System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information

• Main Authors: SHOAFF P. CHRISTOPHER, HANCOCK KENNETH S, MACRAE DOUGLAS B, WESTBERG THOMAS E, YUEN HENRY C, ALEXANDER RONALD, WARD THOMAS E, O'NEIL SHAWN P, LEUNG ELSIE Y, NG ARTHUR Y, DIAS STEPHEN, SUTTON JONATHON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.11.2015
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION; BROADCAST COMMUNICATION; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SEALS

A system and method for utilizing data stored in an EPG database for modifying advertisement information. In this way, a service provider and/or an advertiser can transmit a single advertisement to all the television stations regardless of their geographic location and other user specific information, and need not re-transmit the advertisement even if there is a change in the show's program description. When the advertisement is displayed, the correct updated information is retrieved from the EPG database and inserted into the advertisement. In one aspect, the present invention describes a method for modifying an advertisement in an EPG comprising the steps of: storing television schedule information in a first database; storing advertisement information in a second database; incorporating a portion of the television schedule information into a portion of the advertisement information to form a modified advertisement; and displaying the modified advertisement on a screen.