Entries |
Document | Title | Date |
20090299838 | Method of giving through advertising publication - This business method creates a business model that creates a publication used as an information vehicle that converts pre-owned consumer goods into for profit revenue with a portion of the revenues donated to legitimate 501(c)3 organizations. | 12-03-2009 |
20100042485 | ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - An advertisement delivery system for internet advertising is provided. The system comprises an ad server in functional communication with a delivery engine capable of delivering an advertisement to a web server for display in a webpage in response to a triggering event by an internet user. A configuration module may be provided in functional communication with the delivery engine. The configuration module may be adapted to schedule an advertisement for delivery by the delivery engine. The configuration module may also be capable of communicating the advertisement to the delivery engine according to the schedule. The configuration module may have a schedule of advertisements for display in a defined period of time. The advertisement delivery system also may include a means for calculating in real time internet traffic flow and means for adjusting the schedule of delivery of advertisements based upon the internet traffic flow. A method of advertisement delivery for internet advertisements is also disclosed. | 02-18-2010 |
20100076828 | Targeted Advertising using Object Identification - Targeted advertising using object identification techniques is described. In an implementation, an object is identified by a client that is placed on a surface of the client. An advertisement is located that corresponds to the identified object and is output. | 03-25-2010 |
20100088165 | PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL PLAYBACK UPON TRIGGER EVENT - Promotional content is downloaded from the Internet along with a trigger event defining when the content is to be played. The trigger event may be a time of day, a usage event or pattern, a weather event, or the arrival at a geographic location. | 04-08-2010 |
20100094691 | Stadium Portable Billboard Advertising - The present invention is directed at an advertising method whereby a portable billboard is carried by a vendor in a stadium who is selling products to the stadium audience. | 04-15-2010 |
20100125492 | System and method for providing contextual advertisements according to dynamic pricing scheme - Systems, methods, and devices for providing electronic advertisements according to a dynamic pricing scheme are provided. For example, a method for providing an electronic advertisement according to a dynamic pricing scheme may include transmitting an advertisement to an electronic device belonging to a user and receiving marketing factors indicating a likelihood that the user will be receptive to the advertisement. The advertisement may be configured for display on the electronic device and at least one of the marketing factors may be received from the electronic device. A price for providing the advertisement to the target user may be determined based on the marketing factors. | 05-20-2010 |
20100138285 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVERTISEMENT SERVING NETWORKS - A system and method for distributing media content via networked devices. A system includes at least one networked device configured to receive media content and business rules from a control server. The at least one networked device may be configured to select media content for display based at least in part on the business rules. | 06-03-2010 |
20100179867 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENTS IN A FANTASY SPORTS CONTEST APPLICATION - Systems and methods are presented for presenting advertisements to users of a fantasy sports contest application. Advertisements are displayed in conjunction with fantasy sports contest information and may be interactive in nature. The advertisements may be used to inform the user of prizes being awarded for performance in the fantasy sports contest, including prizes being awarded for performing in an instant scoring opportunity based on real-time action in a related sports broadcast. The advertisements may be intelligently scheduled around certain events in a related sports broadcast to take advantage of user purchasing habits. The advertisements may be selected according to a user profile. The user profile may include information on the user's demonstrated interests, which may be determined using the user's preferences in the fantasy contest, prior television viewing habits, and other suitable information. The advertisements may be targeted to the user's specific geographic location. The advertisements may also be used to inform a user of an awarded prize, and to enable the user to claim the awarded prize. | 07-15-2010 |
20100205049 | ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT FOR LIVE INTERNET MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Managing advertisements for multimedia content delivered over the Internet for a live event. In one embodiment, the method receives the multimedia content over a network connection for playback on a media player, and receives a first advertisement marker that indicates a first start time and a first scheduled duration of a first advertisement break. The method adjust the first scheduled duration to a first adjusted portion, and selects one or more advertisements for playback on the media player to fill the first adjusted duration of the first advertisement break, instead of the first scheduled duration. | 08-12-2010 |
20100211442 | Real-Time Digital Content Display System - There is disclosed a method for delivering real-time digital content on a network. A server device receives real-time flight information, an airport information, an airline information, and content information and generates a group playlist based on the real-time flight information, the airport information, the airline information, and the content information. The server device then transmits the group playlist to a client device. There is also disclosed a system for delivering real-time content on a network comprising a server device and a client device. | 08-19-2010 |
20100217657 | ADAPTIVE INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS AND METHODS - An adaptive information presentation apparatus and associated methods. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a computer readable medium having at least one computer program disposed thereon, the at least one program being configured to adaptively present (e.g., display or play out via an audio system) information that is related or in response to inputs provided via an input device such as a for example touch-screen display device. In one variant, the at least one program analyzes user input to determine a context of the input, and selects advertising related to the context for presentation to the user. | 08-26-2010 |
20100241497 | Method, system and computer software for advertisement, using symbols as characters interface - This paper describes a method, system and a computer software invention for advertising using advertisement material as symbol characters. This invention describes the advertisement method, system and computer software for all types of media. Media may be newspapers, magazines, publications or any type of typed or written (text and graphical based) material. The advertisement method, system and computer software may be used on web sites using any Internet browser interface. This method of advertising is done by inserting advertisement symbols in any desired place within the media page or pages. The advertisement symbols may also replace typical text or graphic characters (ASCII format or any type of image format) in the media page or pages. Advertisement symbols may replace typical textual contents like periods (dots), comas, or any other type of textual or graphical contents. Advertisement symbols may be inserted anywhere in the written material. | 09-23-2010 |
20100241498 | DYNAMIC ADVERTISING PLATFORM - Computer-readable media and computer systems for managing an ad campaign based on foreseeable, but not necessarily certain future events. An advertiser can configure a campaign trigger definition corresponding to an advertising campaign such that upon occurrence of a trigger event defined therein, an operation is performed corresponding to the campaign. A crawler references the campaign trigger definition and identifies information sources from which to retrieve information about a specified trigger event. Upon retrieving event information, an analysis module determines whether the information indicates an occurrence of the trigger event. Incident to identifying an occurrence of a trigger event, an ad campaign can be initiated or modified. | 09-23-2010 |
20100274645 | System and method for providing user directed advertisements over a network - A user directed advertisement network includes an ad server having a database for storing advertisements from one or more vendors, and a broker configured with software to receive and store claims including information of advertisement preferences of a principal, and based upon at last one claim to provide to the principal one or more advertisements stored on the ad server that relate to the preferences of the principal. An agent used by the principal and configured with software to provide the claims including the information of the advertisement preferences to the broker, and to receive the advertisements from the broker. | 10-28-2010 |
20100299191 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Method and apparatus to transmit over a data network, advertising content inserted in multimedia content associated with an event. In one embodiment, a server receives from a first network node connected to the data network, advertising content to be inserted in the multimedia content associated with an event that occurs at a specific time and place, and the server receives a message, by means of a first IP-based communications management protocol, in order to establish a real-time multimedia communication using IP packets with a second node of the data network, and the server establishes multimedia communication with the second network node, and the server receives from the second network node, multimedia content that includes geotagging data in the form of coordinates, and the server determines that this multimedia content is associated with the event from this geotagging data in the form of coordinates, and the server creates a multimedia file that contains the advertising content and at least one part of the multimedia content, and the server transmits at least one part of the multimedia file to a third network node. | 11-25-2010 |
20100299192 | Electronic Cards Systems and Methods - A system for sending cards and/or gifts to one or more entity using a computer network is provided. The system can include a computer network with at least one client computer and at least one server connected to the network. The at least one client computer can have a user interface with which a user can input an entity-centric event date. The server can receive a signal from said client computer based on the user input of the event date. The server includes a time-from-event module that determines a non-yearly event date after said event date. The client computer displays the non-yearly event date and provides means for a user to purchase cards or gifts for an entity. In most preferred embodiments, the non-yearly event date is a month-from-birth date of the individual. In some preferred embodiments, the electronic cards include combined advertisements contained within the display regions of the electronic cards. | 11-25-2010 |
20110022452 | SPORTING EVENT PROMOTION - A method of promoting a sporting event via a contest includes the steps of using a global positioning satellite system and a mobile communication device of a subscriber consumer to determine the presence of the subscriber consumer at a particular sporting event and selecting a winner from all subscriber consumers determined to be located and present at the sporting event. | 01-27-2011 |
20110066480 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR EVENT-BASED CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AND DISPLAY - In various embodiments of the present invention, the determination of what content to distribute or play is determined by a set of triggers (events) and rules for processing the triggers. The rules are simple and actionable and the triggers are clear and unambiguous and relate directly to the rules. In such embodiments, a schedule can be accomplished by following the trigger and the rules, for example, to play a sequence of media at the occurrence of the triggers. | 03-17-2011 |
20110071888 | OUTDOOR ADVERTISMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is a an outdoor advertisement device including an outdoor display part including an environment sensor and displaying transmitted advertisement data, and a control server for receiving a detection signal from the environment sensor, selecting the advertisement data corresponding to the current environment of a place at which the outdoor display part is installed, and transmitting the advertisement data to the outdoor display part. Therefore, an advertisement can be selected according to peripheral environmental information using sensors installed at the outdoor advertisement device to perform advertisement, increasing attention of passersby, utility of the advertisement, and thus increasing advertisement effect. | 03-24-2011 |
20110173054 | Advertising Insertion, Profiling, Impression, and Feedback - Various apparatus, methods and systems for insertion of advertisements in various environments are provided. Apparatus, methods and systems for profiling users, registering advertisement impressions and generating feedback in response to advertisement viewing are also disclosed. | 07-14-2011 |
20110202397 | Systems and Methods to Deliver Event-Driven Content - In some embodiments, event data is displayed by receiving, at a client device in communication with a remote content engine, an event message, the event message including data identifying an event type and event data. A determination is made whether the event type of the event message is an ad event, and an event display module is updated with the event data. If the event type is an ad event type, an ad request message is transmitted to the remote content engine, where the ad request message includes data identifying the client device and the event type. An ad response message is received from the remote content engine where the ad response message includes data identifying an advertisement. The advertisement is displayed for the user using the event display module. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202398 | PERSONAL PLANNER WITH TARGETED ADVERTISING - A computerized system for generating a visual presentation for visually organizing one or more planned future activities of a user. The system presents a time line for each one of potentially several aspects of the user's life, an icon for selecting one or more time lines, and at least one advisory icon which displays advertiser content related to commercial goods or services pertaining to a future activity. The advisory icon may contain data transmitted over the internet from a web source of the vendor of the commercial good or service. The system may display recommended details of a future activity, such as a checklist of details of conducting a wedding, thereby serving as a reminder. The system may apply a filter function to eliminate some vendors from consideration due for example to excessive distance from the activity. Life aspects may include vocation, house, automobiles, children, education, pregnancy, and social occasions. | 08-18-2011 |
20110208570 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INDIVIDUALIZED AND DYNAMIC ADVERTISEMENT IN CLOUD COMPUTING AND WEB APPLICATION - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for individualized and dynamic advertisements delivery and display in cloud computing and ordinary Internet systems. The client updates the advertisement server periodically the user web browsing history and local media, advertisements play back log. The client updates the advertisement server the user geographical location. The advertisement server analyzes the user interest and geographical information from client, combining with the server information of client neighborhood events, client neighboring friends, traffic, weather condition. The advertisement server selects the advertisements, tags the selected advertisements, then pushes to the client local storage. Client takes the retrieved web content and selects the best fit advertisements from local storage with according to the time, date, as well as the information of browsing history, geographical information, neighborhood events, client neighboring friends, traffic, weather. The client constructs new web pages with the individualized advertisements. The individualized advertisements can be added to the original web pages, or replace original advertisements. | 08-25-2011 |
20110251878 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA - A system for processing data includes a first data pipeline. The first data pipeline includes a processor to process a first set of data stored in a tangible memory. The system also includes a second data pipeline to process a second set of data. A mapping processor matches the first set of data to the second set of data to produce a third set of data. | 10-13-2011 |
20110276372 | TEMPORAL INDICES OF THE WEB THAT ASSOCIATE INDEX ELEMENTS WITH METADATA - A system for generating an interactive calendar guide to scheduled web-based events is described. The guide can be presented in any format, including a grid view and a list view, within various media, including at a website hosting the interactive guide and as a widget on a computer display. A user can interact with elements of the guide, select elements of the guide for more information, customize events presented in the guide, filter the results displayed in the guide, send a response to attend an event, go directly to an event from the guide, and modify the presentation format of the guide. | 11-10-2011 |
20110288917 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MOBILE TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS - Methods and systems for displaying advertising or other promotional information to users via mobile devices. In particular, methods and systems that target advertisements using real-time information including location-based, defined geolocation territory rights (e.g., GeoEstate rights) and weather-related information. | 11-24-2011 |
20110295663 | Environment-Responsive Advertising System and Method - An environment-responsive system and method delivers advertisements to advertisement recipients in accordance with monitored usage behaviors and environment conditions local to the advertisement recipients. The advertisement recipients may interact with the advertisement delivery system so as to, for example, obtain additional information about the advertisement, including an explanation of why the advertisement recipient received the advertisement. Advertising fees may be processed based on advertisement recipient responses to the advertisements. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295664 | Dynamically-Assembled Advertisement System and Method - A dynamically-assembled advertisement system and method dynamically generates advertisements from advertisement components based on inferences of preferences from usage behaviors. Personalization features of the dynamically assembled advertisements include applying people and locales that are familiar to advertisement recipients within the advertisements, as well as including the recommendation recipient within the context of a product promoted by the advertisement. Advertising fees may be processed based on personalization features and advertisement recipient responses to the advertisements. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295665 | Subscription-Based Community Advertising System and Method - A subscription-based community advertising system and method delivers advertisements to system users that are members of computer-implemented communities in which the users subscribe to objects representing other users. The delivered advertisements may be generated in accordance with inferences of preferences from usage behaviors. The advertisements may be personalized, including making reference to other users, and explanations for why the advertisement was delivered may be provided. Advertising fees may be processed based advertisement recipient responses to the advertisements. | 12-01-2011 |
20110302007 | EVENT PARTICIPATION - Methods, devices and systems are provided for event participation. One method embodiment includes a method for generating income for an owner of an entrant to an event. The method includes defining the event by the owner. The method further includes offering remuneration based upon a fulfillment of the defined event. The remuneration can be memorialized by a remuneration right. The remuneration can be granted from the owner to a participant. And, the remuneration right is granted in exchange for the participant accepting to give consideration to the owner for receiving the remuneration. | 12-08-2011 |
20120004961 | System and Method for Delivering Advertising Information to Transportation Users - A computer-implemented system for providing targeted advertising information based on the content of provided transportation information. The system includes a transportation information system configured to receive a request for transportation information based on one or more user provided vehicle selection criteria and generate transportation information including location tracking information for a vehicle selected based on the vehicle selection criteria. The system further includes an advertising selection system configured to select one or more targeted advertisements based on at least the location tracking information for the selected vehicle and an advertising system configured to transmit a transportation message including the transportation information and the targeted advertisement. | 01-05-2012 |
20120010928 | SOCIAL AGGREGATION TARGETING AND COMMUNICATIONS - The present invention provides techniques for utilizing opportunities presented by events and social gatherings, such as online advertisement targeting and communications-related opportunities. Techniques are provided in which information is obtained that provides an indication that a set of users, including mobile electronic device users, are in a specified area, and indicating that at least some of the set of users are at a particular event or gathering. A virtual user grouping may be formed, and users of the set are targeted, such as with online advertisements, based at least in part on the particular event or gathering. | 01-12-2012 |
20120022927 | SOCIALLY RELEVANT CONTENT MACHINE - A content machine generates content for a particular user of a network-based publication system and provides the content to a client machine configured to present the content to the particular user. The content generated by the content machine is generated based on information accessed by the content machine, and the content may include some or all of the information accessed. The information may include social network data of the particular user, event data referencing an event to occur on an event date, a transactional record of the particular user, a transactional record of a further user, client location data corresponding to the client machine, merchandising data referencing an item listed by the network-based publication system, or any suitable combination thereof. | 01-26-2012 |
20120035995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS FROM SUBSCRIBERS OF DIRECTORY SERVICES - Disclosed are systems, computer-readable medium and a method for delivering advertisements to user devices. The method includes storing first data associated with online and physical activity of plurality of customers, storing second data associated with current status of plurality of advertisers, matching a customer with an advertiser based on analysis of the first data and the second data and delivering an advertisement to a device associated with the matched customers online and physical activity. The on-line and physical activity is captured by a plurality of devices including a mobile device via a plurality of sensors. | 02-09-2012 |
20120059698 | SOCIAL AGGREGATION AND SUBSTRUCTURES TARGETING AND COMMUNICATIONS - The present invention provides techniques for utilizing opportunities presented by events and social gatherings, such as online advertisement targeting and communications-related opportunities. A virtual user grouping may be formed based in part on a particular event or gathering with which the users are associated, and communications between users in the grouping may be facilitated. Furthermore, social substructures, which may be associated with the virtual grouping, may be identified. Social substructures, and associated generated templates, may be used in facilitating communications between users. Feedback from use of templates may be used in modifying and improving templates for future use. | 03-08-2012 |
20120066038 | DYNAMIC TALK RADIO PROGRAM SCHEDULING - Methods and systems for dynamically scheduling a talk radio program include registering potential participants of a talk radio program service and receiving participant preferences for each of the potential participants, wherein the participant preferences include at least one topic of interest and a time availability; scheduling a talk radio program for production when a combination the participant preferences reach predetermined thresholds; and sending the potential participants a notification of the scheduling of the talk radio program. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066039 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVENT-TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT - The event-driven advertisement is targeted to a certain group of potential buyers who actually have needs for obtaining goods, material, products and or services. The buyers indicate these needs in terms of separate reminder items or entries in a reminder list which will be later reminded to the buyers in various manners. The sellers register their for-sale items such as goods, materials, products and services. Upon detecting any occurrence of the predetermined trigger conditions, if the reminder service identified one or more of the buyers and one or more of the reminder items, the identified buyers would be reminded of the identified reminder items with some seller information on the for-sale items that substantially match the identified reminder items. Depending upon the buyer control and preference, the reminder is optionally delivered with or without advertisement and or incentive to obtain goods, products and services from a particular registered seller. The incentives are generally negotiated by the intermediary agent in advance on behalf of the buyers and typically include discounts, coupons, rebates and other promotions. | 03-15-2012 |
20120101880 | Digital Communication Management System - A system for targeting contextually relevant digital communications based on past, current, or forecasted weather conditions is disclosed. The system receives passive location information from a viewer and a real-time feed of weather information from a weather database. The disclosed system assesses the weather condition in a given location and then manages the display and rotation of advertisements with both direct and indirect weather dependencies. | 04-26-2012 |
20120123830 | USER GENERATED PHOTO ADS USED AS STATUS UPDATES - Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and utilizing photo advertisements (“ads”). In one embodiment, a photo advertisement is posted as a status update for a user via a social networking service. More specifically, first, one or more photo ad templates are obtained for the user, where each photo ad template includes one or more photo wells. A photo advertisement is then generated based on one of the photo ad templates such that a filler image of a different one of one or more participants identified for the photo advertisement is inserted into each of the one or more photo wells in the photo ad template. The photo advertisement is then used as a status update for the user. In another embodiment, the photo advertisement is stored and subsequently used to serve ad requests. | 05-17-2012 |
20120130782 | Cloud Contact Information System - A method of communication, includes providing a mobile device having a user web browser; transmitting a request from a user of the mobile device via the user web browser to a contact application stored in a shared pool of configurable computing resources; and transmitting first data from the mobile device to a central server to automatically establish a user account in the central server. The first data includes an unique identifier specific to the mobile device. The method also includes selecting, by the user, at least one of a first desired contact and an event. Information related to the at least one of the first desired contact and event is displayed on a communication device. The method further includes storing at least one of first contact data and first event data in a user account on the central server. The first contact data and the first event data are selected based upon, at least in part, selections made by the user. | 05-24-2012 |
20120143662 | Advertising Based On Environmental Conditions - Information about an environmental condition of a remote device is received, the environmental condition being determined based on a signal output from a sensor of the remote device or a sensor coupled to the remote device. An advertisement is identified based on the environmental condition, and the advertisement is provided to the remote device. | 06-07-2012 |
20120185309 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING EVENT RELEVANT MARKETING DEVICES - A method and system for automatically generating event relevant marketing devices whereby events data is obtained from one or more sources that indicates upcoming events of interest to a merchant. Offer data to be associated with a marketing device is obtained from the merchant. The offer data, and/or the merchant submitting the offer data, indicates the merchant, and/or services offered by merchant, and/or products offered by merchant. The offer data is then mapped to one or more event types using a merchant/product/service type-to-event type mapping system and the events data is searched to identify a relevant event represented by the events data that is of the event type mapped to the offer data. The offer data and the portion of the events data representing the identified relevant event is then “matched” and used to automatically generate one or more event relevant marketing devices that include at least part of the matched offer data and at least part of the matched relevant event data. | 07-19-2012 |
20120203602 | ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY SYSTEM TRIGGERED BY SENSED EVENTS - An advertisement delivery method distributes one or more advertisements to monitoring service subscribers via text messaging (MMS or SMS), a voice message, an email message, on-line pop-up notification, notification in an application user interface (including on-line forums such as Twitter and Facebook), an instant message and/or phone call in response to the receipt, by a gateway, of sensor signals indicative of at least one event, trigger, time-based reading or breach of a threshold. The advertisements need not be delivered by the same means used to deliver the sensor notifications. The subscribers may respond to the advertisements by calling the advertisers directly in order to inquire about the advertised services or to order such services directly. The system can also provide return notifications to the advertisers stating that the ads were, in fact, sent, and providing details of the notifications and identification of the ad recipients. | 08-09-2012 |
20120239471 | LEARNING DRIVER DEMOGRAPHICS FROM VEHICLE TRACE DATA - A method of providing advertising content targeted to an operator of a vehicle. Vehicle data acquisition devices are employed to collect operator attribute information from vehicle trace data of the vehicle as the operator operates the vehicle. A processor of the vehicle applies a statistical analysis on the operator attribute information for determining a probability of demographic characteristics of the operator of the vehicle. The demographic characteristics of the operator are identified as a function of the determined probability. The vehicle communicates the targeted advertising content to the operator of the vehicle. | 09-20-2012 |
20120253901 | DYNAMIC OFFER PAIRING AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An offer pairing and distribution system includes: an electronic processing and storage device associated with an offer pairing engine and an offer distributor, wherein the offer pairing engine receives input profiling events, vendors, venues, and distributors to create one or more offers to be distributed via the offer distributor to one or more qualified users who request distribution of the one or more offers when located within a defined location and epoch. | 10-04-2012 |
20120290372 | DIGITAL COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system for targeting contextually relevant digital communications based on past, current, or forecasted weather conditions is disclosed. The system receives passive location information from a viewer and a real-time feed of weather information from a weather database. The disclosed system assesses the weather condition in a given location and then manages the display and rotation of advertisements with both direct and indirect weather dependencies. | 11-15-2012 |
20120330734 | System and Method for Event Context-Based Commerce Options - There is provided a system and method for providing context-based limited availability commerce options. There is provided a method comprising receiving a sensor data sample corresponding to a segment for an event, matching the sensor data sample to a media record in a media database, the media record including an identity of the event, generating an advertising campaign of limited availability commerce options using a context including the identity of the event and a location of a device, and presenting the advertising campaign on a display of the device. When the event corresponds to a theatrical movie showing, the segment may correspond to the first few measures of a song for an end credit roll, and the sensor data sample may be recorded from a microphone. The commerce options may be limited based on time, location, demographics, user or group participation, and other criteria.. | 12-27-2012 |
20130006732 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GROUP TARGETING FOR ADVERTISABLE CALENDAR ENTRIES - Techniques are provided which engage users and increase social interaction in group buying. Methods and systems may target users with a first advertisement comprising one or more proposed deals based at least in part on the users' electronic calendar entry information. The advertisements may be served and displayed in the users' electronic calendars. Users' responses to the proposed deal may be tracked. Users may be targeted and served with additional advertisements based at least in part the users' responses to the proposed deal included in the first advertisement and the calendar entry information. Users may forward the advertisements to other individuals to encourage them to participate in the proposed deals in order to receive additional discounts. | 01-03-2013 |
20130073356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SPONSORED PUBLISHING - A method and system of sponsored publishing is described. Compensation is provided to participants based on recruitment of merchants and actions by subscribers provided by a publisher. A publisher may determine offers provided via a publication. | 03-21-2013 |
20130080222 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON DEMOGRAPHIC AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ATTRIBUTES OF A DIGITAL MEDIA FILE - The present disclosure provides a system and method of distributing a targeted advertisement based on demographic and situational awareness attributes. A digital media file can be analyzed for demographic and situational awareness attributes. A targeted advertisement can be selected based on the demographic and situational awareness attributes identified. The advertisement and a representation of the digital media file can be distributed to provided contact information. | 03-28-2013 |
20130085823 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCALIZED PRODUCT OFFERINGS PUBLICATIONS - A retailer system responds to a request to view an electronic product offerings publication by using data indicative of a geographic location to select from a plurality of retailer locations at least one retailer location and by retrieving inventory related information for the selected at least one retailer location. The retrieved inventory related information is then used to select product offerings from a repository of product offerings whereupon an electronic product offerings publication container is populated with the product offerings selected from the repository of product offerings. The populated electronic product offerings publications container is then returned to the requester as the requested product offerings publication. | 04-04-2013 |
20130132172 | Method and Apparatus for Context Adjusted Consumer Capture - In a first illustrative embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining the identities of one or more vehicle occupants. The method also includes obtaining data relating to a current vehicle environment. The method further includes selecting an advertisement for delivery based at least in part on data retrieved respective to identified occupants and data relating to the vehicle environment. Also, the illustrative method includes evaluating a driver cognitive load. The method additionally includes providing the selected advertisement for delivery based on the driver cognitive load being below a suitable threshold. | 05-23-2013 |
20130159075 | SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATING CURRENT AND FUTURE ACTIVITY INFORMATION AMONG MOBILE INTERNET USERS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating a current or future event between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving the current or future activity information pertaining to the future event from the user via the mobile Internet device. The current activity pertains to an activity occurring at a current time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The future activity pertains to an activity occurring at a future time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The method further includes transmitting the current or future activity information to a backend database coupled to the Internet, the backend database being remote from the mobile Internet device. The method further includes rendering the current or future activity information accessible to at least one recipient via the Internet. The recipient represents a subset of the users coupled to the Internet and having access privilege to information pertaining to the current or future event involving the user. | 06-20-2013 |
20130197981 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISIONING SERVICES IN AN EVENT VENUE - The embodiments described herein relate systems and methods for providing concierge services at event venues hosting live performances. The system include a server configured to receive real-time performance information indicative of a current status of a live performance at an event venue having a plurality of seats; and a plurality of concierge devices in data communication with the server, each of the concierge devices being coupled to one of the plurality of seats, having an input device for receiving input from an attendee at the live performance, and being associated with location information indicative of a location of the seat. The server and the concierge devices are configured to provide a plurality of event-venue related services at the concierge devices, the event-venue related services being selectable based upon input from the attendee, and at least one of the event-venue related services provided comprise displaying supplemental information at the concierge devices based upon the location information associated therewith, the supplemental information being based upon the real-time performance information. | 08-01-2013 |
20130317893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING EVENT PARTICIPATION AND PAYMENT - The invention generally relates to systems and methods for coordinating participation in, and payment for, events. In particular, the invention allows a person to initiate a group event without exposing themselves to a full cost of the event, even where full payment is traditionally collected through a single bill or prior to the event. In some aspects, the invention provides a method of organizing an event that includes broadcasting information about an event to potential participants, receiving a commitment to pay from participants, and charging each participant their share while paying a full event cost, so that no one person must pay the full cost. | 11-28-2013 |
20130332246 | DISPLAY OF ADVERTISEMENTS AT AN EVENT - Technologies are generally described for processes and systems effective to select an advertisement to be displayed for viewing by participants at an event. An advertisement processor may be configured to be in communication with an advertisement database and an event status processor over a network. The advertisement processor may be effective receive event information and crowd information. The event information may relate to a status of the event. The crowd information may relate to demographics and/or interests of the participants at the event. The advertisement processor may select the advertisement based on the event information and the crowd information. | 12-12-2013 |
20140012642 | EVENT-BASED MANAGEMENT OF A COUPON PROMOTION - An approach for managing a coupon based on an event is presented. Information about an event is received. Attributes indicating an email or text message communication is from a retailer are received. The communication is received. The communication is determined to be from the retailer and include the coupon by determining the communication has the received attributes. Based on the communication having the attributes, the coupon included in the communication is associated with the event. A user selection of the event is received to display the received information about the event and a link to the communication that includes the coupon associated with the selected event. | 01-09-2014 |
20140052509 | Dynamically Controlling a Computer's Display - A method and/or computer system dynamically manages screen real estate of a remote computer's display. A first computer receives an initial state of screen real estate of a remote second computer's display on a portable computing device, where the initial state describes information displayed on the remote second computer's display. The first computer detects a change to an external physical environment of the remote second computer's display from one location to another location within a same building. The first computer then adjusts the initial state of the screen real estate in order to remotely create an adjusted state of the remote second computer's screen real estate, where the adjusted state comports with the change to the physical location of the remote second computer's display, and where the adjusted state alters an appearance of the information displayed on the remote second computer's display. | 02-20-2014 |
20140058808 | MOBILE DEVICE USING POSITION AND EXTERNAL CONDITION TO SELECT RELATED ADVERTISING AND SELECTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a mobile device using position and external condition to select related advertising and a selection method thereof The mobile device comprises a storage module, a positioning module, a processing module and a display module. The storage module is provided for storing a plurality pieces of advertising information. The positioning module is provided for receiving a current position of the mobile device. The processing module is provided for reading a situational parameter of the mobile device or a characteristic parameter of a target user, and reading a plurality pieces of advertising information of the corresponding current position and situational parameter or characteristic parameter according to the current position, and the situational parameter or the characteristic parameter, and updating the advertising information according to the current position. The display module is provided for displaying plurality pieces of corresponding advertising information. | 02-27-2014 |
20140067497 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED ADVERTISING - Systems and methods for targeted advertising are described. The systems and methods identify a series of events that may be related to a transaction for goods and services. The systems and methods may select at least one future event from the series of events. The systems and methods may generate an account with information about goods and services, and parties to the transaction. The systems and methods may use the information contained in the account about the goods and services and at least one future event as a selection criteria and trigger for sending targeted advertisements to a customer. | 03-06-2014 |
20140095278 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISEMENTS FOR EVENT-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING - A social network is associated with an event. The event is joined by individuals who have visibility of others joined to the event via a third party network or via the social network. Demographic data is collected on the individuals joined to the event based on their social behaviour. Demographic patterns are extracted from the demographic data and individuals are targeted for ads based on the demographic patterns. | 04-03-2014 |
20140122194 | Cross-Platform Targeting - A system and method for cross-platform targeting includes: receiving as input calendar entries from an on-line calendar associated with a first user, the calendar entries designating specified time slots associated with scheduled events; marking the specified time slots associated with the scheduled events as unavailable time slots; eliminating the unavailable time slots from the calendar associated with the first user; determining from remaining time slots those time slots wherein the first user is deemed unlikely to be available; removing those time slots from the calendar, providing free time slots; and presenting the free time slots as optimal time slots for serving digital information to the first user. | 05-01-2014 |
20140149193 | MANAGING A RETAIL OFFER - An approach for managing retail offer(s) based on information from a social networking website is presented. Information about an event is received. The event is determined to be relevant to user(s) of the social networking website by determining preferences of the user(s) and determining the user(s) have an interest in the event based on the preferences. Retail offers are received. Received retail offer(s) are determined to be relevant to the event by determining a preference of an individual associated with event and determining the individual has an interest in the retail offer(s) based on the preference. Based on the event being relevant to the user(s) and the retail offer(s) being relevant to the event, the retail offer(s) are displayed for viewing by the user(s) via an interface provided by the social networking website. | 05-29-2014 |
20140188581 | WIRELESS MARKETING - A system, method, and network through which a Wi-Fi hot spot provider provides Internet access to users in exchange for the right to send marketing messages to the user from vendors. The Wi-Fi hot spot provider charges vendors for delivering marketing messages and ensures that access is limited to user-agreed parameters. The system, method, and network uses cellular telephone text messaging in a way that integrates location based advertising and text based advertising. The system, method, and network creates opportunities for up-sell by delivering marketing messages and offers to users who actually visited the particular venue and may still be present in the venue; tracking the user's participation and response to marketing messages in order to direct further marketing after the user has left the venue; and having knowledge of past marketing messages when the user re-appears at an event or at a similar event. | 07-03-2014 |
20140214504 | VIRTUAL MEETING LOBBY FOR WAITING FOR ONLINE EVENT - A host device can establish a date and time for an online event such as a movie and send invitations out to join viewing the movie to, e.g., friends on a social network. Accepting friends, along with the host, can enter a theater page prior to the start time to view thumbnails of related recommended movies and can also enter a lobby page to chat and view who else has been invited to attend the movie. | 07-31-2014 |
20140222531 | System and Method for providing a Location-Based Social Network - A location based social network and methods of making and using same. A method according to one embodiment includes configuring an event profile via an event administrator device, where the event profile is associated with an event location and includes at least one location venue. The method also includes configuring an event venue profile via a first venue device, where the event venue profile is associated with a location venue and is configurable via the event administrator device. The method further includes presenting an event interface at an attendee device, where the event interface is defined by the event profile and the event venue profile. | 08-07-2014 |
20140257949 | DISPLAYING ADVERTISING DURING TRANSIT - Planning the presentation of advertisements to travelers, includes using a computer and software to receive data pertaining to a departure time, a location of one or more travelers, a starting location of the traveler, and a vendor event, including a time and location for the event. The received information is used to calculate available time between the departure time and the time of the event, and to calculate, for a given mode of travel, a travel time from the starting location to the event location and then to the departure location. The calculated travel time plus a predetermined amount of time at the event location is compared with the calculated amount of time available, and if the calculated amount of time available is at least equal, present an advertisement corresponding to the vendor event to the traveler. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257950 | Method and System for Event-Driven Targeted Advertisement - The event-driven advertisement is targeted to a certain group of potential buyers who actually have needs for obtaining goods, material, products and or services. The buyers indicate these needs in terms of separate reminder items or entries in a reminder list which will be later reminded to the buyers in various manners. The sellers register their for-sale items such as goods, materials, products and services. Upon detecting any occurrence of the predetermined trigger conditions, if the reminder service identified one or more of the buyers and one or more of the reminder items, the identified buyers would be reminded of the identified reminder items with some seller information on the for-sale items that substantially match the identified reminder items. Depending upon the buyer control and preference, the reminder is optionally delivered with or without advertisement and or incentive to obtain goods, products and services from a particular registered seller. The incentives are generally negotiated by the intermediary agent in advance on behalf of the buyers and typically include discounts, coupons, rebates and other promotions. | 09-11-2014 |
20140278847 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUALIZED ADVERTISING - The present application is directed to systems and methods for providing virtualized advertising in a simulated view of a real event. A virtualization engine may generate a virtual environment modeled on a real world environment in which the event occurs. Virtual advertisement placement locations may be identified in the virtual environment as corresponding to a physical location in the real environment, such as a billboard, raceway signage, sky writing, vehicle livery advertisements, or other such locations and virtual advertisements may be dynamically changed, may be animated or moving, or otherwise may be modified based on a user profile or motion of a virtual camera within the virtual environment. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278848 | WEATHER-TRIGGERED MARKETING - Both weather data and information about a user based on that user's behavior are used to generate an advertisement, which is then sent to the user. That can be accomplished without having the user explicitly input information about preferences. | 09-18-2014 |
20140297377 | Systems And Methods For Dynamically Generating Digital Advertisements - Advertising systems and related methods provide dynamic generation of digital advertisements over computer networks in response to ad requests associated with available ad impressions. The system dynamically generates ad based on user information associated with ad requests and product inventory information associated with advertising campaigns. The product inventory information and advertising campaigns can be associated with one or more product suppliers. The system dynamically generates the advertisement using the user information associated with the ad request, and the product inventory information. The system dynamically generates an ad with store location information based on user location information and product inventory information in one example. | 10-02-2014 |
20140344031 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME OR NEAR REAL TIME INFORMATION FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to enable a user or group of users to organize an event in the digital world that results in attendance in the physical world. One example embodiment may include a method for providing a user interface configured to allow selection of at least one time or time period from a plurality of times, receiving, via the user interface, user input that indicates at least one time or time period, a status, and a location of a user; and determining one or more users or one or more entities that match at least the time or time period, the status, and the location of the user, the one or more users or the one or more entities that match at least the time or time period, the status, and the location of the user are provided with access to information related to the user and the user is provided with access to information related to the one or more users or the one or more entities. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344032 | COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR MONETIZING CALENDAR APPLICATIONS - A method is disclosed for advertisers to target specific calendar users with the advertisers' events. When uploading information for an advertisement to a service provider system, the advertiser provides targeting criteria along with advertisement content. The targeting criteria is compared against user data stored about the user within one or more databases in the service provider system to select targeted recipients that meet the targeting criteria. The advertised events are then downloaded for display along side a users' calendar interface, where users may quickly and easily add the event to their calendars. | 11-20-2014 |
20140358650 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVENT PROMOTION AND FUND RAISING - A system, computer program product and method configured to stage an event for fund raising or other promotional cause wherein participants are geographically dispersed and/or participation in the event comprises activities spread over a number of venues that are geographically dispersed, or particular locations chosen by the participants, and/or a range of dates. | 12-04-2014 |
20150012342 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERNET-BASED SOCIAL-NETWORKING APPLICATION FOR FACE-TO-FACE VENUES - In one example embodiment, a method includes the step of obtaining a member profile of a user for an event service. A step includes aggregating the member entity profile into a set of member profiles. A step includes summarizing the set of member profiles into an attendee list, wherein the attendee list is viewable event via an online event service webpage. A step includes enabling the user to flag another attendee of the attendee list with a client-side application of a mobile device. A step includes tracking the user at an event related to the attendee list. A step includes determining when the user interacted with the other attendee. A step includes receiving digital notes from the user about the other attendee. A step includes suggesting third member entities for the user to flag based on historical user flagging behavior or user profile information. | 01-08-2015 |
20150088622 | SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATION FOR A MEDIA CONTENT PROVIDING PLATFORM - A social media application for a media content providing platform for interaction and communication between and among audience members concerning the media content. The social media application includes a graphical user interface having a crowd representation section for providing a virtual crowd experience through visual representations of audience members attending the event. Accordingly, the social media application permits a user to review profile information associated with other audience members and communicate with audience members concerning the media content being displayed, in real-time. The social media application permits the media content provider to communicate with audience members, and to obtain information about the audience members. | 03-26-2015 |
20150095124 | Method and System for Realtime Display or Distribution of Advertisements - A system and method for displaying marketing content at a predetermined location and at a predetermined time is disclosed. The marketing content may be displayed on a mobile vehicle unit and also distributed to a mobile device within the proximity of the mobile vehicle unit. Various categories or criteria may be tagged to the marketing content and may be displayed or distributed only when the various criteria are satisfied. The displays may be mobile or non-mobile and the marketing content, or variations of the marketing content, may be displayed on both the mobile displays or non-mobile displays, either at the same time or at different times. | 04-02-2015 |
20150120405 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME PROMOTION AND CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT THROUGH LOCAL EVENTS - The present invention provides a computer or web-based system designed for collecting and updating information related to beverages, food, products, and events in real time and providing a consumer interactive system for promoting such beverages, food, products, and events in real time at a local level. More particularly, the invention relates to a system and method for providing a web and mobile based platform to promote adult or alcoholic beverages, non-alcohol beverages, products & events real-time at a local level. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120406 | EVENT BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for facilitating networked communication. An event creation module is configured to create an event profile within a social networking service. A check-in module is configured to associate a plurality of user profiles with the event profile and to associate the user profiles with a plurality of social categories. A message interface is operable by a first user to send a message to a second user or to initiate voice communication response by selectively providing or removing phone voice connection. A nearby module is configured to provide nearby user profiles within a predetermined range of other user profiles wherein user profile for a second user results are nearby check-ins allowing event social hot spots to be visible when an event profile is experiencing higher volume check-ins and in what social type publicly displayed. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120407 | SPATIOTEMPORAL MARKETING ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTS BASED ON INTENDED USER INGRESS AND EGRESS MODES AND PATHS - A method to perform spatiotemporal events marketing includes: presenting, by a server, an interface on a display of a customer device, wherein the interface comprises a selectable list of times in which an event is to occur, determining, by the server, a route to the event or from the event, by a user of the customer device; and presenting, by the server, a selectable list of offers in the interface, wherein the list of offers is based on the selected time, a location of the event, and the route. | 04-30-2015 |
20150127434 | EVENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system comprising an information control system configured to receive item data and event identification data associated with the item data, to format the item data and the event identification data, and to provide the item data and the event identification data to an event display. A display control system configured to receive auction data for an item associated with the item data and to initiate an auction after a start of an event associated with the event identification data by generating a notification on the event display. An item registration system configured to read unique item identification data from the item and to store the unique item identification data with time of event data. | 05-07-2015 |
20150142537 | RECEIVING PRODUCT/SERVICE INFORMATION AND CONTENT BASED ON A CAPTURED IMAGE - A device receives an image captured by a user device at an event or at an event location, and analyzes the captured image to determine the event or the event location. The device analyzes the captured image to determine an entity associated with the event or the event location, and determines, based on the captured image, a product, a service, and/or content associated with the event, the event location, and/or the entity. The device provides, to the user device, information associated with the product, the service, and/or the content, where the information identifies a location at the event location from which to purchase the product, the service, and/or the content. | 05-21-2015 |
20150294352 | SPATIOTEMPORAL MARKETING ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTS BASED ON INTENDED USER INGRESS AND EGRESS MODES AND PATHS - A method to perform spatiotemporal events marketing includes: presenting, by a server, an interface on a display of a customer device, wherein the interface comprises a selectable list of times in which an event is to occur; determining, by the server, a route to the event or from the event, by a user of the customer device; and presenting, by the server, a selectable list of offers in the interface, wherein the list of offers is based on the selected time, a location of the event, and the route. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294366 | LOCATION AND/OR SOCIAL MEDIA-BASED EFFECTS AND AD PLACEMENT FOR USER-GENERATED MEDIA - The disclosed technology employs systems and methods that use, for example, location data, time data, social media actions, or social preferences to deliver (e.g., in real time) targeted advertising content or media. This advertising content or media can be merged with user-generated media, forming a unified media object having greater value to users, advertisers, and content partners. These unified media objects can then be shared to the benefit of all parties. Furthermore, the disclosed technology may also use location, time, and/or social data to deliver (e.g., in real time) targeted visual or audio effects (or treatments) that can modify and enhance such user-generated media, prior to sharing it. This platform has the benefit that the effects applied are more relevant and engaging to both the user and the viewers of the user's content. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294367 | LOCATION AND/OR SOCIAL MEDIA-BASED EFFECTS AND AD PLACEMENT FOR USER-GENERATED MEDIA - The disclosed technology employs systems and methods that use, for example, location data, time data, social media actions, or social preferences to deliver (e.g., in real time) targeted advertising content or media. This advertising content or media can be merged with user-generated media, forming a unified media object having greater value to users, advertisers, and content partners. These unified media objects can then be shared to the benefit of all parties. Furthermore, the disclosed technology may also use location, time, and/or social data to deliver (e.g., in real time) targeted visual or audio effects (or treatments) that can modify and enhance such user-generated media, prior to sharing it. This platform has the benefit that the effects applied are more relevant and engaging to both the user and the viewers of the user's content. | 10-15-2015 |
20150310486 | DISTRIBUTING OFFERS AT THE TIME AND LOCATION OF AN EVENT - Distributing offers to user computing devices comprises an offer distribution system employing a server configured to use user purchasing history of an event, the date and time of the event, the location, and a period in which an offer distribution campaign should be executed. The offer distribution system stores offers received from merchant systems. The offer distribution system stores an offer that is associated with an event in a database of event offers. The offer distribution system determines that a particular user has purchased a ticket to an event in the database, or otherwise become associated with an event. The offer distribution system determines that a scheduled time for providing the offer has arrived and determines the location of the user. If the user is at the event location, then the offer distribution system communicates the offer to the user. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317672 | System and Method for Event Management with Explicit Content Delivery Through Dynamic Network Authentication - A system and method for exchanging data in a controlled network provides each participant in an event with a data storage medium that can be accessed throughout the event in order to readily share data among the participants. Scan data for the data storage medium of each of the participants is recorded and relayed to an event host in real time. Additionally, the scan data is graphically organized and distributed to the participants following the event to facilitate continual contact between the participants. A user account accessed on a user controlled device is authenticated through the controlled network, such that event based advertisements determined by the event host can be delivered to the user controlled device. Authentication of the user account and distribution of each of the event based advertisements is facilitated by inserting either an authentication source code or advertisement source code into a webpage source code. | 11-05-2015 |
20150339707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVENT TRIGGERED SEARCH RESULTS - Disclosed is a system and method for displaying search results upon the occurrence or detection of an event and/or time-delay. The present provides a user with the ability to view search results upon satisfaction of an event trigger or specified time delay (e.g., a rule). The disclosed systems and methods enable features that allow a user to link a search query and/or a set or sets of results for the search query to a trigger, whereby upon detection and satisfaction of such trigger, the search (and/or related results) are displayed. Such trigger can be associated with, but not limited to, a calendar event, to-do list item, location, a product or contact person, among other types of event based information events. | 11-26-2015 |
20150356599 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING EMAIL MESSAGES BASED ON WEATHER - A method and system is provided for sending email messages based on weather. The method includes initiating a set of conditions for sending one or more marketing messages. The method further includes adding one or more weather conditions to the set of conditions, where the one or more weather conditions are selected from a plurality of weather conditions. Further, the method includes providing one or more locations, where the one or more locations have the selected one or more weather conditions present. Further, the method includes adding at least one location of the one or more locations to the set of conditions. Still further, the method includes associating the one or more marketing messages to the set of conditions. Finally, the method includes sending at least one marketing message of the one or more email messages, where the at least one marketing message is sent when the set of conditions are met. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356600 | ELECTRONIC COMMERCE WEB PAGE MANAGEMENT - Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward a method, a system, and a computer program product for displaying a change event for a web page. The method includes receiving a change event location located on a web page in a pre-deployment environment. The method includes querying a database to return a plurality of change events for the change event location within a duration period. The duration period includes a start time and an end time. The method includes displaying the plurality of change events from the query. The method includes prioritizing the plurality of change events from the query. The method includes selecting an active change event from the plurality of change events based on the priority. The method also includes displaying the active change event to a user. | 12-10-2015 |
20150371259 | LOCAL ANALYTICS - Merchant related event data is extracted from advertising and social system logs. Advertising events are linked with corresponding social events. The extracted merchant related event data is aggregated based on an event-type and location. The aggregated event data is then filtered, for example based on a reference time period, and visually displayed to an advertiser via an interactive event metric tool. The advertiser may utilize the event metric tool to interactively evaluate the effectiveness of digital advertising in the physical world. | 12-24-2015 |
20160012478 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION AT A LIVE ENTERTAINMENT EVENT | 01-14-2016 |
20160055523 | SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE SERVICE PROVIDER - In one embodiment, a system, is provided to take not just a person's time and location into consideration, but also has knowledge of and takes into account their availability, their preferences, their schedule, their purpose for being at their current location, and/or their next goal or stop. One embodiment is able to take into account a real-time view of supplier inventory and deduce and make available much better-adapted offerings and support for that person's travels and endeavors. In one embodiment, having an understanding of a rate of conversion and its relation to traffic and weather patterns allows service providers to make more accurate predictions about various items, including but not limited to, conversion rates, offer types, offer upgrades, traffic etc. In yet another aspect of the invention, the information collected from many travelers, and also information collected from airlines and weather observers, etc., can be used to forecast inventory requirements, such as obtaining and preparing fresh food and pulling from storage chilled or frozen food, as well as man power or staffing level requirements, to meet projected demands. | 02-25-2016 |
20160063555 | ADVERTISEMENT PLATFORM DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - This specification discloses an advertisement platform device and an operating method thereof. That is, an advertisement effect can be greatly promoted by providing an advertisement, which is desired by a user, at time instants desired by the user for desired times by using advertisement subscription information registered from a terminal device. | 03-03-2016 |
20160071148 | ALERT-DRIVEN DYNAMIC SENSOR-DATA SUB-CONTRACTING - An interface mechanism in a system receives an alert associated with an environment. In response to the alert, a control mechanism in the system identifies an environmental monitoring device within the environment, where the environmental monitoring device provides sensor data that represents an environmental condition in the environment. Moreover, the control mechanism: provides, via the interface mechanism, a service offer to an electronic device associated with an entity associated with the environment, where the service offer includes information associated with the environmental condition. After receiving a response from the electronic device that authorizes the service, the control mechanism provides, via the interface mechanism, a data request for the sensor data to the environmental monitoring device. Furthermore, after receiving the sensor data from the environmental monitoring device, the control mechanism provides the service to the entity based on the environmental condition. | 03-10-2016 |
20160098746 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR LIVE ENTERTAINING AND ENTERTAINMENT TRENDING - A method is performed via a computer. The method includes receiving a reservation from a customer. The reservation is based at least in part on an agreement reached between the customer and an entertainer as negotiated between the customer and the entertainer. The reservation reserving access for the customer to a bidirectional audiovisual live streaming session according to the agreement. The session is for an entertainment performance via the entertainer according to the agreement. The method further includes granting access to the customer for the session based at least in part on the reservation. The customer and the entertainer are at different locales during the session. The method additionally includes facilitating chat between the customer and the entertainer via the session during the session. The method also includes facilitating payment according to the agreement. | 04-07-2016 |
20160132924 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING EVENT-TRIGGERED MARKETING CAMPAIGNS - The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for creating event-triggered marketing campaigns. The method includes determining one or more events by analyzing messages of one or more users on social media platforms. Each event has an associated location and a timeline. Thereafter, one or more first attributes, associated with a set of users, corresponding to each event, are determined from the one or more users. Further, one or more target customers are determined from one or more customers of an organization based on the one or more first attributes and one or more second attributes of the one or more customers. Thereafter, the marketing campaigns are created for the one or more target customers based on the one or more second attributes and a historical data of the one or more target customers. Further, media delivery channels for the marketing campaigns are determined based on the timeline of each event. | 05-12-2016 |
20160171532 | Advertisement Placement Prioritization | 06-16-2016 |
20160189209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LOCATION-BASED SOCIAL NETWORK - A location based social network and methods of making and using same. A method according to one embodiment includes configuring an event profile via an event administrator device, where the event profile is associated with an event location and includes at least one location venue. The method also includes configuring an event venue profile via a first venue device, where the event venue profile is associated with a location venue and is configurable via the event administrator device. The method further includes presenting an event interface at an attendee device, where the event interface is defined by the event profile and the event venue profile. | 06-30-2016 |
20160196577 | GEOTARGETING OF CONTENT BY DYNAMICALLY DETECTING GEOGRAPHICALLY DENSE COLLECTIONS OF MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES | 07-07-2016 |