APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION HAVING EMBEDDED ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION

• US 20120197727A1
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Published: 08/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Inventors: KIM, Dong Kyun
• Application Number:
  US13/247,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20120197727A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.64
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for providing an application having embedded advertisement information, in which an application having embedded advertisement information may be transmitted and received between a server which transmits the application and a terminal which receives the application. The apparatus includes a receiving unit to receive an application and advertisement information added to an execution file of the application from an application providing server, a control unit to execute the application and to control the output of the advertisement information based on an execution environment of the application, and an output unit to output the advertisement information during execution of the application.

Claims

1. A terminal to provide an application having embedded advertisement information, comprising:

a storage unit to store an application and advertisement information added to an execution file of the application;

a control unit to execute the application and to control output of the advertisement information based on an execution environment of the application; and

an output unit to output the advertisement information during execution of the application.

2. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving unit to receive a package comprising the application and the advertisement information from an application providing server.

3. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the package further comprises an advertisement output control program, the advertisement output control program to control the output of the advertisement information related to the application, and

the control unit controls the output of the advertisement information based on content of the application or usage type of the application.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the advertisement information comprises an advertising resource, uniform resource locator (URL) information, information about an advertising resource producer, advertisement setting information, or version information of the advertisement output control program.

5. The terminal of claim 4, wherein the advertisement setting information comprises information about a time when the advertising resource is to be outputted, information about a location where the advertising resource is to be outputted, information about a type of other application to which the advertising resource is executable, or information about an output type of the advertising resource.

6. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit modifies raw advertisement data into a machine code, and adds the modified advertisement information to the execution file of the application, and

the storage unit further stores the modified advertisement information.

7. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit determines whether an advertisement output control program is installed in the terminal, compares version information of the advertisement output control program with version information of the advertisement information if the advertisement output control program is installed, and downloads an advertisement output control program having the same version information included in the advertisement information.

8. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the control unit controls output of an advertising resource included in the advertisement information by executing the advertisement output control program.

9. The terminal of claim 4, wherein the control unit controls output of the advertising resource based on the advertisement setting information, or

the control unit controls output of the advertising resource based on at least one of the advertisement information, specification information of the terminal, and status information of the terminal.

10. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a load measuring unit to measure memory load of a memory included in the terminal;

a battery capacity measuring unit to measure remaining battery capacity of the terminal; and

a network measuring unit to determine a type of communication network to which the terminal is connected, and to measure network condition of the connected communication network.

11. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the control unit controls to output an advertising resource having a shorter execution time than a threshold execution time or to output an advertising resource having lower data capacity than a threshold data capacity among advertising resources included in the advertisement information if the memory load exceeds threshold memory load or if the remaining battery capacity is less than threshold battery capacity.

12. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the control unit controls to output an advertising resource having a lower layout capacity than threshold layout capacity, or to output an advertising resource not having a vibration or an audio among the advertising resources included in the advertisement information if the remaining battery capacity is less than threshold battery capacity.

13. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the control unit controls the output of the advertising resource included in the advertisement information based on characteristic information of the connected communication network.

14. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls output of an advertising resource included in the advertisement information during loading of the application, or controls output of the advertising resource during a termination process of the application after finishing execution of the application.

15. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls output of an advertising resource included in the advertisement information on the output unit during an initiation process of an audio call or video call.

16. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls to output an advertising resource included in the advertisement information on a first location of a display differentiated from a second location of the display on which application execution status is displayed.

17. An apparatus to provide an application having embedded advertisement information, comprising:

a receiving unit to receive an application;

an advertisement information generating unit to generate advertisement information based on execution environment information or setting information of the application;

a package generating unit to generate a first package, comprising the application and the advertisement information, by combining the advertisement information with an execution file of the application; and

a transmitting unit to transmit the first package to a terminal.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the advertisement information generating unit generates the advertisement information with reference to metadata included in the application.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the advertisement information generating unit generates the advertisement information based on a function of the terminal to reflect the function of the terminal on the execution of the advertisement information.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the advertisement information comprises an advertising resource, URL information having a link of an advertising resource, information about an advertising resource producer, advertisement setting information, or version information of an advertisement output control program.

21. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first package further comprises an advertisement output control program.

22. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the package generating unit generates the first package by extracting the execution file of the application and by adding the advertisement information to the execution file, and

the advertisement information comprises a machine code corresponding to a type of machine code of the execution file.

23. A method for providing an application having embedded advertisement information, comprising:

receiving an application and advertisement information added to an execution file of the application;

executing the application;

outputting the advertisement information during execution of the application; and

controlling the output of the advertisement information based on an execution environment of the application.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising receiving an advertisement output control program,

Wherein the advertisement output control program controls the output of the advertisement information according to the application.

25. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

storing the advertisement information; and

selecting advertisement information among received advertisement information and stored advertisement information based on content and usage type of the application.

26. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

determining whether an advertisement output control program is installed; and

comparing version information of the advertisement output control program with version information of the advertisement information if the advertisement output control program is installed,

wherein the advertisement output control program controls the output of the advertising resource included in the advertisement information if the version information of the advertisement output control program is compatible with the version information included in the advertisement information.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein controlling the output of the advertisement information further comprises controlling the output of the advertising resource based on advertisement setting information included in the advertisement information, or

controlling the output of the advertising resource based on at least one of the advertisement information, specification information of a terminal in which the application is executed, and status information of the terminal.

28. A method for providing an application having embedded advertisement information, comprising:

receiving an application;

generating advertisement information based on execution environment information or setting information of the application;

generating a package, comprising the application and the advertisement information, by combining the advertisement information with an execution file of the application; and

transmitting the package to a terminal.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the generating of the advertisement information comprises generating the advertisement information with reference to metadata included in the application.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein generating the package further comprises generating the package, comprising the application, the advertisement information, and an advertisement output control program, by combining the advertisement information with an execution file of the application and the advertisement output control program.

31. The method of claim 28, wherein generating the package further comprises generating the package by extracting the execution file of the application and by adding the advertisement information to the execution file.