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System and method for incorporating ad information into an e-mail

  • US 20010044830A1
  • Filed: 05/08/2001
  • Published: 11/22/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for incorporating ad information into e-mails, comprising:

  • at an e-mail site including an e-mail server for saving an e-mail transmitted from a sending terminal and transmitting the e-mail to a receiving terminal based on a transmission request made by the receiving terminal;

    an area information detector for detecting whether an e-mail transmitted from the sending terminal contains area information or not;

    a position information database that stores position information indicating the display range of area information displayed in the e-mail;

    an ad information database where ad information containing ad data and position data of the ad provider is stored; and

    ad information inserting section for retrieving position information on the area information from said position information database when it is detected that the e-mail contains area information by said area information detector, retrieving ad information positioned in the display range of area information indicated by the retrieved position information from said ad information database based on the position data of ad information, and inserting ad data contained in the retrieved ad information into the e-mail.

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