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E-mail software and method and system for distributing advertisements to client devices that have such e-mail software installed thereon

  • US 20040039642A1
  • Filed: 08/20/2003
  • Published: 02/26/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Software for use on a client device that is configured for communications with at least one remote source of advertisements via a communications network, comprising:

  • an advertisement download function that downloads advertisements from the at least one remote source, during one or more advertisement download sessions;

    an advertisement storage function that stores the downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device;

    an advertisement display function that effects display of at least selected ones of the stored advertisements on a display associated with the client device;

    an audit function that compiles a plurality of categories of audit data regarding activities of the user and/or client device during a prescribed audit interval;

    an audit data transmit function that transmits one or more categories of the audit data to a prescribed server system, wherein;

    the audit data transmit function generates a send audit data display window that requests the user'"'"'s permission to transmit each category of the audit data to the prescribed server system; and

    the audit data transmit function transmits only the category(ies) of the audit data for which the user has granted permission to transmit.

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