sets of content data by the content display system.