Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
705140560 | Registration | 45 |
20090271270 | MANAGING LISTS OF PROMOTIONAL OFFERS - Tools for improving interactions between promoters and consumers of products. These tools can enable promoters of products to employ more effective promotional programs, and consumers to receive promotional information about products of interest, while avoiding the excessive overload of information about promotions that are not of interest. Some such tools can enhance consumer satisfaction with—and, correspondingly, consumer participation in—promotional programs by allowing consumers to tailor the discount programs to their preferences, by analyzing consumer behavior and tailoring promotions accordingly, and/or by providing cross promotions of complementary products. Some of the tools can provide substantial savings, in both costs and natural resources, as well as provide a more satisfying experience for consumers, by substantially reducing, or even eliminating, excessive use of paper for promotional programs and transaction receipts. | 10-29-2009 |
20100235238 | Registering Media For Configurable Advertising - A method for registering a media for configurable advertising is described herein. Advertising policies from a publisher of the media may be received at a video advertising platform. A request from the publisher to register the media for advertising may be received at a video advertising platform. The request may have media metadata. A media manifest may be generated at the video advertising platform. The media manifest may be based on the media metadata and the advertising policies. The media manifest may be configured to be received by a media player. The media player may play the media with one or more advertisements as specified by the media manifest. | 09-16-2010 |
20110066499 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MEASURED ADVERTISING AND/OR INFORMATION AND A SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - A system of target advertising delivery by communications operators or Internet providers is provided. The system contains subscriber terminals connected to ISP switching equipment, a first input/output of which connects to a first input/output of an Internet resources access server and a second input/output of which connects to Internet resources. The second ISP input/output connects to a first input/output of an advertising management module for detecting an information package from the subscriber. A first monitoring input of the advertising management module connects to the first ISP input/output. Second and third input/outputs of the advertising management module connect to a statistics server and advertising content server. A fourth input/output of the advertising management module connects to an operator's management terminal, and a second monitoring input of the advertising management module connects to the third ISP input/output connected, in turn, to the input/output of the confirmation server for performing data exchange operations. | 03-17-2011 |
20110082746 | Systems and Methods for Providing Location Based Promotions and Feedback Services - Systems, methods, and devices for providing location based promotions and feedback services on communications networks are disclosed. Location information corresponding to an entity's location can be stored. Location data relating to a device can be received and compared to the location information to determine if the device is at or near the entity's location. If the device is determined to be at or near the entity's location, a feedback request can be sent to the device. In some embodiments, the device can be given a choice to “opt-in” or “opt-out.” If a device “opts-in,” then feedback associated with the entity can be received. Promotions can be sent to the device based upon the submission of feedback, or based upon the content of the feedback. Feedback can be sorted, filtered, and/or prioritized. Methods and computer-readable media embodying methods for providing location based promotions and feedback services also are disclosed. | 04-07-2011 |
20110145069 | Targeted Consumer Advertising - Targeted advertising is disclosed. Advertiser-set targeted consumer advertising is saved with interest, location, and time as selection parameters for the targeted consumer. Immediate consumer-triggered interest information is received from a client apparatus of a consumer, and location information determining the present location of the client apparatus is also received. The immediate consumer-triggered interest information indicates immediate interest of the consumer in some good and/or service and/or brand and resulting from consumer interaction with a user interface of the client apparatus. It is searched, in response to receiving the immediate consumer triggered interest information, for such advertiser-set targeted consumer advertising whose interest selection parameter matches the interest information, whose location selection parameter matches the location information, and whose time selection parameter matches the present time. The found instant targeted consumer advertising is transmitted to the client apparatus. | 06-16-2011 |
20110208588 | FINANCIAL TRANSACTION DATA PROFILE - Embodiments of the invention include a method of developing a financial transaction data profile. Financial instruments are received as images, where the financial instruments include transactional data. The transactional data is extracted from the financial instruments and uploaded to a computer. The transactional data is organized so that the transactional data is grouped into categories. The categories are stored for presentation to the user in a financial transaction profile. | 08-25-2011 |
20110231259 | System and Method For Advertising on the Internet - The present invention is directed to a system or web site for advertising on the internet. The web site comprises a web based server in communication with the internet. The web-site further comprises an advertiser module adapted to receive advertising campaign entered by an advertiser, including a DISPLAY AD and a MESSAGE AD. The advertiser module further comprises a location module having a set of code configured so the advertiser can select a publisher's website to place the DISPLAY AD. The advertiser module further comprises a message module having a first set of code configured to serve an advertiser host web page to the internet surfer upon activation of the DISPLAY AD by the internet surfer. The advertiser host page comprises a first portion having a message box and a second portion displaying the web page of the advertiser corresponding to the URL address entered by the advertiser. The message box comprises first and second a message fields and cell phone number field. The first and second message fields are adapted to receive a SMS message or a MMS entered by the internet surfer, respectively. The cell phone number field is adapted to receive a cell phone number entered by the internet surfer corresponding to the communication device of the recipient. The message module comprises a second set of code adapted to pre-populate the message field with the MESSAGE AD created by the advertiser. The message module further comprises a third set of code adapted to send or transmit the message and the MESSAGE AD to the communication carrier for transmission to the communication device of the recipient. The advertiser module further comprises a billing module having a first set of code adapted to charge the advertiser a fee when the message and MESSAGE AD is sent to the communication carrier. | 09-22-2011 |
20110238501 | Advertising revenue sharing - A method of host development is based on paying the writer of free content through advertising revenue sharing. Steps include receiving an advertisement, which is paid content, from an advertiser; receiving non-paid content subject to a condition that the provider may receive no compensation for the non-paid content; combining the paid content and the non-paid content on a content page; registering a user to interact with the content page; sending the content page for display on a computer operated by the user; calculating a number equaling all interactions of the user with the paid content; receiving payment from the advertiser for said number; and paying the provider based on a fraction of the payment. | 09-29-2011 |
20120095838 | INTERMEDIARY SERVICE FOR COLLECTION OF OPT-IN CONTACT INFORMATION - A user can visit a website hosted by a web server, sign up with the website, and during signup the user can provide demographic information. That demographic information or a portion thereof can be provided to a promoter server which determines whether that demographic information matches criteria established by third party entities seeking to obtain acceptance of offers from users matching the established criteria. If matching, the promoter server provides an opportunity for the user to accept the matching offer(s). Responsive to receiving an indication of acceptance, the promoter server provides a form to collect information from the user. The information provided by the user in the form can be verified by the promoter server and ultimately provided to the third-party entity responsible for that offer. The promoter server can determine whether the user has already accepted a matching offer and exclude an already accepted offer from being presented again. | 04-19-2012 |
20120278170 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE AGGREGATION PLATFORM AND PROVIDING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION - A management system for managing a short message service (SMS) aggregation platform and providing advertising content to mobile communication device customers. | 11-01-2012 |
20130041751 | ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT RELAYING SYSTEM AND ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT RELAYING METHOD USING SAME - There are provided a system and a method for intermediating an on-line advertisement. The system for intermediating an on-line advertisement, which provides an on-line advertisement intermediation site to a plurality of terminals connected through a communication network, includes: a database where a plurality of on-line advertisements is stored; and an advertisement server that provides an advertisement list of the on-line advertisements stored in the database to the terminals, that when receiving a request for seeing some of the advertisements included in the advertisement list from users, displays the contents of the advertisements on the terminals, ascertains whether the users have seen the advertisements, and stores lists of the advertisements that the users have seen, to user accounts, respectively, creates an advertising message including at least one of the advertisements included in the lists of the advertisements stored in the user accounts and transmits the advertising message to the terminals of another user, in accordance with an instruction from the user. It is possible to achieve a high effect of transmitting an advertisement, because consumers can distribute advertisements by themselves. | 02-14-2013 |
20130166383 | ANONYMITY-ENSURED SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AFFINITY-BASED DELIVERABLES TO LIBRARY PATRONS - A system and method for automatically determining library patrons' interests without having to identify the patron or otherwise invade his/her privacy based on the library patron's current use of library assets. The system and method involve categorizing the library's assets using broad mapping user interest categories, associating a user interest category with a specific library asset that is checked out, reserved or otherwise used by a library patron and providing that patron with a confirmation item containing that user interest category, providing the library patron with feedback about the library assets and the broad mapping user interest categories, allowing library patrons to access and register for a library rewards program using the user interest category number and having advertisers provide relevant information and rewards to library patrons who request such additional information. | 06-27-2013 |
20130204703 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS REFERRALS IN OFFER CAMPAIGNS - In one aspect, a computing apparatus is configured to represent offer rules based on requirements for the detection of predefined types of events, and actions scheduled to be performed in response to the detection of each occurrence of the events. The events are processed independently from each other and are linked via prerequisite conditions to formulate the requirements of an offer campaign. In one embodiment, the requirements for the detection of the events are specified based on predetermined types of events, including a first type for an event specified for interaction with a first user when the first user performs an action as a result of a referral from a second user, and a second type for an event specified for interaction with the second user in response to the first user performing the action. | 08-08-2013 |
20130226701 | Method and System for Wireless Message-Based Advertising - Systems and methods for message-based advertising in a wireless communications network are described. A digital message is contained in a data packet set in transit from a terminal of a sender to a terminal of a recipient. At least one of the terminals is implemented as a mobile telephone. The digital message is received through a network connection. A processor determines a context for the digital message and matches the message context to content of advertisements stored in an advertisement database in order to identify at least one relevant advertisement. The data packet set is transmitted to the terminal of the recipient. A processor retrieves the relevant advertisement(s) from the advertisement database and generates a confirmation message containing a delivery status of the data packet set. The confirmation message includes the relevant advertisement and is transmitted to the terminal of the sender. | 08-29-2013 |
20130254033 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MEMBER SEGMENTATION AND TARGETING - A system and method for dynamic segmentation of members and further rewarding or transmitting one or more promotional notifications to members having an associated member profile, wherein the member profile includes one or more updatable attributes, the method comprising the steps of retrieving a segmentation rule from a promotion rule stored in a database based on triggering of a promotion or notification; dynamically assessing the qualification of members based on matching corresponding predetermined value of one or more attributes of the segmentation rule with the value of the updatable attribute of the member profile based on a rule criteria of the segmentation rule; rewarding or notifying based on a promotion or notification rule. | 09-26-2013 |
20140006158 | PROVIDING CROSS-CHANNEL OPT-IN, MANAGEMENT AND ADVERTISING | 01-02-2014 |
20140122237 | CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF MARKETING ACTIVITIES AMONG PARTICIPANTS OF MULTIPLE CHANNEL MARKETING NETWORKS - A marketing system, also referred to as a platform, is disclosed which facilitates centralized management of marketing activities among multiple participants of multiple channel marketing networks, where the marketing activities may include determination of one or more consumers to which marketing content is to be presented and a provision of marketing content thereto. In particular, the disclosed technology platform allows members of a channel marketing network, including, for example, sponsors/OEMs, distributors, buying groups, and resellers, to link to each other to create connections that allow a secure and managed exchange of marketing content, funding and contact data, for the purpose of executing shared business processes, such as co-marketing related processes, and having access to the results thereof. An advertising platform is provided which facilitates participant discovery and channel network formation, segregates marketing activities between channel marketing networks and among the participants of a particular channel marketing network, generates and conducts marketing campaigns on behalf of participants based on internally generated and/or participant provided marketing content and directed to participant identified contacts, facilitates the funding of those marketing campaigns by one or more participants, and facilitates gathering and evaluation of the results thereof. | 05-01-2014 |
20140156406 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NARROWCASTING - A communication system with client devices in communication with at least one communication network. User data stores are also in communication with the communications network and store user data of users using respective ones of the client devices. Offer data stores also in communication with the communications network store offers from merchants. A narrowcasting engine includes an active data gathering module to collect the user data, and an active learning module to generate a user profile based on the user data. The communication engine selects dynamically offers from the offer data store based on the profile, and communicates the selected offers in the offer data store to the users. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156407 | Send2mobile+ - The present invention is a short message service (“SMS”) based interactive information and marketing system, which provides the User with a means to rapidly and effectively communicate with its customer base. The system represented by this invention is a completely voluntary, opted-in system, by which the customer provides its mobile telephone number or the telephone number of its chosen mobile device to the User and requests that the User forward marketing, promotional and informational materials to the customer. The present invention permits the customer to request that certain product specific information be transmitted by the User to the customer visa short message service (“SMS”) text, as said information becomes available. The present invention permits both the User and the customer to transmit a URL link from the User's website to a mobile number via short message service (“SMS”) text directly from the web site page. The present invention permits the User to forward via short message service (“SMS”) text, a Short Cut Icon to reside on the home page of the customer's mobile phone or mobile device, which when clicked, will act as a short-cut to the User's web site. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156408 | MEMBER REGISTRATION SYSTEM, MEMBER REGISTRATION APPARATUS, AND MEMBER REGISTRATION METHOD - A member registration system according to an embodiment includes an information processing apparatus that performs an enrollment process in a member service of a store in which a wireless communication apparatus is installed. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a wireless terminal present within a communication area of the wireless communication apparatus, a determination unit that determines whether enrollment of a user of the wireless terminal detected by the detection unit in the member service is completed based on information stored in a member database, and a setting unit that registers information on the user of the wireless terminal as member information of the member service in the member database, when the user of the wireless terminal for which the determination unit determines that the enrollment in the member service is not completed is a user satisfying a preset enrollment condition. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156409 | SPATIAL MARKETPLACE SYSTEM - A method of managing the delivery of offers from suppliers to members via a spatial marketplace system involves registering potential customers as members of the spatial marketplace system by recording their names and contact details in a database. A spatial identifier is assigned to each database record, the spatial identifier being sourced from the contact details supplied during a registration process. Each member nominates one or more attributes corresponding to a commodity in relation to which the member is interested in receiving offers. Each supplier defines a geographic region in which the supplier wishes to do business and nominates one or more attributes corresponding to commodities, which the supplier wishes to sell. A spatial identifier location algorithm is used to identify the database records with spatial identifiers located within the geographical region defined by the supplier. Delivery of offers from a supplier is restricted to members associated with the identified database records which have nominated attributes matching the attributes nominated by the supplier. | 06-05-2014 |
20140257985 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR UPCOMING EVENT NOTIFICATION AND MOBILE PURCHASING - Various embodiments relate generally to providing upcoming event notification and mobile purchasing and, more specifically but not exclusively relate to a system and methods for providing notifications of upcoming events to users of an online secondary ticket marketplace and allowing the users to purchase tickets to upcoming events using a mobile device. In one embodiment, a network-based system may receive a registration request from a user to receive alert notifications for upcoming events. The registration request may comprise a telephone number for a mobile device of the user. The network-based system may send an alert notification for an upcoming event to the mobile device of the user over a mobile telephone network. The alert notification may comprise a text message including relevant static or dynamic event information as well as an embedded hyperlink for allowing the user to transact a mobile purchase. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257986 | WEB ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Events generated by customer interaction during an internet-based session are made available for use by a system for tracking the effectiveness of web advertising campaigns. Event occurrences are collected for evaluation to determine whether campaign goals are being met. Campaigns are defined by rules indicating which ad content is to be displayed to which customers. Event types to be reported are selected depending on the needs of the particular campaign. | 09-11-2014 |
20140278997 | ELECTRONIC ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ELECTRONIC ADVERTISING - An electronic advertising system includes: a registration unit configured to register, in association with indexes by which objects advertised by a first advertiser included in images are retrieved, advertising information advertised by a second advertiser; a reception unit configured to receive a captured image; an object search unit configured to obtain degree of similarity between an object extracted from the captured image and the objects retrieved by the indexes, and to search a storage unit for one or more objects based on the degree of similarity; and a present unit configured to present, to a transmission source of the captured image, the advertising information associated with an index corresponding to an object retrieved by the object search unit. | 09-18-2014 |
20140297413 | System and Method for Promotion of Retail Items and Customer Transactions - Disclosed is a retail imaging system comprising: a mobile communication device having an imaging lens, a retailer software application, and a wireless communication module; a support stand configured to secure and support the mobile communication device at a predetermined distance from a retail item; and a retail imaging server in wireless communication with the wireless communication module for receiving a digital retail image file from the mobile communication device. | 10-02-2014 |
20140324588 | EMAIL-BASED E-COMMERCE - An electronic commerce (e-commerce) system may send advertisement emails to customers that are registered with the e-commerce system. The advertisement emails may include mailto hyperlinks. Each mailto hyperlink may be associated with a product that is being offered for sale, and each mailto hyperlink describes an email message that may be generated when that hyperlink is selected. When a mailto hyperlink is selected, the generated email message may include one or more parameters related to the product associated with the hyperlink, such as an identifier of the product. The generated email message may then be transmitted to the e-commerce system. The e-commerce system may receive the message and, based on the parameters in the received message, execute a transaction to purchase the identified product on behalf of the customer. | 10-30-2014 |
20140344056 | TEIRED KEY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD IN SUPPORT OF CONTROLLED VENDOR MESSAGE PROCESSING - A computer-implemented system processes secure electronic documents from one or more content providers in accordance with subscriber instructions has a processor and modules operative within the processor. A monitoring module obtains a provider GUID, a subscriber GUID, and a transaction ID from public metadata associated with a transaction received from a particular content provider. A determination module determines any designees of the subscriber and contact information one or more of the subscriber and any designees. A transaction module distributes a transaction addressed to at least one of the subscriber and any designees. Each distributed transaction includes data that is used for management, tracking, and alerting. Also described is a station for constructing transactions for distribution to subscribers through such a system, and management of local-advertising to users of such a system. An end-to-end system and method are described. | 11-20-2014 |
20140379475 | CONTENT DISPLAY ON MOVING VEHICLES - Systems and methods are provided for displaying content on a vehicle with at least one display device coupled to a frame member and extending to the right or left of the license plate receiving area of the vehicle. Content can be selected and altered as desired, including based on user preferences and/or vehicle location. | 12-25-2014 |
20150039434 | ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION WITH A COMPUTING DEVICE BASED ON THE PROXIMITY OF THE COMPUTING DEVICE TO A LOCATION - The disclosed embodiment relates to establishing communication with a nearby user computing device. An exemplary method executed by one or more computing devices comprises monitoring a geographic area to determine whether a user computing device is located within the proximity of at least one of the one or more computing devices, and when the user computing device is located within the proximity of at least one of the one or more computing devices, identifying, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the user computing device based on identifying information associated with the user computing device. The method preferably further comprises transmitting promotional information to the user computing device, the promotional information being based at least in part on the identity of the user computing device and the geographic location of the user computing device. | 02-05-2015 |
20150112807 | Intelligent Content and Navigation - The disclosure includes technology for providing custom content for display. In an example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes storing unique customer types in a non-transitory computer storage device; storing in the computer storage device custom contents in association with one or more of the different customer types; receiving at a user device or a server coupled to the user device interaction data from the user device of a user describing an interaction by the user with a site presented for display to the user on the user device; determining by the user device or the server a customer type for the user; querying by the user device or the server the custom contents stored on the computer storage device for a custom content matching the customer type and associated with the interaction data; and presenting the custom content to the user via the display of the user device. | 04-23-2015 |
20150127459 | PRESENTING OFFERS TO USERS OF WIRELESS DEVICES - A system and method facilitating the management of current and prospective customers and customer information is provided. The invention includes an aggregation system adapted to provide management and generation of current and prospective customers. The invention further provides management of current and prospective customer information. Additionally, the aggregation system provides for generating advertisements based at least in part upon market information. Finally, the present invention also includes a printstream aggregation method facilitating the printing of print orders. | 05-07-2015 |
20150149284 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOYALTY ENHANCED USER INTERFACE IN A FUEL DISPENSING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for managing loyalty applications in fuel dispensing environments are provided. At least one processor can execute a master mobile application comprising an interface for rendering content and/or accepting input. The master mobile application can be configured to communicate with one or more dispensing components to obtain parameters regarding product dispensing, display the parameters on a portion of the interface, and invoke a loyalty application for executing on another portion of the interface. | 05-28-2015 |
20150363825 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REGISTRATION WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS - A method, system and program product comprises communicating with a server system of a service provider. The server system has registration of a user for a service of the service provider. The server system produces a listing of other services provided by other service providers. The listing is generated at least in part by information in the registration. The listing is displayed for selection by the user. The listing includes a check-box for each of the other services for user selection. The server system receives at least the user selected check-boxes. The server system prepares registration information for the user from the registration and communicates the prepared registration information to each of the selected other service providers. The prepared registration provides a registration for the respective other service for the user. | 12-17-2015 |
20150379551 | SYSTEM FOR IN-STORE COUPON DISTRIBUTION AND REDEMPTION - Systems and methods for processing of electronic coupons are disclosed. A plurality of touch screen devices are deployed in aisles of a store. The touch screen devices display coupons for products located in the corresponding aisles after administration devices detect the presence of a registered user in an aisle. The touch screen device accepts selection of coupons and the selections are uploaded to a main server. A point-of-sale administration device detects the presence of a registered user and downloads the pre-selected coupons from main servicer for redemption. | 12-31-2015 |
20160063557 | ADVERTISING TARGETING BASED ON IMAGE-DERIVED METRICS - Advertising targeting metrics for individuals can be derived from images associated with those individuals. Such advertising targeting metrics can include physical attributes, as well as preferences based on prior activity, or history. Public images associated with specific user identities can be processed and advertising targeting metrics can be derived therefrom to more accurately tailor the advertisements displayed to the individuals associated with those user identities. Additionally, non-public images can be likewise processed, either remotely or, for greater privacy, locally if so allowed by the user. Advertisers can then utilize the greater breath of advertising targeting metrics that can be derived from images to more accurately target advertisements to specific groups. In doing so, advertisers can submit their own images of exemplary targeted users, and the targeting metrics for those advertisers' advertisements can be automatically derived from the submitted images utilizing equivalent algorithms. | 03-03-2016 |
20160078483 | Event Notification System and Method - A notification system comprises a plurality of claim checks and a plurality of communication device identifiers. The notification system further comprises a messaging module that is configured to receive an electronic notification of an event. The messaging module is further configured to associate at least one of the claim checks and one of the communication device identifiers with the event. The messaging module is also configured to generate a message that contains the associated claim check and transmit the message to a communications device identified by the communication device identifier. In one embodiment, the notification system further comprises a retrieval module that is responsive to a request to access the event. In another embodiment, the messaging module is configured to receive an electronic notification of a second event and associate the claim check and another communication device identifier with the message. | 03-17-2016 |
20160098754 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION AND APPROVAL TO MARKET TO A CERTAIN PERSON - A method and a corresponding system for obtaining information and approval to market to a certain person, include: storing in a database, by a platform server, at least an identifier; and sending an incentive to the certain person in response to receiving verification from a communication device of the certain person using the identifier and approval for receiving marketing from a merchant. The certain person can be the recipient of a gift or a card, or a customer receiving a self-bought package. The identifier can be a unique identifier such that the incentive can include a custom message or other personalization. The recipient of a gift or a card can send a “thank you” and/or a custom message to the respective gift giver or the card sender. The platform server does not share contact information between the giver and the recipient. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098755 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GEOGRAPHICALLY-BASED PROMOTIONS - Systems and methods for providing promotional materials to potential customers are described. In some cases, the described methods include obtaining GPS coordinates of a merchant's location. In some cases, the methods further include providing a map showing the locations of customers in a promotion area, wherein a merchant is able to resize the promotion area to increase or decrease how many customers are in the promotion area. In some cases, the merchant further produces a text or other electronic promotion, optionally sets a time period in which such promotion is effective, and provides the promotion to customers within the promotion area. In some cases, as customers enter the merchant's location with their electronic devices that received the promotion, and during the promotion's effective period, the described systems match such devices' GPS coordinates with the GPS coordinates of the merchant's location to register conversions on the promotion. Other implementations are described. | 04-07-2016 |
20160117731 | Following content providers in a social context - In general, a method for providing content to a user includes providing a content item to a user responsive to a received request. The content item is displayed to the user in a slot associated with a third party content site. The content item includes a first annotation providing information for or about re-publishing the content item. A request is received from the user to follow a content provider associated with the content item. The user is designated as being interested in updated content from the content provider. Designating the user includes presenting information about the user to one or more of the content provider or a social application that includes a content provider presence so as to allow for updates associated with the content provider to be followed by the user. | 04-28-2016 |
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20160189226 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING SKIPPING ADVERTISEMENTS FOR A CONTENT - The present disclosure provides methods and systems for skipping one or more advertisements at a corresponding one or more advertisement slots in a content to be viewed by a user on a publisher. The method and systems includes verifying the user of the one or more users with a list of stored one or more registered users to check registration of the user, providing a first pre-determined probabilistic amount for each of the one or more advertisement slots and a provision to skip one or more advertisements in each of the one or more advertisement slots, comparing a second pre-determined amount decided by the verified user for the one or more advertisement slots with a corresponding value from the first pre-determined probabilistic amount and enabling a decision of skipping of the one or more advertisements in the one or more advertisement slots based on the comparison. | 06-30-2016 |
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