System and method for targeting and distributing advertisements over a distributed network
First Claim
1. An advertisement display apparatus for displaying, to a user of the advertisement display apparatus, selectively distributed advertisements transmitted over a distributed network, the advertisement display apparatus comprising:
- a memory that stores at least one of the selectively distributed advertisements;
a processor that visibly displays one of the at least one stored selectively distributed advertisement on a display, the display driven by the processor;
a low level determination circuit that determines if a number of selectively distributed advertisements to be displayed remaining in the memory has reached a predetermined low level; and
a communication device connectable to an advertisement distribution system over the distributed network if the low level determination circuit has determined that the number of selectively distributed advertisements to be displayed remaining in the memory has reached the predetermined low level, wherein the selectively distributed advertisements are identified by the advertisement distribution system based on a profile of the user supplied to the advertisement distribution system.
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Abstract
A system and method for targeting and distributing advertisements over a distributed information network includes a client application that displays targeted advertisements on a subscriber'"'"'s computer and a server that manages an advertisement database and provides advertisements to the subscriber'"'"'s computer. Advertisements are specifically targeted to the subscriber based on a personal profile provided by the subscriber. The client application periodically accesses the server over a distributed information network to download the targeted advertisements. The client application preferably displays the downloaded advertisements in an advertising window that is continuously displayed on the subscriber'"'"'s computer and that is sensitive to mouse and/or keyboard activity, even if other applications are running concurrently on the subscriber'"'"'s computer. Thus, the probability that a subscriber will view an advertisement that is specifically for the subscriber is relatively high.
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27 Claims
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1. An advertisement display apparatus for displaying, to a user of the advertisement display apparatus, selectively distributed advertisements transmitted over a distributed network, the advertisement display apparatus comprising:
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a memory that stores at least one of the selectively distributed advertisements; a processor that visibly displays one of the at least one stored selectively distributed advertisement on a display, the display driven by the processor; a low level determination circuit that determines if a number of selectively distributed advertisements to be displayed remaining in the memory has reached a predetermined low level; and a communication device connectable to an advertisement distribution system over the distributed network if the low level determination circuit has determined that the number of selectively distributed advertisements to be displayed remaining in the memory has reached the predetermined low level, wherein the selectively distributed advertisements are identified by the advertisement distribution system based on a profile of the user supplied to the advertisement distribution system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An advertisement display apparatus for displaying, to a user of the advertisement display apparatus, selectively distributed advertisements transmitted over a distributed network, the advertisement display apparatus comprising:
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a memory that stores at least one of the selectively distributed advertisements; a processor that visibly displays one of the at least one stored selectively distributed advertisement on a display, the display driven by the processor; and a communication device connectable to an advertisement distribution system over the distributed network, wherein the selectively distributed advertisements are identified by the advertisement distribution system based on a profile of the user supplied to the advertisement distribution system;
wherein the advertisement window comprises a state indicator. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. An advertisement distribution and display system comprising:
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an advertisement distribution system that selectively distributes advertisements to a plurality of recipients over a distributed network that connects the advertisement distribution system to the plurality of recipients, comprising; a first memory that stores a plurality of advertisements, a second memory that stores a plurality of recipient profiles, each recipient profile corresponding to one of the plurality of recipients and defining an advertisement profile of that recipient, and a first processor that, in response to low advertisement level information received from one of the plurality of recipients, selects at least one of the plurality of advertisements based on the recipient profile for that recipient and transmits at least information corresponding to the at least one selected advertisement to the recipient over the distributed network; and an advertisement display apparatus that displays, to a user of the advertisement display apparatus, the selectively distributed advertisements identified by the advertisement distribution system transmitted over the distributed network, comprising; a memory that stores at least one of the selectively distributed advertisements, a second processor that visibly displays one of the at least one stored selectively distributed advertisement on a display, the display driven by the second processor, a low level determination circuit that determines if a number of selectively distributed advertisements to be displayed remaining in the memory has reached a predetermined low level; and a communication device connectable to the advertisement distribution system over the distributed network if the low level determination circuit has determined that the number of selectively distributed advertisements to be displayed remaining in the memory has reached the predetermined low level, wherein the selectively distributed advertisements are identified by the advertisement distribution system based on the profile of the user supplied to the advertisement distribution system.
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26. An advertisement display apparatus for displaying, to a user of the advertisement display apparatus, selectively distributed advertisements transmitted over a distributed network, the advertisement display apparatus comprising:
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a memory that stores at least one of the selectively distributed advertisements; a processor that visibly displays one of the at least one stored selectively distributed advertisement on a display, the display driven by the processor; and a communication device connectable to an advertisement distribution system over the distributed network, wherein the selectively distributed advertisements are identified by the advertisement distribution system based on a profile of the user supplied to the advertisement distribution system, wherein the advertisement window comprises a connection control portion. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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