Method of displaying advertisement to a user

• US 7,775,440 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2007
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul, Hollins, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Seung H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Marshall; Christle I
• Application Number:
  US11/754,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20080087732A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,177 Days
• Field of Search: 235/487, 235/375, 235/435, 235/462.01, 235/472.01
• US Class Current: 235/472.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method of displaying an advertisement to a user via user interaction with a printed substrate, said substrate comprising user information and coded data enabling the user interaction, said method comprising: (a) a user performing the user interaction with the substrate using a sensing device, said sensing device reading at least some of the coded data when operatively positioned or moved relative to the substrate and generating interaction data using the read coded data, said interaction data being indicative of the user interaction; and (b) said user interaction causing a first resource to be displayed on a display device, said first resource being a blended resource comprising at least one advertisement and content corresponding to said user interaction wherein said at least one advertisement is selected, at least partially, using a first context of said user interaction.

Claims

1. A method of displaying an advertisement to a user via user interaction with a printed substrate, said substrate comprising user information and coded data enabling the user interaction, said method comprising:

(a) a user performing the user interaction with the substrate using a sensing device, said sensing device reading at least some of the coded data when operatively positioned or moved relative to the substrate and generating interaction data using the read coded data, said interaction data being indicative of the user interaction; and

(b) said user interaction causing a first resource to be displayed on a display device, said first resource being a blended resource comprising at least one advertisement and content corresponding to said user interaction,

wherein said at least one advertisement is selected, at least partially, using a first context associated with a zone of said user interaction on said printed substrate.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said first context is derived from any one of the group comprising:

a resource description;

a subject description;

a user description;

and an environment description.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first context comprises at least one context term selected from the group comprising:

a word, a keyword, a concept, a person, an organization, a place, a product and a publication.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said first context is used to determine ad selection criteria.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction identifies a hyperlink and the blended resource comprises hyperlinked content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction identifies a search request and the blended resource comprises search-results content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said content is selected, at least partially, using the first context.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction is within a zone of the substrate having no advertisements.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein first resource is a webpage.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction causes:

transmission of the interaction data, or an encoded form thereof, to a first computer system; and

the first computer system to determine a request using the interaction data and initiate obtaining or formation of the blended resource using the request.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first computer system determines the request by:

determining the first context for the user interaction;

determining ad selection criteria using the first context; and

determining the request using the interaction data and the ad selection criteria.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the request is encoded in a request URI.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein transmission of the interaction data is via a relay device.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the user interaction causes the first computer system to initiate obtaining or formation of the blended resource by:

the first computer system sending the request to the display device;

the display device relaying the request to a second computer system; and

the second computer system obtaining or forming the blended resource using the request.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first computer system and the second computer system are the same computer system.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the coded data is indicative of a region identity associated with the substrate and of a plurality of locations on the substrate, and the user interaction causes:

the sensing device to generate the interaction data to be indicative of the region identity and of at least one position of the sensing device relative to the substrate;

the sensing device to transmit the interaction data, or an encoded form thereof, to a first computer system; and

the first computer system to;

(1) identify a page description corresponding to the printed substrate using the region identity;

(2) determine the first context using the page description and the interaction data;

(3) determine ad selection criteria using the first context;

(4) determine a request using the page description, the interaction data and the ad selection criteria; and

(5) initiate obtaining or formation of the blended resource using the request.

17. A system for displaying an advertisement to a user via user interaction with a printed substrate, said system comprising:

(A) the printed substrate, said substrate comprising user information and coded data, said coded data enabling said user interaction;

(B) a sensing device, said sensing device comprising;

(i) an image sensor for reading at least some of the coded data when a user operatively positions or moves the sensing device relative to the substrate while performing said user interaction;

(ii) a processor for generating interaction data using the read coded data, said interaction data being indicative of said user interaction; and

(iii) means for communicating the interaction data, thereby causing a first resource to be displayed on a display device in response to the user interaction;

(C) a first computer system configured for;

(i) receiving the interaction data, or an encoded form thereof;

(ii) determining first context for the user interaction, the context being associated with a zone of said user interaction on said printed substrate;

(iii) determining ad selection criteria using the context;

(iv) determining a request using the interaction data and the ad selection criteria; and

(v) initiating obtaining or formation of the first resource using the request;

(D) the display device, said display device comprising;

(i) means for receiving the first resource, said first resource being a blended resource comprising at least one advertisement and content corresponding to said user interaction, said at least one advertisement being selected using said ad selection criteria; and

(ii) a display for displaying the first resource.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

(E) a relay device comprising a transceiver configured for;

(i) receiving the interaction data from the sensing device; and

(ii) relaying the interaction data, or an encoded form thereof, to the first computer system.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the display device comprises at least one of the relay device and the sensing device.

20. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

(H) a second computer system configured for obtaining or forming the first resource using the request.