ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20080249873A1
• Filed: 04/03/2008
• Published: 10/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Christopher P. Seelinger
• Original Assignee: Christopher P. Seelinger
• Inventors: Seelinger, Christopher P.
• Application Number:
  US12/061,715
• Publication Number:
  US 20080249873A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0272 Period of advertisement exposure
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising

Abstract

An advertising system and method is provided and may include a display unit having a memory. The display unit may be mounted in any location and may display images stored in the memory of the display. A customer may pay a predetermined fee to load information into the memory of the display, which may be displayed on the display for a predetermined length of time.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

contacting a retailer;

locating a display within a public space of said retailer;

contacting merchants within a predetermined radius of said retailer;

displaying advertisements for said merchants on said display at said retailer;

collecting payment from said merchants for displaying said advertisements on said display at said retailer; and

displaying an advertisement advertising a business of said retailer on said display along with said advertisements of said merchants.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing said advertisements of said merchants on a memory.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising inserting said memory into said display.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising looping said advertisements of said merchants and said advertisement of said retailer for a predetermined length of time.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising paying said retailer for allowing said display to be mounted within said public space.

6. A method comprising:

contacting a non-profit organization;

locating a display within a public space of said non-profit organization;

contacting merchants within a predetermined radius of said non-profit organization;

displaying advertisements for said merchants on said display at said non-profit organization;

collecting payment from said merchants for displaying said advertisements on said display at said non-profit organization; and

displaying an advertisement advertising a business of said non-profit organization on said display along with said advertisements of said merchants.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing said advertisements of said merchants on a memory.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising inserting said memory into said display.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising looping said advertisements of said merchants and said advertisement of said non-profit organization for a predetermined length of time.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising paying said non-profit organization for allowing said display to be mounted within said public space.

11. A method comprising:

mounting a display in a public space of a retailer;

paying said retailer for allowing said display to be mounted in said public area;

contacting merchants within a predetermined radius of said retailer to inquire whether said merchants wish to advertise on said display; and

collecting payment from said merchants for displaying advertisement on said display.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said payment to said retailer includes providing free advertising on said display to said retailer.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said payment to said retailer includes paying said retailer a percentage of payment collected from said merchants.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing said advertisements of said merchants on a memory.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising loading said memory into said display.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising looping said advertisements of said merchants on said display for a predetermined length of time.