Information offering system automating registration of advertisement information on home pages

• US 7,526,435 B1
• Filed: 11/28/1997
• Issued: 04/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yoshizawa, Seiji, Tsuda, Kazuaki, Kaneko, Akitoshi, Abe, Hiroyuki, Muraki, Izumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Worjloh; Jalatee
• Application Number:
  US08/969,342
• Time in Patent Office: 4,169 Days
• Field of Search: 705/14, 705/1, 705/50, 705/51, 705/10, 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 705/14.61
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0264 based upon schedule
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

An information offering system stores information on products and services along with attributes describing these products and services. Individual users are allowed to automatically register information on their products and services with the information offering system. By this method, the information offering system advertises products and services. Because the registration is done automatically by each offeror of a service or product, the efforts of a central administrator entering this information becomes unnecessary, thus making it possible to advertise more products and services efficiently.

Claims

1. A server computer for managing advertisement information, comprising:

a registration database unit to store identifiers of network resources having entrance information to access said server computer;

a receiver unit to receive a linking network resource identifier for a specified network resource from which access has been made to said server computer;

a determination unit to determine whether the linking network resource identifier is stored in said registration database unit;

a recommendation unit to make a recommendation that an owner of the specified network resource set the entrance information in the specified network resource when the linking network resource identifier is not stored in said registration database unit and to supply the entrance information when the recommendation is accepted; and

a providing unit to provide advertisement information corresponding to the entrance information upon request by a user who has accessed one of the network resources for which a corresponding identifier is stored in said registration database unit.

2. A server computer according to claim 1,

wherein said registration database unit further stores at least one attribute for each of the network resources stored therein, and

wherein said providing unit selects corresponding advertisement information based on the at least one attribute stored with the corresponding identifier.

3. A server computer according to claim 2, further comprising:

a registration unit to register an address of the owner of the specified resource identified by the linking network resource identifier when the recommendation is accepted; and

an approval unit to send a revised network resource to the address of the owner to obtain approval of the revised network resource by the owner.

4. A server computer according to claim 3, wherein the address is an e-mail address.

5. A server computer according to claim 2, further comprising:

a management unit to manage accesses by users to said server computer via the identifiers for the network resources stored in said registration database unit; and

an activation unit to activate said management unit when routing information from a consumer computer has not been registered by said registration database unit.

6. A server computer coupled to at least one consumer computer, comprising:

a receiver unit to receive a consumer network resource identifier derived from routing information sent by a first consumer from a first consumer computer;

a registration database unit to store registered network resource identifiers and attribute information corresponding thereto;

a determination unit to randomly determine a selected network resource identifier stored in said registration database unit having a stored attribute matching a consumer attribute of the consumer network resource identifier; and

a sender unit to send to a second consumer computer of a second consumer an order to jump to the selected network resource identifier.

7. At least one computer readable storage medium storing at least one computer program to control a computer to perform a process comprising:

storing in a registration database identifiers of network resources having entrance information to access a server computer;

receiving a linking network resource identifier for a specified network resource from which access has been made to the computer;

determining whether the linking network resource identifier is stored in the registration database;

making a recommendation that an owner of the specified network resource set the entrance information in the specified network resource when the linking network resource identifier is not stored in the registration database;

supplying the entrance information when the recommendation is accepted; and

providing advertisement information corresponding to the entrance information upon request by a user who has accessed one of the network resources for which a corresponding identifier is stored in the registration database.

8. At least one computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 7, wherein the process further comprises:

registering at least one attribute for each of the network resources stored in the registration database, and

selecting the advertisement information which is provided based on the at least one attribute stored with the corresponding identifier.

9. At least one computer readable storage medium storing at least one computer program to control a computer to perform a process comprising:

receiving a consumer network resource identifier derived from routing information sent by a first consumer from a first consumer computer;

storing in a registration database registered network resource identifiers and attribute information corresponding thereto;

randomly determining a selected network resource identifier stored in the registration database having a stored attribute matching a consumer attribute of the consumer network resource identifier; and

sending to a second consumer computer of a second consumer an order to jump to the selected network resource identifier.

10. A method for managing advertisement information, comprising:

storing in a registration database identifiers of network resources having entrance information to access a server computer;

a receiver unit to receive a linking network resource identifier for a specified network resource from which access has been made to said server computer;

determining whether the linking network resource identifier is stored in the registration database;

making a recommendation that an owner of the specified network resource set the entrance information in the specified network resource when the linking network resource identifier is not stored in the registration database;

supplying the entrance information when the recommendation is accepted; and

providing advertisement information corresponding to the entrance information upon request by a user who has accessed one of the network resources for which a corresponding identifier is stored in the registration database.

11. A method for controlling a server coupled to at least one consumer computer comprising:

receiving a consumer network resource identifier derived from routing information sent by a first consumer from a first consumer computer;

storing in a registration database registered network resource identifiers and attribute information corresponding thereto;

randomly determining a selected network resource identifier stored in the registration database having a stored attribute matching a consumer attribute of the consumer network resource identifier; and

sending to a second consumer computer of a second consumer an order to jump to the selected network resource identifier.