Method for providing selected content during waiting time of an internet session
First Claim
1. A process for providing selected content during a waiting time of an Internet session, comprising the steps of:
- providing a selection of messages;
monitoring a user node during an Internet session to identify a web site access request, andselecting, in response to an identified web site access request, a message from said plurality of messages and playing the selected message at the user node during a waiting time associated with processing said web site access request;
said step of selecting comprising identifying said message based on user information, said user information being specific to a user of said user node, being voluntarily made available by said user and having a content that is independent of network usage history.
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Abstract
Selected content such as product information and announcements is provided during waiting time of an Internet session. In one implementation, the process implemented by the waiting time message program of the invention involves monitoring (416) a user node to identify a web site access request, accessing (418) a previously stored message set, selecting (432) a message from the message set and displaying or playing back (434) the selected message. The message set and particular messages may be selected based on user information (e.g., demographic, psychographic, or product preference information), information regarding the expected waiting time or other information. Messages are thereby provided during waiting time that would otherwise be essentially wasted from the perspective of an ordinary Internet user, e.g., during processing time associated with the exchange of information between Internet content providers and Internet content users.
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28 Claims
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1. A process for providing selected content during a waiting time of an Internet session, comprising the steps of:
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providing a selection of messages; monitoring a user node during an Internet session to identify a web site access request, and selecting, in response to an identified web site access request, a message from said plurality of messages and playing the selected message at the user node during a waiting time associated with processing said web site access request; said step of selecting comprising identifying said message based on user information, said user information being specific to a user of said user node, being voluntarily made available by said user and having a content that is independent of network usage history. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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