Online Advertising Methods and Systems and Revenue Sharing Methods and Systems Related to Same
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of allocating advertising revenue to a content contributor participating in an online digital content platform, the method comprising:
- receiving digital content from a content contributor;
receiving descriptive information of the digital content from the content contributor;
identifying advertising content having one or more criteria that matches the descriptive information;
receiving a request for the digital content;
displaying the digital content embedded in an advertisement frame comprising the advertising content;
verifying that the request for the digital content is made by a person other than the content contributor; and
calculating payment for the content contributor.
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Abstract
The present teachings provide methods for a user (e.g., content contributor) of an online digital content platform to earn revenue on a per click-and-view business model by embedding their online digital content into an advertisement frame. In various embodiments, the user of the online digital content platform will choose an advertisement frame from a given category prior to distributing her online digital content. The selected advertisement frame can be shown during the entire viewing of the online digital content by a third party viewer. For each click-and-view by a third party viewer, the user will receive compensation from the advertiser. The payment system for the revenue sharing scheme can be provided by the online digital content platform.
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6 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of allocating advertising revenue to a content contributor participating in an online digital content platform, the method comprising:
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receiving digital content from a content contributor; receiving descriptive information of the digital content from the content contributor; identifying advertising content having one or more criteria that matches the descriptive information; receiving a request for the digital content; displaying the digital content embedded in an advertisement frame comprising the advertising content; verifying that the request for the digital content is made by a person other than the content contributor; and calculating payment for the content contributor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for allocating advertising revenue to a content contributor participating in an online digital content platform, the system comprising:
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a storage medium for receiving digital content from a content contributor; a first database for storing descriptive information of the digital content; a second database for storing information associated with available advertising content; an applications module for comparing information in the first database and the second database, identifying one or more advertising content having criteria that match the descriptive information of the digital content, and embedding the digital content in an advertisement frame comprising one of the one or more advertising content; a communications module for receiving a request for the digital content from a content requestor other than the content contributor and delivering to the content requestor the embedded digital content; and a commerce module for processing payment to the content contributor.
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6. A computer system for allocating advertising revenue to a content contributor participating in an online digital content platform, the system comprising:
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a memory device; and a processor in communication with the memory device, wherein the memory device comprises instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to; identify advertising content having one or more criteria that matches information descriptive of certain digital content from a content contributor; display the digital content embedded in an advertisement frame comprising the advertising content; track the number of clicks-and-views of the digital content; and calculate payment to the content contributor based on the number of clicks-and-views of the digital content.
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