Revenue Sharing Based on Geographic Areas
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1. A computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable components, comprisingan electronic database which associates one or more first party(ies) and one or more geographic identifier(s), which geographic identifier(s) is or are related to or the same as one or more geographic area(s);
- a communications receiver suitable to receive communication(s) originated by telecommunications equipment having an originating telephone number;
a parser which parses the received communications to identify originating geographic information;
an evaluator which utilizes the electronic database to identify matches, if any, between the originating geographic information and the geographic identifier(s) of the one or more first party(ies); and
an output manager which receives any matches identified by the evaluator and implements rules and/or instructions relating to the received communication(s) and the identified matches.
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Abstract
SMS and telephony end users are associated with media outlets by mapping media outlets to geographic locations associated with telephone numbers, collecting telephone number information from responsive SMS and telephony end users, determining the resulting correspondence, and utilizing the resulting correspondence in furtherance of a business plan or contractual arrangement.
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1. A computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable components, comprising
an electronic database which associates one or more first party(ies) and one or more geographic identifier(s), which geographic identifier(s) is or are related to or the same as one or more geographic area(s); -
a communications receiver suitable to receive communication(s) originated by telecommunications equipment having an originating telephone number; a parser which parses the received communications to identify originating geographic information; an evaluator which utilizes the electronic database to identify matches, if any, between the originating geographic information and the geographic identifier(s) of the one or more first party(ies); and an output manager which receives any matches identified by the evaluator and implements rules and/or instructions relating to the received communication(s) and the identified matches. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising the following steps, not necessarily in the following order,
associating at least one or more first party(ies) with one or more geographic identifier(s); -
preparing or having prepared and disseminating or having disseminated content which content includes at least one SMS short code and/or telephone number; receiving one or more responsive communications directed to the disseminated SMS short code(s) and/or telephone number(s); parsing the one or more responsive communications to determine originating geographic information associated with the responsive communication(s); identifying at least one of the one or more first party(ies) by comparing the originating geographic information with the geographic identifier(s) of such first party(ies); and following rules and/or instructions related to the result of such identification. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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