Methods for displaying and integrating commercial advertisements with computer software

• US 5,105,184 A
• Filed: 11/09/1989
• Issued: 04/14/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: David Ekedal, Noorali Pirani
• Original Assignee: David Ekedal, Noorali Pirani
• Inventors: Pirani, Noorali, Ekedal, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Brier, Jeffery A.
• Application Number:
  US07/435,066
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• Field of Search: 340/721, 340/734, 304/400, 304/401
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 27/00 Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address

Abstract

Commercial advertisements of small (30), medium (35) or full page (39) size to be integrated with different screen types (19) which will result in a change from screen before the advertisements (10) to screen after the advertisements (18). Also, the sequence of different size screens will be integrated. These advertisements may, maynot, or only partially integrated in the first screen (20) second screen (22), third screen (24), menu screen (26), or last screen (28). In addition, a commercial advertisement of an appropriate size (30) may be integrated with different screens at different locations on the screen. Furthermore, a directory advertisement accessable by menu (40) or other input devices to display various commercial advertisements.

Claims

1. A small to a full screen commercial advertisement is to be integrated with different types of screens generated by a computer software;

and such commercial advertisement is to be integrated by modifying and/or inserting in a data entry, user interface, menu, prompt, help, edit, report, maintenance, error, action, game, sign on and off, and/or other similar screens in such software, wherein said small to a full screen commercial advertisement is to be placed in the different parts of a computer software so that such commercial advertisement becomes an integral part of such software, and yet does not interfere with or alter the original function of such software, and is not necessary for the computer software to function.