Display system and method

• US 20040225647A1
• Filed: 11/26/2003
• Published: 11/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Bennett, Linda Jane, Lu, Qi, Shen, David, Everett-Church, Justin, Milano, Steven, Connelly, John
• Application Number:
  US10/723,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20040225647A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9532 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing display, and, more particularly, systems and methods for monitoring and filtering data entered by Internet users to promote products and services on a display medium, such as a computer or outdoor billboard, are described. Certain embodiments of the invention include receiving search queries from multiple users, filtering the search queries based on one or more filtering criteria, and initiating display of filtered search queries to viewers, the viewers remote from the users.

Claims

1. A method of providing a display, the method comprising:

receiving search queries from multiple users;

filtering the search queries based on one or more filtering criteria; and

initiating display of filtered search queries to viewers, the viewers remote from the users.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtering criteria include words.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the search queries have associated demographic information and the filtering criteria include demographic criteria, the filtering including identifying queries having demographic information matching the demographic criteria.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the viewers have viewer demographics, the method further comprising selecting demographic criteria to match viewer demographics, the filtering including identifying queries having demographic information matching the viewer demographics, thereby initiating display of filtered search queries relevant to the viewers.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtering criteria include search queries previously entered by users and the filtering includes discarding previously entered search queries.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtering criteria include number of times a search query is presented.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the filtering criteria include number of times a search query is presented to therefore identify relatively popular search queries.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein initiating the display includes initiating display of filtered search queries to viewers at an event.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the filtering criteria include a certain website and a number of times a search query is presented, the filtering including identifying relatively popular search results received via the certain website.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the filtering criteria include demographic criteria and a number of times a search query is presented, the filtering including identifying relatively popular search queries received from users having demographics matching the demographic criteria.

11. A method of providing a display of information on a web page, the method comprising:

receiving search queries from multiple users;

filtering the search queries based on filtering criteria; and

facilitating display of said filtered search queries on the web page.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the display is an advertisement including display of said filtered search queries.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the advertisement is on behalf of an advertiser, the method further comprising receiving filtering criteria from the advertiser.

14. A method of claim 12, wherein the advertisement is for a product and the filtering criteria include an association between the product and search queries.

15. A method of claim 12, wherein the advertisement is for a product, the search queries have associated demographic information based on the users from which they are received and the filtering criteria include demographic criteria, the demographic criteria matching potential purchasers of the product.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the advertisement includes a scrolling list of filtered search queries.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein display of filtered search queries includes display of a filtered search query link, activation of which initiates display of search results corresponding to the filtered search query link.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein initiating display of the filtered search queries includes facilitating display of an advertisement and wherein activation of the link further includes display of advertising content.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein facilitating display of the filtered search queries includes initiating a Flash movie.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the advertisement further includes a search tool bar.

21. A method for displaying data based on user input, the method comprising:

receiving user input from multiple users via an on-line application;

automatically selecting received user input for display based on filtering criteria; and

facilitating display of data based on the selected user input to users.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein:

the user input is a query entered into a help application;

the selecting includes selecting received user input based on frequency of receipt; and

the facilitating includes initiating display of a frequently received query and a response to the frequently received query to the users.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the users are in communication via a network.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the selecting includes disregarding input received from a first user where the first user has previously entered the search query or a similar search query.

25. A client-server system for displaying data based on user input, the system comprising:

a first server communicatively coupled to the user interface, the first server configured to select received user input for display based on first filtering criteria; and

visual display server configured to initiate display of data based on the selected user input.

26. The system of claim 25, further comprising:

a second server communicatively coupled to the first server, the second server configured to select received user input for display based on second filtering criteria.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the visual display server is further configured to initiate display of user input via a web page.

28. The system of claim 25, wherein the visual display server is further configured to initiate display of user input via a Flash movie.

29. The system of claim 25, wherein the user input is search queries.

30. The system of claim 25, wherein the display of data is display of an advertisement.

31. A system for display data based on user input, the system comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive user input from multiple users via a network;

select received user input for display based on one or more filtering criteria; and

facilitate display of data based on the selected user input to viewers.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein the user input is one or more search queries.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the one or more filtering criteria include words.

34. The system of claim 32, wherein the search queries have associated demographic information and the one or more filtering criteria include demographic criteria, the one or more processors configured to identify queries having demographic information matching the demographic criteria.

35. The system of claim 32, wherein the filtering criteria include search queries previously entered by users and the one or more processors are configured to discard previously entered search queries.

36. The system of claim 32, wherein the one or more filtering criteria include number of times a search query is received.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the one or more filtering criteria include number of times a search query is received to therefore identify relatively popular search queries.

38. The system of claim 36, wherein the one or more processors are configured to facilitate display of selected search queries to viewers at an event.

39. The system of claim 36, wherein the filtering criteria include a certain website and number of times a search query is received, the one or more processors configured to identify relatively popular search results received via the certain website.

40. The system of claim 36, wherein the one or more filtering criteria include demographic criteria and a number of times a search query is presented, the one or more processors configured to identify relatively popular search queries received from users having demographics matching the demographic criteria.

41. The system of claim 36, wherein the one or more processors are configured to facilitate display of selected search queries in an advertisement on a web site.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein the advertisement includes a scrolling list of selected search queries.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the one or more processors are configured to facilitate display of one or more selected search query links, activation of which initiates display of search results corresponding to the activated filtered search query link.

44. The system of claim 43, wherein the activation is accomplished by clicking on the search query link with a mouse controller.

45. A system of displaying data based on user input, the system comprising:

means for receiving user input from multiple users via a network;

means for selecting received user input for display based on one or more filtering criteria; and

means for facilitating display of data based on the selected user input to viewers.

46. A method of providing an advertisement, the method comprising:

providing a feed of search queries, the search queries received from users;

providing advertising content; and

initiating display of the advertisement, the advertisement including a scrolling ticker of search queries of the feed and the advertising content.

47. The method of claim 46, wherein the feed is an XML document.

48. The method of claim 46, wherein the feed is provided in near real time after receiving the search queries.

49. The method of claim 46, wherein the search queries are filtered in accordance with one or more filtering criteria.

50. The method of claim 49, wherein the filtering criteria include words.

51. The method of claim 46, wherein the search queries have associated demographic information and the filtering criteria include demographic criteria, the filtering including identifying queries having demographic information matching the demographic criteria.

52. The method of claim 51, wherein the viewers have viewer demographics, the method further comprising selecting demographic criteria to match viewer demographics, the filtering including identifying queries having demographic information matching the viewer demographics, thereby initiating display of filtered search queries relevant to the viewers.

53. The method of claim 46, wherein the filtering criteria include search queries previously entered by users and the filtering includes discarding previously entered search queries.

54. The method of claim 46, wherein the filtering criteria include number of times a search query is presented.

55. The method of claim 54, wherein the filtering criteria include number of times a search query is presented to therefore identify relatively popular queries.

56. The method of claim 55, wherein initiating the display includes initiating display of filtered search queries to viewers at an event.

57. The method of claim 54, wherein the filtering criteria include a certain website and a number of times a search query is presented, the filtering including identifying relatively popular search results received via the certain website.

58. The method of claim 54, wherein the filtering criteria include demographic criteria and a number of times a search query is presented, the filtering including identifying relatively popular search queries received from users having demographics matching the demographic criteria.

59. The method of claim 46, wherein initiating the display includes incorporating the search queries into a Flash movie clip.

60. The method of claim 46, wherein the scrolling ticker of search queries includes one or more links associated with one or more search queries, respectively, wherein each link is to search results corresponding to the associated search query.

61. The method of claim 46, wherein initiating display of the advertisement includes initiating inclusion of a search window for receiving a new search query in the advertisement.

62. An advertisement for display on a viewing device, comprising:

a portion for containing advertising content; and

a portion for changeably displaying search queries that have been filtered in accordance with predetermined filter criteria.

63. A perceptible, changeable medium comprising:

predetermined perceptible information; and

perceptible, changeable search queries that have been filtered in accordance with filter criteria.

64. The medium of claim 63, wherein the perceptible search queries change over time in accordance with predetermined change criteria.