Method and System for Providing Location Targeted Advertisements
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of providing advertisements, the method comprising:
- obtaining a position of a first mobile device;
identifying one of the advertisements from an advertisement database based on the position of the first mobile device;
identifying at least one friend of a first user of the first mobile device, wherein the friend is associated with a second mobile device;
obtaining a position of the second mobile device, wherein the position of the second mobile device is proximate the position of the first mobile device;
providing the identified advertisement to the first mobile device and the second mobile device, wherein the advertisement includes an incentive for both a first user of the first mobile device and a user of the second mobile device to visit together a point of interest associated with the identified advertisement.
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Abstract
A method of providing advertisements to mobile devices is disclosed. A position of a first mobile device is obtained and one of the advertisements from an advertisement database is identified based on the position of the first mobile device. At least one friend of a first user of the first mobile device is identified, wherein the friend is associated with a second mobile device. The identified advertisement is provided to the first mobile device and the second mobile device, wherein the advertisement includes an incentive for both a first user of the first mobile device and a user of the second mobile device to visit together a point of interest associated with the identified advertisement.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of providing advertisements, the method comprising:
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obtaining a position of a first mobile device; identifying one of the advertisements from an advertisement database based on the position of the first mobile device; identifying at least one friend of a first user of the first mobile device, wherein the friend is associated with a second mobile device; obtaining a position of the second mobile device, wherein the position of the second mobile device is proximate the position of the first mobile device; providing the identified advertisement to the first mobile device and the second mobile device, wherein the advertisement includes an incentive for both a first user of the first mobile device and a user of the second mobile device to visit together a point of interest associated with the identified advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for providing an advertisement comprising:
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a processor, an advertisement database associated with the processor, and an advertising program executed on the processor, wherein the advertising program obtains a position of a first mobile device, identifies a second mobile device of a friend of the first mobile device that is located proximate the position of the first mobile device and provides an advertisement from the advertisement database to the first mobile device and the second mobile device, wherein the advertisement includes an incentive for both a first user of the first mobile device and a second user of the second mobile device to visit together a point of interest associated with the advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of operating a computer platform to provide advertising messages, the method comprising:
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obtaining data representing a specified geographic area for an advertisement from an advertisement database; identifying a first mobile device that is located within the specified area for the advertisement; identifying a second mobile device of a friend of a first user of the first mobile device that is located within the specified area for the advertisement; providing the advertisement to the first mobile device and the second mobile device, wherein the advertisement includes an incentive for both a first user and the friend to visit together a point of interest associated with the identified advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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