System, method and apparatus for banner advertising capable of allowing easy handling of a banner advertisement
First Claim
1. A banner advertisement system, comprising:
- an advertiser terminal configured to generate a banner advertisement;
a banner advertisement server configured to distribute the banner advertisement generated by the advertiser terminal; and
an image forming apparatus comprising;
a displaying mechanism configured to display the banner advertisement distributed by the banner advertisement server; and
a response sending mechanism configured to send to the advertiser terminal at least one of an order and an inquiry for at least one of a product and services offered by the banner advertisement displayed on the displaying mechanism.
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Abstract
A banner advertisement system includes an advertisement terminal, a banner advertisement server, and an image forming apparatus. The advertisement terminal generates a banner advertisement. The banner advertisement server distributes the banner advertisement generated by the advertiser terminal. The image forming apparatus includes a displaying mechanism for displaying the banner advertisement distributed by the banner advertisement server and a response sending mechanism for sending to the advertiser terminal at least one of an order and an inquiry for at least one of a product and services offered by the banner advertisement displayed on the displaying mechanism.
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36 Claims
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1. A banner advertisement system, comprising:
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an advertiser terminal configured to generate a banner advertisement;
a banner advertisement server configured to distribute the banner advertisement generated by the advertiser terminal; and
an image forming apparatus comprising;
a displaying mechanism configured to display the banner advertisement distributed by the banner advertisement server; and
a response sending mechanism configured to send to the advertiser terminal at least one of an order and an inquiry for at least one of a product and services offered by the banner advertisement displayed on the displaying mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A banner advertisement system, comprising:
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advertiser terminal means for generating a banner advertisement;
banner advertisement server means for distributing the banner advertisement generated by the advertiser terminal means; and
image forming means comprising;
displaying means for displaying the banner advertisement distributed by the banner advertisement server means; and
response sending means for sending to the advertiser terminal means at least one of an order and an inquiry for at least one of a product and services offered by the banner advertisement displayed on the displaying means. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A banner advertisement method comprising the steps of:
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providing an image forming apparatus comprising a display;
generating a banner advertisement at a banner advertiser terminal;
distributing the banner advertisement generated by the generating step to the image forming apparatus;
displaying the banner advertisement distributed by the distributing step on the display of the image forming apparatus; and
sending at least one of an order and an inquiry for at least one of a product and services offered by the banner advertisement displayed by the displaying step from the image forming apparatus to the banner advertiser terminal. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A banner advertisement server comprising:
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a communications interfacing mechanism configured to electrically communicate via a network with a plurality of image forming apparatuses capable of displaying a banner advertisement, sending an order for at least one of a product and services offered by the banner advertisement, and stores data of the order;
an advertisement distributing mechanism configured to distribute the banner advertisement to the plurality of image forming apparatuses through the communications mechanism;
a data collecting mechanism configured to collect the data of the order from the plurality of image forming apparatuses through the communications mechanism;
a point converting mechanism configured to convert the data of the order into points for the plurality of image forming apparatuses; and
an accumulating mechanism configured to accumulate the points for the plurality of image forming apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A banner advertisement server, comprising:
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communications interfacing means for electrically communicating via a network with a plurality of image forming apparatuses capable of displaying a banner advertisement, sending an order for at least one of a product and services offered by the banner advertisement, and stores data of the order;
advertisement distributing means for distributing the banner advertisement to the plurality of image forming apparatuses through the communications means;
data collecting means for collecting the data of the order from the plurality of image forming apparatuses through the communications means;
point converting means for converting the data of the order into points for the plurality of image forming apparatuses; and
accumulating means for accumulating the points for the plurality of image forming apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A banner advertisement method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a banner advertisement server;
connecting the banner advertisement server to, via a network, a plurality of image forming apparatuses capable of displaying a banner advertisement, sending an order for at least one of a product and services offered by the banner advertisement, and stores data of the order;
distributing the banner advertisement to the plurality of image forming apparatuses through the network;
collecting the data of the order from the plurality of image forming apparatuses through the network;
converting the data of the order into points for the plurality of image forming apparatuses; and
accumulating the points for the plurality of image forming apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a communications interfacing mechanism configured to communicate with a banner advertiser terminal via a network;
a displaying mechanism configured to display a banner advertisement offering at least one of a product and services; and
a response sending mechanism configured to send to the banner advertiser terminal, through the communications mechanisms, at least one of an order and an inquiry for the at least one of the product and the services offered by the banner advertisement displayed on the displaying mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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communications interfacing means for communicating with a banner advertiser terminal via a network;
displaying means for displaying a banner advertisement offering at least one of a product and services; and
response sending means for sending to the banner advertiser terminal, through the communications interfacing means, at least one of an order, and an inquiry for the at least one of the product and the services offered by the banner advertisement displayed on the displaying means. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A banner advertisement method, comprising:
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providing an image forming apparatus;
connecting the image forming apparatus to a banner advertiser terminal via a network;
displaying a banner advertisement offering at least one of a product and services; and
sending to the banner advertiser terminal, through the network, at least one of an order and an inquiry for the at least one of the product and the services offered by the banner advertisement displayed by the displaying step. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a communications interface configured to communicate with an image forming apparatus via a network; and
a displaying mechanism configured to display a banner-advertisement which is distributed to the image forming apparatus when the image forming apparatus is in a non-operative state.
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35. An information processing-apparatus, comprising:
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communications interfacing means for communicating with an image forming apparatus via a network; and
displaying means for displaying a banner advertisement which is distributed to the image forming apparatus when the image forming apparatus is in a non-operative state.
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36. A banner advertisement method, comprising steps of:
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providing an information processing apparatus;
connecting the information processing apparatus to an image forming apparatus via a network; and
displaying a banner advertisement which is distributed to the image forming apparatus when the image forming apparatuses in a non-operative state.
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