Patent ID: 8150743
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of making a product publicized in a visual media available to a consumer for purchase via a web-site, the method comprising the steps of: assigning, upon the publication or airing of the visual media, a first identifying marker to a still image corresponding to the product's publication in the visual media to identify at least one publication reference of the visual media in which the product is published; assigning a second identifying marker to identify the time and place of the publication of the visual media in which the product is published; receiving, from a “BeamBack” device, a transmission of a signal corresponding to a “screen grab” of the still image of the product in the visual media; retrieving, in response to the transmission of the signal, the second identifying marker by means of the “BeamBack” device; linking, upon the publication or airing of the visual media and the retrieval of the second identifying marker by the “BeamBack” device, the first identifying marker and the second identifying marker together to identify the product; and displaying the identified product on the web-site, wherein the identified product is made available for purchase via the web-site.