USER ADVERTISEMENT SPACE
First Claim
1. A method for providing advertisements to users of an online service, including:
- receiving, from a user of the online service, information related to content of the user provided via the online service to other users of the online service;
associating at least some of the information with an advertisement space related to the content;
providing, by the online service, advertisements based on the information associated with the advertisement space;
selecting at least some of the provided advertisements for display in the advertisement space; and
displaying the selected advertisements in the advertisement space to one or more of the other users viewing at least some of the related content.
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to providing advertisements to users of an online service. A method for providing advertisements to users of an online service is provided, including receiving, from a user of the online service, information related to content of the user provided via the online service to other users of the online service; associating at least some of the information with an advertisement space related to the content; providing, by the online service, advertisements based on the information associated with the advertisement space; selecting at least some of the provided advertisements for display in the advertisement space; and displaying the advertisement space to one or more of the other users viewing at least some of the related content. Furthermore, a server for providing advertisements and an online service hosted by the server are defined.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for providing advertisements to users of an online service, including:
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receiving, from a user of the online service, information related to content of the user provided via the online service to other users of the online service; associating at least some of the information with an advertisement space related to the content; providing, by the online service, advertisements based on the information associated with the advertisement space; selecting at least some of the provided advertisements for display in the advertisement space; and displaying the selected advertisements in the advertisement space to one or more of the other users viewing at least some of the related content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein said instructions, in response to execution by a computing device, cause said computing device to automatically perform a method for providing advertisements to users of an online service, including:
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receiving, from a user of the online service, information related to content of the user provided via the online service to other users of the online service; associating at least some of the information with an advertisement space related to the content; providing, by the online service, advertisements based on the information associated with the advertisement space; selecting at least some of the provided advertisements for display in the advertisement space; and displaying the selected advertisements in the advertisement space to one or more of the other users viewing at least some of the related content.
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15. A server for providing advertisements to users of an online service hosted by the server, including:
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an input interface configured to enable a user of the online service to specify information related to content of the user provided via the online service to other users of the online service; means for associating at least some of the information with an advertisement space related to the content; a processing component of the online service configured to provide advertisements based on the information associated with the advertisement space; means for selecting at least some of the provided advertisements for display in the advertisement space; and an output interface configured to display the selected advertisements in the advertisement space to one or more of the other users viewing at least some of the related content. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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Specification