Targeted advertising
First Claim
1. A method for targeting advertising, comprising:
- providing an identity of a user to a common access point, the user belonging to a community of users using the common access point, the user having an associated first profile comprising interests of the user and a relationship between the user and an other member of the community of users; and
receiving an advertisement at the common access point.
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Abstract
Suggesting and targeting advertising based at least in part on relationships between individuals in a community and monitored activity of the individuals. Advertising may be targeted according to inferred relationships between individuals. For example, if a household is determined to have four members comprising a man and woman much older than two children, it may be inferred that the man and woman are parents, and the parents may be targeted to receive advertising for birthday presents for the children. Targeting may be refined based at least in part on monitored responses to previous advertising. A common access point, such as a home computer or portable device may be used as one means of monitoring individual activity.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for targeting advertising, comprising:
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providing an identity of a user to a common access point, the user belonging to a community of users using the common access point, the user having an associated first profile comprising interests of the user and a relationship between the user and an other member of the community of users; and
receiving an advertisement at the common access point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for targeting advertising, comprising:
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a common access point configured to receive an identity of a user belonging to a community of users using the common access point; and
a memory communicatively coupled with the common access point for storing a profile associated with the user, the profile comprising interests of the user and at least one relationship between the user and an other member of the community;
wherein the common access point is further configured to receive an advertisement for the user based at least in part on the relationship in the profile between the user and the other member of the community. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An article comprising a machine-accessible media having associated data, wherein the data, when accessed, results in a machine performing:
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providing an identity of a user to a common access point, the user belonging to a community of users using the common access point, the user having an associated first profile comprising interests of the user and a relationship between the user and an other member of the community of users; and
receiving an advertisement at the common access point. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. Machine-accessible information embodied in a propagated signal for targeting advertising which, when accessed, results in a machine performing:
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providing an identity of a user to a common access point, the user belonging to a community of users using the common access point, the user having an associated first profile comprising interests of the user and a relationship between the user and an other member of the community of users; and
receiving an advertisement at the common access point. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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