Credit-based television commercial system

摘要

Various arrangements are provided for earning and using credit. Via one or more tuners, a first commercial may be received and stored, wherein the first commercial comprises video and audio. The commercial may be output for presentation for viewing by a user of the television receiver system, wherein the first commercial is associated with a first predefined amount of credit. It may then be confirmed that the first commercial has been viewed by the user. In response to confirming that the first commercial has been viewed by the user, an account of the user may be credited with the first predefined amount of credit. This credit may be used for viewing other content, such as pay-per-view (PPV) content, services, and/or products.

主权项

1. A television receiver system configured to provide content-viewing credit, the television receiver system comprising:
one or more tuners; one or more processors; and a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive, via the one or more tuners, a first commercial, wherein the first commercial comprises video and audio;prior to receiving user input that selects the first commercial, output for presentation a user interface that indicates a plurality of commercials organized into a plurality of categories of commercials, wherein:
user input is used to select a category of commercials from the plurality of categories of commercials;each commercial of the plurality of commercials is presented as associated with whether a survey is required to be answered;each commercial of the plurality of commercials is presented as being for a defined duration of time;each commercial of the plurality of commercials is visually indicated as associated with a predefined amount of credit; andreceive user input that selects the category of commercials and the first commercial for viewing;output for presentation the first commercial for viewing for the defined duration of time by a user of the television receiver system, wherein the first commercial is associated with a first predefined amount of credit as indicated by the user interface;confirm that the first commercial has been viewed by the user; andin response to confirming that the first commercial has been viewed by the user, credit an account of the user with the first predefined amount of credit.