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US6788314:
Attention manager for occupying the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Freiberger, Paul A.; San Mateo, CA
Levin, Golan; San Francisco, CA
Reed, David P.; Dover, MA
Davis, Marc E.; San Francisco, CA
Bhadkamkar, Neal A.; Palo Alto, CA
Piernot, Philippe P.; Palo Alto, CA
Aqulnick, Todd A.; San Francisco, CA
Rosenthal, Sally N.; Palo Alto, CA
Goodhead, Giles N.; Los Angelos, CA
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| Assignee: |
Interval Research Corporation, Palo Alto, CA
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| Published / Filed: |
2004-09-07
/ 2000-03-20
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| Application Number: |
US2000000528803
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| IPC Code: |
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G09F 27/00;
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IPC-7:
G06F 15/16;
G09G 5/12;
G09G 5/14;
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| ECLA Code: |
G09F27/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
715/730;
709/218;
Original:
345/730;
709/218;
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345/2.1,705,710,730
707/010,104,501
709/217,218,219
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| Abstract: |
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 users.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Van Pelt & Yi LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Brier, Jeffery;
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/372,399, entitled ATTENTION MANAGER FOR OCCUPYING THE PERIPHERAL ATTENTION OF A PERSON IN THE VICINITY OF A DISPLAY DEVICE, filed Aug. 10, 1999, now abandoned, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/620,641, filed Mar. 22, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,034,652.
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First Claim:
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We claim:
1. A method for engaging the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device, comprising the steps of:
- providing one or more sets of content data to a content display system associated with the display device and located entirely in the same physical location as the display device;
- providing to the content display system a set of instructions for enabling the content display system to selectively display, in an unobtrusive manner that does not distract a user of the display device or an apparatus associated with the display device from a primary interaction with the display device or apparatus, an image or images generated from a set of content data; and
- auditing the display of sets of content data by the content display system;
- wherein the one or more sets of content data are selected from a plurality of sets of content data, each set being provided by an associated content provider, wherein each associated content provider is located in a different physical location than at least one other content provider and each content provider provides its content data to the content display system independently of each other content provider and without the content data being aggregated at a common physical location remote from the content display system prior to being provided to the content display system, and wherein for each set the respective content provider may provide scheduling instructions tailored to the set of content data to control at least one of the duration, sequencing, and timing of the display of said image or images generated from the set of content data.
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DERABS C1997-480432
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| Other References: |
Gomes, Lee, "Upstart's Internet `TV` Has Microsoft Tuned In", Wall Street Journal, Aug. 1996.
Rigdon, Joan E., "Screen Savers Go Beyond Fish, Flying Toasters", Wall Street Journal, Feb. 13, 1996.
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US6750880 issued 2004-06-15 Attention manager for occupying the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device
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US1999000372399 | 1999-08-10 | is a
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US6034652 issued 2000-03-07 Attention manager for occupying the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device
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US1999000372399 | | is a
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US6034652 issued 2000-03-07 Attention manager for occupying the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device
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