System and method for effectively performing an advertisement selection procedure
First Claim
1. A system for performing an advertisement selection procedure in 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; and
an advertisement selector that evaluates metadata during said advertisement selection procedure to thereby identify targeted advertisements for providing to said user devices through said information distribution network.
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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 for communicating with various network entities in the information distribution network to collect appropriate metadata. An advertisement selector utilizes an advertisement selection algorithm for evaluating the collected metadata during the advertisement selection procedure to thereby identify targeted advertisements for providing to user devices through the information distribution network.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for performing an advertisement selection procedure in 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; and an advertisement selector that evaluates metadata during said advertisement selection procedure to thereby identify targeted advertisements for providing to said user devices through said information distribution network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A user device comprising:
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a device application that manages metadata that is related to said user device and to a device user of said user device; and an advertisement selector that evaluates said metadata during an advertisement selection procedure to thereby identify targeted advertisements for providing to said user device through said information distribution network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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