ADVERTISEMENT SELECTION AND PROPAGATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS WITHIN A SOCIAL NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving by a computing device, from a user, a specification of an advertiser or a category of advertisements indirectly specifying a first advertisement, or a specification directly specifying the first advertisement, the first advertisement to be displayed in connection with content being published or administered by the user;
providing or enabling providing, by the computing device, a second advertisement to be displayed with content subsequently viewed by the user, based at least in part on the direct or indirect specification of the first advertisement.
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Abstract
In various embodiments, direct or indirect specification of an advertisement to be displayed on a web page or other medium being published or administered by a user is received by a computing device. In response, the computing device provides or enables provision of the advertisement to be delivered and displayed to another user that is a friend of the user, and/or another advertisement to be displayed subsequently to the user. In various embodiments, the computing device provides or enables provision of an advertisement to be displayed for the user based on the intersection of the preferences of the user with the preferences of a publisher or administrator of content being consumed by the user. In various embodiments, the computing device tracks propagation of an advertisement through a social network of users, and/or determining the nature and amount of influence a user has in propagating an advertisement through the social network.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving by a computing device, from a user, a specification of an advertiser or a category of advertisements indirectly specifying a first advertisement, or a specification directly specifying the first advertisement, the first advertisement to be displayed in connection with content being published or administered by the user; providing or enabling providing, by the computing device, a second advertisement to be displayed with content subsequently viewed by the user, based at least in part on the direct or indirect specification of the first advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving by a computing device, from a user, one or more preferences of the user; providing or enabling providing, by the computing device, an advertisement to be displayed in connection with content subsequently viewed by the user, based at least in part on the intersection of one or more preferences of the user with one or more preferences of a publisher or an administrator of content or a medium which the user consumes. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 18)
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13. A method comprising:
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receiving by a computing device, from a user, a specification of an advertiser or a category of advertisements, indirectly specifying an advertisement, or a specification directly specifying the advertisement, the advertisement to be displayed in connection with content being published by the user, providing or enabling providing, by the computing device, the advertisement to be displayed in connection with content subsequently viewed by another user that is a friend of the user, based at least in part on the specification of the advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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