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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING AN ADVERTISEMENT TO A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • US 20090030774A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Published: 01/29/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A digital messaging system comprising:

  • a network host connected to a wide area network (WAN), the network host comprising a network application server adapted to communicate with a plurality of network devices via the WAN;

    an advertisement generator operative with the network host; and

    a memory device connected to the network application server and adapted to store a plurality of advertisements and a plurality of digital messages;

    wherein the advertisement generator is adapted to;

    receive a digital message from a contributor and store the digital message in the memory device;

    permit the contributor to select at least one advertisement, from among the plurality of advertisements stored in the memory device, to be associated with the digital message;

    associate the at least one selected advertisement with the digital message;

    receive recipient data from the contributor of the digital message;

    send the digital message and the at least one selected advertisement via the WAN to the recipient; and

    provide the contributor of the digital message with compensation in exchange for selecting and including the at least one selected advertisement with the digital message.

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