Display of user selected advertising content in a digital environment
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06Q-030/02
A63F-013/30
H04N-007/173
H04N-021/44
H04N-021/45
H04N-021/478
H04N-021/482
H04N-021/81
H04N-021/845
H04N-021/858
H04N-021/472
출원번호
US-0028327
(2013-09-16)
등록번호
US-9195991
(2015-11-24)
발명자
/ 주소
van Datta, Glen
Poulin, Marty
출원인 / 주소
Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
대리인 / 주소
Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
5인용 특허 :
260
초록▼
A system and method for placing an advertisement in a digital environment based upon a user's choice, subject to certain predetermined parameters, is disclosed. Through the method, a user is assigned a rating based upon, for example, his performance in a game. A list of advertisements which correspo
A system and method for placing an advertisement in a digital environment based upon a user's choice, subject to certain predetermined parameters, is disclosed. Through the method, a user is assigned a rating based upon, for example, his performance in a game. A list of advertisements which correspond to that rating is displayed to the user, who may then select a desired advertisement from the list. The selected advertisement is then displayed in the digital environment. Reports may be generated based upon the advertisements selected and the number of selections and/or impressions (e.g., uses or viewings) by the user, which may be sent to advertisers.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for displaying an advertisement in a digital environment based on a selection by a user, the method comprising: maintaining information regarding a plurality of advertisements in memory, wherein each advertisement is designated as belonging to a group;maintaining a list of advertisements
1. A method for displaying an advertisement in a digital environment based on a selection by a user, the method comprising: maintaining information regarding a plurality of advertisements in memory, wherein each advertisement is designated as belonging to a group;maintaining a list of advertisements available to the user for selection in memory, the user having achieved a first user rating based on previous performance of the user in the digital environment, wherein the list includes: a first group of advertisements associated with the first user rating, andone or more other groups of advertisements, the one or more other groups each associated with a user rating lower than the first user rating, wherein a lower rating is associated with a lower advertising cost; andexecuting instructions stored in a computer-readable storage medium, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor: displays at the client device the maintained list of advertisements available to the user having the first user rating, wherein: the advertisements are displayed as respective advertisement identifiers in the maintained list,each advertisement identifier is sorted into and displayed in a respective group associated with a user rating corresponding to or lower than the first user rating, the advertisement identifiers displayed in a group list in the respective group, placement as a first advertisement identifier in the group list is associated with a higher advertising cost within the respective group, andeach advertisement identifier is associated with a hyperlink to a shopping portal; anddisplays one or more advertisements from the maintained list and an associated shopping portal based on received selection input from the user. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the maintained list includes one or more preview windows that show a portion of the one or more advertisements. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the advertisement identifiers that correspond to high user ratings are grayed out in the maintained list. 4. A method for displaying an advertisement in a digital environment based on a selection by a user, the method comprising: maintaining in memory a list of advertisements available for selection to the user having a first user rating, wherein the list includes a group of advertisements associated with the first user rating; andexecuting instructions stored in a computer-readable storage medium, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor: identifies that the user has achieved a second rating;updates the maintained list of advertisements available to the user having achieved the second rating to include at least one more group of advertisements associated with the second rating, wherein the updated list of advertisements includes a plurality of advertisement groups each associated with a different user rating, and wherein the advertisements are displayed as respective advertisement identifiers in the updated list, each advertisement identifier is sorted into and displayed in a respective group corresponding to or lower than the second rating, a lower rating is associated with a lower advertising cost, the advertisement identifiers are displayed in a group list in the respective group, placement as a first advertisement identifier in the group list is associated with a higher advertising cost within the respective group, and each advertisement identifier associated with a hyperlink to a shopping portal; anddisplays one or more advertisements from the maintained list and an associated shopping portal based on received selection input from the user. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein each user rating of the plurality of user ratings is associated with a different group of advertisements. 6. The method of claim 4, further comprising storing information in memory regarding a plurality of user ratings, wherein the user ratings have an order from lowest to highest. 7. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining that the second user rating is higher than the first user rating. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the updated list excludes advertisements groups associated with user ratings higher than the second user rating. 9. The method of claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of advertisement groups on updated list is associated with the first user rating, the second user rating, or another rating that is lower than the first or second user ratings. 10. The method of claim 4, wherein the user gains a higher user rating from causing a game character to play audio or video content in the digital environment. 11. A system for displaying an advertisement in a digital environment based on a selection by a user, the system comprising: memory for maintaining a list of advertisements available for selection to the user having a first user rating, wherein the list includes a group of advertisements associated with the first user rating; anda processor for executing instructions stored in a computer-readable storage medium, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor: identifies that the user has achieved a second rating;updates the maintained list of advertisements available to the user having achieved the second rating to include at least one more group of advertisements associated with the second rating, wherein the updated list of advertisements includes a plurality of advertisement groups each associated with a different user rating, and wherein the advertisements are displayed as respective advertisement identifiers in the updated list, each advertisement identifier is sorted into and displayed in a respective group associated with a user rating corresponding to or lower than the second rating, a lower rating is associated with a lower advertising cost, the advertisement identifiers are displayed in a group list in the respective group, placement as a first advertisement identifier in the group list is associated with a higher advertising cost within the respective group, and each advertisement identifier is associated with a hyperlink to a shopping portal; andgenerates a display of one or more advertisements and an associated shopping portal from the updated list based on received selection input from the user. 12. The system of claim 11, further comprising a communications interface for receiving the selection input from the user. 13. The system of claim 11, wherein each user rating of the plurality of user ratings is associated with a different group of advertisements. 14. The system of claim 11, further comprising storing information in memory regarding a plurality of user ratings, wherein the user ratings have an order from lowest to highest. 15. The system of claim 11, further comprising determining that the second user rating is higher than the first user rating. 16. The system of claim 15, wherein the updated list excludes advertisements groups associated with user ratings higher than the second user rating. 17. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of advertisement groups on updated list is associated with the first user rating, the second user rating, or another rating that is lower than the first or second user ratings. 18. The system of claim 11, wherein the user gains a higher user rating from causing a game character to play audio or video content in the digital environment. 19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for displaying an advertisement in a digital environment based on a selection by a user, the method comprising: maintaining a list of advertisements available for selection to the user having a first user rating, wherein the list includes a group of advertisements associated with the first user rating;identifying that the user has achieved a second rating; updating the maintained list of advertisements available to the user that achieved the second rating, the update to include at least one more group of advertisements associated with the second rating, wherein the updated list of advertisements includes a plurality of advertisement groups each associated with a different user rating, and wherein the advertisements are displayed as respective advertisement identifiers in the updated list, each advertisement identifier is sorted into and displayed in a respective group associated with a user rating corresponding to or lower than the second rating, a lower rating is associated with a lower advertising cost, the advertisement identifiers are displayed in a group list in the respective group, placement as a first advertisement identifier in the group list is associated with a higher advertising cost within the respective group, and each advertisement identifier is associated with a hyperlink to a shopping portal; anddisplaying one or more advertisements and an associated shopping portal from the updated list based on received selection input from the user. 20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for displaying an advertisement in a digital environment based on a selection by a user, the method comprising: maintaining information regarding a plurality of advertisements, wherein each advertisement is designated as belonging to a group;maintaining a list of advertisements available to the user for selection, the user having achieved a first user rating based on previous performance of the user in the digital environment, wherein the list includes: a first group of advertisements associated with the first user rating, andone or more other groups of advertisements, the one or more other groups each associated with a user rating lower than the first user rating, wherein a lower rating is associated with a lower advertising cost;displaying the maintained list of advertisements available to the user having the first user rating, wherein the advertisements are displayed as respective advertisement identifiers in the maintained lists, and wherein each advertisement identifier is sorted into and displayed in a respective group associated with a user rating corresponding to or lower than the first user rating, the advertisement identifiers displayed in a group list in the respective group, placement as a first advertisement identifier in the group list is associated with a higher advertising cost within the respective group, and each advertisement identifier associated with a hyperlink to a shopping portal; anddisplaying one or more advertisements and an associated shopping portal from the maintained list based on received selection input from the user.
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