Advertisement method and system for displaying an advertisement window in the specific area of a web browser
First Claim
1. A method for providing an advertisement window in a certain area of a web browser executed from a user terminal, wherein the user terminal being communicated with at least one advertiser server and an advertisement control server over the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:
- requesting a user identification code to the advertisement control server when the user identification code is not found in the user terminal;
receiving said user identification code from the advertisement control server, said user identification code being generated by the advertisement control server and including an advertiser'"'"'s code associated with the user terminal and a user serial code associated with the advertiser'"'"'s code, and storing the code on the local storage of the user terminal;
requesting advertisement control data to the advertisement control server by using the stored user identification code;
receiving said advertisement control data from the advertisement control server, said advertisement control data including an URL address of advertisement data stored in the advertiser server associated with the advertiser code within the user identification code and display control information of the advertisement window;
accessing and obtaining the advertisement data located on the received address; and
placing, in a certain area of the web browser, the advertisement window in which the advertisement data is displayed according to the display control information.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing an advertisement window in a certain area of a web browser executed in a user terminal, wherein the user terminal being communicated with at least one advertiser server and an advertisement control server over the Internet. The method includes the steps of requesting a user identification code; receiving the user identification code from the advertisement control server, and storing the code on the local storage of the user terminal; requesting advertisement control data to the advertisement control server using the stored user identification; receiving the advertisement control data from the advertisement control server, and displaying control information of the advertisement window; accessing and obtaining the advertisement data located on the received address; and placing, in a certain area of the web browser.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for providing an advertisement window in a certain area of a web browser executed from a user terminal, wherein the user terminal being communicated with at least one advertiser server and an advertisement control server over the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:
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requesting a user identification code to the advertisement control server when the user identification code is not found in the user terminal;
receiving said user identification code from the advertisement control server, said user identification code being generated by the advertisement control server and including an advertiser'"'"'s code associated with the user terminal and a user serial code associated with the advertiser'"'"'s code, and storing the code on the local storage of the user terminal;
requesting advertisement control data to the advertisement control server by using the stored user identification code;
receiving said advertisement control data from the advertisement control server, said advertisement control data including an URL address of advertisement data stored in the advertiser server associated with the advertiser code within the user identification code and display control information of the advertisement window;
accessing and obtaining the advertisement data located on the received address; and
placing, in a certain area of the web browser, the advertisement window in which the advertisement data is displayed according to the display control information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for displaying an advertisement window in a certain area of a web browser executed in a user terminal, the user terminal being communicated with at least one advertiser server and an advertisement control server over the Internet, comprising:
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means for requesting a user identification code to the advertisement control server when the user identification code is not found in the user terminal, said means for requesting including means for sending an advertiser code;
means for receiving and storing the user identification code from the advertisement control server, said user identification code being generated by the advertisement control server and including the advertiser'"'"'s code received from the user terminal and a user serial code associated with the advertiser'"'"'s code;
means for requesting advertisement control data to the advertisement control server by using the user identification code;
means for receiving said advertisement control data from the advertisement control server, said advertisement control data including an URL address of advertisement data stored in the advertiser server associated with the advertiser code within the user identification code and display control information of the advertisement window;
means for accessing and obtaining the advertisement data located on the received address; and
means for placing, in a certain area of the web browser, the advertisement window in which the advertisement data is displayed according to the display control information.
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7. A system for controlling an advertisement window to be placed in a certain area of a web browser executed in a user terminal, the system being communicated with a plurality of user terminals over the Internet, comprising:
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means for receiving a request from the user terminal to send a user identification code—
said request being received together with an advertiser code associated with the user terminal;
means for generating and sending the user identification code, in response to the request form the user terminal, the user identification code including the advertiser code received from the user terminal and a user serial code associated with the advertiser code;
first storage means for storing the generated user identification code;
second storage means for storing at least one of advertisement control information, each advertisement control information being associated with each advertiser code and including an URL address of advertisement data stored in the corresponding advertiser server and the related display control information of the advertisement window in which the advertisement data will be displayed;
means for receiving a request from the user terminal to send advertisement control data, together with the user identification code; and
means for retrieving, from the second storage means, the advertisement control information associated with the advertiser code included in the user identification code, generating advertisement control data based on the retrieved advertisement control information, and sending them to the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method for controlling an advertisement window to be placed in a certain area of a web browser executed in a user terminal through the Internet, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request from the user terminal to send a user identification code—
said request being received together with an advertiser code associated with the user terminal;
generating and sending the user identification code, in response to the request form the user terminal, the user identification code including the advertiser code received from the user terminal and a user serial code associated with the advertiser code;
storing the generated user identification code;
storing at least one of advertisement control information, each advertisement control information being associated with each advertiser code and including an address of advertisement data stored in the corresponding advertiser server and the related display control information of the advertisement window in which the advertisement data will be displayed;
receiving a request from the user terminal to send advertisement control data, together with the user identification code; and
retrieving, from the stored at least one of advertisement control information, the advertisement control information associated with the advertiser code included in the user identification code, generating advertisement control data based on the retrieved advertisement control information, and sending them to the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for providing an advertisement window in a certain area of a file explorer executed in a user terminal, wherein the user terminal being communicated with at least one advertiser server and an advertisement control server over the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:
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requesting a user identification code to the advertisement control server when the user identification code is not found in the user terminal;
receiving said user identification code from the advertisement control server, said user identification code being generated by the advertisement control server and including an advertiser'"'"'s code associated with the user terminal and a user serial code associated with the advertiser'"'"'s code, and storing the code on the local storage of the user terminal;
requesting advertisement control data to the advertisement control server by using the stored user identification code;
receiving said advertisement control data from the advertisement control server, said advertisement control data including an URL address of advertisement data stored in the advertiser server associated with the advertiser code within the user identification code and display control information of the advertisement window;
accessing and obtaining the advertisement data located on the received address; and
placing, in a certain area of the explorer, the advertisement window in which the advertisement data is displayed according to the display control information.
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12. An apparatus for displaying an advertisement window in a certain area of a file explorer executed in a user terminal, the user terminal being communicated with at least one advertiser server and an advertisement control server over the Internet, comprising:
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means for requesting a user identification code to the advertisement control server when the user identification code is not found in the user terminal, said means for requesting including means for sending an advertiser code contained in the apparatus;
means for receiving and storing the user identification code from the advertisement control server, said user identification code being generated by the advertisement control server and including the advertiser'"'"'s code received from the user terminal and a user serial code associated with the advertiser'"'"'s code;
means for requesting advertisement control data to the advertisement control server by using the user identification code;
means for receiving said advertisement control data from the advertisement control server, said advertisement control data including an address of advertisement data stored in the advertiser server associated with the advertiser code within the user identification code and display control information of the advertisement window;
means for accessing and obtaining the advertisement data located on the received address; and
means for placing, in a certain area of the explorer, the advertisement window in which the advertisement data is displayed according to the display control information.
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13. A system for controlling an advertisement window to be placed in a certain area of a file explorer executed in a user terminal, the system being communicated with a plurality of user terminals over the Internet, comprising:
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means for receiving a request from the user terminal to send a user identification code—
said request being received together with an advertiser code associated with the user terminal;
means for generating and sending the user identification code, in response to the request form the user terminal, the user identification code including the advertiser code received from the user terminal and a user serial code associated with the advertiser code;
first storage means for storing the generated user identification code;
second storage means for storing at least one of advertisement control information, each advertisement control information being associated with each advertiser code and including an address of advertisement data stored in the corresponding advertiser server and the related display control information of the advertisement window in which the advertisement data will be displayed;
means for receiving a request from the user terminal to send advertisement control data, together with the user identification code; and
means for retrieving, from the second storage means, the advertisement control information associated with the advertiser code included in the user identification code, generating advertisement control data based on the retrieved advertisement control information, and sending them to the user terminal.
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14. A method for controlling an advertisement window to be placed in a certain area of a file explorer executed in a user terminal through the Internet, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request from the user terminal to send a user identification code—
said request being received together with an advertiser code associated with the user terminal;
generating and sending the user identification code, in response to the request form the user terminal, the user identification code including the advertiser code received from the user terminal and a user serial code associated with the advertiser code;
storing the generated user identification code;
storing at least one of advertisement control information, each advertisement control information being associated with each advertiser code and including an address of advertisement data stored in the corresponding advertiser server and the related display control information of the advertisement window in which the advertisement data will be displayed;
receiving a request from the user terminal to send advertisement control data, together with the user identification code; and
retrieving, from the stored at least one of advertisement control information, the advertisement control information associated with the advertiser code included in the user identification code, generating advertisement control data based on the retrieved advertisement control information, and sending them to the user terminal.
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