System and method for evaluating and/or monitoring effectiveness of on-line advertising
First Claim
1. A system for facilitating measuring effectiveness of advertisements displayed upon a computer for viewing by a user, the system comprising:
- a code associated with an advertisement received from an advertiser server;
a server capable of supplying an indicator identifying an instance wherein the advertisement is activated for viewing by the user, and wherein the code initiates sending a signal to the server indicative of activation of the advertisement; and
a computer on which the advertisement is activated for viewing by the user wherein the computer has a file within which the indicator is stored, the indicator providing information associated with the advertisement.
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Abstract
A system and a method for measuring and monitoring effectiveness of on-line advertising are provided. The system and method provide a code attached to, for example, an advertising banner of a company that may advertise goods and/or services of the company. The code provides a signal to a server when the banner is viewed on a computer of a user. Cookie data is transferred by the server to the computer of the user providing information related to viewing of the advertising banner. Surveys are further presented to users to obtain information related to the effectiveness of the advertising for both exposed users and control users.
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49 Claims
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1. A system for facilitating measuring effectiveness of advertisements displayed upon a computer for viewing by a user, the system comprising:
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a code associated with an advertisement received from an advertiser server; a server capable of supplying an indicator identifying an instance wherein the advertisement is activated for viewing by the user, and wherein the code initiates sending a signal to the server indicative of activation of the advertisement; and a computer on which the advertisement is activated for viewing by the user wherein the computer has a file within which the indicator is stored, the indicator providing information associated with the advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for facilitating measuring effectiveness of an advertisement message from an advertiser and activated upon a computer for viewing by a user, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing the advertisement message through an on-line network accessible by the computer of the user; attaching a code to the advertisement for facilitating identifying an instance wherein the advertisement has been activated upon the computer for viewing by the user and initiating sending a signal to a server; and storing information in the computer of the user provided by the server wherein the information relates to activation of the advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for identifying an instance wherein an advertisement deliverable through an on-line network to a computer of a user has been activated for viewing by the user, the system comprising:
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a code attached to the advertisement facilitating generating a signal when the advertisement is activated on the computer wherein the code provides information relating to activation of the advertisement; and a server for receiving the signal from the computer of the user, and wherein the server generates a second signal in response to the signal wherein the second signal includes information related to the activation of the advertisement and is stored on the computer of the user. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A system for facilitating measuring effectiveness of advertisements activated upon users'"'"' computers, the system comprising:
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an administration computer; a user computer; an advertisement message; and a set of computer instructions executed upon the user computer, in association with activation of the advertisement message, facilitating; generating a signal, in association with activation of the advertisement message upon the user computer, to the administration computer; and storing, in association with the signal, within memory on the user computer a value received from the administration computer in response to the signal and indicative of activation of the advertisement message. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for facilitating measuring effectiveness of advertisements activated on users'"'"' computers, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by a user computer, an advertisement including an embedded code; generating, by the user computer, in accordance with the embedded code and in association with activation of the advertisement upon the user computer, a signal for an administration computer; and storing within memory on the user computer a value received from the administration computer in response to the signal and indicative of the activation of the advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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