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INTERMEDIARY SERVICE FOR COLLECTION OF OPT-IN CONTACT INFORMATION

  • US 20120095838A1
  • Filed: 10/10/2011
  • Published: 04/19/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Tangible computer readable media storing data for configuring a machine to perform a method for obtaining opt-in contact information from users accessing content from content servers, the method comprising:

  • communicating, over a network, by a promoter server with a web server belonging to a web host that is operable to serve a web page to a user device, the web page for display on a display of the user device, and comprising an interface providing an opportunity for a user to register with the web host by entering information in a plurality of data fields in a form provided by the web host to the user device for display;

    receiving at least some of the information entered by the user in the form;

    accessing a database, stored on a tangible computer readable medium coupled with the promoter server, the database comprising descriptions of offers from a plurality of advertisers, each offer comprising a set of criteria to be matched with received user information, in order for that offer to be presentable to that user as an opt-in opportunity to the user corresponding to the received user information;

    comparing the user data from the web server with the respective criteria for the offers to identify matching offers;

    identifying and excluding from presentation any matching offer that has already been accepted by the user, using data stored in a tangible computer readable medium correlating user-identifying data elements with offers that were accepted by that user;

    providing an opt-in window for display on the display of the user device, responsive to a match between the user data and respective criteria of one or more of the offers, the opt-in window presenting each offer that matches and which has not yet been accepted by the user, with a corresponding interface element, by which the user can provide input to indicate a desire to opt-into that offer; and

    providing information about the user to each advertiser whose offer was accepted by the user.

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