SHARED ADVERTISING WITH VIRTUAL WORLDS
First Claim
1. A method of advertising, comprising:
- communicating to a client a hyperlink corresponding to a virtual world;
associating with the hyperlink an identifier corresponding to an advertisement to be presented to a user in the virtual world during a user session.
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Abstract
A method (400, 500) of advertising. The method can include communicating to a client (106) a hyperlink corresponding to a virtual world (300) and associating with the hyperlink an identifier corresponding to an advertisement (302) to be presented to a user (108) in the virtual world during a user session. The method also can include identifying an identifier (114) corresponding to an advertisement to be displayed in a virtual world during a user session in response to receiving a request (116) from a client identifying a uniform resource identifier corresponding to the virtual world, and presenting the advertisement within the virtual world during the user session. A method (600) of providing financial incentives for advertising can include receiving an advertising activity indicator (120, 122) and processing the advertising activity indicator to determine financial incentives to be provided to an entity associated with the website.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of advertising, comprising:
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communicating to a client a hyperlink corresponding to a virtual world; associating with the hyperlink an identifier corresponding to an advertisement to be presented to a user in the virtual world during a user session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of advertising, comprising:
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responsive to receiving a request from a client identifying a uniform resource identifier corresponding to a virtual world, identifying an identifier corresponding to an advertisement to be displayed in the virtual world during a user session; and presenting the advertisement within the virtual world during the user session. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing financial incentives for advertising, comprising:
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receiving an advertising activity indicator comprising data that indicates that a user linked to a virtual world from a website; and processing the advertising activity indicator to determine financial incentives to be provided to an entity associated with the website. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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