Targeted advertisement network that integrates with store-shopping
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1. A new targeted advertisement network comprising:
- At least one on-line provider of advertisements;
A network of terminals coupled to the at least one on-line provider of advertisements;
A desktop program running on the terminals; and
A network management module.
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Abstract
A new targeted Advertisement network that integrates with store-shopping includes at least one on-line provider of advertisements, a network of computers with assigned attributes for displaying the advertisements, a module collecting the assigned attributes of the computers and delivering the advertisements to the computers accordingly, and a desktop program installed in each computer to run the ads and interface with viewers.
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1. A new targeted advertisement network comprising:
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At least one on-line provider of advertisements;
A network of terminals coupled to the at least one on-line provider of advertisements;
A desktop program running on the terminals; and
A network management module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An algorithm to compute the category buttons when there are many entries registered with one category tree are to be displayed with limited number of category buttons:
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20.1 Get the maximum number of displayable category buttons, which can be denoted as MaxCNo;
20.2 Get the list of all the entries to be displayed;
20.3 Get the category tree of all the entries based on the category tree the entries are registered;
20.4 Get list of top categories that have non-zero entries;
20.5 If the number of top categories are larger than the maximum number of displayable categories, then absorb some categories into the Miscellaneous category;
otherwise the top level categories will be copied directly as the final top level categories;
20.6 After the top level categories are set, go to the next level categories, repeat the steps 20.4 to 20.5, until the lowest levels of categories are reached.
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