Enhancements to business research over internet

• US 20050283395A1
• Filed: 08/26/2005
• Published: 12/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jane White, Jay William Lesandrini, Margaret Paige Smith
• Original Assignee: Jane White, Jay William Lesandrini, Margaret Paige Smith
• Inventors: Smith, Margaret Paige, White, Jane, Lesandrini, Jay William
• Application Number:
  US11/213,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20050283395A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/93
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0226 Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0245 Surveys
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0275 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

Enhancements to a business method for performing research over the internet are presented. In one aspect, a user is requested to select a ratable object. The user is then requested to select a color to associate with the selected ratable object, after the selected ratable object has been viewed by the user so that research result is obtained. In another aspect, a community web site is provided for a plurality of users for a first targeted industry. User information for the plurality of users of the community web site are gathered. Thought leaders among the plurality of users of the community web site are then identified. In yet another aspect, as a way to entice users to a website for gaining research information, a user is allowed to select an advertisement from a plurality of advertisements and the user is allowed to send an email containing a link to the selected advertisement.

Claims

1-14. -14. (canceled)

15. A method for transmitting video based media to a user through an Internet based connection comprising the steps of:

selecting a resolution of the video based media to be transmitted from a plurality of resolutions, wherein said selection is made in response to a user request of the video based media from a plurality of selectable video based media and a connection type of a user;

selecting a display size of the video based media from a plurality of display sizes; and

selecting an audio format for audio playback from a plurality of audio formats to accompany the video based media to be transmitted.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein said audio and video based media are transmitted to said user.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said user selection of the video based media is made via a website.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the selection steps are made in view of the number of users accessing said website where resolution of the video based media to be transmitted becomes smaller as the amount of users accessing the website increase.