System and method for supporting a consumer aggregation procedure in an electronic network
First Claim
1. A system for implementing an information distribution network, comprising:
- an information service that is configured to provide information distribution services through said information distribution network;
user devices that device users utilize to communicate with said information service for receiving said information distribution services;
a group aggregator that analyzes metadata to define at least one consumer group from among said devices users; and
a bid manager that advertisers communicate with to participate in a bidding procedure for obtaining advertising rights to provide selected information to said consumer group.
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Abstract
A system and method for implementing an information distribution network includes an information service that is configured to provide information distribution services through the information distribution network. User devices are utilized by device users to communicate with the information service for receiving the information distribution services. Transport structures are implemented to collect appropriate metadata from various entities in the information distribution network. A group aggregator analyzes grouping factors from the collected metadata to define at least one consumer group from among the devices users. Various advertisers then communicate with a bid manager to participate in a bidding procedure for obtaining advertising rights to provide selected information to the consumer group.
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1. A system for implementing an information distribution network, comprising:
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an information service that is configured to provide information distribution services through said information distribution network; user devices that device users utilize to communicate with said information service for receiving said information distribution services; a group aggregator that analyzes metadata to define at least one consumer group from among said devices users; and a bid manager that advertisers communicate with to participate in a bidding procedure for obtaining advertising rights to provide selected information to said consumer group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A user device comprising:
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a data module that manages metadata that is related to said user device and to a device user of said user device; a transport structure that provides said metadata to an information service for identifying at least one consumer group that includes said user device; and a communication module that transmits said transport structure to said information service, said metadata being utilized by said information service to select one or more targeted advertisements. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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