USES OF MULTIPLE LOCATION PARAMETERS, POLYGONAL EXCLUSION AND INCLUSION ZONES, AND OTHER INPUT DATA IN LOCATION-COUPLED INFORMATION SELECTION

• US 20110137735A1
• Filed: 07/29/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lat49 Media Inc.
• Inventors: Drake, Aaron, JETHA, ZEENAT, Ting, Vincent, Ippel, Keith, Chong, Jamie, Baar, David J. P.
• Application Number:
  US12/846,662
• Publication Number:
  US 20110137735A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.73
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

A method for presenting advertisement images on a display screen, comprising: subdividing a map image into a plurality of geographic regions; associating an advertisement image with a region of the plurality of geographic regions; receiving a signal indicative of a group of regions of the plurality of geographic regions; receiving a signal indicative of a region-of-interest, the region-of-interest corresponding to at least one region of the plurality of geographic regions; determining whether the region and the region-of-interest are included in the group of regions, and if so, generating a presentation of the advertisement image; and, displaying the presentation on the display screen.

Claims

1. A method for presenting advertisement images on a display screen, comprising:

subdividing a map image into a plurality of geographic regions;

associating an advertisement image with a region of the plurality of geographic regions;

receiving a signal indicative of a group of regions of the plurality of geographic regions;

receiving a signal indicative of a region-of-interest, the region-of-interest corresponding to at least one region of the plurality of geographic regions;

determining whether the region and the region-of-interest are included in the group of regions, and if so, generating a presentation of the advertisement image; and

,

displaying the presentation on the display screen.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the group of regions is defined by at least one polygon presented on the map image.