Systems, methods and computer program products for integrating advertising within web content
First Claim
1. A computer system configured to integrate advertising within Web content requested by users, comprising:
- an advertisement server that hosts advertisements in a text-based format;
a text-to-speech transcoder, comprising;
means for converting Web content from a text-based format to an audio format; and
means for serving Web content in an audio format to a user client device via a telephone link with the user client device; and
a Web server that hosts Web content in a text-based format, comprising;
means, responsive to a user request via the client device for Web content, for retrieving an advertisement from the advertisement server;
means for inserting the retrieved advertisement within the user requested Web content; and
means for forwarding the user requested Web content and advertisement to the text-to-speech transcoder for conversion to an audio format and subsequent delivery to the user client device.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products that facilitate the integration and accounting of advertising within audio Web content requested by users via telephone devices are provided. Upon receiving a request from a user for Web content via a telephone device, a Web server retrieves an advertisement from an advertisement server, inserts the retrieved advertisement within the user requested Web content, and forwards the user requested Web content and advertisement to a text-to-speech transcoder for conversion to an audio format. The text-to-speech transcoder converts the Web content and advertisement from a text-based format to an audio format and serves the Web content and advertisement in the audio format to the user client device via a telephone link established with the user client device. If an advertisement is interactive, a text-to-speech transcoder may be configured to notify an advertisement server of user interaction with the advertisement. Information such as an identification of a requesting client device, user, as well as time and date information, may be recorded by an advertisement server for use in measuring effectiveness of a particular marketing and/or advertising campaign. Information associated with providing a user with additional information associated with an advertisement may also be stored.
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62 Claims
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1. A computer system configured to integrate advertising within Web content requested by users, comprising:
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an advertisement server that hosts advertisements in a text-based format;
a text-to-speech transcoder, comprising;
means for converting Web content from a text-based format to an audio format; and
means for serving Web content in an audio format to a user client device via a telephone link with the user client device; and
a Web server that hosts Web content in a text-based format, comprising;
means, responsive to a user request via the client device for Web content, for retrieving an advertisement from the advertisement server;
means for inserting the retrieved advertisement within the user requested Web content; and
means for forwarding the user requested Web content and advertisement to the text-to-speech transcoder for conversion to an audio format and subsequent delivery to the user client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer system configured to integrate interactive advertising within Web content requested by users, comprising:
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an advertisement server that hosts advertisements in a text-based format, wherein the advertisements are interactive when converted to an audio format;
a text-to-speech transcoder, comprising;
means for converting Web content from a text-based format to an audio format;
means for serving Web content in an audio format to a user client device via a telephone link with the user client device; and
means for notifying the advertisement server of user interaction with an advertisement; and
a Web server that hosts Web content in a text-based format, comprising;
means, responsive to a user request via the client device for Web content, for retrieving an advertisement from the advertisement server;
means for inserting the retrieved advertisement within the user requested Web content; and
means for forwarding the user requested Web content and advertisement to the text-to-speech transcoder for conversion to an audio format and subsequent delivery to the user client device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of integrating advertising within Web content requested by users, comprising:
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retrieving an advertisement from an advertisement server in response to a user request for Web content received by a Web server from a client device, wherein the Web content and advertisement have a text-based format;
inserting the retrieved advertisement within the user requested Web content;
forwarding the user requested Web content and advertisement to a text-to-speech transcoder for conversion to an audio format;
converting the Web content and advertisement from a text-based format to an audio format; and
serving the Web content and advertisement in an audio format to the user client device via a telephone link with the user client device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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27. A method of integrating interactive advertising within Web content requested by users, comprising:
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retrieving an advertisement from an advertisement server in response to a user request for Web content received by a Web server from a client device, wherein the Web content and advertisement have a text-based format, and wherein the advertisement is configured to be interactive when converted to an audio format;
inserting the retrieved advertisement within the user requested Web content;
forwarding the user requested Web content and advertisement to a text-to-speech transcoder for conversion to an audio format;
converting the Web content and advertisement from a text-based format to an audio format;
serving the Web content and advertisement in an audio format to the user client device via a telephone link with the user client device; and
notifying the advertisement server of user interaction with the advertisement.
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39. A computer program product that integrates advertising within Web content requested by users, the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code that is configured to retrieve an advertisement from an advertisement server in response to a user request for Web content received by a Web server from a client device, wherein the Web content and advertisement have a text-based format;
computer readable program code that is configured to insert the retrieved advertisement within the user requested Web content;
computer readable program code that is configured to forward the user requested Web content and advertisement to a text-to-speech transcoder for conversion to an audio format;
computer readable program code that is configured to convert the Web content and advertisement from a text-based format to an audio format; and
computer readable program code that is configured to serve the Web content and advertisement in an audio format to the user client device via a telephone link with the user client device.
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46. A computer program product that integrates interactive advertising within Web content requested by users, the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code that is configured to retrieve an advertisement from an advertisement server in response to a user request for Web content received by a Web server from a client device, wherein the Web content and advertisement have a text-based format, and wherein the advertisement is configured to be interactive when converted to an audio format;
computer readable program code that is configured to insert the retrieved advertisement within the user requested Web content;
computer readable program code that is configured to forward the user requested Web content and advertisement to a text-to-speech transcoder for conversion to an audio format;
computer readable program code that is configured to convert the Web content and advertisement from a text-based format to an audio format;
computer readable program code that is configured to serve the Web content and advertisement in an audio format to the user client device via a telephone link with the user client device; and
computer readable program code that is configured to notify the advertisement server of user interaction with the advertisement.
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57. An advertising server that integrates interactive advertising within Web content requested by users, comprising:
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means for selecting an advertisement for insertion within Web content requested by a user via a client device in communication with a Web server, wherein the advertisement has a text-based format and is configured to be interactive when converted to an audio format;
means for forwarding the selected advertisement to the Web server for insertion within the Web content requested by the user;
means for receiving notification from a text-to-speech transcoder that the selected advertisement has been delivered to the user client device in an audio format; and
means for storing information associated with delivery of the advertisement to the user client device.
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