Profile based advertising method for out-of-line advertising delivery
First Claim
1. A system for providing targeted information to a user, comprising:
- at least one network;
at least one computerized user device communicably coupled to said network, said computerized user device including a user profile manager component, said computerized user device being operative to perform, responsive to user interaction with said computerized user device, at least one specified action; and
at least one computerized trusted device communicably coupled to said network,wherein said user profile manager component is operative to generate, responsive to said at least one specified action performed by said computerized user device, data corresponding to said at least one specified action, and to generate a user profile containing at least some of said generated data,wherein said computerized user device is operative to transmit, responsive to at least one user input, said user profile over said network to said computerized trusted device, andwherein said computerized trusted device is operative to access information targeted to said user based at least in part upon said data contained in said user profile, and to transmit, over said network, said information targeted to said user to said computerized user device.
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Abstract
A system and method of delivering and accessing information including advertisements targeted to a user that assures the privacy protection of the user, allows the user to access the advertisements without interrupting the flow of desired information content, monitors the user'"'"'s interaction with the advertisements to provide advertisers with performance-based feedback relating to their advertising services, and enables the user to control the degree to which payment for the delivered information is user or advertiser-supported. The system includes at least one computerized user device and at least one ad matching entity communicably coupled to at least one network. The computerized user device creates a user profile based upon data obtained by the device from observing various user actions, including the consumption/abandonment of content programs or advertisements, the visiting of web pages, the use of web search terms, etc. At a time or under conditions chosen by the user, the user profile data is securely transmitted from the computerized user device to the ad matching entity, which is a trusted third party. The ad matching entity temporarily stores the user profile data, matches at least one advertisement with the stored data, and transmits the advertisement targeted to the user to the computerized user device. The ad matching entity then permanently deletes all records and copies of the user profile from its data storage. At a later time chosen by the user, the user can consume the advertisement in an out-of-line fashion independently of the consumption of any desired information content.
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36 Claims
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1. A system for providing targeted information to a user, comprising:
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at least one network; at least one computerized user device communicably coupled to said network, said computerized user device including a user profile manager component, said computerized user device being operative to perform, responsive to user interaction with said computerized user device, at least one specified action; and at least one computerized trusted device communicably coupled to said network, wherein said user profile manager component is operative to generate, responsive to said at least one specified action performed by said computerized user device, data corresponding to said at least one specified action, and to generate a user profile containing at least some of said generated data, wherein said computerized user device is operative to transmit, responsive to at least one user input, said user profile over said network to said computerized trusted device, and wherein said computerized trusted device is operative to access information targeted to said user based at least in part upon said data contained in said user profile, and to transmit, over said network, said information targeted to said user to said computerized user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for providing information content and associated advertisement content to a user, comprising:
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at least one network; at least one computerized user device communicably coupled to said network, said computerized user device including a content storage component, and a content viewer component; and at least one computerized content provider device communicably coupled to said network, said computerized content provider device being operative to provide said information content and said associated advertisement content over said network to said computerized user device, wherein said content storage component is operative to store at least one of said information content and said associated advertisement content provided by said computerized content provider device, and wherein said content viewer component is operative to allow said user to consume said stored advertisement content independently of said stored information content. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A system for providing information content and advertisement content to a user, said information content being associated with at least one information content owner, said advertisement content being associated with at least one advertiser, comprising:
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at least one network; at least one computerized user device communicably coupled to said network, said computerized user device including a content viewer component; at least one computerized trusted device communicably coupled to said network; and at least one settlement system communicably coupled to said network, wherein said content viewer component is operative to allow said user to consume said information content and said advertisement content, wherein said at least one computerized user device is operative to generate, responsive to at least one specified action performed by said user while consuming at least one of said information content and said advertisement content, performance-based feedback relating to at least one of said information content and said advertisement content, and to transmit said performance-based feedback over said network to said computerized trusted device, wherein said computerized trusted device is operative to generate, based at least in part upon said performance-based feedback, at least one instruction for implementing at least one monetary settlement for at least one consumption of at least one of said information content and said advertisement content by said user, and to transmit said at least one instruction to said settlement system, and wherein said settlement system is operative to implement, based upon said at least one instruction, said at least one monetary settlement. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of providing targeted information to a user, comprising the steps of:
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performing, by at least one computerized user device in response to user interaction with said computerized user device, at least one specified action, said computerized user device being communicably coupled to at least one network, said computerized user device including a user profile manager component; generating, by said user profile manager component in response to said at least one specified action performed by said computerized user device, data corresponding to said at least one specified action; generating, by said user profile manager component, a user profile containing at least some of said generated data; transmitting, by said computerized user device in response to at least one user input, said user profile over said network to at least one computerized trusted device, said computerized trusted device being communicably coupled to said network; accessing, by said computerized trusted device, information targeted to said user based at least in part upon said data contained in said user profile; and transmitting, by said computerized trusted device over said network, said information targeted to said user to said computerized user device. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. A method of providing information content and associated advertisement content to a user, comprising the steps of:
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providing, by at least one computerized content provider device, said information content and said associated advertisement content over at least one network to at least one computerized user device, each of said computerized content provider device and said computerized user device being communicably coupled to said network, said computerized user device including a content storage component, and a content viewer component; storing, by said content storage component, at least one of said information content and said associated advertisement content provided by said computerized content provider device; and allowing, by said content viewer component, said user to consume said stored advertisement content independently of said stored information content.
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36. A method of providing information content and advertisement content to a user, said information content being associated with at least one information content owner, said advertisement content being associated with at least one advertiser, said method comprising the steps of:
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consuming, by said user via at least one computerized user device, at least one of said information content and said advertisement content, said computerized user device being communicably coupled to at least one network; generating, by said at least one computerized user device in response to at least one specified action performed by said user while consuming at least one of said information content and said advertisement content, performance-based feedback relating to at least one of said information content and said advertisement content; transmitting, by said at least one computerized user device, said performance-based feedback over said network to at least one computerized trusted device, said computerized trusted device being communicably coupled to said network; generating, by said computerized trusted device based at least in part upon said performance-based feedback, at least one instruction for implementing at least one monetary settlement for each consumption of said information content and said advertisement content by said user; transmitting, by said computerized trusted device, said at least one instruction to at least one settlement system, said settlement system being communicably coupled to said network; and implementing, by said settlement system based upon said at least one instruction, said at least one monetary settlement.
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