VIRTUALIZED REAL WORLD ADVERTISING SYSTEM
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1. A method for applying on-line advertisements to virtualized real-estate content, comprising:
- identifying a virtualized real-estate on a map image for advertisement placement;
obtaining advertiser preferences associated with advertisements in a set of advertisements;
obtaining tracking information associated with the virtualized real-estate;
identifying, based on the advertiser preferences and the tracking information, a matching advertisement from among the set of advertisements to match with the virtualized real-estate; and
rendering the matching advertisement to the virtualized real-estate on the map image.
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Abstract
An advertising system associates advertisements with virtualized real-estate on a map image. Virtualized real-estate includes locations on a map image that correspond to real world locations associated with a user, such as a home, business, or other location. The system matches a user'"'"'s virtualized real-estate with advertisements based on user preferences, advertiser preferences, and tracking information. The system also allows users to auction off virtualized real-estate to advertisers. Thereafter, advertisements matched with virtualized real-estate are overlaid on the virtualized real-estate in the map image.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for applying on-line advertisements to virtualized real-estate content, comprising:
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identifying a virtualized real-estate on a map image for advertisement placement; obtaining advertiser preferences associated with advertisements in a set of advertisements; obtaining tracking information associated with the virtualized real-estate; identifying, based on the advertiser preferences and the tracking information, a matching advertisement from among the set of advertisements to match with the virtualized real-estate; and rendering the matching advertisement to the virtualized real-estate on the map image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A virtualized real world advertising system, comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising; instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; identify a virtualized real-estate on a map image for advertisement placement; obtain advertiser preferences associated with advertisements in a set of advertisements; obtain tracking information associated with the virtualized real-estate; identify, based on the advertiser preferences and the tracking information, a matching advertisement from among the set of advertisements to match with the virtualized real-estate; and render the matching advertisement to the virtualized real-estate on the map image. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A product comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and instructions stored on the medium that, when executed, cause a processor in a virtualized real world processing system to; identify a virtualized real-estate on a map image for advertisement placement; obtain advertiser preferences associated with advertisements in a set of advertisements; obtain tracking information associated with the virtualized real-estate; identify, based on the advertiser preferences and the tracking information, a matching advertisement from among the set of advertisements to match with the virtualized real-estate; and render the matching advertisement to the virtualized real-estate on the map image. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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