Methods and apparatus for distributing content teaser click-through traffic to web sites containing full content
First Claim
1. A method for dynamically allocating click-through traffic to a web site, the method comprising:
- (a) providing, on first web site, an identifier for identifying a topic of interest to a user;
(b) receiving a user request for accessing full content associated with the identifier;
(c) dynamically selecting a first content web site containing the full content associated with the identifier based on a predetermined traffic allocation algorithm; and
(d) sending address information for accessing the first content web site to the user.
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Abstract
An improved method and apparatus for driving traffic to World Wide Web (Web) and wireless Internet sites using dynamically updated content teasers that link to the full content is provided. Updated content teasers are presented to users through electronic mail readers, Internet browsers, or on wireless Internet devices. Readers who click on the content teasers are dynamically linked to any one of a network of sites where they may read the full content. When the user of the system clicks on a content teaser to request the full version of the content, the system queries a central program and database for instructions on which site to refer the user to for the full version of the content. In this manner, click-through traffic originating from a single site or network of sites can be distributed to a single site or a multitude of sites according to a predetermined computer algorithm. An apparatus for dynamically updating teaser content displays allows the simultaneous updating of teaser content displays in electronic mail readers, Internet browsers, or on wireless Internet devices while linking these headlines to the full content which dynamically appears at the same time on a network of sites. In this manner, both the teaser content and the full content simultaneously appear on parallel networks of sites.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for dynamically allocating click-through traffic to a web site, the method comprising:
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(a) providing, on first web site, an identifier for identifying a topic of interest to a user;
(b) receiving a user request for accessing full content associated with the identifier;
(c) dynamically selecting a first content web site containing the full content associated with the identifier based on a predetermined traffic allocation algorithm; and
(d) sending address information for accessing the first content web site to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for distributing click-through traffic to a content web site, the system comprising:
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(a) a first server for displaying a content teaser for increasing user interest in accessing full content associated with the content teaser; and
(b) a referral database server for receiving input from the user for accessing the full content and for dynamically selecting a content web server for delivering the full content to the user. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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