Systems and methods for commerce in media program related merchandise

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20070156521A1
SERIAL NO

11323539

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The disclosed technology provides systems and methods for delivering a media program and purchase opportunities related to the media program to user equipment. A media program and its related merchandise information can be located at a distribution facility. The distribution facility can tailor the purchase opportunities it provides to the user equipment based on the user equipment's equipment category. When user equipment receives purchase opportunities, the user equipment can select the opportunities based on which types of merchandise are supported by the user equipment. The user equipment and/or a distribution facility may be able to determine the location of the user equipment. When the distribution facility provides merchandise information for physical merchandise to the user equipment, the merchandise information can be selected to include physical merchandise that are available for purchase at stores that are, for example, near the location of the user equipment.

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Patent Owner(s)

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UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES INC2830 DE LA CRUZ BOULEVARD SANTA CLARA CA 95050

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Yates, Doug Los Angeles, CA 9 1311

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