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20090248529 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VALUE ADDED SERVICES VIA WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS - A method for providing value added services to a user terminal by an access point in a wireless network is provided. The method comprises intercepting a request initiated by a user terminal for accessing information. The method further comprises determining if the request is a local search request. If the request is a local search request, then location information is appended to the request. Location specific search results are rendered on the user terminal. | 10-01-2009 |
20090259551 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSERTING ADVERTISEMENTS FROM MULTIPLE AD SERVERS VIA A MASTER COMPONENT - A system and method for rendering content may include an ad insertion system and/or content provider that, responsive to a request for media content from a terminal, provides to the terminal the media content, a program module, and ad insertion instructions, the ad insertion instructions including at least one link to a respective ad content providing entity. The terminal may render the media content via a media content player running on the terminal. For each of a plurality of ad insertion points during the rendering of the media content, the terminal may execute the program module to access a link of the at least one link, and, responsive to receipt of response data that is returned in response to the link access, load a content fetching program referenced by the response data, the loaded content fetching program subsequently obtaining ad content for rendering at the terminal. | 10-15-2009 |
20090281899 | METHOD FOR PLACING ADVERTISEMENT ON WEB PAGES - A method for placing advertisements on a web page is disclosed which comprises providing a web page having a designated space for advertisement, providing a clickable member on the web page with a link to a procurement process, once the clickable member being clicked, the procurement process is invoked, uploading an advertisement upon a completion of the procurement process, placing the uploaded advertisement solely on the designated space of the web page, and displaying the web page with the uploaded advertisement when the web page is requested. | 11-12-2009 |
20090281900 | Discovering Relevant Concept And Context For Content Node - Discovering relevant concepts and context for content nodes to determine a user's intent includes identifying one or more concept candidates in a content node based at least in part on one or more statistical measures, and matching concepts in a concept association map against text in the content node. The concept association map represents concepts, concept metadata, and relationships between the concepts. The one or more concept candidates are ranked to create a ranked one or more concept candidates based at least in part on a measure of relevance. The ranked one or more concept candidates is expanded according to one or more cost functions. The expanded set of concepts is stored in association with the content node. | 11-12-2009 |
20090287572 | System And Method For Client-Side Advertisement Retrieval - A system for retrieving advertisements includes a client configured to receive content, the content including an identification tag identifying an advertisement type that is associated with the content, the advertisement type corresponding to an advertisement, and a browser associated with the client and configured to render the content, wherein the client uses the information in the identification tag to send a single request for an advertisement creative associated with the advertisement type. | 11-19-2009 |
20090287573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PAY-PER-CLICK SATELLITE ON A USER DESKTOP - A system and method for placing a live, interactive, product specific communication conduit on user desktops. A retailer, wholesaler, or any other type of provider of goods or services having a website describing one or more products selects specific products for which the retailer desires to enable direct communication with consumers. The display of the selected products on the retailer's website are marked with an identifiable label, for example, the text “Grab-It”. Consumers are enabled to drag and drop the display of the product to their desktop, creating an interactive icon (also referred to herein as a “satellite icon”.) The interactive icon supports two-way messaging between the retailer and the consumer. The retailer is enabled to push content regarding the selected content, for example, product specific advertising to the icon for display. The consumer is enabled to request information or periodic updates regarding the product through the icon. | 11-19-2009 |
20090307089 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING ADVERTISEMENTS IN A CHAT ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for sharing advertisements in a chat environment are disclosed. According to one embodiment a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a first request for an advertisement from a first client, providing a first advertisement to the first client, the first client submitting a second request to transmit a reference to the first advertisement to a second client. A third request is received for the first advertisement from the second client and the first advertisement is provided to the second client. | 12-10-2009 |
20090319372 | QUALITY-BASED ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT TRADING SYSTEM - A system for online advertisement (“ad”) trading is described by which advertisers and affiliates can trade online ads and ad placements. The system receives bids for placing online advertisements from advertisers and offers to place online advertisements from affiliates and matches bids and offers. Matching bids and offers includes matching ad placement security types respectively associated with each of the bids and the offers. An ad placement security type is defined by at least one parameter representative of an advertiser quality level and at least one parameter representative of an affiliate quality level. Responsive to the matching of a bid to an offer, online advertisements from the advertiser that submitted the bid are delivered for placement via an online property or service associated with the affiliate that submitted the offer. | 12-24-2009 |
20090319373 | NATIONAL ADVERTISEMENT LINKING - National advertisement linking is described. In embodiment(s), a bookmark can be received from a media device when the bookmark is initiated while an advertisement is rendered by the media device, such as when the bookmark is initiated by a viewer at the media device. The bookmark can be correlated with the advertisement, and a product or service that is advertised in the advertisement can be determined. Providers of the product or service that is advertised in the advertisement can then be determined, such as a local provider of the product or service that is advertised in a national advertisement. | 12-24-2009 |
20090327079 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DELIVERY NETWORK ARCHITECTURE - A system and method of managing delivery of data files receives a user request for a data file and determines a user profile and permission level based upon the received user request. The system and method establishes a delivery file path for the requested data file based upon the user profile and permission level, prioritizes delivery of the requested file based upon the user profile and permission level, and delivers the requested file using the established file path and the prioritization determination. A requester may upgrade their user profile and permission level to gain performance resources to access requested files, and the system re-prioritizes deliveries based on the new levels. If sufficient resources are not available to service a user request, the request enters a delivery queue based upon the user profile and permission level. When resources are available, the system delivers the requested file. | 12-31-2009 |
20100004994 | METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS - Methods for facilitating effective and efficient communication between businesses and customers. A business purchases a “widget package” from a widget service provider that includes a business widget for installation on the business's computer network and a customer widget for installation on a customer's electronic communication device. Once installed, the business widget and the customer widget communicate with one another directly over a network, such as the Internet, in real time and allow the business to compose and send targeted communications to the customer in accordance with a set of preferences specified by the customer in the customer widget. The customer thereby receives only those types of communications which he or she desires. | 01-07-2010 |
20100017292 | NEED-DRIVEN ADVERTISING - An advertising system is provided that interacts with end-users and advertisers to facilitate the generation and delivery of advertisements that are specifically targeted to end-users' product interests and needs. An end-user interacts with the advertising system to provide a product request representing the end-user's interest in receiving advertisements from advertisers. The product request includes a specific product or product category with which the end-user is interested, as well as product attributes further defining the end-user's interests for the specific product or product category. Advertisements are generated and provided to the end-user based on the product request. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017293 | System, method, and computer program for providing multilingual text advertisments - A system, method, and computer program for providing multilingual text advertisements is provided. An advertisement is received in a source language. One or more target languages to associate with the advertisement are specified. At least one landing page associated with the advertisement is identified based on the one or more target languages. A user is then directed to the at least one landing page when the advertisement is accessed by the user. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017294 | EMAIL ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An outgoing email server inserts electronic advertisements in outgoing email messages. The server creates enhanced email messages in which the original plain email message text is framed with one or more electronic advertisements, as well as banners or footers related to the company or organization where the email author is employed. The system allows the assignment of one or more keywords to each electronic advertisement to facilitate the placing of electronic advertisements on a contextual basis. The preferred system searches the text of the outgoing email message for the one or more keywords assigned to the electronic advertisement. In another aspect, the system uses a database including email addresses for prospective recipients and assigns targeting words to those email addresses. If these targeting words match the keywords assigned to the advertisement, the advertisement will be placed. The system also allows electronic advertisements to be placed on a static or rotating basis. In addition, the system provides means for selecting and designing electronic advertisement campaigns using the above techniques. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017295 | NAVIGATION INTERFACE - A method and apparatus of simplified navigation. A web page is provided having a link to a sister site. The sister site facilitates simplified navigation. Pages from the sister site are served responsive to actuation of the sister site link. In one embodiment, the sister site includes matrix pages to permit matrix navigation. | 01-21-2010 |
20100036734 | Delivering Advertisement Messages to a User by the Use of Idle Screens of Electronic Devices - A method is disclosed by the use of an idle display screen of an electronic device to render one or a plurality of advertisement messages. The method requires no extra effort from a user since the displayed message is replaced by a default display screen when the first user's input action is received. The displayed message is being removed into an icon displayed in the default screen in a notable means to the user. In one embodiment, a display plane with the advertisement message is reduced progressively and is moved into the icon in a visible way to the user with a visible trajectory of the movement on the screen. The user attracted by the displayed message may actuate the icon containing at least the displayed message for a review. Further, the icon may include other advertisement messages. In another embodiment, an idle screen such as for example, a blanket screen is displayed when the device is idle. An advertisement message is displayed immediately after the user's first input action is received. The message is then removed into the icon in a user notable means. The user's reactions to the displayed messages are monitored and the messages to be displayed are adjusted in accordance with the user's reactions. | 02-11-2010 |
20100036735 | TRIGGERING IMMERSIVE ADVERTISEMENTS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - The invention generally relates to systems and methods for advertising, and, more particularly, to systems and methods for triggering immersive advertising in a virtual universe. In an embodiment, a method includes: obtaining tolerance data about a user who triggers a virtual universe advertisement (VU-ad) in a virtual universe (VU); and presenting a variation of the VU-ad to the user based upon the tolerance data. | 02-11-2010 |
20100036736 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVENUE SHARING WITH A FITNESS CENTER - Systems and methods for revenue sharing with a fitness center are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, to incentivize purchase of internet and/or web-enabled exercise equipment by a fitness center. One embodiment can include, assessing a fee from a user of the internet and/or web-enabled exercise equipment, collecting at least a portion of the fee from the user, and sharing the at least a portion of the fee with the fitness center where the internet and/or web-enabled exercise equipment is physically located. | 02-11-2010 |
20100049608 | THIRD PARTY CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention is a system and method that targets communications devices with content from service providers, third party content providers, sponsors, promotional partners and advertisers. The invention matches the content with communications device users using customer profiles or device usage profiles and transmits the content to communications devices over a wireless network, via the internet, or other means. The communications devices store the content in an internal repository. The content is later displayed as a result of triggers by designated users' actions. | 02-25-2010 |
20100057569 | Advertising System for Internet Discussion Forums - This patent discloses a system to display an online advertisement to a user viewing user-generated comments in an online discussion forum. The system may include an ad server having online advertisements in an ad database. The ad server may include an analyzer to compare compiled metadata to at least two of the online advertisements. The compiled metadata may include metadata from the user-generated comment. The comparison may result in the selection of one advertisement for display with the user-generated comment. The selected advertisement may be called a paired advertisement and the ad server further may serve the paired advertisement to the user-generated comment. | 03-04-2010 |
20100057570 | Method and system for providing advertising and entertainment data - There is provided a method of providing a plurality of advertisement data and a plurality of entertainment data. The method comprises receiving a first request from a user device for entertainment data. The method also comprises transmitting advertisement data to the user device in response to the first request, wherein the advertisement data include a first advertising expiration data associated with the advertisement data for use to disable a display of advertisement data by the user device after an expiration of the first advertising expiration data. The method additionally comprises transmitting the entertainment data to the user device in response to the first request, wherein the entertainment data include a first entertainment expiration data for use to disable a display of the entertainment data by the user device after an expiration of either the first entertainment expiration data or the first advertising expiration data. | 03-04-2010 |
20100082434 | PERSONALIZED SEARCH RESULTS TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE - A method is disclosed for personalizing search results for delivery to multiple recipients, including receiving a search query by a search engine from a user on behalf of a group of users, wherein the group of users communicate through a plurality of communication devices at a plurality of locations; conducting a search of a database by the search engine to locate any data relevant to one or more terms of the search query; generating, by the search engine, a set of search results returned from the database according to at least one factor related to one or more of the group of users; and substantially simultaneously sending the set of search results to the plurality of communications devices of the group of users. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082435 | CUSTOMIZABLE AD MARKER - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for publisher customization of advertisement data. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises requesting an advertisement in response to a request for a webpage. The method then determines if an ad marker exists for the requested advertisement and returns a custom ad marker, if said ad marker exists, or returns a generic ad marker if said custom ad marker does not exist. | 04-01-2010 |
20100094708 | INVENTORY IDENTIFIERS - A system for defining objects within a database is disclosed. The system includes an inventory identification application that generates an inventory identifier. The inventory identifier being a reference saved to the database that specifies characteristics of data within an inventory unit. A publisher using the inventory identifier application defines the specific characteristics and the inventory identifier application generates code. The publishers use the generated code within a website to recall the inventory identifier that is saved in the database. The system also includes a server system that receives a request to recall the inventory identifier. The request is the result of execution of the generated code when the website is accessed by a user. The request is fulfilled by accessing the inventory identifier at the database and matching data within the inventory unit based on the stored characteristics within the inventory identifier. | 04-15-2010 |
20100100444 | INTERNET PROTOCOL-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY TECHNIQUE - To commence streaming of advertising clips to a player ( | 04-22-2010 |
20100114706 | Linked Hierarchical Advertisements - A computing device may receive a request for a first advertisement. The request for the first advertisement may include one or more parameters referencing a given subject matter. Responsive to the request for the first advertisement, a first ad may be selected and delivered to a requesting entity. The computing device may receive an indication of an expression of interest in the first ad. The expression of interest may include one or more parameters referencing the first ad. Responsive to the expression of interest, and based on the one or more parameters referencing the first ad, a second, child ad may be selected and delivered to the requesting entity. | 05-06-2010 |
20100121713 | System and Method for Advertising Information - A system for advertising information includes a database, a communications module and a server. To advertise a product for sale, an advertiser compiles an advertisement containing a brief description of the product and an additional piece of information on the product. The server receives a request from the advertiser to make the additional information available to the public and generates a unique code corresponding to the additional information. The code is then sent to the advertiser for insertion in an advertisement for the product and stored together with the additional information in the database. The server receives requests from potential purchasers to view the additional information, accompanied by the code and sends the potential purchasers the additional information and a further piece of information which is related to the advertisement according to a predetermined criterion and which is supplied by a different advertiser. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121714 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ADVANCED INFORMATION SEARCHING IN AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - The present invention relates to an interactive media guidance application that provides improved searching functionality for media information, such as media program listings, media programming information, celebrity information, and other related media information. Search objects may be defined in the entertainment context and applied to media information to enable efficient searching. Different types of media information may be categorized to enable proper organization of search results. A search object query may be performed based on a user entered search expression and the results may be a vertical slice through the organized categories of media information. User submitted tags may also be applied to the media information and used to search the media information. Atomic searching may be enabled for more generic search expressions, whereby an atomic search object is associated with a personalized atomic search algorithm comprised of individual searches. The search algorithm is determined by receiving both user metrics and editorial input. Context sensitive searching may also be provided by defining search objects with different context settings and determining a context setting of the user initiated search. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121715 | ADVERTISEMENT SERVER, USER TERMINAL, ADVERTISEMENT METHOD, AND ADVERTISEMENT VIEWING PROGRAM - When a user accesses an advertisement site by a browser unit and requests transmission of the advertisement moving image, an advertisement server requests the user to connect an electronic money card to a reader/writer. The advertisement server can communicate with the electronic money card via the browser unit. Thus, the advertisement server reads an electronic money functional unit ID which is ID information of the electronic money card from the electronic money card to store it therein, and further transmits to the user terminal moving image data of the advertisement moving image stored in the advertisement moving image database. While the user terminal is reproducing the advertisement moving image, the advertisement server accesses the electronic money card through the browser unit for every given interval, and confirms that the electronic money card is connected to the reader/writer. | 05-13-2010 |
20100125504 | PRODUCT OR SERVICE COMPARISON NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A notification system and method for providing a notification of comparison data for products or services to users for display on a user's computer. User notification data is stored for each of a plurality of users, user notification data comprising user data related to a user, type data identifying at least one type of product or service of a interest to the user, parameter date comprising parameters required for the comparison of data products or services of a product or service type of interest to the user, and temporal data indicative of when the user requires a notification. The user notification data is read to determine when to determine product or service comparison data by sending a query based on the type data and the parameter data to at least one product or service data source. Notification data is generated for display on a user's computer. The notification data includes the comparison data and a selectable link for each product or service compared in the comparison data. The selectable link directs the user's computer to send a request or apply for the product or service. The notification data for each user is transmitted in dependence upon the user data. | 05-20-2010 |
20100131365 | Context-Sensitive Advertising for Mobile Content - Various embodiments provide context-sensitive advertising for content on a mobile device. In some embodiments, context information about a mobile device, a user of the device, and/or content to be consumed on the device is used to formulate an advertisement request. The advertisement request is submitted to an advertisement source, which gathers relevant advertisements that correspond to the context information. The relevant advertisements are provided to the mobile device, and one or more of the relevant advertisements are injected into content, by the mobile device, before the content is consumed by a user of the device. In some embodiments, an advertisement is marked with a sentinel marker when it is injected into content. When the content is to be sent from the device, the sentinel marker is detected and the marked advertisement is removed from the content before the content leaves the device. | 05-27-2010 |
20100153214 | Accessing Needs of Customers Based on Dispatched Services - Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise a dispatch management system and method. Customer information is received by a first company and forwarded with dispatch instructions to a second company, namely, a dispatch company which handles dispatching a service technician or other support representative to the customer. The dispatch company then sends to the first company customer information regarding products and/or service related to the customer. It is then determined which products and/or services are to be advertised to the customer based on the customer information and information received from the dispatch company. Advertisements are then sent to the customer based on this determination. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153215 | ENHANCED SEARCH RESULT RELEVANCE USING RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION - Systems and methods for utilizing information pertaining to one or more individuals or entities with whom a user has at least one pre-defined type of relationship (e.g., a social networking relationship) and information pertaining to the user's behavior with respect to the one or more individuals (e.g., manual designation, interaction with communications received from and/or sent to the user, and the like) to present relevant search results and/or advertisements to a user in response to receiving a search request are provided. Upon receiving a search request from a user, information about the user's relationships and behavior with respect to those relationships is utilized to determine user-relevant search results and/or advertisements. The search results and/or advertisements that are determined to be relevant to that particular user based upon the user's behavior and presented. | 06-17-2010 |
20100161418 | Media Distribution Systems and Methods - A media distribution system for providing advertising comprising a network; wherein the media distribution system includes a media distribution device in communication with the network, wherein the media distribution device includes a personal computing device having a first display module. The personal computing device includes a second display module coupled to the personal computing device, disposed opposite the first display module and oriented in a substantially opposite direction from the first display module. The second display module may be pivotly coupled to the first display module. The media distribution system further includes an advertisement control module in communication with a plurality of media distribution devices over the network; wherein the advertisement control module is configured to control display of advertisements over the plurality of media distribution devices. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161419 | System and Method for Allocation and Pricing of Overlapping Impression Pools of Online Advertisement Impressions for Advertising Demand with Frequency Capping - An improved system and method for allocating and pricing impression pools of advertisement impressions with frequency capping is provided. An upper bound on the number of impressions which an impression pool can supply to satisfy advertiser demand may be generated and used as a constraint to allocate impressions to satisfy advertiser requests. Either a deterministic upper bound may be generated or a stochastic upper bound may be generated on the number of impressions which an impression pool can supply to satisfy advertiser demand, and this upper bound may be used as a constraint to allocate impressions to satisfy advertiser requests for advertisement placements on the display advertising properties. In an embodiment, frequency caps, display frequencies, arrival rates of unique users, and departure rates of unique users may be used to compute the upper bounds on the number of impressions which an impression pool can supply to satisfy advertiser demand. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161420 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT LEAD CALLING - A system and method for providing advertisement lead calling in a networked environment. The system provides an advertisement contact module, a call request module, and a request transmission module. The user views an advertisement that he or she is interested in. An icon, placed proximate the ad by the system, allows the user to request additional information concerning the ad. The system generates a pop-up window in response to the user's request, whereby the user enters his or her contact information. The system then transmits the information request to the advertiser or the advertiser's representative to facilitate contact between the two. The user is notified as to the status of the transmission (pending or complete). | 06-24-2010 |
20100161421 | System and Method for Providing Advertisement Lead Interaction - A system and method for providing live-interaction between a user and a call center representative regarding an advertisement of interest. The method is operable as program steps running on a stored program computer having networking capabilities. The system comprises a live-interaction routing module, an ad request module, an ad content rendering module, a live-interaction module, and an ad lead interface module. The user generates a live-interaction request which the system routes to an available call center representative. The communication request information causes an ad publishing service to provide advertising content to be delivered to the user's browser, and a communications link to be established between the user and representative. The system further allows the representative to provide additional ad related content to the user during the communication session. | 06-24-2010 |
20100169180 | ON-LINE GARAGE SALE - One example embodiment relates to a method that comprises receiving a request from a user via a computer network to list of one or more items on the computer network that are part of a garage sale; and providing advertising to the user that indicates where the items in the garage sale may be found using the computer network. Another example embodiment relates to a system that comprises a communication module connected to a computer network; the communication module being adapted to receive a request from a user to list items that are part a garage sale; a multiple listing engine that receives data relating to the items from the user and lists the items for sale on the communication network; and an advertisement that includes information as to where buyers can view the items that are part of the garage sale on the communication network. | 07-01-2010 |
20100179877 | PROVIDING PROMOTIONAL DATA TO REGISTERED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Functionality can be implemented to transmit advertisements to customers who have registered to receive promotional messages from a business. Detecting wireless devices in the vicinity of the business, determining if the detected wireless device is registered to receive promotional messages, and transmitting the promotional messages to the detected wireless device can help businesses build customer loyalty, increase brand recognition, provide positive brand association against competitors, and receive repeat sales. Providing registered customers with additional options of rejecting incoming promotional messages or unsubscribing from the customer database can reduce the number of unsolicited messages transmitted. | 07-15-2010 |
20100205059 | AD SERVER SYSTEM WITH CLICK FRAUD PROTECTION - An ad server system takes into consideration information about a user who clicks on an ad in determining whether to charge the advertiser for the click event, and/or in determining an amount to charge the advertiser. In one embodiment, unless the user is recognized, the advertiser is not charged for the ad selection event. Thus, advertisers do not have to pay the ad placement provider when the users who click on their ads are not recognized. If the user is recognized, the ad server system may determine whether and/or how much to charge the advertiser based on information about the recognized user. This information may include, for example, whether the user has set up an account, whether a valid credit card is on file for the user, and/or other types of user information that can be used to hold fraudulent users accountable for their actions. | 08-12-2010 |
20100274668 | DOMAIN SUB-LEASING AND PARAMETER-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a processor-readable medium can store code representing instructions configured to cause a processor to receive a website address from a requesting device. A device identifier associated with the requesting device can be received. A geographic location associated with the requesting device can be determined based at least in part on the device identifier. A domain sublease record can be identified based at least in part on the geographic location and the website address. A web content portion associated with the domain sublease record can be sent to the requesting device. | 10-28-2010 |
20100293055 | System for dynamically generating affiliate advertising within electronic communications - A system and method with a distributor physically acting upon a computer to send an electronic communication to a recipient. The system delivers dynamic content to the recipient's electronic communication based on the distributor's preferences using identifiers in static code placed within the body of the electronic communication. Cookies sent by the system to the recipient define the content and enable dynamic redirects to websites from hyperlinks from this content. | 11-18-2010 |
20100299206 | SOFTWARE WITH INTEGRATED ADVERTISING CONTENT - Tools and techniques related to software with integrated advertising content are provided. These tools send requests for software, and receive the software in response to these requests. These tools then integrate advertising content into the software, and distribute the software with the integrated advertising content. | 11-25-2010 |
20100306055 | COMPELLED USER INTERACTION WITH ADVERTISEMENT WITH DYNAMICALLY GENERATED CHALLENGE - Software applications may include many types of sponsorship-related features, such as integrated advertisements displayed to users and captchas that improve advertisement targeting by distinguishing human users vs. automated processes. However, these techniques may consume developers' efforts and creativity, and, if not well-integrated in the application, may annoy or distract users. As an alternative technique, an advertisement may be programmatically analyzed to generate a challenge and a solution. The challenge and an input component may be integrated into the application; a user's challenge response may be automatically compared with the solution; and a reward may be presented for satisfactory input. This automated technique may better integrate advertisements with the application and may improve the effectiveness of the advertising, while also reducing the amount of developer effort and creativity expended on the advertisement integration. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306056 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REMOTE MACHINE SERVICING - A system for servicing a printing system includes a first device and a processor in communication with a storage medium. The system receives a first request to service the first device, determines a first number of carbon credits associated with driving a vehicle to a location of the first device, receives a second request to service a second printing device having a second number of carbon credits, offers a selected number of carbon credits to a customer to incent acceptance of remote repair of the first device, and causes remote service to be performed relative to the first device upon an acceptance of the offer. The selected number of carbon credits may be greater than the first number of carbon credits and, at least in part, to the first and second numbers of carbon credits. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306057 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACTIONABLE OBJECTS DURING PERIODS OF NETWORK UNAVAILABILITY - An approach is provided for the presentation of an actionable object on a mobile device. A presentation of an actionable object is initiated on a mobile device. The actionable object invokes an action. An input from a user specifying selection of the actionable object is received. Whether the mobile device is able to complete the action is determined. If the mobile device cannot complete the action, the action is substituted with an alternative action relating to the actionable object. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306058 | Method and System for Improved E-Commerce Shopping - An e-commerce system and method combining different product presentation formats, where each format has a video presentation component. One such format is the presentation of a live, pre-existing “shop at home” video production feed, consisting of continuously scheduled 5 segments, each segment presenting a product or set of products. A Video on Demand (VOD) format, where users may request different video streams. The VOD streams being similar to the live feed, but stored on a server and organized in one or more different segment orders, as compared to the original order of the live feed. Third, a traditional e-commerce product catalog may be provided. However, as an enhancement, the product catalog may be connected to the VOD server, and stream the presentation segment associated with each product, when a user is viewing the product detail page for that product. | 12-02-2010 |
20110016000 | CREATING CONTENT EXPERIENCE WITH VIDEO WIDGETS - Widgets on a web page may interact with each other in order to provide a rich, responsive content experience. In one example, the widgets that are provided may include a video player, a video gallery, a metadata pane, or any other components. The gallery may allow a user to select a video to be played, and the gallery may communicate the user's choice to the video player. The video player may then play the video that the user has selected. A container may be provided that allows widgets in the container to interoperate with each other. For example, the container may provide an interface that facilitates communication between a widget and the container, and between plural widgets. A tool may be provided that allows a designer to configure the widgets. | 01-20-2011 |
20110022466 | TRAVEL PROMOTION SYSTEM - A method of promoting travel includes the step of providing a website for promoting travel destinations for access by subscriber consumers and compiling promotional offers of all participating entities by travel destination. The method further includes allowing the subscriber consumer to select a travel destination and a promotional offer of interest. Further, the method includes sending the selected promotional offer to the subscriber consumer by means of text messaging on a mobile communication device of the subscriber consumer or customer. | 01-27-2011 |
20110066498 | Local Advertising Responses - A computer-implemented method managing telephonic connections is disclosed. The method includes transmitting from a computer server system, for display on an electronic communication device, an advertisement from an advertiser; receiving from the electronic communication device a request to be connected telephonically with the advertiser; automatically playing a predetermined audio message after connecting telephonically with the advertiser; and connecting the electronic communication device telephonically with the advertiser after playing the predetermined audio message. | 03-17-2011 |
20110078023 | ADVERTISEMENTS WITHIN TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS - One or more devices send, over a network, an advertisement for presentation by a video client, where the advertisement includes a trigger for secondary advertising content that is presented, within a hotspot designated in the primary advertisement, as part of the primary advertisement. The one or more devices receive, via the network, a notification from the video client that a user has selected the trigger and determine, based on the notification, particular secondary advertising content to be presented to the user. The one or more devices send, over the network, instructions to the video client to retrieve the particular secondary advertising content for presentation to the user. | 03-31-2011 |
20110082745 | PORTABLE CONSUMER TRANSACTION PAYMENT DEVICE BEARING SPONSORED FREE SAMPLE - Information is received in a transmission from a network about a free sample in response to a request. The information includes an advertising account to which a merchant can charge the cost of the free sample provided to a consumer, and also an identifier and quantity of the free sample. The information is written to the memory of a portable consumer transaction payment device where, also encoded in the memory, is an account issued by an issuer to the consumer for the consumer to engage in transactions on the account with merchants in a payment processing network. Data from a transaction for the free sample is submitted by a merchant to its acquirer for processing by a transaction handler who requests payment for the transaction from the advertising account, and the issuer of the advertising account forwards the payment for the free sample to the merchant's acquirer to reimburse the merchant. | 04-07-2011 |
20110099069 | System and Method of Presenting a Commercial Product by Inserting Digital Content Into a Video Stream - In a commerce system, a commercial product is presented by transmitting a video stream through a communication link to present as an image on a video display. The image including a representation of the commercial product. An interactive device is used by a consumer to select a portion of the image on the video display representing the commercial product. The information related to the commercial product, such as product description, price, and ordering, is retrieved from a database or electronic search based on the selected portion of the image on the video display. Digital content containing the information related to the commercial product is generated by an adverting agent, manufacturer, or retailer. The digital content is inserted into the video stream to form composite video. The composite video is displayed on the video display to assist the consumer in completing a transaction to acquire the commercial product. | 04-28-2011 |
20110125582 | Maintaining Advertisements - A list of advertisements, products, or services for which an impression is generated during the course of a digital environment session (e.g., a video game) may be imported to a list that may be viewed at the conclusion of the digital session. The user may then visit advertiser web sites and/or view/purchase products at their leisure instead of while immersed in the digital experience. Similarly, a list of all advertisements through which an interaction occurred during the course of a video game experience (e.g., physical encounter, purchase of an in-game product, utilizing a sponsored product) may be imported to a list that may be viewed at the conclusion of a game session. The user may then visit the advertiser web sites and/or view/purchase products at their leisure instead of while immersed in the digital environment. | 05-26-2011 |
20110137727 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PROXIMITY OF MEDIA OBJECTS IN A 3D MEDIA ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for determining proximity of objects in a three-dimensional (3D) media guidance application are provided. A first rank may be associated with a first media object. A second rank lower than the first rank may be associated with a second media object. The first and second media objects may appear at respective first and second distances in 3D space when viewed using a stereoscopic optical device. The first and second distances may correspond respectively to the first and second ranks of the first and second media objects. The first and second ranks may be automatically associated with the first and second media objects using predetermined or viewer-defined criteria. A viewer may input ranking criteria using a user input device having an accelerometer. | 06-09-2011 |
20110145068 | ASSOCIATING RENDERED ADVERTISEMENTS WITH DIGITAL CONTENT - A system and method for associating rendered advertisements with digital content is described. In some examples, the system receives an image of a rendered advertisement, information associated with digital content, and information associating the rendered advertisement with the digital content via a web portal. | 06-16-2011 |
20110161172 | System and method for providing user control of the user's network usage data and personal profile information - Systems and methods provided for tracking a user's usage of resources on the Internet under the user's control, and for controlling the distribution of the user's usage data. A personal data endpoint is configured to operate on a computer that is connected to the Internet. The personal data endpoint includes a network data interface configured to receive data communicated to and from a user of at least one personal application. The at least one personal application is configured to send and receive data over the Internet. A usage data logger stores usage data from the received data, and stores the usage data in a usage data log. A usage data filter is configured to control communication of the usage data over the Internet and to inhibit communication of information identifying the user over the Internet. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161173 | Apparatus and method for targeted display advertising in a multimedia environment - Methods and systems for providing advertising content online, through handheld devices or interactive digital television where the user selects the commercial desired from a list. The audiovisual advertisement is only served when the user selects the specific commercial to watch in order to gain free access to content or services. | 06-30-2011 |
20110178874 | Service for Providing an Interactive, Personalized Radio Network - An interactive radio network enables users to interact with the content of a radio broadcast, including commercials or messages, and to selectively save, store, review, fast forward, rewind, pause, forward, and respond to the radio programs and/or the commercials. The interactive radio network provides a widespread, international, and economical access to the radio stations, and reduces the need for advertisement billboards. It provides the users with an opportunity to selectively inquire about the products or services being advertised. Furthermore, the interactive radio network allows the users as well as various sectors of the advertisement industry to interact with the content of the radio broadcast. The advertisements are no longer limited to audio messages, but can further include elaborate video, text, and data information. The interactive radio network enables the users to communicate and interact with each others, based on the broadcast content. It also provides a widely accessible and affordable avenue for mass marketing and broadcasting of commercials to mobile users. | 07-21-2011 |
20110191183 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PREPAID USER INITIATED ADVERTISER CONTENT PRINTING OPERATION AT A CUSTOMER SITE - Document processing device account management systems and methods are disclosed for managing prepaid usage document processing devices to allow user initiated advertiser content printing operation at a customer site with no cost to the user, and to facilitate making reservations and payment in advance for reserved services. | 08-04-2011 |
20110208587 | Display of Video with Tagged Advertising - Tags associated with a video file cause informational images to be displayed at designated times which are correlated to the contents of the video images. The video may be displayed over the internet such that during the display of a video within a portion of the user's display screen, advertiser supplied text and/or images will appear on the display screen in a detail window which are coordinated to the content of the video at a particular time. The content provider's server provides advertising content within the detail window which allows the viewer to pursue multiple levels of content, even including placing an order from the advertiser, all while remaining on the original web page. | 08-25-2011 |
20110225047 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION AND UTILIZATION OF SALES LEADS - Methods and apparatus for generating and utilizing sales leads and related information. In one embodiment, an item information collection (IIC) server communicates with a plurality of client devices via a web server and/or an SMS server. The IIC server services requests for information regarding subject vehicles by forwarding information in the request to vehicle information sources. The resulting information is compiled and formatted for provision to the customer. The IIC server provides portions of the information to advertisers and related product/service providers according to one or more business rules. An operator of the IIC server may charge a premium to the advertisers and related product/service providers for the ability to present information and advertisements to the customer. Where the information includes customer contact information, the advertiser may optionally contact the customer directly. Business methods and rules for lead generation and utilization are also disclosed. | 09-15-2011 |
20110251896 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING AN ADVERTISEMENT TO A VIDEO - Systems and methods for automatically matching in real-time an advertisement with a video desired to be viewed by a user are provided. A database is created that stores one or more attributes (e.g., visual metadata relating to objects, faces, scene classifications, pornography detection, scene segmentation, production quality, fingerprinting) associated with a plurality of videos. Supervised machine learning can be used to create signatures that uniquely identify particular attributes of interest, which can then be used to generate the attributes associated with the plurality of videos. When a user requests to view an on-line video having associated with it an advertisement, an advertisement can be selected for display with the video based on matching an advertiser's requirements or campaign parameters with the stored attributes associated with the requested video, with the user's information, or a combination thereof. The displayed advertisement can function as a hyperlink that allows a user to select to receive additional information about the advertisement. The performance or effectiveness of the selected advertisements can be measured and recorded. | 10-13-2011 |
20110264526 | USER INTERFACE FOR INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM - A user interface for an information presentation system that displays information of interest to the user identified by the information presentation system based on selecting tasks that may be relevant to the user given the user's current context. The user interface displays options for the user to select from among relevant tasks and/or goals of completing the task. For each selected task and goal, the system may generate one or more sets of items that are relevant to completing the task. The user interface may present the user with the option to select from among the sets of items or to navigate among the sets of items. The user interface may be an easy-to-use interface on a portable computing device to support shopping applications. | 10-27-2011 |
20110264527 | Apparatuses, Methods and Systems for a Code-Mediated Content Delivery Platform - The present disclosure details apparatuses, methods, and systems for a code-mediated content delivery platform comprising a Graphical Code-Serving Interface and a Code Triggered Information Server (“GCSI/CTIS”). The GCSI/CTIS connects information encoding symbologies to graphical interface elements, thus expanding the useful information content and interactivity of graphical displays, advertisements, publications, broadcasts, and/or the like. GCSI/CTIS components facilitate wide ranging functionality, including generation of robust encoding symbologies, error-correction, media sampling and purchasing, social networking, and sales promotion programs. | 10-27-2011 |
20110276399 | ON-LINE ADVERTISEMENT - Displaying, on a mobile communication device, an opportunity to receive selection of a displayed ad. Receiving selection of a displayed ad. Determining at least one re-serve condition for the selected ad. Making the selected ad available for re-serve. Upon occurrence of a determined re-serve condition, displaying the selected ad on the device. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276400 | Online Advertisement Storage and Active Management - A system and a method are disclosed for techniques and processes for stored online content, e.g., digital advertisement objects in a personally controlled repository. The content, e.g., digital advertisement objects, may be enhanced with additional metadata, extended upon by user generated and/or collaborated metadata, as well as the communication used by both the originating user storing the content, e.g., digital advertisement as well as those to whom said user may share the advertising objects with, and the advertiser, publisher and distributor of the content, e.g., digital advertisement. The systems and methods described herein allow for the control and management of distributed advertisements within a controlled repository. | 11-10-2011 |
20110282743 | ASSOCIATIVE ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT - Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for associative online advertisement are disclosed. In various embodiments, an online advertisement of a product or service provider may be selectively associated with a member of an online social network, under the selection control of the member. In various embodiments, the association enables at least another member of the online social network to select the online advertisement from a social media associated with the member to be likewise associated with the online advertisement, or purchase for the member, a product or service of the associated product or service provider. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. | 11-17-2011 |
20110295690 | PROVIDING INFORMATION TO POTENTIAL PURCHASERS ELECTRONICALLY - In a electronic curbside information system, a seller is provided with an electronic “seller unit” that can be placed in physical proximity to a display, usually an advertising sign. Potential buyers carry “buyers units” usually in the form of smart phones in which an application is downloaded and stored. The buyer unit is programmed to communicate with the seller unit and store a unique identification associated with the seller unit. In a “profile server”, accessible over a public global communications network, the unique identification of each seller unit is associated with detailed product information, and is accessible directly by the buyer unit if the buyer unit can gain access to the global network. Alternatively, the identification stored in the buyer unit can be transferred to the buyer's personal computer, which can then communicate over the global network with the profile server and download the product details. | 12-01-2011 |
20110313858 | Merchant Supplied Offer to a Consumer within a Predetermined Distance - A merchant supplies a requested offer for inventory to a consumer when the consumer is within a predetermined distance from the merchant. The merchant transmits a merchant identifier, a description of the inventory of the merchant that the merchant is willing to make an offer on, the offer, and instructions to transmit the offer to the consumer making the request for the inventory when the consumer is within the predetermined distance. The merchant receives notice that the offer has been made to the consumer. The consumer accepts the merchant's offer by entering into a transaction with the merchant for the requested inventory that applies the offer to the transaction. The value of the offer may be based on a parameter such as the transaction history of an account associated with the consumer within a payment processing system. | 12-22-2011 |
20110320277 | Network-Based Information and Advertising System - A network-connected server has software executing from a machine-readable medium for providing functionality, a web page with links to one or more further pages providing information or services related to a first enterprise hosting the server, an interface for communicating with a computerized appliance accessing the web page with a web browser; and functionality in the software for adding to the browser display at the computerized appliance an interactive interface not provided on the web page, the interactive interface providing one or more links to specific information or services. | 12-29-2011 |
20120022946 | Hierarchical User Interface of a Computing Device For Determining Interest Level of a User in Categories of Advertisement - A hierarchical user interface for determining a user's interest level in categories of advertisements is disclosed. Multiple user selectable icons may be displayed in association with each category of advertisements. An icon is selected and is associated with a user adjustable visual sign indicating the user's interest level in a quantitative manner. Scores for each category or each sub-category of advertisements are determined based upon the user's inputs. Advertisements are delivered to the user according to the scores. | 01-26-2012 |
20120047017 | IN-GAME ADVERTISING - Disclosed is a platform that provides innovative advertising space to businesses by engaging gamers to create viral loops for brands. The platform features unique components including: 1) game developers have real-time control over advertising content and 2) gamers will associate an actual gaming accomplishment with a positive brand interaction (e.g. when a gamer achieves a high score, they will see a message that associates the accomplishment with an advertiser). The platform may be expanded on a global scale through offers of software development kits that allow other game developers to integrate the platform into their own mobile and Web games. Gamers, game developers, and advertisers will be able to track user data produced by the system if each gamer and developer agrees to do so. | 02-23-2012 |
20120072285 | System to improve response to radio advertising - A system assigns, to an advertisement while it is running, a short, easily remembered code from a limited list of available codes. A listener or viewer can use the code access the web address and/or telephone number broadcast by the advertisement. The code is assigned to the advertisement. That is, when the advertisement stops being, the code associated with that advertisement is returned to the database of available codes and can be reassigned. A preferred embodiment of the invention relates to radio broadcasting. Here, the data base includes the broadcast station or stations that air the advertisement so that in reassigning a code (preferably an alpha numeric code), it is assigned to an advertisement running in a broadcast area that does not overlap with the broadcast area where it had been previously recently used. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072286 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A USER-EDITABLE PLAYLIST OF ADVERTISEMENTS - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for providing advertisements with a media program transmitted to a user device are described. The method permits the user to access, define, edit, and control a playlist of advertisements that may be played with selected media programs, a playlist of media programs, or all media programs played to the user. | 03-22-2012 |
20120078720 | VIRTUAL DESKTOP SERVICE WITH TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT - Presenting advertisements in graphical user interfaces associated with virtual computers based on user profiles and information about user activities on the virtual computers. A computer device for instantiating the virtual computers analyses user profiles and the user activity information. Based on the analysis, the computer device selects advertisements for presentation to users. The computer device includes the selected advertisements in data objects for transmittal to user terminals of the users. The user terminals generate user interface elements for displaying the graphical user interfaces based on the received data objects. The users may take actions based on the advertisements presented in the graphical user interfaces. By presenting the advertisements, the service provider of computer virtual desktop service may collect monetary compensation from advertisers. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078721 | Product Interest Targeting - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for facilitating aggregated product requests. In one aspect, a method includes receiving product request data from a plurality of users and determining that an offer request condition has occurred, where the offer request condition specifies a condition under which offers are requested from advertisers. In response to occurrence of the offer request condition, offer request data are provided to advertisers. The offer request data specify a quantity of users from which product request data were received. Offer data are received from advertisers. The offer data specify an offer associated with the particular product and an amount that an advertiser will pay for distribution of the offer. An offer is selected to be provided to the users and presentation data that cause presentation of the selected offer are provided. | 03-29-2012 |
20120084150 | EBOOK ADVERTISING AND RELATED TECHNIQUES - Techniques are provided in which a first set of information is obtained regarding ebook content evidenced as being accessed by an ebook reader, such as a page or paragraph being read, for example. Based at least in part on the ebook content, a second set of information is obtained, including multiple ebook advertising targeting parameters. Based at least in part on the targeting parameters, at least one advertisement is targeted to the ebook reader, in which the at least one advertisement is to be presented to the reader at least in part via the ebook. | 04-05-2012 |
20120101900 | PATRON SERVICING USING A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method and system pertaining to providing service to patrons in an establishment using a communications network. The method and system include enabling access to the communications network by a patron using a patron computer having a user interface including a video display. | 04-26-2012 |
20120116881 | NON-INTRUSIVE ADVERTISEMENT PRESENTATION - Advertisements are often presented in the context of a media content viewing experience. Advertisement presentation may be intrusive or subtle. In many instances, users may be interested in particular advertisements but may not want to disrupt a media content viewing experience by launching an advertisement window, opening an advertisement application, or otherwise being redirected to another piece of content. Consequently, mechanisms are provided to allow a user to identify advertisements or save advertisement interests for presentation at a later time. Saved advertisement interests can be used to inform future advertisement and/or content suggestions, and the user can be presented with selected advertisements within an application or through external mechanisms. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116882 | ONLINE ADVERTISING TECHNIQUES UTILIZING TAXONOMICAL MAPPING - Techniques arc provided for allowing a user to cause a displayed advertisement to be replaced by an alternative advertisement. The user is provided with a graphical user interface that includes display of multiple user-selectable alternative advertisement topics or topical categories. The alternative advertisement topics or topical categories may be derived based on an advertisement taxonomy which relates to topics or topical categories of advertisements, and may be topically related to the displayed advertisement. Based at least in part on a selected alternative advertisement topic of topical category, an alternative advertisement is selected for display to the user. | 05-10-2012 |
20120123865 | ENHANCED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE FOR MOBILE STATION USERS - An enhanced shopping experience is provided via a graphical user interface of a mobile station. The shopping experience may include a categorical hierarchy for a catalog of downloadable content items. The catalog may support any or all of several additional features, such as animated promotions, search capabilities, sharing a wishlist with and receiving a wishlist from another user of the shopping service. The shopping experience may also include an interactive virtual mall. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123866 | TARGETED ADVERTISING IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK - A method is described including requesting content from a directory service, receiving a list of peers in a peer-to-peer network having the requested content, selecting a peer from the received list of peers, establishing communications with the selected peer, receiving a list of chunks of content and ads available from the selected peer, requesting a chunk of content and ads available from said selected peer and receiving the chunk of content and randomly selected ads from the selected peer. Also described is a method including receiving a request for content, generating a list of chunks of content available for the requested content, generating a list of ads associated with the requested content, transmitting the list of available chunks of content responsive to the request, receiving a request for a selected chunk of content and transmitting the selected chunk of content and ads associated with the selected chunk of content. | 05-17-2012 |
20120130815 | Apparatus, System and Method for Selecting a Media Enhancement - The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130816 | SEARCH SYSTEM, SEARCH METHOD, SEARCH PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - While giving priority to a keyword designated by a seller, it is possible to reduce the extent of mismatch between the keyword designated by the seller and a keyword input as a search condition by a user. An advertisement main-search section ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120150646 | Apparatus, System and Method for Selecting a Media Enhancement - The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150647 | Apparatus, System and Method for Selecting a Media Enhancement - The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150648 | System for Online Sales With Automatic Rebate and Coupon Redemption - An online sales/automatic rebate and coupon redemption system provides online customers automatic retrieval and redemption of all applicable rebates and coupons during purchase. Purchase orders from customers are selectively fulfilled and products are shipped to the customers either by the system for online sales with automatic rebate and coupon redemption or by other merchant or manufacturer environments. The system purchases from merchants using applicable coupons and rebates and then sells the products to the customers, passing the savings to them. The system makes it possible to automatically retrieve coupons and rebates for items in a shopping cart during the activity of an online purchase at an electronic mall or an online merchant site. The system provides coupons to potential customers via email, based on customer profile, geographical information, etc. Manufacturers and merchants can update coupon value and content based on ongoing sales and volume of customer activity. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150649 | System for Online Sales With Automatic Rebate and Coupon Redemption - An online sales/automatic rebate and coupon redemption system provides online customers automatic retrieval and redemption of all applicable rebates and coupons during purchase. Purchase orders from customers are selectively fulfilled and products are shipped to the customers either by the system for online sales with automatic rebate and coupon redemption or by other merchant or manufacturer environments. The system purchases from merchants using applicable coupons and rebates and then sells the products to the customers, passing the savings to them. The system makes it possible to automatically retrieve coupons and rebates for items in a shopping cart during the activity of an online purchase at an electronic mall or an online merchant site. The system provides coupons to potential customers via email, based on customer profile, geographical information, etc. Manufacturers and merchants can update coupon value and content based on ongoing sales and volume of customer activity. | 06-14-2012 |
20120166282 | TARGETING AN AGGREGATE GROUP - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, for providing content. A method includes receiving a request for an advertisement to be displayed in a slot associated with a third-party content site; identifying a relevant advertisement to be provided in the slot; determining information to be included in an annotation associated with the advertisement, the annotation including customized information to be presented along with the advertisement; providing the advertisement responsive to the request including providing the annotation along with a control for re-publishing the advertisement along with the relevant advertisement; receiving user input selecting the control and designating the advertisement for re-publishing to a group, the group being designated by the user; and targeting additional content to the group based on the received user input. | 06-28-2012 |
20120197721 | ADVERTISING IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - The method of advertising according to the present disclosure facilitates the delivery of categorized advertisements to recipients of electronic communications such as emails, SMS messages, MMS messages or instant messaging (IM) messages. In one aspect, the method generally comprises the steps of (i) receiving an electronic communication intended for one or more intended recipients, (ii) inserting one or more selectable advertisement categories into the electronic communication to form a modified electronic communication, and (iii) sending the modified electronic communication to the one or more intended recipients. In another aspect of the disclosure, the method of advertising is associated with a prize draw where a sender's entry of the prize draw is made by the sender sending an electronic communication inserted with categorized advertisements. | 08-02-2012 |
20120203637 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONSUMER-TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION - A method of providing consumer-targeted advertisement information through a mobile network is introduced with the present invention. The method includes receiving a plurality of advertisement information from one or more advertisers and pre-storing the advertisement information in a storage, the advertisement information including sale information of a product or service, receiving a first request from a consumer via a mobile device connected to the network for downloading an advertisement application, transmitting the advertisement application to the mobile device through the mobile network, storing consumer information in the storage, generating first consumer-targeted advertisement information by filtering the plurality of advertisement information based on the stored consumer information, and transmitting the first consumer-targeted advertisement information to the mobile device. | 08-09-2012 |
20120209713 | ELECTRONIC INTERPERSONAL ADVERTISING - Described herein are systems and methods that facilitate interpersonal electronic advertising. An intended recipient of an electronic advertisement gives consumer information relating to a potential consumer transaction to an electronic advertisement suggester. The suggester then selects or suggests an electronic ad for the intended recipient. The suggester input relates to the consumer information and helps determine the ad. The interpersonal advertising systems and methods receive the electronic ad input from the suggester. The systems and methods then send the electronic ad to the intended recipient. Activating the electronic ad, such as when the recipient purchases a product or service related to the ad, may lead to compensation for the suggester. | 08-16-2012 |
20120215640 | System for Targeting Advertising to Mobile Communication Facilities Using Third Party Data - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving first and second requests for advertising associated with first and second users, wherein the users are identified; (b) retrieving data pertaining to the users from a data provider; (c) selecting respective advertising content from the first and second sponsors based at least on a determination of relevancy of each advertising content to the data provider's data, wherein the relevancy determination generates respective relevancy scores; (d) determining the advertising content of the first sponsor is more relevant to the first user and the advertising content of the second sponsor is more relevant to the second user based on the respective relevancy scores; and (e) transmitting the advertising content of the first sponsor to the first mobile communication facility for display and transmitting the advertising content of the second sponsor to the second mobile communication facility for display. | 08-23-2012 |
20120232990 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED RELATED ADVERTISEMENT, MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PLAYING RELATED ADVERTISEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED RELATED ADVERTISEMENT - Disclosed is an apparatus for providing personalized related advertisements including: a communication unit for receiving ID information required for searching for advertisements related to a broadcast advertisement and for transmitting converted related advertisements to a mobile terminal; a search unit for searching for the related advertisements by means of the ID information; and a conversion unit for converting the searched related advertisements to a format to be played in the mobile terminal. | 09-13-2012 |
20120232991 | MULTI-MEDIA CATALOG SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A system (and method) of providing a multi-media catalog (or other content, e.g., instructions) is provided. The catalog can be equipped with a multi-media system that includes video and/or audio. The multi-media system can be employed to advertise or otherwise inform a user of a product and/or service. Navigational buttons or switches are used to select content. Additionally, keypads, keyboards, voice recognition or the like is used to select appropriate content. | 09-13-2012 |
20120253934 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, NETWORK ELEMENTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR TARGETED DELIVERY OF PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL - A method for delivering promotional content to a mobile device user is performed in response to a request from the mobile device user for promotional content pertaining to a specified subject. As part of the method, at least one keyword advertisement inventory including promotional content conventionally delivered via the Internet is accessed to identify promotional content for delivery to the mobile device user. Subsequently, the identified promotional content is reformatted for delivery to the mobile device user in one or more messages including at least one of text and multimedia objects. | 10-04-2012 |
20120290393 | USER CONTROLLED ADVERTISING PREFERENCES - Mechanisms provide content consumers with the ability to select types of advertising. Advertising types may include commercials for a particular brand or company, product placement type advertising, commercials interspersed between clips of content, advertising having a particular rating, or no advertising in exchange for payment of a fee or completion of a questionnaire. The advertisement type selections may also apply to different devices the user accesses to consume content, whether content is a movie played using a set top box, a banner advertisement shown alongside an article, or a product placed in a video game. The selections may be applied to a variety of devices associated with a user in a uniform or varying manner. | 11-15-2012 |
20120296744 | CUSTOM STORES - A custom store web page uses an external administrator to provide configuration data for a custom store web page. The configuration data can include virtual bundles of products for sale. | 11-22-2012 |
20120323686 | VIRTUAL IDENTITY MANAGER - A computing system and method for managing an identity of a user are provided. A server may be configured to communicate with each of a plurality of client devices in corresponding request and response streams. An inference engine is configured to monitor the request and response streams for identifying factors that distinguish each of the plurality of client devices from other of the plurality of client devices. Upon detecting one or more of the identifying factors for each of the two or more client devices that match within a threshold probability, the inference engine makes an inference that two or more of the plurality of client devices are used by the user. Based upon the inference, the inference engine creates a virtual identity record at the server linking the two or more client devices. | 12-20-2012 |
20130054365 | Enhancing User Shopping Experience Using Social Graph Information - A system and machine-implemented method is provided for providing information regarding belongings within a social graph of belongings corresponding to a first item, the method including receiving an indication of interest for the first item from a first user of one or more users of a system, identifying at least one belonging maintained within a social graph of belongings, the at least one belonging corresponding to the first item, wherein the social graph of belongings defines an association between each of the one or more users and one or more belongings, each of the one or more belongings corresponding to an item, generating a list including the at least one belonging and at least one of a link to the user associated with the at least one belonging and a link to the at least one belonging and providing the list for display to the first user. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054366 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ADS DIRECTED TO PERSONAS HAVING ASSOCIATED CHARACTERISTICS - A system and method for directing self-targeted advertising to users who are interested in receiving it. A user creates or adopts one or more personas that define a number of characteristics that the user has or wants to be associated with. The characteristics of the personas can be used by advertisers to define members of a target audience. Each persona included in a target audience has an address or identifier to which ads are sent. In one embodiment, users are shown a user interface screen with icons representing a number of brands. The user provides input that indicates whether they have different opinions of the brands. Based on the input received, an estimate is made of the likelihood that the user has a number of characteristics. The user can arrange the icons representing the brands on the user interface screen to indicate if the user likes or dislikes the brand. | 02-28-2013 |
20130066721 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN ONLINE PRICES WITHIN A VISUAL BOOKMARKING ORGANIZATIONAL WEBSITE - The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing an indication of a change in an online price. According to one method, a request for an indication of a change in an online price of a product or service is received from a user. A current price of the product or service is provided and a target price of the product or service is received from the user. A change in the price of the product or service is detected and an indication of the change in the price of the product or service is generated. | 03-14-2013 |
20130080252 | Personal Directory Services With Directed Communication - Included are systems and methods for directing data. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving a listing for a data provider, the listing including a plurality of criteria related to the data provider and receiving an indication to add at least a portion of the listing to a personal directory. Other embodiments include adding at least a portion of the listing to the personal directory and receiving an indication from the data provider to send data to the personal directory. | 03-28-2013 |
20130085855 | GESTURE BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and techniques for automatically providing auxiliary content are provided. Example embodiments provide a Gesture Based Navigation System (GBNS), which enables a gesture-based user interface to navigate to auxiliary content that is related to an portion of electronic input that has been indicated by a received gesture. In overview, the GBNS allows a portion (e.g., an area, part, or the like) of electronically presented content to be dynamically indicated by a gesture. The GBNS then examines the indicated portion in conjunction with a set of (e.g., one or more) factors to determine auxiliary content to navigate to. Auxiliary content may be in many forms, including, for example, a web page, code, document, or the like. Once the auxiliary content is determined, it is then presented to the user, for example, using a separate panel, an overlay, or in any other fashion. | 04-04-2013 |
20130085856 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE PROVISIONING OF AN INTERACTIVE APPLICATION, A RELATED SYSTEM AND RELATED SERVER - The present invention relates to a method for managing the provisioning of an Interactive application of a plurality of interactive applications to at least one subscriber device of a plurality of subscriber devices. The managing of the provisioning of the Interactive application is under control of a central interactive application provisioning management server spanning a plurality of coupled communication networks where each communications network of the plurality of communications networks coupling a plurality of subscriber devices. The method includes the step of opting in by a subscriber of the plurality of subscribers at the central interactive application provisioning management server for requesting the provisioning of at least one Interactive application of a plurality of interactive applications to the subscriber. Furthermore the method includes the step of the interactive application provisioning management server at least based on the step of opting-in of the subscriber, selecting an interactive application for provisioning to the subscriber device associated with the communications network of the plurality of communications networks. | 04-04-2013 |
20130103498 | Bridge Pages for Mobile Advertising - Various embodiments pertain to generating and causing display of a bridge page responsive to a user request for an advertiser's web page when the web page resolution is higher than the screen resolution of the user's device. The bridge page can be, for example, a lower resolution summary of content included on the web page. In various embodiments, the bridge page is generated and hosted by an ad platform server rather than the advertiser server. In at least some embodiments, the bridge page is stored in a database and can be served from the database responsive to subsequent requests for the advertiser's web page. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103499 | CUSTOMIZED VIRTUAL CATALOG - Various embodiments include an apparatus comprising a server operable to generate a customized virtual catalog including a plurality of composite images, wherein at least one of the plurality of composite images includes an image of a promotional product decorated using a decorative image associated with a client requesting access to the customized virtual catalog. | 04-25-2013 |
20130144720 | System for Advertisement Display - A computer-implemented interactive advertisement display on a page includes a display area and a rotation control input module. The display area displays an advertisement from a set of advertisements. The rotation control input module is configured to receive a rotation control input controlling which advertisement from the set of advertisements is displayed in the display area. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144721 | INDIVIDUALIZATION SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, SERVER, TERMINAL USING USER'S FEED BACK AND PRIVACY BASED ON USER AND METHOD THEREOF - An individualization service providing system based on a user includes an individualization service client configured to be mounted in a user terminal to collect user's individualization information, generate a user profile by anonymizing the individual information according to a privacy policy, and transmit the generated user profile through a communication network, along with an individualization service request message. Further, the individualization service providing system includes an individualization service server configured to recommend individualization services corresponding to the user profile and provide the recommended individualization services to the individualization service client, at the time of receiving the individualization service request services. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151339 | GESTURE-BASED TAGGING TO VIEW RELATED CONTENT - Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices for enabling a user to view content related to an item within media content is provided. In one embodiment, a tagging gesture that indicates a user interest in an item presented within media content displayed to the user is detected. Such a tagging gesture can define a region of displayed content having the item. In response to detecting the tagging gesture, an advertisement provided by a third party that is related to the item is presented. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159107 | ADVERTISEMENT PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENTS - Methods and apparatus are provided for providing advertisements in an advertisement providing apparatus. An advertising audio signal is received and recorded, the recorded advertising audio signal is converted into audio data, and the audio data is stored, at the advertisement providing apparatus. The audio data and targeting purpose data are transmitted from the advertisement providing apparatus to an advertising server. Relevant advertising information is retrieved from among a plurality of advertising information stored in advance in an advertisement Database (DB), using the received audio data and the targeting purpose data. The received advertising information is transmitted from the advertising server to the advertisement providing apparatus. The advertising information is output from the advertisement providing apparatus. | 06-20-2013 |
20130166382 | System For Selling Products Based On Product Collections Represented In Video - A system for marketing products to customers includes an Internet-connected server and software executing on the server from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing display of links to one or more interactive video showcases; tracking consumer actions during video consumption of a video showcase; re-purposing focus of video content based on the results of the tracked consumer actions; redirecting consumers to a product description page based on consumer selection of a product during video consumption; and conducting one or more transactions through the portal relative to products selected for purchase by the consumers. | 06-27-2013 |
20130198001 | OPT-IN SYSTEM FOR PROMOTIONAL MESSAGES - A system, method, and computer readable medium are disclosed for utilizing the address book or contact list on a consumer computer, such as a mobile device, to provide consumers with a means of opting-in to or opting-out of offers, promotions and other messages from a brand, merchant, or other vendor. | 08-01-2013 |
20130226700 | DELIVERY OF A COUPON - A method to deliver a coupon is provided herein. A list of coupon options is provided via a coupon application. A coupon selection is determined from the list of coupon options based on the list of coupon options with at least one coupon option selected. The coupon is obtained based on the coupon selection. | 08-29-2013 |
20130238438 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INITIATE A MOBILE DATA COMMUNICATION UTILIZING A TRIGGER SYSTEM - A system and method to enable a user to initiate a communication with an organization using a mobile communication device by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to acquire a user mobile device address by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to respond to a user by means of a trigger system and a message application server. A system and method to enable organizations to deliver mobile messages, coupons, offers and promotions to users mobile device by means of a combination of a trigger system, a message application server and an offer application. | 09-12-2013 |
20130254032 | Method for Image-Based Payment Medium - Disclosed is a method for use of an image-based payment medium through images stored on the consumer's mobile phone in place of traditional plastic gift, credit or debit cards. Upon authentication, an image is sent to the consumer's mobile phone. The consumer displays the image at the retailer's point of sale when completing a transaction. The image is scanned with a barcode reader, a webcam or other scanning device and the consumer's account in a database is debited or credited based on the amount and type of transaction. An image-base payment medium provides for the ability to target specific ads to the consumer, directed to the registered mobile phone number and also to attach loyalty and coupon programs to the account, which the recipient may redeem upon scanning of the encoded image on the mobile phone at the point of sale. | 09-26-2013 |
20130268362 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING VISUAL INFORMATION - A method for advertising includes correlating advertising information using a computer system with mail pieces to be delivered; displaying the advertising information correlated with the mail pieces on a display located on a delivery vehicle containing the mail pieces or on a free standing mail storage unit containing the mail pieces, wherein the advertising information contains information about a promoted product and an optically readable code; and transmitting information about the promoted product to a user in response to the user scanning the optically readable code. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268363 | TRANSMITTING DATA TO ELECTRONIC POSTING LOCATIONS - Data is compiled into notifications and sent to subscribers at electronic posting locations. The notifications are transmitted via instantaneous electronic means, such as SMS text message, picture message, e-mail, or micro-blogging, a price discount notification. Computer systems enabled to practice the present invention, comprising one or more databases and a communications system configured to transmit price discount notifications, are also described. | 10-10-2013 |
20130282489 | DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT SERVICE PLATFORM - The present invention is directed to an open business platform that provides an end-to-end solution for managing, distributing, and/or retailing digital media assets from various content suppliers. In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides an integrated system that permits media content suppliers to deposit their media assets with the system where they are prepared by a content management system for distribution to consumers via a secure distribution system. The media content suppliers may then track and control the use of their media assets through a subscriber management system for managing consumer accounts, a licensing server for issuing licenses restricting the use of media content, and a royalty reporter for determining and reporting royalties to the various content suppliers. | 10-24-2013 |
20130290101 | MEDIA-ENABLED DELIVERY OF COUPONS - A method, and a corresponding system, provides for media-enabled delivery of coupons. The method includes providing a trigger for an advertisement, with the advertisement provided in a media stream for display to a viewer on a media display device. Activation of the trigger displays an option for acquiring a coupon. The method further includes receiving a coupon generation request from the viewer of the advertisement; receiving an identity of the media display device and metadata related to a display of the advertisement; determining eligibility for generation and delivery of the coupon; and if eligible, determining a coupon delivery option, and delivering the coupon. | 10-31-2013 |
20130304579 | COMMUNICATION METHOD - A method of facilitating contact between a first user and a second user. The method includes receiving an indication of interest from said first user, providing the indication of interest and a contact price to a second user, facilitating contact between the first user and the second user and facilitating payment of at least some of the contact price by the second user to the first user. | 11-14-2013 |
20130325611 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRE-POPULATING ADVERTISEMENT LANDING PAGES - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for pre-populating an online form opened in a mobile device with information from the mobile device, the method includes running, by the mobile device, a mobile application, where the mobile application includes a preconfigured object that is executed when the mobile application is run on the mobile device. The method includes upon receiving, by the mobile application, a selection, by the user, of an advertisement link displayed in the mobile device, the object: (1) identifies a landing page associated with the selected advertisement link displayed in the mobile device; (2) identifies an online form in the identified landing page, the online form including at least one entry field; (3) extracts, from the mobile device, data associated with the user and/or the mobile device for use in filling out the at least one of entry field of the landing page; and (4) utilizes the data extracted from the mobile device, pre-populating the at least one entry field of the landing page. The method includes displaying, by the mobile device, the landing page to the user of the mobile device, where the online form of the landing page is pre-populated using the information extracted from the user's mobile device. | 12-05-2013 |
20130346202 | Automated IPv6, IPv4 Address Classifier - Various embodiments pertain to techniques for automatically classifying an IP address using information received as part of a request for an advertisement. In some embodiments, the information received can include an IP address associated with the request, a client identifier, and a unique request identifier, such as a request global user identifier (RGUID). In various embodiments, the information is analyzed and used to classify the IP address. For example, the IP address can be classified as belonging to a unique or real end user, belonging to a proxy, or belonging to a potential exploit. Advertisements can be served, or not served at all, according to the classification of the IP address. In various embodiments, some classifications of IP addresses can be further analyzed to determine a geo-location associated with the IP address or to enable processes to mitigate malicious or fraudulent request risks. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346203 | Mobile software allowing retail establishments to sell via a third party application - A Method of consumer shopping where the consumer could use a Mobile device that is equipped with pin locator where the merchants could sell their goods or services thru a direct communication to a buyer of their goods and services using the capabilities of an additional software or hardware or both added to their mobile device. | 12-26-2013 |
20140006156 | Integration of a Video Wall Advertising Unit with Pushdown and Digital Media Content | 01-02-2014 |
20140006157 | MANAGED RICH MEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140012674 | Heads-up billboard - A method of providing visual information to a human viewer includes the steps of defining a range of distances from a surface and a range of viewing angles with respect to the surface, determining the location and viewing angle of a human viewer with respect to the surface, and providing a virtual image to the human viewer via a visual display device worn by the human viewer when the location and viewing angle of the human viewer with respect to the surface is determined to be within the defined range of distances and viewing angles, such that the virtual image is perceived to be defined on the surface by the human viewer. | 01-09-2014 |
20140019245 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING CONSUMER PRIVACY IN ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS - Systems and methods are provided for protecting consumer privacy. According to one implementation, a method is provided for protecting consumer privacy in an online advertising environment. The method includes receiving an ad-related communication with associated ad notice metadata containing information about the ad-related communication, analyzing the ad notice metadata, and executing a consumer privacy response based on the analysis. | 01-16-2014 |
20140032322 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ON-SITE PROMOTION OF PRODUCTS - Systems and methods for implementing digital promotions on mobile devices. A mobile device can receive and present various locations to a user where campaign providers are participating in promotional activities. The user may select a location and participate in a promotional action such as a sweepstakes on the mobile device at the selected location. Upon submitting the action, a digital promotion engine may process the action and/or send to the mobile device a promotional notification based on the action. | 01-30-2014 |
20140046764 | COUPON SEARCH ENGINE - A mobile coupon application including a coupon search engine in electronic communication with a shopping list function and a scanning function, the mobile coupon application stored on a computer-readable medium on a mobile device. A method of generating coupons by entering search parameters on a coupon search engine, searching for coupons for an item with the coupon search engine, and presenting resulting coupons for the item on a screen of a mobile device. A method of generating coupons by scanning barcodes of items, creating a shopping list of items from the scanned barcodes, searching for coupons for the items based on the scanned barcodes with the coupon search engine, and presenting resulting coupons for the items on a screen of a mobile device. | 02-13-2014 |
20140058840 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REFERENCE CONTENT - An interactive grid display presented on a communications device offers a frontline representative of an enterprise or other user at a work site access to information for addressing a client's request. Available information is sorted and selected via the interactive grid based on a number of primary categories that are identified along one dimension of the grid and a number of subcategories identified along another dimension of the grid. Information is presented in the interactive grid directly, for example, typically without requiring the user to conduct a search for the information. In response to a user selecting a point on the grid for the category and sub-category that best matches the information desired by the representative, based on grid intersection for appropriate primary and secondary categories, the device interface drills down to obtain more specific information for presentation to the user. | 02-27-2014 |
20140067536 | Value to the people - The core of the invention is in the user's ability to view websites and programs that display advertisements from advertisers that the user has chosen to be exposed to. The added ability to choose who receives the revenue earned is only an additional option and is an improvement upon the core of the invention if it was without this option. The user is any person that is utilizing the invention on a website or within a computer program. This is a method of controlling advertisements so that the users choose which advertisements display and they can also choose to control a percentage of the revenue from the advertisements that display on websites and within computer programs. This includes the ability for a user of a website/program to click and choose advertisements that will appear on any site/program they are using. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067537 | BUS STOP BOARD AND SERVER FOR ADVERTISING - A bus stop board for advertising includes a communicating unit, a storage unit, an input unit, a control unit, a display unit, and a short message service control unit. The control unit obtains available advertisements stored in the storage unit in response to a passenger's first signal into the input unit, and receives a selection of advertisements made by a passenger in response to a second signal. The display unit displays the selected advertisements and a user interface for the passenger's telephone number. The short message service control unit generates a data package for each selected advertisement and transmits the data package to a user terminal with the input telephone number. A related system is also provided. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067538 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR INHIBITING ADVERTISEMENT COLLISIONS - In some embodiments, a mediator device is operable to receive a request for permission to serve a first advertisement associated with a first advertiser to a display device. The mediator device can set a lock indicator to an active state in response to receiving the request and send an indication of approval to serve the first advertisement. The mediator device can receive, at a later time, a request for permission to serve a second advertisement to the display device. The mediator device can decline to send an indication of approval to serve the second advertisement when the lock indicator is in the active state. | 03-06-2014 |
20140081758 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION | 03-20-2014 |
20140081759 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAVING ADVERTISEMENTS - Methods, machine-readable media, apparatuses and systems are provided to save electronic advertisements selected by a user. An electronic advertisement displayed with a first application of a mobile device of the user is received after selection of a save option associated with the electronic advertisement. The electronic advertisement is saved. The electronic advertisement is provided to the mobile device after receipt of a command from a second application of the mobile device. The electronic advertisements may include any type of incentive or offer, including coupons. | 03-20-2014 |
20140095311 | Pizza Sales Promotion - A process for promoting sales of a food item. The process may include receiving an order for an ordered food item to be delivered to a first location and sending a vehicle with the ordered food item towards the first location. The process may include sending one or more secondary food items along with the vehicle, preparing a list of the one or more secondary food items, preparing a list of one or more customers, and broadcasting a first message including the list of secondary food items to one or more customers on the list of one or more customers. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095312 | Method and System for Delivering Electronic Communications - A system directs a browser or browsing application associated with a user to a targeted web site after the user performs at least two activations or “clicks” of his pointing device. The first “click” is typically on a communication provided by the system, serving as an intermediary, and the second “click” is typically on a first data object or web page of the intermediary, before the browser of the user is redirected to a second data object or targeted web page, typically associated with a party unrelated to the party or entity controlling the system. | 04-03-2014 |
20140100955 | DATA AND USER INTERACTION BASED ON DEVICE PROXIMITY - Architecture that enables the detection of a user by a user device and interaction with content of the user device by the user before the user physically contacts the device. The detection capability can utilize one or more sensors of the device to identify the user and the proximity (distance) of the user to the device. Based on the user identity and the proximity, the device operates/functions in a certain way. Moreover, ongoing interaction can be enabled by recognition of a natural user interface (NUI) gestures, alone or in combination with other recognition techniques (e.g., speech recognition). Device activity can include causing the device to operate in predetermined ways such as power modes, application launching and manipulation to cause control of hardware and other software (local and/or remote) and, obtaining and presenting specific types of content (e.g., advertisements, notifications, messages, reminders, news, incoming communications, etc.). | 04-10-2014 |
20140100956 | PROVIDING FAST ALERTS FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING REAL ESTATE DATA - A user alert system is described herein that provides direct alerts to users of a real estate website each time a single event meets one of a user's criteria. Unlike periodic summary reports that summarize all events within a regular time period, direct or “instant” alerts are delivered as soon as possible after a condition is met for a subject property or other source of the event, so that the user receives the most timely notification possible. Users can create a set of search criteria and then save the search for future reference. The user alert system leverages these search criteria to identify any item that matches the user's search criteria and provide a real-time notification in a timely manner upon any real estate event occurring that matches the user's search criteria. Thus, the user alert system allows users to find out about changes much more rapidly. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100957 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A system and method for distribution of content on a computer network between a plurality of content providers and a plurality of users. A plurality of content provider packets provided by one or more of the content providers are stored, and a link provided to users for access to the content provider packets. When a user activates the link the selected content provider packet is displayed and the user may store the content provider packet in a personal showcase display for future access by the user. Showcase access is syndicated across web enabled devices through revenue sharing agreements. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100958 | Personal Directory Services with Directed Communication - Included are systems and methods for directing data. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving a listing for a data provider, the listing including a plurality of criteria related to the data provider and receiving an indication to add at least a portion of the listing to a personal directory. Other embodiments include adding at least a portion of the listing to the personal directory and receiving an indication from the data provider to send data to the personal directory. | 04-10-2014 |
20140114763 | FACILITATING FOLLOWING A CONTENT PROVIDER - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are provided for facilitating a following of a content sponsor in a social network. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of identifying a creative for presentation to users in response to requests for content, and receiving selection criteria from a sponsor associated with the creative, the selection criteria for use in determining when to present the creative. The creative is augmented to include a control that enables a user to follow the content sponsor automatically upon interaction with the control, and the augmented creative is presented in response to received requests for content in accordance with the selection criteria. The sponsor is charged when the creative is presented and a user initiates an action to follow the sponsor in a social network. | 04-24-2014 |
20140122236 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING OFFERS USING A BILLING STATEMENT - A billing statement according to one aspect of the invention includes a description of a transaction and an offer pointer associated with the transaction, wherein the offer pointer includes information that may be used to review an offer. In one example of this aspect, a telephone number or a hyperlink is provided adjacent to a total amount owed listed on a statement (e.g., an electronically-displayed billing statement). The offers reviewed may be customized, for example, based on details of the transaction such as the product purchased or the amount of the purchase, the identity of the consumer, and/or on other data. | 05-01-2014 |
20140136326 | INTERNET ADVERTISEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING COMMERCIAL SAMPLE THROUGH MEMBERSHIP-BASED OFF-LINE SHOP BASED ON AUTHENTICATION KEY ISSUED TO TARGET CUSTOMER ON-LINE - An Internet advertisement method and system that issues an authentication key for enabling selected target customers to receive a commercial sample at a membership-based offline store by performing an advertisement in the form of a banner on a web page of an online market, such as an Internet shopping mall, such that an advertiser can conveniently satisfy needs of customers desiring to purchase goods after receiving the sample without delivering the sample, a targeting goods advertisement can be effectively performed, membership-based offline stores can be publicized, and increasing visits from customers can lead to an increase in sales. The Internet advertisement method includes providing an advertisement including information on providing a sample, and generating an authentication key for enabling a customer terminal selecting the advertisement and requesting a sample of advertised goods to receive the sample at an offline store. | 05-15-2014 |
20140143055 | IN-STORE MERCHANDISE OFFER SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing in-store merchandise offers. An exemplary system is configured to: receive an offer request from a consumer that indicates the consumer's interest in purchasing a product exhibited in an in-store merchandise showroom and determine product offers based on the request. The consumer is sent offers, where at least one of the offers is related to a merchant not associated with the merchandise showroom. The consumer is then provided an option to select at least one offer. Selecting an offer is equated to accepting one or more terms and conditions associated with the offer, and not selecting an offer is associating with denying one or more terms and conditions associated with the offer. After a selection is made the system receives the consumers offer selection. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143056 | DIGITAL SHOPPING MARKETING PLATFORM - A method of providing a digital shopping marketing platform is provided. The method includes: igniting a flash box that takes over control of the media site upon access of a media site by a user; providing at least one brand in the flash box for the user to select from; and taking over brand advertisement on the media site based on the brand selected. | 05-22-2014 |
20140149216 | Voice Recognizing Digital Messageboard System and Method - Provided is a system and method of updating a message displayed on an electronic screen via wireless communications device. Messages are entered into the communications device (input terminal) via verbal commands or entered text. The input is then transmitted to one or more electronic screens, where the message is displayed. Thus, users can update an electronic display without directly manipulating the display screen or physically entering text. Each electronic screen is in communication with each paired wireless communications device via a Bluetooth connection. This connection method enables the pairing of multiple electronic screens to a single wireless communications device, as well as allowing multiple communications devices to manipulate any given screen. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149217 | DYNAMIC RESOURCE MATCHING SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and system are provided for implementing resource and/or location-based matching services between a wireless terminal (e.g., mobile phone) user and one or more resources. A novel infrastructure supports resource and/or location based matching services over a wireless network. A back-end system includes a database, server, and match engine that are configured match a user with one or more resources based on the user's characteristics, preferences, and/or location. Such resources include (1) other users, (2) targeted advertising, (3) businesses/networking opportunities, and/or (4) locate a nearby service or store. A flexible database architecture supports application-specific resources which facilitate the deployment of various matching services. Application developers are thus able to implement different resource-matching applications for wireless devices through a common back-end infrastructure. Additionally, the match engine may include a feedback mechanism that permits the match engine to learn a user's preferences. | 05-29-2014 |
20140156404 | TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT CALENDAR INCENTIVES AND UPDATES - A method and system for generating consumer interest in broadcast advertising that contains encoded advertising incentives. The method includes receiving content from a broadcast stream provider and using a decoder with a processor that executes a software program tool embodied therein. The processor of the decoder executes the steps of the software program tool to detect the presence of advertising incentives in the broadcast stream. The processor of the decoder detects and responds to commands from the control device to display details about the advertising incentive. The processor of the decoder sends notifications to the user, updates the user's calendar, and sends feedback to the advertiser that the advertisement was chosen and accepted by the user. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156405 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIERED WEBSITE ACCESS - A method of delivering interactive content using an entertainment system. The method includes a step of providing access to interactive content to a user at a first level of access over a computer network including first access privileges. The method also includes a step of providing access to the content to the user at a second level of access in response to the user satisfying a first predetermined condition. The second level of access provides second access privileges that are excluded from the first level of access. The method also includes a step of providing access to the content to the user at a third level of access in response to the user satisfying both the first predetermined condition and a second predetermined condition. The third level of access provides the second access privileges and third access privileges. The third access privileges are excluded from said second level of access. | 06-05-2014 |
20140164117 | Apparatus and Method for Branded Messaging - A method includes prompting a message sender for content options associated with a designated graphical element. A selected content option is received from the message sender. The designated graphical element is associated with the selected content option. A message with the designated graphical element is sent from the message sender to a message receiver. The message receiver is supplied with the selected content in response to activation of the graphical element by the message receiver. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172568 | PI-TRAMPING Pages - PI-TRAMPING pages is an acronym for Programmed Immediate, Target Requested, Advertising Media Presentation on Individual, Neighborhood, and Generic pages. This is a method, scheme, program, or device for giving the viewer of an Internet Web page control over the presentation of all advertising associated with that Web page, thereby replacing in-your-face advertising with at-your-command advertising. This invention specifically allows the inclusion of features which will encourage the viewer of an Internet Web page to choose to look at the advertisements in a receptive state of mind and so satisfy the advertisers with allowing the display of their ads to be voluntary. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172569 | Method for Implementing a Customizable Interactive Menu System with User Interaction Data Analysis Capability by Executing Computer-Executable Instructions Stored On a Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium - A method for implementing a customizable interactive menu system with user interaction data analysis capability by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium is a digital replacement for paper restaurant menus with a customizable menu layout. The menu layout mimics traditional paper menus, displaying a plurality of menu pages on a personal computing device, including a menu start page, at least one menu items page, at least one advertisement page, and a menu end page. Users may select items on a menu items page or an advertisement page, and all user interactions are recorded and later analyzed with data mining and pattern recognition algorithms to produce sorted interaction data and layout suggestions, which the restaurant owner or manager may use to customize and optimize the menu layout. | 06-19-2014 |
20140180816 | PROVISION OF ANONYMOUS CONTEXT INFORMATION AND GENERATION OF TARGETED CONTENT - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards selective disclosure of user or computing environment attributes to facilitate generation and/or provision of targeted content. In various embodiments, a likelihood that disclosure of an attribute of a user or of a computing environment associated with the user will enable identification of the user may be determined based on an associated population count of users or computing environments sharing the same attribute. In various embodiments, the attribute may be selectively disclosed to a content provider configured to provide targeted content, or a recommendation may be selectively provided to the user as to whether the user should disclose the attribute to the content provider, based on the determination and a risk tolerance associated with the user. In various embodiments, a dimension authority may track and make available population counts of users or computing environments having various attributes. | 06-26-2014 |
20140180817 | REMINDING USERS OF OFFERS - Provided is a computer implemented process for reminding users of offers that were discovered by the user at one location when, at a later time, the user is at another location, the process including: displaying, with a mobile device, an offer and a reminder interface to indicate that the user requests themselves or another reminder recipient to be reminded of the offer when near another computing device of the reminder recipient; receiving an interaction with the reminder interface by the user and, in response, storing a reminder request in memory, the reminder request identifying the offer; obtaining data identifying the other computing device, a geographic area of the other computing device, or a wireless environment of the other computing device; detecting, with a processor of the mobile device, that the reminder recipient has interacted with the other computing device, entered the geographic area, or entered the wireless environment; and in response to the detection, presenting a notification reminding the reminder recipient of the offer. | 06-26-2014 |
20140188611 | COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE ADVERTISEMENTS IN AN AD SLOT ON A NETWORK ACCESSIBLE DEVICE - Apparatus and method for managing a combination of multiple advertisements in an ad slot on a network accessible device. In accordance with some embodiments, a request is received in a memory for a mobile advertisement (ad) for display in an ad slot on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a network accessible device. A total plural number of ads are selected from a database of available ads in a memory responsive to a size of the ad slot on the GUI. A combined ad is rendered that combines the total plural number of selected ads. The combined ad is transferred for display in the ad slot. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188612 | DIRECTED CONTENT PRESENTATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for content presentation. One of the methods includes, receiving, from a user device, a request for sponsored content; identifying a sponsored content item responsive to the request; determining a device type associated with the user device; modifying one or more presentation parameters associated with the sponsored content item based at least in part on the device type associated with the user device; and providing the sponsored content item having the modified presentation parameters to the user device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140214541 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER-CONTROLLED RENDERING OF MOBILE ADVERTISEMENTS - The aspects of the disclosed embodiment provide a method and system for user-controlled rendering of mobile advertisements and for context based targeting of content to users. The method includes collecting information associated with location of a user and content displayed on a user device. One or more relevant advertisements are identified based on the information which is collected from the user device. An option to view the one or more relevant advertisements is displayed on the user device. The relevant advertisement(s) are displayed on the user device when the user selects the option to view the advertisement. The method further includes identifying an element of a web page for targeting one or more content on the element. Additionally the method further includes identifying one or more characteristics of the element, wherein the one or more characteristics are identified for determining a context of the element. In addition, the method comprises targeting one or more content onto the element based on the context. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214542 | PROVISION OF CONTENT TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A system and method for provision of content in messages sent to a mobile communications device. The additional content may be selected based on information associated with a user. In some embodiments the additional content includes a proposal from a vendor. | 07-31-2014 |
20140222566 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A MEDIA ENHANCEMENT - The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222567 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION THROUGH COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION NETWORK SITES - Information pertaining to products made by manufacturers and sold to consumers through retailers, is distributed to consumers through a communication network that connects consumer communication nodes to a cooperative network site having an accumulation of information about manufacturer product offers and retailer special deals. A consumer can obtain selected items of this information without knowledge of how to reach the cooperative network site, by simply logging in to a manufacturer network site or to a retailer network site. At a manufacturer site, the consumer can obtain a list of local retailers carrying the manufacturer offers and can then select from among the offers and receive complete details of the selected offers. At a retailer site, the consumer can obtain a list of manufacturer offers available at the retailer stores in the consumer's area, and can then select from among the available offers and receive their complete details. | 08-07-2014 |
20140244391 | ONLINE ADVERTISING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A first party creates offers, generally comprising advertisements, which are associated on a server with names and categories; the first party may also bid on placement of the offers in online content. A second party, such as a publisher, obtains a script which the publisher includes in the publisher's online content. When a user access the online content, the user's browser and/or an app or browser plugin (or similar) notifies the server and the server parses the online content for names. If any are found, then the server obtains offers associated with the names and other criteria, such as the location of the user and locations associated with the offers. The obtained offers are sent to and rendered by the user's client device. The server logs interaction with the client device, may obtain consideration from the first party, and may provide consideration to the second party. | 08-28-2014 |
20140257983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INITIATE A MOBILE DATA COMMUNICATION UTILIZING A TRIGGER SYSTEM - A system and method to enable a user to initiate a communication with an organization using a mobile communication device by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to acquire a user mobile device address by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to respond to a user by means of a trigger system and a message application server. A system and method to enable organizations to deliver mobile messages, coupons, offers and promotions to users mobile device by means of a combination of a trigger system, a message application server and an offer application. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257984 | System and Method for Selling Items via a Wireless Mobile Telecommunications System - Items are sold via a wireless mobile telecommunications network in which multimedia presentations describing items offered for sale are broadcast for reception by wireless mobile devices. Users of the devices can transmit responses indicating requests to buy the items or bid for them in auctions. | 09-11-2014 |
20140278989 | DETERMINING AN OFFER BASED ON A PRE-PAID ACCOUNT BALANCE AND CONSUMER LOCATION - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for determining an offer based on a balance value of a prepaid account and a location of a consumer who is the holder of the prepaid account. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: (a) receiving geographic location information associated with a consumer; (b) receiving information associated with the prepaid account of the consumer, wherein the consumer is a holder of the prepaid account; (c) determining a balance value of the prepaid account of the consumer; and (d) determining an offer to present to the consumer based at least partially on the balance value of the prepaid account and the location of the consumer. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278990 | Systems, Methods and Apparatus for Self-Directed Individual Customer Segmentation and Customer Rewards - A system and method classifies individuals based on product or service preferences of tastes. With input from the system on user preferences, offers are created by product or service promoters specific to a segment of users with similar preferences. The offers, items and users are linked using alphanumeric or digital codes. The offers and the linked codes are used to obtain discounts, rewards and incentives, or warranty registration when products or services are purchased. The offers, linked codes and purchases are stored such that they are accessible by a user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278991 | Market Exchange For User Data And Rewards - Methods and systems for data access are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving a request to access user data. In one aspect, the request can comprise an offer, and the request and the offer can be provided to one or more users. The users can be associated with the user data. The users may grant or deny access to the requested user data in response to the request and in consideration of the offer. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278992 | AD BLOCKING TOOLS FOR INTEREST-GRAPH DRIVEN PERSONALIZATION - An input and processing system allows user input information such as user affinity to efficiently block content and request content as well as novel input of commands such as copy/paste on a small mobile device screen among other computing devices. A client/server is also made more efficient due to the enhanced gathering of information such as content feedback from users. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278993 | INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING - A method for providing and displaying advertising content. The method can include: sending, by a client device, a request for advertisement content; receiving, by the client device and in response to the request, an advertisement instruction set defining a plurality of client-interactive controls, the advertisement instruction set identifying a plurality of images, each of the plurality of images comprising an indication of at least one of the plurality of client-interactive controls; detecting a set of user inputs each associated with at least one of the plurality of client-interactive controls; identifying, by the client device and in response to each user input of the set of user inputs, an image of the plurality of images based on a current image displayed by the client device and the client-interactive control associated with the user input; and displaying the image by the client device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278994 | Interactive Mobile Engagement Recharging Terminal System and Device - The present invention is a digital interactive mobile engagement recharging device for users to plug in personal mobile devices. The recharging device has an interactive touch display screen that connects to a computer and to the Internet to provide remote and real-time content push of interest to a user, and a plurality of recharging connections to accommodate various models and brands of mobile devices. The recharging system collects information about a user's mobile device and provides recharging services to the user's mobile device after the user accepts certain terms or conditions, outputs information such as the recharging status of a user's phone, commercial information selected by a computer based media system, where the selected information is based on the information collected by the input devices of the system and provides pre-selected or user demanded information. It is yet another object of the present invention to provide commercial data to a user based on the interactive information, such as the detected users' characteristics, location or temperature of the venue, and the like. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING, SENDING, RECEIVING AND DISPLAYING CUSTOMIZED MESSAGES THROUGH CUSTOMIZED DATA CHANNELS - A system and method for receiving messages through customized data channels, users can easily setup and configure the system so that they receive only the messages that they are interested in, at the time and place that they want to receive said messages. A system and method for dynamically creating and managing customized data channels that periodically and automatically delivers customized messages to users based on their preset criteria, that requires minimum user inputs. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278996 | Communication System - The present invention relates to communications systems generally and to closed systems such as WiFi systems in particular, especially where connections to the internet, an intranet or similar is possible and overlay messaging is required. The Internet has provided new avenues for providing commercial content to computer users such as providing product updates and delivering advertisements in general to consumers. The present invention, therefore, seeks to enable a service provider to deliver targeted brand content adapted to the determined communications environment to the client device. Accordingly, the present invention can provide content with regard to the location and/or system environment i.e. the determined communications environment of the client device and not upon a determination of the type of “surfer” or user of the device, their preferences, interests, keyword extraction and/or data traffic. | 09-18-2014 |
20140297411 | Interest Conversion Into Credits To Be Applied To Merchant Offers - This invention relates to systems and methods for managing interest paid by financial institutions and particularly to a system and method where interest is converted into multiplier credits to be applied to merchant offers. The business system and method provides depositors a better value by giving consumers an opportunity to convert all or any portion of their monthly interest into substantially more buying power with merchants. This business system and method provides a website-platform and/or a onlinebanking enrollment form for easy enrollment of customers and merchants. Furthermore, the system and method allows for communication between the financial institutions and the website-platform. There is also the consumer direct model in which there is not a sponsoring financial institution and customers are able to access and convert their interest payments through the use of technology provided by a third party finance data platform that works in conjunction with the current invention's website-platform. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297412 | Mobile Media Device User Interface - A mobile media device user interface is described. In one or more implementations, output of a plurality of audio content is monitored by a mobile media device. Each of the audio content was received via a respective one of a plurality of broadcast channels by the mobile media device. A user interface is displayed on a display device of the mobile media device, the user interface describing each of the plurality of audio content and the respective broadcast channel from which the audio content was received. | 10-02-2014 |
20140316892 | SERVING PROMOTIONS TO MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES BASED ON WIFI ACCESS POINT PRESENCE - A promotion system for serving ads is provided. The system may include an ad server and a WIFI access point configured to establish wireless connections with mobile computing devices of users via a WLAN, and execute a local captive server that serves to the mobile client devices a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface is configured to register users with the ad server device to receive advertisements, and store profile data about the users in a database associated with the ad server. The ad server includes an ad creation interface configured to enable an advertiser to distribute an advertisement to the mobile computing devices of users who have been detected at the WIFI access point. | 10-23-2014 |
20140316893 | LOCATION-SPECIFIC ADVERTISING - The usefulness, and consequently the performance, of advertisements are improved by allowing businesses to better target their ads to a responsive audience. Location information is determined (or simply accepted) and used. For example, location information may be used in a relevancy determination of an ad. As another example, location information may be used in an attribute (e.g., position) arbitration. Such location information may be associated with price information, such as a maximum price bid. Such location information may be associated with ad performance information. Ad performance information may be tracked on the basis of location information. The content of an ad creative, and/or of a landing page may be selected and/or modified using location information. Tools, such as user interfaces, may be provided to allow a business to enter and/or modify location information. The location information used to target and/or score ads may be, include, or define an area. | 10-23-2014 |
20140324584 | ADVERTISEMENT METHOD USING A TELEPHONE SYSTEM - An advertisement method using a telephone system including the steps of: initiating a call via a telephone; transmitting to telephone advertisements instead of placing the caller on hold to hear silence or ring back tones, before permitting voice mail instructions, and before permitting checking of voice mail; choosing an advertisement which appeals to the caller by pressing a key on the telephone; and transmitting to the telephone a confirmation text message to permit the caller to redeem a discount relating to the advertisement chosen by the caller. The method can use a mobile telephone system including the steps of: sending the initiated call to a cell tower; relaying the call to a service provider; checking a mobile identification number of the caller's telephone; and relaying the call to a computer server which attaches the advertisements for transmission to the caller's telephone. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324585 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT CONTAINER PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAYS - A computer implemented method is disclosed for accessing a display circuit coupled to a product container. The method includes providing an application user interface on a mobile device. In response to a user launching the application, the user is prompted to access message content. A wireless link is then established between a display control circuit coupled to the product container and the mobile device. Message content is then wirelessly transferred between the display circuit and the mobile device via the wireless link. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324586 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION - Methods for providing contextual information about communication devices and/or services. Profile information indicating a user's communication devices and/or services is stored. When profile information or a message log is displayed, the user may identify a communication device and/or service. A query inquires whether the user would like contextual information. The contextual information may be obtained from a gateway in a data network or a telecommunications manager in a telecommunication network. The contextual information is displayed. Profile information about a user's communicating partner may be stored. When the user makes an effort to communicate with the partner, a check may be made of the partner's profile information for a preferred communication device and/or service. If the user does not have a communication device and/or service corresponding to that of the communicating partner, a query may inquire whether the user would like contextual information. If so, the contextual information is presented. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324587 | Bookmarking Social Networking System Content - A social networking system allows users to bookmark content within the social networking system to view at a later time and/or to share with other users. The content that may be bookmarked may include advertisements, user posted content, user comments on posted content, or any other content viewable within the social networking system, as well as links to content outside of the social networking system. A user may save the content by selecting a bookmark link corresponding to the content. The bookmarked content may be viewed later, such as in a bookmarked content dashboard, and it may also be used to provide additional content to the user that is related to the bookmarked content. Additionally, the user's bookmarking activity may be published to the user's connections in the social networking system to enable others to find and view the content that the user deems worthy of bookmarking. | 10-30-2014 |
20140330647 | APPLICATION AND SERVICE SELECTION FOR OPTIMIZED PROMOTION - Embodiments of the invention relate to application and services promotions. One embodiment includes presenting an application or service by an application or service promotion provider, for exposing, the application or service to potential users. Recommendation and promotion preferences are selected for the application or service. The application or service is provided to an electronic device based on the recommendation and promotion preferences. It is determined whether user action occurs for the application or service using the electronic device. Revenue is generated upon user action occurring for the application or service. | 11-06-2014 |
20140344055 | INTERACTION-AWARE ADVERTISING FOR MINIMIZING BANNER BLINDNESS - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for interaction-aware advertising to minimize banner blindness. First, the system concurrently displays, via a graphical user interface, an advertisement and application content. Next, the system detects a user interaction with the application content. Based on the user interaction, the system then locks the advertisement within a viewable area of display for concurrent display at the graphical user interface with a portion of the application content, wherein the advertisement is configured to remain locked until an unlocking event is detected. | 11-20-2014 |
20140351050 | Product Based Advertisement Selection Method and Apparatus - The present disclosure selectively blocks advertisements to a user based upon recent purchases of the user. The selectively blocked advertisements may be chosen from a group of advertisements chosen for the user based upon monitored behaviour of the user. Alternate advertisements or brand awareness messages may be displayed if the advertisement is selectively blocked. Also the user may be given a choice to view the blocked advertisement. | 11-27-2014 |
20140358683 | Method of generating revenue from promoters utilizing wireless technology - A method of generating revenue from promoters utilizing wireless technology includes: a wireless communications devices app that permits reading a unique printed bar code that is sent to a host device. The host device software matches the code to a unique video, which is sent back to the wireless communications device for instant playing. The promoter of the video purchases services to store the code and the video for app use. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358684 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING PRIMARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL ADVERTISER INFORMATION USING A SERVER - A system for communicating with a server is configured to receive, by the server, a first information associated with an advertisement, and identify, using the server, the advertisement from one of a multitude of stored advertisements. The system is further configured to supply, in response to a request, a second information associated with the identified advertisement. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365304 | Cross-Device Geolocation Sensing to Geotarget Offers - Provided is a process of distributing offers to non-location-sensing devices based on a geolocation sensed by another device, the process comprising: obtaining a geolocation of a user from a mobile device of the user; associating the geolocation of the user with an identifier of the user in an offers engine; receiving a request for an offer from another computing device of the user, the request including or prompting obtaining data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user; retrieving the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device by identifying the user with the data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user account; selecting, with the offers engine, a responsive offer based on the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device; and sending the responsive offer to the other computing device of the user. | 12-11-2014 |
20140372220 | Social Media Integration for Offer Searching - A list of offers that match search criteria provided by a searcher is retrieved and a list of social media site contacts that are linked to the searcher on a social media site is requested. For each offer in the list of offers, a quantity of qualified selections of the offer is determined. The quantity of qualified selections for an offer comprises a quantity of users in the list of social media site contacts who are registered users of an offer selection application and who selected the offer using the offer selection application. The list of offers is ordered based on the quantities of qualified selections to produce an ordered list of offers and a user interface is provided that displays the ordered list of offers. | 12-18-2014 |
20150019338 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RELEVANT USER NOTIFICATIONS - An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing an advertising system in which a buyer generates a profile containing a list of preferred purchases or vendors. At least some of the buyer's preferred profile entries are associated with a geographic area. A mobile network is used to connect the mobile buyers and the sellers. Both the buyers' profiles and the sellers' advertisements are uploaded to the network. The network matches buyers and sellers by providing to the buyers sales advertisements that match the criteria of the uploaded buyer's profiles but without sharing buyers' unique indentifying information with the sellers. The buyer devices optionally include an ad server to filter and manage the buyer's receipt of advertisements. The sellers' offers and promotions also optionally include time-dependent information such that they expire upon the passage of a specified time period. | 01-15-2015 |
20150025971 | USER INITIATED PROMOTIONS USING SOCIAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods are provided for using social media to petition a company for a promotional offer. A user generates a petition that includes a request for a promotional offer from the company. The user can invite other users to join the petition using social media. The user can post the petition to social media. Other users can join the petition. The company can determine whether to offer the promotional offer based on the number of users that join the petition. The terms of the promotional offer can be based on the level of consumer interest and the number of users that join the petition. The company can offer the promotion using social media. | 01-22-2015 |
20150039433 | GIFT MESSAGING BASED CUSTOMER ACQUISITION - In accordance with some of the gift messaging based customer acquisition methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media that are described herein, a message for a gift recipient is determined in connection with a gift based on input from a first network node associated with a gift giver. A message notification that includes access information for accessing the gift message is generated. The access information is associated with the message. A request that includes the access information is received from a second network node associated with the gift recipient. Responsive to the request, the message is transmitted to the second network node based on the association between the access information and the message, and auxiliary customer acquisition information is transmitted to the second network node. | 02-05-2015 |
20150046261 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION - Methods for providing contextual information about communication devices and/or services. Profile information indicating a user's communication devices and/or services is stored. When profile information or a message log is displayed, the user may identify a communication device and/or service. A query inquires whether the user would like contextual information. The contextual information may be obtained from a gateway in a data network or a telecommunications manager in a telecommunication network. The contextual information is displayed. Profile information about a user's communicating partner may be stored. When the user makes an effort to communicate with the partner, a check may be made of the partner's profile information for a preferred communication device and/or service. If the user does not have a communication device and/or service corresponding to that of the communicating partner, a query may inquire whether the user would like contextual information. If so, the contextual information is presented. | 02-12-2015 |
20150066647 | Application Performance Improvements In Radio Networks - A method includes sending a request to a user indicating options to modify a quality of experience for one or more application flows between a radio network and a mobile node used by the user. The request indicates the user should select one of the following: declining an option to upgrade an existing service to a new service able to support the one or more application flows with a higher quality of experience than supported by the existing service; or accepting an option to upgrade the existing service to the new service. In response to receiving an indication the user selected the option to upgrade the existing service, performing one or more actions to upgrade the existing service to the new service. The option to upgrade the existing service can include an option of receiving advertisements for the new service or paying extra for the new service. | 03-05-2015 |
20150081442 | USE OF PERSONAL PREFERENCES TO CONTROL PRESENTATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS - A software-based system and method for management and display of advertisements based on personal preference information. | 03-19-2015 |
20150095154 | PROVIDING SPONSORED SOCIAL NETWORK CONTENT - A device, system, memory device, and method may variously include or utilize a processor and an electronic storage. The electronic storage is configured to store social network content items, the content items including at least one sponsored content item and at least one unsponsored content item. The processor is configured to receive a request for a social network content item for display in a newsfeed of a social network interface, the newsfeed including positions, at least one of the positions being a sponsored content position, identify a content item for display in the newsfeed based, at least in part, on the request, determine a sponsored content status of the content item as identified, and cause the content item to be displayed in the sponsored content position of the newsfeed based, at least in part, on the sponsored content status being indicative of the content item being a sponsored content item. | 04-02-2015 |
20150106202 | DYNAMIC AGGREGATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND APPLICATION DATA - A mobile station configured to communicate across a mobile wireless communication network has a plurality of retail applications installed thereon. A retail application aggregator running on the mobile station is operative to dynamically manage the retail applications and aggregate data from the retail applications. A user of the mobile station identifies retail applications to include in an application grouping, and filter parameters to associate with the application grouping and used to identify content of interest to the user. For each retail application in the grouping, the aggregator accesses the retail application to obtain information on current offers extended by a retailer associated with the application. The aggregator filters the obtained information on current offers based on the filter parameters, and provides the user with the current offers matching the filter parameters. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106203 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INITIATE A MOBILE DATA COMMUNICATION UTILIZING A TRIGGER SYSTEM - A system and method to enable a user to initiate a communication with an organization using a mobile communication device by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to acquire a user mobile device address by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to respond to a user by means of a trigger system and a message application server. A system and method to enable organizations to deliver mobile messages, coupons, offers and promotions to users mobile device by means of a combination of a trigger system, a message application server and an offer application. | 04-16-2015 |
20150120450 | MEDIA CODE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Media code systems and methods include a media code assigned to an advertisement. The media code is a mnemonic code associated with the advertisement. A server stores the media code and content relative to the media code. Computer software is in communication with the server for entering the media code and retrieving the content. Whereby, the media code system and method provides a means for consumers to interact with the advertisement. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120451 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING MERCHANT INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus for acquiring merchant information are provided herein. An information acquiring instruction triggered by a user is received. The information acquiring instruction is configured to acquire merchant information. Current location information of the user is required according to the information acquiring instruction. The location information and the merchant information to be acquired are sent to a server connected to a network. The server matches information according to the received location information and the merchant information. A collection of the merchant information is returned from the server. The collection of the merchant information includes information of a plurality of merchants. The information of the plurality of merchants is displayed. | 04-30-2015 |
20150134452 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING DYNAMIC AND TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS - A mechanism is described for facilitating dynamic and targeted advertisements for computing systems according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes transmitting an indication that one or more advertisements are being played at the computing device, determining whether a user profile associated with a user of the apparatus has a sufficient amount of advertisement credits to allow the user to receive an advertisement-free experience relating to an advertisement-sponsored application, and providing the advertisement-free experience if the user profile includes the sufficient amount of advertisement credits. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142568 | METHOD FOR ENABLING A MOBILE DEVICE TO GENERATE MESSAGE FEEDBACK, AND ADVERTISING SERVER IMPLEMENTING THE SAME CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION - A method for enabling a mobile device to generate message feedback includes: receiving user agent data from a mobile device; calling a dynamic-link library, followed by analyzing the user agent data; based on a result of the analyzing, selecting a message launching command that conforms with the mobile device, a preset port number that is associated with the advertising server, and a preset text; and transmitting to the mobile device the message launching command, the preset port number, and the preset text. The message launching command configures the mobile device to launch a messaging application for creating a feedback message in which the preset port number and the preset text are automatically loaded. | 05-21-2015 |
20150149282 | SOCIAL PLATFORM WITH ENHANCED PRIVACY AND INTEGRATED CUSTOMIZATION FEATURES - A social networking platform offering various services, such as, facilitating aggregation and management of a user's interaction on one or more social networking platforms, offering enhanced control over the level of privacy associated with the flow of user data, offering tools to customize the user's exposure to advertisement-related content on the social networking platform(s), integrating features to control aspects of how data/content is presented to and visualized by the user, empowering the user to multicast direct messages to other users without the other users having to meet certain constraints, empowering the user to create and/or join a group based on messaging threads, and the like. One or more of these enhanced services/features are associated with a powerful framework of authentication/permission model for access control. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149283 | Notification Systems and Methods that Communicate Advertisements Based Upon Location and/or Personal Profiles - Systems and methods are disclosed for automated computer based notification systems. A representative method, among others that are disclosed herein, can be broadly summarized by the following steps: engaging in a first communication session with a personal communication device (PCD) that involves one or more data transfers; during the first communication session, receiving an indication from a party associated with the PCD that the party would like to receive advertisement information associated with a sale of a good or service at a stop location; monitoring (directly or indirectly) travel or location information associated with a mobile thing (MT), the MT capable of delivering or picking up the good or service at the stop location; when the MT travels within a predefined geographical region in close proximity to the stop location, engaging in a second communication session with the PCD that involves one or more data transfers; and causing advertisement information relating to sale of the good or service to be communicated to the PCD, during the second communication session, in order to enable the MT to deliver or pick up the good or service at the stop location in accordance with the advertisement information. In some embodiments, the advertisement information can be selected based at least in part upon a personal profile associated with the party associated with the PCD. | 05-28-2015 |
20150294358 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAY OF USER-CUSTOMIZED ADVERTISEMENTS - Disclosed herein are computer-implemented systems and methods for user-customization and display of advertisements via digital media. Generally, the disclosed systems and methods involve a graphical user interface, which allows a user, e.g., a user of a social networking service, to search a database of advertisements, select one or more advertisements of interest, select a format for display of the one or more advertisements of interest, select one/or more customization options for display of the one or more advertisements of interest, and display the one or more advertisements of interest via a digital medium, e.g., a webpage, in accordance with the one or more selections for the one or more customization options. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294369 | CUSTOMER PURCHASING PREFERENCE PROFILES BASED ON COUPON CHOICES - According to an aspect, a method for creating or improving customer preference profiles includes providing a decision coupon to a customer with two or more promotional options directed to related items selected to ascertain a purchasing preference associated with the related items through selection of one of the promotional options. A selection of one of the promotional options is received and an indication of the selected promotional option is stored in a purchasing preference profile for the customer. The indication of the selected option is used to update an affinity for a product or product category for the customer within the customer's purchasing preference profile. | 10-15-2015 |
20150302477 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A PURCHASE HISTORY - A method and apparatus for providing a purchase history of a first user to a second (differing) user is provided herein. During operation a server is provided with an image and determines an identification of a first person within the image. Items that exist within the image, and that were purchased by the first person are also determined by the server. The server then provides information on the items purchased to a second user. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302478 | Integrated System for Brand Ambassador Programmes & Co-creation - The invention is to social media marketing, which refers to the process of gaining attention through social media sites. Corporate messages spreading from user to user resonate better because they come from a more trusted, third-party source, as opposed to the brand owner or organization itself. This form of marketing is driven by “online word-of-mouth,” meaning that it results from “earned” media rather than paid media. The present invention is to an architecture of integrated software-as-a-service platform that converts word of mouth into a mass marketing medium. As such, it has visibility across large audiences in a way similar to what newspapers, radio and television achieve. | 10-22-2015 |
20150310488 | Web-Based Automated Product Demonstration - The innovations described in this disclosure include distinct differences that create a marketing and sales advantage. For convenience, these features are organized into several innovations, but the features described can be combined and implemented in various ways, both within a given innovation and across two or more innovations. Each innovation is unique in itself. Taken as a whole the innovations establish a demonstration category called “Demo Automation” or “Demonstration automation”. The innovations include, but are not limited to, automated self-configuring video content density and sequence based on personalization responses; automated responsive locked document library; sending a product demo that allows you to see who the recipient shared it with; and product demonstration analytics. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310489 | SELF SERVICE DIGITAL COUPON, DISCOUNT DEAL AND WEEKLY AD PUBLISHING AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - A method of publishing and managing a self-service digital promotional advertisement, such as a coupon, a discount deal, or a weekly ad includes the steps of validating a user access and permitting entry to a publishing application, providing a pre-built digital promotional advertisement and template based on the user's access, inputting data for the promotional advertisement and template, submitting the promotional advertisement for publishing, publishing the promotional advertisement to a web site, and displaying the promotional advertisement for a user. A method of publishing a self-service digital promotional advertisement, such as a digital coupon, a discount deal, or a weekly ad includes the steps of visiting the web site, logging into the publishing application, selecting the promotional advertisement template, customizing the promotional advertisement template to form a user-edited promotional advertisement, submitting the user-edited promotional advertisement for publishing, processing the submission request, and publishing the user-edited promotional advertisement. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317680 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING MEDIA CONTENT WITH ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON PLAYLIST CONTEXT AND ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGNS - Described herein are techniques for streaming digital media content, such as music, video, or television content. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes support for selection of targeted advertisement or other sponsor-directed content based on a playlist context. A media device enables access by a user to one or more playlists of media content at a media server. Advertisements can be selected for providing to the user, based on one or more characteristics of a playlist, such as the playlist's description, or the playlist being part of an advertisement campaign. For example, a playlist bearing a particular descriptive title can be used to trigger advertisements that may be relevant to that descriptive title. Adding a particular song to a playlist can be used to trigger advertisements that may be relevant to that song. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317682 | ADVERTISING BEACON FOR RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS - An advertising beacon configured to inductively couple to a power and control system which may include various retail electronic devices such as electronic shelf labels, video monitor displays, out of stock or inventory control sensors, promotional glass displays, and the like. The advertising beacon wirelessly broadcasts content, such as a web address or a programmed computer code associated with a web address, to smart devices which are able to retrieve coupons, advertisements, product information and the like from the web address. The advertising beacon operates in conjunction with other electrical devices of the power and control system to aid a customer's product selection and to aid store personnel's inventory and information management. | 11-05-2015 |
20150324849 | EMAIL SIGNATURE ADVERTISEMENT TARGETING - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for information presentation. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes generating a message, identifying suggested content to be included with the message, suggesting one or more of the suggested content items to a user, receiving a user input with respect to the one or more suggested content items, and sending the message according to the user input including one or more selected content items of the one or more suggested content items. | 11-12-2015 |
20150332324 | TECHNIQUE FOR ENCODING DIGITAL INFORMATION IN A CARRIER WAVE - A method for redeeming a coupon using a mobile device is disclosed. The method comprises allowing a user to select the coupon; accessing at least one melody stored in a memory of the mobile device; passing a coupon identifier for the coupon and the at least one melody to an encoder component of the mobile device encoding the coupon identifier and the melody by the encoder component to generate a signal for transmission; and transmitting said signal through a speaker of said mobile device for reception through a microphone of a receiving mobile device. | 11-19-2015 |
20150356602 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVERTISING - Methods and systems are disclosed for interacting with advertisements via a display screen. The advertisement can be activated using an activation input, such as a gesture, a swiping motion, or other user interaction. The activation input can minimize, limit, or substantially prevent accidental activation of advertisements. Intentional activations of advertisements can be tracked to, for example, accurately determine appropriate payments to ad providers, collect user data, and/or other actions. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356603 | Conversion and Display of a User Input - Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience. | 12-10-2015 |
20150363831 | TAP TO SUBSCRIBE TO TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS - A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for providing text message alerts. A telephony interface module receives an alert enrollment request from a client device. The alert enrollment request is received through a first type of communication channel. The alert enrollment request includes a protocol specific portion that includes a communication endpoint identifier assigned to the client device. A data database management module links the communication endpoint identifier to an opt-in record. A text message interface module communicates, based on the client device identifier being linked to the opt-in record, an alert to the client device through a second type of communication channel. The alert is addressed to the client device based on the communication endpoint identifier linked to the opt-in record. | 12-17-2015 |
20150371265 | DIRECT MOBILE MARKETING BY REGISTERED LOCAL BUSINESS MEMBERS USING A SOCIAL NETWORK PLATFORM - Methods, systems, and devices are described for implementing an online social network platform designed for businesses (e.g., especially for retail businesses) to self-market directly to customers in real-time using the customer's geographical location (geo-location). The disclosed online social network platform provides the businesses with real-time marketing tools directly to previous customers and potentially new customers, including those local and visiting. In some implementations, the disclosed social network platform also provides business users with a business management platform connect to easily manage unique aspects of their business and connections with their customers using interactive user applications. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371266 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING CERTAIN WORK POSTED ON A SOCIAL NETWORK TO A TARGETED AUDIENCE - Methods, systems, and media are directed to outbound messaging for a social networking site. A server stores profile information and project information of users of the social networking site and a targeted outbound messaging template. The targeted outbound messaging template includes a recipient section that lists intended recipients of a message, a messaging text section that accommodates entry of text, a hyperlinked source section containing hyperlinked preview images of user projects to be included and displayed in the message, and a ranked collaborators section that identifies and ranks collaborative relationships associated with a sender and the recipients of the message. Upon activation of the targeted outbound messaging template, the server operates to automatically display the recipient section, the messaging text section, and the hyperlinked preview images of projects for sender selection, and upon transmission of the message, the server operates to automatically include the ranked collaborators section in the message. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371267 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVERTISEMENT FILTERING - There is provided a computer-implemented method for filtering advertisements transmitted through a network to a client, comprising: receiving at a client, from a user of the client, a user preference for filtering of advertisements for display on the client, the advertisements being transmitted over a network from an ad server to the client; transmitting the user preference from the client to a network element located at an intermediate transmission location within the network between the ad server and the client; and filtering the transmitted advertisements at the network element to block or allow advertisements to transmit to the client based on the user preference. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371268 | Unlocking Coupon Offers - A server receives an indication that a user of a client device has selected social network data associated with a social network provider that maintains a social graph. The selected social network data indicates approval of a coupon offer by the user. In response to receiving the indication, the server computer provides the coupon to the user and sends a link message that causes a user node that is associated with the user to be linked, within the social graph, with a coupon node that is associated with the coupon offer. A message including data associated with the coupon offer is sent to a subset of a set of other users identified, in the social graph that the social network provider maintains, as connected to the user. | 12-24-2015 |
20150379583 | USING ENVIRONMENT AND USER DATA TO DELIVER ADVERTISEMENTS TARGETED TO USER INTERESTS, E.G. BASED ON A SINGLE COMMAND - A system and an associated method for responding to a user's voice inquiry are disclosed. The system accepts the voice inquiry and obtains personal data regarding the user. The system then identifies potential subjects of interest in the voice inquiry from media content currently provided to the user through a device which has captured the voice inquiry, media content present in or capturing the user's surroundings, or media content previously provided to the user as responses to previous voice inquiries by the user. Next, the system determines at least one subject of interest based on at least one of the personal data and the user's previous voice inquiries. The system then presents a response related to the determined subject of interest to the user's voice inquiry. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379618 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONVERTING ONLINE BROWSING TO OFFLINE PURCHASES - A user utilizes an electronic device in order to browse an online store and to tag images of products, by selecting such images, or by dragging-and-dropping such images onto a dedicated on-screen toolbar. The tagged images from multiple online stores are stored in a repository, together with data identifying the tagged products, their prices, and the online stores that sell the tagged products. A matching module determines which offline stores sell the tagged products. In response to a user command, a digital map is generated, showing offline stores which sell offline the tagged product and which are located within a user-defined distance from a particular user-defined geographical location. | 12-31-2015 |
20160005076 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING A PROVIDER FOR ADVERTISEMENTS DISPLAYED ON A MOBILE PHONE - A method and apparatus for advertising on a mobile phone. In one embodiment the method includes the steps of downloading an advertisement to the mobile phone using an advertisement server; selecting the downloaded advertisement on the mobile phone by a user of the mobile phone; providing by a server additional information in response to the user selection; and tracking the selection and additional information by the server. In another embodiment the compensation provided is in response to the display screen of said advertisement. In another embodiment the step of providing additional information includes the step of using space reserved, in the user interface of the mobile phone, for advertisements. Another aspect the invention relates to a system for displaying advertisements on a mobile phone. In one embodiment the system includes a server; and a mobile phone in communication with said server. | 01-07-2016 |
20160005086 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING A PROVIDER FOR ADVERTISEMENTS DISPLAYED ON A MOBILE PHONE - A method and apparatus for advertising on a mobile phone. In one embodiment the method includes the steps of downloading an advertisement to the mobile phone using an advertisement server; selecting the downloaded advertisement on the mobile phone by a user of the mobile phone; providing by a server additional information in response to the user selection; and tracking the selection and additional information by the server. In another embodiment the compensation provided is in response to the display screen of said advertisement. In another embodiment the step of providing additional information includes the step of using space reserved, in the user interface of the mobile phone, for advertisements. Another aspect the invention relates to a system for displaying advertisements on a mobile phone. In one embodiment the system includes a server; and a mobile phone in communication with said server. | 01-07-2016 |
20160019591 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT INDUCING ACTIVE PARTICIPATION FROM TARGETED CUSTOMERS AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - A method for providing advertisement inducing active participation from targeted customers and a system therefore includes providing a high advertising effect to advertisers through active participation of customers and offering a predetermined compensation to customers participated in consultation. The method for providing advertisement inducing active participation from targeted customers comprises: (a) receiving consultation advertisement registering information from advertisers; (b) outputting consultation advertisement depending on the input registering information; (c) receiving consultation requesting information from customers about the consultation advertisement; and (d) providing a predetermined compensation to customers who input the consultation requesting information. | 01-21-2016 |
20160027052 | Systems and Methods for Communicating Privacy and Marketing Preferences - Systems and methods of managing and communicating privacy and marketing preferences are described. In particular, a system for managing and communicating comprises a central user preference center that is configured to store at least one privacy and marketing preference dataset of a user in association with account information identifying an account of the user. The central preference center is configured to publish at least one privacy and marketing preference dataset of a user to at least one entity preference center, and the at least one entity preference center is configured to communicate the user's entity preference center privacy and marketing preference dataset to the central user preference center. | 01-28-2016 |
20160027053 | DISPLAY OF USER SELECTED ADVERTISING CONTENT IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for placing an advertisement in a digital environment based upon a user's choice, subject to certain predetermined parameters, is disclosed. Through the method, a user is assigned a rating based upon, for example, his performance in a game. A list of advertisements which correspond to that rating is displayed to the user, who may then select a desired advertisement from the list. The selected advertisement is then displayed in the digital environment. Reports may be generated based upon the advertisements selected and the number of selections and/or impressions (e.g., uses or viewings) by the user, which may be sent to advertisers. | 01-28-2016 |
20160027058 | DISSEMINATION OF ADS VIA POINT OF SALE TERMINALS OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method for disseminating ads over a communications network is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a plurality of ads to a plurality of terminals, receiving from a terminal a consumer's telephone number/email address/social network handle, a unique ad identifier for a particular ad and a unique terminal identifier, generating and storing a record including the consumer's telephone number/email address/social network handle, the unique ad identifier and the unique terminal identifier, generating a message associated with the particular ad, transmitting to a text message gateway/email server/social network a request to send a message to the consumer's telephone number/email address/social network handle, receiving a request from the consumer's mobile device, accessing the record using the unique record identifier, generating a custom page based on the data from the record, and transmitting the custom page to the consumer's mobile device. | 01-28-2016 |
20160034959 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVING CONTENT TO MERCHANDISING COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS BASED ON EXTERNAL EVENTS - Described herein are systems and methods configured for serving content to one or more merchandising communication systems based on one or more external events. A merchandising communication system may be included at a retail environment and/or other locations. Content may include display information configured to be displayed on display units of the merchandising communication systems responsive to occurrence and/or non-occurrence of one or more user specified events. Users may provide entry and/or selection of parameter values for one or more content communication parameters to facilitate selective serving of content to individual merchandising communication system and/or sets of merchandising communication systems based on external events. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034960 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVING CONTENT TO MERCHANDISING COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Described herein are systems and methods configured for serving content to one or more merchandising communication systems. A merchandising communication system may be included at a retail environment and/or other locations. Content may include display information configured to be displayed on display units of the merchandising communication systems. Users may provide entry and/or selection of parameter values for one or more content communication parameters to facilitate selective serving of content to individual merchandising communication system and/or sets of merchandising communication systems. | 02-04-2016 |
20160042394 | AD EMBEDDED IN GALLERY - A method for displaying ads on a communication device, the method includes: integrating a set of selectable ads within a group of selectable images that are enabled to be displayed on a display screen of the communication device; selectively displaying on the display screen a selectable ad of the set of selectable ads during a display of the group of selectable images; and enlarging the selectable ad upon receiving a selection via a first input. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042404 | EPHEMERAL MESSAGE COMMUNICATION FROM A SENDER TO A RECIPIENT USING A MULTIMEDIA DATA ROUTED THROUGH A SERVER - A server device determines a message received from the sender device associated with an ephemeral-messaging client application accessed by the sender device which converts the message received from the sender device into a multimedia data embedded with the message based on a designated using an algorithm of the server device using a processor and a memory. The method determines a recipient device that has requested access to the message and applies a business rule when determining an access privilege of the message associated with the recipient device and a user of the recipient device. The recipient device access to the multimedia data converted from the message based on the business rule and automatically purges the message and the multimedia data from the server device based on the business rule after the multimedia data is communicated to the recipient device. | 02-11-2016 |
20160044468 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA - A system and method for the delivery and display of information, including an information inventory containing information to be delivered, an information serving engine, a targeting engine, a subscriber database and a subscriber-information matching arrangement, the system and method configured for the delivery of information based on various factors. | 02-11-2016 |
20160055531 | Marketing of authenticated articles thru social networking - A unique virtual hybrid world, operating under the direction and oversight of an Overseer, that defines the rules or conduct, permissible actions and interactions, the virtual habitat construction, permissible personal objects, artifacts, products, etc. All actions or interactions of participants are monitored in a manner sufficient to insure adherence to the allowable conduct and interaction rules and procedures. The virtual habitat is furnished, equipped and stocked with a multitude of items, such as 3D digital representations (facsimiles) of real world personal items, objects, branded products, bulletin boards, photos, texts, videos, audios, and avatars, which reflect the choices and predilections of a location's resident (owner, proprietor, etc.). The manner in which the virtual location resident creates, furnishes, equips and stocks their virtual habitat is so that it may be of great interest to a permitted visitor. The items selected for the virtual habitat can be made up of facsimiles of things they actually possess in the real world or items they aspire to own. The unique virtual hybrid world is accessed by a permitted visitor/participant/user either through a computer browser or via a custom program or application running on a personal computer, tablet computer, smartphone or similar digital device. Every permitted visitor/user is required to have a secure username and password. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055532 | Presenting Additional Content Items to a Social Networking System User Based on Characteristics of a Content Item with Which the User Interacted - A social networking system provides a user with a feed of content items associated with other users connected to the user via the social networking system. Additionally, the social networking system identifies additional content items having various characteristics to the user. If the user selects an additional content item, further content items having one or more characteristics matching the selected additional content item are identified and presented to the user along with the additional content item. For example, a size of the selected additional content item is increased and the further content items are presented in a smaller size proximate to the selected additional content item. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055534 | Informational and Advertiser Links for Use in Web Mapping Services - Techniques for identifying groups of local features in an image and presenting advertisement information associated with stored images that match one or more features within the group of local features are described. The techniques include providing an image, identifying a region of interest in the image, providing a user-selectable link associated with the region of interest in the image, receiving a request for the region of interest in the image via the user-selectable link, and presenting advertisement information associated with a stored image that matches one or more features within the requested region of interest. | 02-25-2016 |
20160063553 | Apparatus, System and Method for a Commercial Content Provider Controller for Controlling Ad Content Provided with Web Page and Search Results - An Internet-based Commercial Content Provider Controller (CCPC) system and method that allows individual users to select and modify the commercial content provider, control the commercial content (ads) layout and choice of the commercial content provided with the Web page or as part of the search engine results delivered to such users by various Websites and search engines. The CCPC establishes and provide user with selection options and control over the CCPs and ad formats as part of the registration process or as a plugin for the browser, and further allows to replace ads appearing in the Web page results and search engine results by reference to the ad pattern database of commonly used ad pattern for Web sites that include commercial content, ad content providers and search engines in different regions and replacing the ads with those that correspond to user's preferences and CCP choices concerning ad content. | 03-03-2016 |
20160063554 | DIMENSIONAL TRANSLATOR - A dimensional translator may automatically translate a dimension from an entity to a different dimension of another entity. The dimensional translator may do so by comparing attributes of the input dimension (the dimension to be translated) to attributes of a target data structure. An attribute may include, for example, hierarchy of a data structure, relationships of a data structure, a keyword associated with a data structure, and a data value associated with the data structure. The dimensional translator may automatically determine how a target entity would categorize the item. In particular, a Universal Product Code dimension of an item provided by an entity may be translated into a data structure of a target entity such as a retailer in order to determine how an item identified by the UPC will be categorized by the retailer. | 03-03-2016 |
20160071153 | Presenting Additional States of Content Items to Users Based on Received Inputs - An online system allows an entity to generate a content item having multiple states, with each state including different content. When a user interacts with the content item, a different state of the content item is identified and content associated with the different state is presented to the user. For example, if the user contacts a portion of a display device presenting the content item, content from a different state of the content item is presented. If the content item is an advertisement request, the online system may charge the entity an amount depending on whether content associated with various states of the content item was presented to a user. | 03-10-2016 |
20160078481 | Process to Administer Mandatory Restrictions or Accede to User Preferences in a Distributed, Real-Time Market for Advertising to Mobile and Personal Devices - Laws, regulations, and self-regulatory processes are beginning to restrict how online advertisers and others interact with users. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) restricts the interaction of online businesses with children under thirteen. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078482 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MARKETING OF USER REQUESTS - In certain implementations, advertisers may be enabled to determine in real-time (as user requests are received from users) whether to include their advertisements (or other content) as part of responses to the user requests (e.g., queries, command, or other user requests). As an example, upon determining a user request based on a user input of a user, an advertisement opportunity associated with the user request may be provided to one or more advertisers. The advertisement opportunity may, for instance, comprise an opportunity to purchase an ad placement associated with the user request. Upon determining that an advertiser purchased the associated ad placement, the associated ad placement may be allocated for an advertisement associated with the advertiser so that a response to the user request will comprise an advertisement associated with the advertiser. | 03-17-2016 |
20160092918 | REAL-TIME ANNOUNCEMENTS AT A GIVEN LOCATION WITHIN A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL RADIUS - Disclosed herein are an electronic device, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for finding events or bargains in a map. A request to display specific announcement data within a particular geographical radius is received. In response, a map corresponding to the particular geographical radius is displayed with the announcement data associated with an event or sale currently occurring at a given location within the geographical radius. | 03-31-2016 |
20160098753 | MONITORING AN APPLICATION ON A PROCESSING DEVICE AND GENERATING REWARDS - A system is described for generating one or more rewards for use in a first application on a user processing device in response to user engagement of a second application on the user processing device. The system comprises a user processing device and a reward server arrangement. The user processing device stores instructions defining a first application and a second application. The user processing device further stores instructions defining a content delivery and reward implementation module. The content delivery and reward implementation module is operable to display on a user processing device content obtained from a content and reward delivery server arrangement comprising at least one server, to obtain one or more content viewing rewards from the content and reward delivery server arrangement, and to make the one or more content viewing rewards available for use in the first application. The user processing device further stores instructions defining a monitoring module and a reward module. The instructions defining the monitoring module and the reward module are separate from the instructions defining the first application and separate from the instructions defining the second application. The monitoring module is operable to determine a measure of an engagement of the second application by the user. The reward module is operable to calculate one or more engagement rewards in dependence upon the determined measure of engagement and to send reward data indicative of the one or more calculated engagement rewards to a reward server arrangement comprising at least the content and reward delivery server arrangement. The reward server arrangement is operable to receive reward data indicative of one or more calculated engagement rewards from the user processing device and to make the one or more engagement rewards available via the content and reward delivery server arrangement. The content delivery and reward implementation module is further operable to obtain the one or more engagement rewards from the content and reward delivery server arrangement, and to make the one or more engagement rewards available for use in the first application. | 04-07-2016 |
20160104198 | AUTOMOBILE INCIDENT DATA NETWORKING PLATFORM - An automobile incident data networking platform may be provided to help consumers navigate the intersection between everyday driving and the laws of the road. The platform may capture data and information related to traffic incidents. Whether it's a severe auto accident, fender bender, speeding ticket, routine traffic ticket, or a DUI, the platform may help consumers preserve data/evidence and instructs them how to utilize that data to protect themselves and preserve their rights. Still consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure, the platform may comprise a network for consumers to find service providers connected to issues involving traffic incidents. This includes, but is not limited to, for example, personal injury attorneys, DUI attorneys, car repair shops, auto glass repair shops, car dealerships, insurance agencies, and so forth. These service providers may be enabled to interface with the consumer through the platform, viewing incident data and providing quotes in response thereto. | 04-14-2016 |
20160117730 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER CONTROLLED INTERACTIVE ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS - Some embodiments include a system for user controlled interactive online advertisements. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed. | 04-28-2016 |
20160125463 | Pre-Generating Blank Application Instances to Improve Response Time - Techniques are described for providing an instance of a software application to a potential customer. The application instance can be configured specifically for the potential customer. When a customer request is received from the potential customer, the backend server can determine whether a blank application instance is available in an application instance repository. If available, the blank application instance can be configured using customer data of the potential customer and then provided to the potential customer. By retrieving a blank application instance from the repository rather than generating one on the fly, the backend server can process the customer request in a shorter period of time. In some examples, a clone job can be scheduled to create additional blank application instances to repopulate the application instance repository. The clone job can be created after a configured application instance is provided to the potential customer. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125464 | TERMINAL, SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE AND COUPON SERVER, ELECTRONIC WALLET SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - Provided are a terminal, a service providing device and a coupon server, an electronic wallet system including the same, a control method thereof, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program recorded thereon. That is, instead of performing an issuing procedure by assigning the coupon registered by the affiliated company one to one, coupon information (alternatively, retrieval type coupon information) related with the keyword assigned by the consumer among the coupons registered by the affiliated company is retrieved in real time and the retrieved coupon information is provided to the terminal to enhance an advertisement effect by diversifying the method of providing the coupon information, improve convenience of the user, and reduce management costs. | 05-05-2016 |
20160140530 | Method of Governing Content Presentation and the Altering of Multi-Page Electronic Documents - A method of governing content presentation includes creating a document file including content presented to a user in sequential units on a display device. A current version of the content is presented in which fewer than all of the units are viewable. After the user performs a predetermined action, a subsequent version of the content is presented. Unviewable units of content in the current version are viewable in the subsequent version. Alternatively, a delimiter is inserted in the document file and after passing the delimiter while viewing content, the subsequent version is presented. An integrated device includes a microprocessor device, an electronic display device, and a storage medium that includes intransient instructions in a variable computer-readable document file that can be implemented by the microprocessor device to cause a document to be displayed to a user on the electronic display device according to instructions included in a program file. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140610 | Deal-Surfacing Button - Auto-detecting an action on a merchant service and rendering an offer button to display an offer redeemable based on the action. A user accesses a merchant service and an indication of the action is communicated to an offer system that maintains an account for the user. The offer system determines whether the user has an offer applicable to a purchase with the merchant. The user device presents an offer button rendered to indicate that the first offer is available for redemption by the user. The user initiates an action on the merchant service and the user device communicates an indication of the action to the offer system. The offer system determines if the user has a second offer applicable to a purchase with the merchant based on the action taken by the user and the offer button is rendered to indicate that the second offer is available for redemption. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRITERIA-BASED ADVERTISEMENT BLOCKING - A method and system for criteria-based advertisement blocking are presented. The method comprises receiving blocking criteria of an advertisement to be displayed in a web page and information identifying the web page; analyzing the identifying information to determine at least one blocking factor associated with the web page, wherein the identifying information includes at least a uniform resource locator (URL) of the web page; determining, based on the at least one blocking factor, whether the blocking criteria have been met; and automatically blocking a display of the advertisement in the web page, when the blocking criteria have been met. | 05-19-2016 |
20160148264 | Searching for Offers and Advertisements on Online Social Networks - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a query form a client system of the first user. The method includes identifying one or more objects matching the query. At least one of the identified objects is an advertisement. The method includes calculating, for each identified advertisement, a score based at least in part on an affinity coefficient for the first node with respect to the second node corresponding to the identified advertisement. The method includes generating one or more search results corresponding to one or more of the identified objects matching the query, respectively. Each search result includes a reference to the corresponding identified object. At least one of the search results corresponds to an identified advertisement having a score greater than a threshold score. The method includes sending a search-results page including one or more of the generated search results to the client system for display. | 05-26-2016 |
20160148265 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND SERVER - A method and apparatus for providing advertisements are described herein A method includes outputting a banner for a first advertisement, receiving a first voice input that requests the first advertisement, identifying first user information that corresponds to the first voice input, from among user information of a plurality of users, and outputting a first type of advertisement that is selected based on first usage history information that corresponds to the first user information, from among a plurality of types of advertisements that correspond to the first advertisement. | 05-26-2016 |
20160162944 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHILANTHROPY - A method and system for providing a philanthropy tool which includes an apparatus which allows a user to translate their time resources into a financial donation to a selected charity. A user interacts with advertising content and then completes a quiz relating to the advertising content. Upon confirmation that the user has viewed the advertising content, a donation, on behalf of the user, is forwarded to the selected charity by the system. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160171544 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING COUPONS/PROMOTIONS AT KIOSKS FOR RECYCLING MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES | 06-16-2016 |
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20160189222 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED USER-SPONSOR INTERACTION IN A MEDIA ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING ADVERTISEMENT SKIPPING AND RATING - Described herein are techniques for streaming digital media content, such as music, video, or television content. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes support for delivery of media content with enhanced user-sponsor interaction. User interaction with a media device can be provided by, for example, voice or tactile command, in addition or as an alternative to the device's regular user interface. For example, a user can interact with an advertisement or other sponsor-directed content, by speaking to or shaking their device, to signal a preference for a particular type of content or advertisement. As another example, a spoken or shake action can be used to trigger or to pause an advertisement break within a media stream, so that the user can control advertisement breaks to better suit their particular lifestyle. | 06-30-2016 |
20160189223 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED USER-SPONSOR INTERACTION IN A MEDIA ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR SHAKE ACTION - Described herein are techniques for streaming digital media content, such as music, video, or television content. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes support for delivery of media content with enhanced user-sponsor interaction. User interaction with a media device can be provided by, for example, voice or tactile command, in addition or as an alternative to the device's regular user interface. For example, a user can interact with an advertisement or other sponsor-directed content, by speaking to or shaking their device, to signal a preference for a particular type of content or advertisement. As another example, a spoken or shake action can be used to trigger or to pause an advertisement break within a media stream, so that the user can control advertisement breaks to better suit their particular lifestyle. | 06-30-2016 |
20160189225 | Generating Advertisements Using Functional Clusters - A deep linking system includes an advertising engine. The advertising engine includes one or more processors configured to receive an advertisement request and identify one or more advertisement records based on the advertisement request and triggering data included in the one or more advertisement records. The one or more processors are further configured, for each advertisement record, to identify one or more cluster records based on the underlying sponsored state of the identified advertisement record and determine an advertisement score for the identified advertisement record based on the identified cluster records. The one or more processors select one or more of the identified advertisement records based on the advertisement scores, generate advertisement objects based on the selected advertisement records, and transmit the advertisement objects to the remote device. | 06-30-2016 |
20160189243 | USER-QUALIFIED ADVERTISEMENT OFFER - Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein relate to obtaining bids on user-qualified advertisement offers. | 06-30-2016 |
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