System and method for manipulating internet-based advertisements
First Claim
1. A system for manipulating Internet-based ads, comprising:
- means for detecting an ad on a web site and for determining whether to display a detected ad on a display device or to replace the detected ad with another ad to be displayed on the display device; and
means for displaying one of the detected ad and the replaced ad.
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Abstract
A system and method for manipulating Internet-based ads, wherein the ads are manipulated using a browser that detects such ads. The detected ads can be displayed, deleted, replaced with other ads, or saved to a memory device by the browser. The browser can either be pre-programmed with instructions as to how to manipulate detected ads, or the browser can contact a web site maintained by the manufacturer of the browser each time it detects an ad so as to determine how to manipulate the ad. The manufacturer can earn revenue by only allowing the browser to display ads for which the manufacturer has been compensated by an advertiser. The present invention also includes an interface feature for selectively or automatically capturing detected ads, wherein such ads are not displayed on the browser but are instead stored in a memory device according to user-defined criteria for viewing at a subsequent time.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for manipulating Internet-based ads, comprising:
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means for detecting an ad on a web site and for determining whether to display a detected ad on a display device or to replace the detected ad with another ad to be displayed on the display device; and
means for displaying one of the detected ad and the replaced ad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for manipulating Internet-based ads, comprising the steps of:
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detecting an ad on a web site; and
determining whether to display a detected ad on a display device or replace the detected ad with another ad to be displayed on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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