ADVERTISING SELECTION AND DISPLAY BASED ON ELECTRONIC PROFILE INFORMATION
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1. A method for displaying content in a web browser for an entity, the method comprising:
- rendering a relevant content area within the web browser;
accessing a web page in a web page area within the web browser;
transmitting information regarding the web page to a profiling system configured to access an electronic profile of the entity;
receiving at least one advertisement selected based at least in part on the electronic profile of the entity and the transmitted information; and
displaying the received advertisement in the relevant content area.
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Abstract
Examples of the present invention include advertising selection and display systems that utilize electronic profiles and information received about one or more network accessible content items an entity accessed, such as a web page. The information and electronic profile is used to determine links, advertisements, or both, that may be displayed in a web browser or other viewer along with the accessed network content.
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1. A method for displaying content in a web browser for an entity, the method comprising:
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rendering a relevant content area within the web browser; accessing a web page in a web page area within the web browser; transmitting information regarding the web page to a profiling system configured to access an electronic profile of the entity; receiving at least one advertisement selected based at least in part on the electronic profile of the entity and the transmitted information; and displaying the received advertisement in the relevant content area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
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11. The method according to claim 11 wherein the degree of relevance includes a relevance number, the relevance number computed based on term frequency and inverse document frequency calculations for the advertisement using the electronic profile.
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13. A user device for use by an entity, the user device comprising:
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a display; a processor; memory coupled to the processor, the memory encoding computer readable instructions that, when executed cause the processor to; display network accessible content in a viewed content area of the display; transmit information regarding the network accessible content to a profiling system configured to access an electronic profile of the entity; receive at least one advertisement selected based at least in part on the electronic profile of the entity and the transmitted information; and display the received advertisement in a relevant content area of the display different than the viewed content area. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for selecting relevant advertisements for an entity, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a first computing device, information regarding a network accessible content item accessed by an entity with a second computing device; accessing, by the first computing device, a stored electronic profile associated with the entity; scoring a plurality of stored advertisements based on the stored electronic profile and the received network accessible content item information; selecting at least one of the plurality of stored advertisements based on their score; and transmitting the selected advertisements to the second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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