System and method for transmission of advertising to wireless devices
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1. A method of wireless device advertising comprising:
- registering a wireless device to receive advertising messages;
receiving registration information including at least a wireless device number and storing said information in a database;
receiving advertising messages from advertisers;
sending the advertising messages to a registered wireless device; and
remunerating users for accepting the advertising messages to their registered wireless devices.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a system and methods for wireless device advertising. The system comprises a database of wireless device numbers for storing users of registered wireless devices and a central processing unit accessible by a network. Once the system receives an advertising message from an advertiser over the network, it forwards the advertising message wirelessly to the registered devices. The user of the wireless device is then remunerated for accepting the advertising message.
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35 Claims
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1. A method of wireless device advertising comprising:
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registering a wireless device to receive advertising messages;
receiving registration information including at least a wireless device number and storing said information in a database;
receiving advertising messages from advertisers;
sending the advertising messages to a registered wireless device; and
remunerating users for accepting the advertising messages to their registered wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16)
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6. The method of claim I wherein users receive remuneration for referring an unregistered user to register a wireless device to receive advertising messages.
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11. A system for wireless device advertising comprising:
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a database comprising wireless device numbers for storing users of registered wireless devices;
a central processing unit coupled to the database, said central processing unit accessible by a network, and adapted to perform the functions of;
receiving an advertising message from an advertiser;
sending the advertising message to at least one of the registered wireless devices, wherein a user of the wireless device is remunerated for accepting the advertising message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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17. A method of using a computer network for wireless device advertising comprising:
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providing a database containing a plurality of users of registered wireless devices and associated wireless device numbers;
receiving an advertising message from an advertiser over the computer network;
sending the advertising message to at least one of the wireless device numbers in the database; and
remunerating the at least one user for accepting the advertising message. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for wireless device advertising comprising:
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providing advertising messages to a wireless advertising service that sends the messages to a plurality of wireless devices registered with the service; and
paying a fee to the wireless advertising service, wherein a portion of the fee goes to a user of the registered wireless device as remuneration for accepting the advertising messages. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for wireless device advertising comprising:
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sending advertising messages to a registered wireless device; and
providing remuneration to a user of the wireless device for accepting the advertising messages. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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