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Method and apparatus for delivering geographical specific advertisements to a communication device

  • US 7,593,721 B2
  • Filed: 05/24/2006
  • Issued: 09/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of generating contact information and associated advertisements of entities in a particular geographic area, the method comprising:

  • providing a first centralized database having data fields for input of contact information, the first centralized database containing contact information of entities from multiple geographic areas;

    providing a second centralized database having data fields for input of advertisements which are associated with the contact information of one or more entities included in the first centralized database, wherein the contact information in the first centralized database has one or more advertisement links attached thereto and said advertisement link(s) is/are responsive to one or more corresponding advertisements in the second centralized database;

    providing a third database on a communication device having similar or substantially identical data fields as the first and second databases;

    capturing contact information and the associated advertisement link(s) from the first centralized database for one or more entities associated with the geographical location of the communication device;

    receiving an input selecting a contact contained in communication device;

    capturing advertisement responsive to link attached to select contact information from second database by means of communication link; and

    displaying the contact information and the advertisement on the communication device for the selected contact.

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