SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL CONTENT AND ADVERTISING AMONG MULTIPLE ENTITIES
First Claim
1. A system for providing digital content and advertisements to users, the system comprising:
- an automated, self-service advertiser interface for advertisers, wherein the advertiser interface is used by the advertisers to provide digital advertisements, and wherein the advertisers provide compensation based on presenting the digital advertisements to the users;
an automated, self-service content-provider interface for providers of digital content, wherein the content-provider interface is used by the providers of digital content to provide content to the users, wherein the digital content is visual content, audio content, audio-visual content, or an application, and wherein the providers of digital content receive a first portion of the advertiser-provided compensation based on access of the digital content by the users;
a publisher interface for publishers of the digital content, wherein the publisher interface is configured to provide the publishers with access to the digital content or to links for accessing the digital content, wherein the publisher provides at least one user interface for the users to access the content, and wherein the publishers receive a second portion of the advertiser-provided compensation based on access of the provided digital content by the users;
an automated, self-service user interface for the users of the digital content, wherein the user interface is configured to provide users with access to view or listen to the digital content; and
, at least one central server coupled among the advertiser, content-provider, publisher, and user interfaces, wherein the central server is configured to;
store or access the digital content and the advertisements, provide the digital content and the advertisements to the users, receive the advertiser-provided compensation from the advertisers, and provide the first and second portions of the advertiser-provided compensation to the publishers and the content providers, respectively.
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Abstract
A system for providing digital content and digital advertisements to users provides digital content via the Internet, in combination with time-shifted advertisements that may be presented by an application that resides on the user'"'"'s computer. The system may operate in a wholly or partially automated manner, providing automated, self-service interfaces for one or more of the following groups: advertisers, content providers, publishers, and users. The system receives digital advertisement data from advertisers, which can include or consist of a link to an advertiser'"'"'s website. Advertisers provide compensation based on the presentation of their advertisements to users. The system receives digital content from content providers. Content providers receive compensation when users access digital content provided by content providers. Publishers may access digital content from the system and provide the content to users through one or more user interfaces.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing digital content and advertisements to users, the system comprising:
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an automated, self-service advertiser interface for advertisers, wherein the advertiser interface is used by the advertisers to provide digital advertisements, and wherein the advertisers provide compensation based on presenting the digital advertisements to the users;
an automated, self-service content-provider interface for providers of digital content, wherein the content-provider interface is used by the providers of digital content to provide content to the users, wherein the digital content is visual content, audio content, audio-visual content, or an application, and wherein the providers of digital content receive a first portion of the advertiser-provided compensation based on access of the digital content by the users;
a publisher interface for publishers of the digital content, wherein the publisher interface is configured to provide the publishers with access to the digital content or to links for accessing the digital content, wherein the publisher provides at least one user interface for the users to access the content, and wherein the publishers receive a second portion of the advertiser-provided compensation based on access of the provided digital content by the users;
an automated, self-service user interface for the users of the digital content, wherein the user interface is configured to provide users with access to view or listen to the digital content; and
,at least one central server coupled among the advertiser, content-provider, publisher, and user interfaces, wherein the central server is configured to;
store or access the digital content and the advertisements, provide the digital content and the advertisements to the users, receive the advertiser-provided compensation from the advertisers, and provide the first and second portions of the advertiser-provided compensation to the publishers and the content providers, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing digital content and advertisements to a client computer system via a client-side application for providing access to the digital content and to the advertisements, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from the client computer system to access digital content;
determining whether the client computer system has the client-side application for displaying the digital content and the advertisements installed;
if the client computer system does not have the client-side application installed, providing instructions for installing the client-side application in exchange for providing access to the requested digital content;
if the client computer system does have the client-side application installed, providing access to the requested digital content; and
providing digital advertisements to the client computer system after providing the requested digital content. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable medium carrying instructions for a method to permit a publisher to readily provide digital content and advertisements to multiple, geographically distributed client computers via a public computer network, the method comprising:
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providing a search interface for permitting the publisher to search a database of digital content to identify desired digital content;
providing access to the desired digital content or to links for accessing the desired digital content;
wherein the publisher provides at least one user interface for accessing the desired digital content;
wherein the publisher automatically receives a portion of advertiser-provided compensation based on access to the desired digital content, or based on requests to access the desired digital content, by the multiple, geographically distributed client computers; and
,wherein digital advertisements associated with the advertiser-provided compensation are provided to the multiple, geographically distributed client computers after receiving access to at least some of the desired digital content. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A system for receiving digital content and advertisements, the system comprising:
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means for accessing selected digital content from a set of available digital content, wherein the set of available digital content is provided at a publisher website, and wherein the set of available digital content is provided or generated by multiple, different digital content providers;
means for viewing or listening to more than a sampling of the selected digital content, for free, if at least one predetermined criterion is satisfied; and
,means for providing at least one time-shifted digital advertisement associated with an advertiser website, wherein the publisher and at least one content provider each automatically receive a portion of advertiser-provided compensation based on the providing of the at least one time-shifted digital advertisement associated with the advertiser website. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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