VENDOR SELECTION BASED ON AUCTION OF CLIENT MARKETING CATEGORIES
First Claim
1. A system for targeting marketing to a user of a web site, said system comprising:
- an interface in the form of a web site configured to provide a series of web pages viewable by a user via user selection;
a monitoring system associated with said interface, said monitoring system configured to gather information relating to navigation of the user on the interface;
a storage system comprising a list of categories associated with one or more goods and/or services; and
a point assignment system associated with said monitoring system, said point assignment system configured to assign points to the categories based on user navigation, wherein the points assigned indicate user interest in one or more goods and/or services associated with the category.
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Abstract
Systems for targeting marketing to a user of a web site, providing advertisements to a consumer relating to various goods and/or services, and associating advertisements with a voucher are provided. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for targeting marketing to a user includes an interface viewable by a user via user selection, and a monitoring system associated with said interface and configured to gather information relating to the user'"'"'s navigation on the interface. The system also includes a storage system comprising a list of categories associated with one or more goods and/or services, and a point assignment system associated with the monitoring system. The point assignment system is configured to assign points to the categories based on a user'"'"'s navigation, and wherein the assigned points indicate a user'"'"'s interest in one or more goods and/or services associated with the category.
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38 Claims
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1. A system for targeting marketing to a user of a web site, said system comprising:
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an interface in the form of a web site configured to provide a series of web pages viewable by a user via user selection;
a monitoring system associated with said interface, said monitoring system configured to gather information relating to navigation of the user on the interface;
a storage system comprising a list of categories associated with one or more goods and/or services; and
a point assignment system associated with said monitoring system, said point assignment system configured to assign points to the categories based on user navigation, wherein the points assigned indicate user interest in one or more goods and/or services associated with the category. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing advertisements to a consumer relating to various goods and/or services, said system comprising:
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an interface in the form of a web site configured to provide a series of web pages viewable by at least one consumer via selection;
a storage system comprising a list of categories associated with one or more goods and/or services;
an entry system associated with said storage system, said storage system configured to receive and store advertisements input by a vendor for one or more goods and/or services in said storage system and associate the advertisement with one or more categories; and
an auction system associated with said interface, said auction system configured to allow vendors to place one or more bids for placement of advertisements in one or more of the categories, wherein each bid is associated with a value of the advertisement to each consumer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for providing advertisements to a consumer relating to various goods and/or services, said system comprising:
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an interface in the form of a web site configured to provide a series of web pages viewable by at least one consumer via selection;
a monitoring system associated with said interface, said monitoring system configured to gather information relating to at the least one consumer;
a categorization system associated with said monitoring system, said categorization system configured to generate one or more categories based on the information relating to the at least one consumer;
a storage system associated with the categorization system, said storage system configured to store the generated categories based on the information relating to the at least one consumer;
an entry system associated with said storage system, said storage system configured to receive and store advertisements input by each vendor for one or more goods and/or services in said storage system and associate the advertisement with one or more of the generated categories; and
an auction system associated with said interface, said auction system configured to allow vendors to place bids for placement of advertisements in one or more of the generated categories. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for providing one or more advertisements to a user relating to various goods and/or services, the system comprising:
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an interface in the form of a web site configured to provide a series of web pages viewable by a user via selection;
a monitoring system associated with said interface, said monitoring system configured to gather information relating to navigation of the user on the interface and monitor a user'"'"'s interest in one or more categories;
a storage system comprising a list of categories associated with one or more goods and/or services, wherein each category comprises one or more advertisements for goods and/or services; and
a voucher generation system associated with said interface and said storage system, wherein said voucher generation system is configured to generate a voucher comprising one or more advertisements, wherein said voucher generation system is configured to include one or more advertisements in the voucher from a category indicated by said monitoring system as an interest of the user. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for associating advertisements with a voucher, said system comprising:
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an interface in the form of a web site configured to provide a series of web pages viewable by a user via selection;
a storage system comprising a list of categories associated with one or more goods and/or services, wherein each category comprises one or more advertisements for goods and/or services;
a voucher generation system associated with said interface and said storage system, wherein said voucher generation system is configured to generate a voucher for a user, said voucher generation system configured to create a data log in said storage system that associates a unique identification of said voucher with at least one advertisement; and
a redemption system associated with said storage system for monitoring use of the voucher by a user. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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