METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED ONLINE SERVICES AND ADVERTISEMENT IN PUBLIC SPACES

• US 20080301264A1
• Filed: 08/11/2008
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Streetspace Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Streetspace Incorporated
• Inventors: Mathai, Tom J., Margon, Kenneth
• Granted Patent: US 10,108,969 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0242 Determining effectiveness of advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access

Abstract

A method and system for providing personalized and integrated online services for communications and commercial transactions both in private and public venues. The invention provides personalized information that is conveniently accessible through a network of public access stations (or terminals) which are enabled by a personal system access card (e.g., smart card). The invention also provides advertisers the opportunity to directly engage actual and potential user-consumers with selected advertising or marketing content based on each user'"'"'s profile and usage history.

Claims

1-26. -26. (canceled)

27. A system, comprising:

a terminal having a display; and

a server operably connected by a network with said for providing content to said terminal;

wherein said content is associated with a location and said server provides said content to said terminal if said location corresponds to a physical location of said terminal or a geographic address entered at said terminal.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein said content includes an advertisement.

29. The system of claim 27, wherein said content includes a service.

30. The system of claim 27, wherein said network is a private network.

31. The system of claim 27, wherein said network includes broadband communications.

32. The system of claim 27, wherein said network includes wireless communications.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein said wireless communications include communication via satellite.

34. The system of claim 27, wherein said wireless communications include communication via satellite for downloading said content and said wired communications includes communication via telephone lines for uploading information from each of said plurality of terminals to said server.

35. The system of claim 27, further comprising an email program for allowing users to send and receive emails.

36. The system of claim 27, wherein said terminal includes memory for accessing said content.

37. A method, comprising:

supporting a terminal which is operably connected to a communications network;

maintaining advertisements and services on said communications network; and

providing at least a portion of said advertisements and services to said terminal based upon a physical location of said terminal.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein said physical location comprises a geographic address.

39. The method of claim 37, wherein sponsors provide for the expense of maintaining and providing said advertisements and services.