LOCATION BASED ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented location based advertising method comprising:
- receiving advertising information and an indication of a physical location associated with the advertising information;
transmitting the advertising information to a first client associated with a first user;
detecting entrance of at least one of the first user and a mobile device associated with the first user to the physical location; and
reporting to a second client associated with a second user the transmission of the advertising information and the detection of the entrance of the at least one of the first user and the mobile device associated with the first user to the physical location.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented location based advertising method is provided. The method includes receiving advertising information and an indication of a physical location associated with the advertising information. The advertising information is transmitted to a first client associated with a first user. Entrance to the physical location is detected by either the first user or a mobile device associated with the first user. The transmission of the advertising information and the detection of the entrance to the physical location of the first user or the mobile device are reported to a second client associated with a second user. The present invention further provides a location based advertising systems.
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39 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented location based advertising method comprising:
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receiving advertising information and an indication of a physical location associated with the advertising information; transmitting the advertising information to a first client associated with a first user; detecting entrance of at least one of the first user and a mobile device associated with the first user to the physical location; and reporting to a second client associated with a second user the transmission of the advertising information and the detection of the entrance of the at least one of the first user and the mobile device associated with the first user to the physical location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A location based advertising system comprising at least one computing device including at least one memory comprising instructions operable to enable the computing device to perform a procedure comprising:
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transmitting advertising information as an impression to a mobile device associated with a first user; detecting entrance of the mobile device to a physical location associated with the advertising information; and reporting to a client system associated with a second user the transmission of the advertising information and the detection of the entrance of the mobile device to the physical location.
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28. Non-transitory computer-readable media tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a computing device to implement a method, the computing device being capable of interfacing with a communications network, the method comprising:
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transmitting advertising information as an impression to a mobile device associated with a first user; detecting entrance of the mobile device to a physical location associated with the advertising information associated; and reporting to a client system associated with a second user the transmission of the advertising information and the detection of the entrance of the mobile device to the physical location.
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29. A computer-implemented advertising method comprising:
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receiving advertising information associated with at least one physical location; transmitting the advertising information to a plurality of users, a portion of which correspond to location-trackable user accounts; detecting entrance of at least one of the plurality of users which corresponds to a location-trackable user account to the at least one physical location; generating an estimate of the number of the plurality of users which enter the at least one physical location based on; the number of the plurality of users; the number of the plurality of users which correspond to location-trackable user accounts; and the number of the plurality of users which correspond to location-trackable user accounts which are detected as having entered the at least one physical location; and reporting the estimate to an entity. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A computer-implemented advertising method comprising:
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receiving advertising information associated with at least one physical location; transmitting the advertising information to a plurality of users; determining a number of the plurality of users to enter the at least one physical location after transmitting the advertising information to the plurality of users; and reporting to an entity the determination of the number of the plurality of users to enter the at least one physical location after transmitting the advertising information. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A computer-implemented location based advertising method comprising:
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receiving advertising information comprising an indication of a physical advertisement area, wherein the physical advertisement area comprises a physical advertisement to be exposed to a user; receiving an indication of a physical location associated with the advertisement area; detecting entrance of at least one of a first user and a mobile device associated with the first user to the advertisement area; detecting entrance of at least one of the first user and the mobile device associated with the first user to the physical location; and reporting to a second user the detection of the entrance of the at least one of the first user and the mobile device associated with the first user to the advertisement area and the physical location.
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