Attention brokerage
First Claim
1. In an arrangement comprising at least one computer network, said network connecting at least one personal computer to at least one information-provider computer, said personal computer being associated with at least one user, a method for managing personal privacy in the computer network, the method comprising:
- (1) gathering personal data, including data for which privacy is to be managed, for at least one user;
(2) storing at least part of said data in at least one data structure on at least one computer connected to said network;
(3) receiving a request from said information provider computer to access to at least part of said personal data via said network, said request including the requester'"'"'s identity and a description of the data requested, and further including at least one of the requester'"'"'s intentions with respect to the use of said data and an offer of compensation in return for access to said data;
(4) permitting or denying said access based at least in part on at least one of the expressed consent of said user and an automated decision made on behalf of said user;
said consent being expressed via an interaction of said user with said personal computer, said interaction including the presentation to said user of at least one of the request elements from step (3);
said automated decision being based on at least one criterion set in advance by said user, said automated decision further being based on an examination of this criterion in connection with at least one of the request elements from step (3); and
(5) conditionally communicating the requested data to said information provider computer via said computer network, based on the result of step (4).
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Abstract
The present invention provides an approach for distributing advertising and other information over a computer network. Attention brokerage is the business of buying and selling (brokering) the "attention" of consumers. It can be used to provide direct, immediate payment to a consumer for paying attention to an advertisement or other information. This compensation may be used directly or indirectly to compensate the owners of content or may be used for other purposes. The link between the ad and the appropriate viewers provided by reference to a data base of digitally stored demographic profiles of potential users. Such ads may be viewed as "negatively priced" information because consumers are paid for their attention to the information. Private profiles may be maintained for different consumers and consumer information may be released only based on consumer permission. Consumers may be compensated for allowing their information to be released. Information can be routed based on demographics. A special icon or other symbol displayed on a computer screen may represent compensation and allow users to choose whether they will view an ad or other information and receive associated compensation.
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1. In an arrangement comprising at least one computer network, said network connecting at least one personal computer to at least one information-provider computer, said personal computer being associated with at least one user, a method for managing personal privacy in the computer network, the method comprising:
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(1) gathering personal data, including data for which privacy is to be managed, for at least one user; (2) storing at least part of said data in at least one data structure on at least one computer connected to said network; (3) receiving a request from said information provider computer to access to at least part of said personal data via said network, said request including the requester'"'"'s identity and a description of the data requested, and further including at least one of the requester'"'"'s intentions with respect to the use of said data and an offer of compensation in return for access to said data; (4) permitting or denying said access based at least in part on at least one of the expressed consent of said user and an automated decision made on behalf of said user;
said consent being expressed via an interaction of said user with said personal computer, said interaction including the presentation to said user of at least one of the request elements from step (3);
said automated decision being based on at least one criterion set in advance by said user, said automated decision further being based on an examination of this criterion in connection with at least one of the request elements from step (3); and(5) conditionally communicating the requested data to said information provider computer via said computer network, based on the result of step (4). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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