Method, computer system, and stored program for causing delivery of electronic advertisements based on provided profiles
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A method of causing delivery of electronic advertisements based on provided profiles comprising:
- (a) with a computer system automatically tagging a device of a visitor following receipt from a profile owner computer of indicia of a profile associated with the visitor, for profiles matching a profile or kind of profiles desired by an entity controlling the computer system;
(b) wherein the profile owner computer is programmed;
(i) to automatically select an electronic-advertising-space-controlling entity based on a comparison of (A) profile information about a visitor who electronically accessed electronic apparatus of a profile supplier with (B) a plurality of stored requests from different entities, each stored request being for requested profiles or kinds of profiles, which plurality of stored requests includes the desired profile or kind of profiles, and(ii) to automatically arrange for electronic storage of a tag that is associated with the visitor and that is readable by an electronic-advertising-space-controlling equipment controlled by the selected entity, which equipment is part of the computer system of part (a) when the selected entity is the entity controlling the computer system; and
(c) later, with the computer system, automatically checking electronic devices of a multitude of visitors accessing the computer system for the tag readable by the computer system and, when found, automatically causing delivery of a profile-dependent electronic advertisement to the tagged visitor devices.
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Abstract
To improve monetization of electronic advertisement placement, a profile owner company operates an automatic system for identifying media properties that have interests in specific profiles or profiles of a specified category or kind. The profile owner recognizes a collected visitor profile as one that a media property has previously requested or one that is within a category that a media property has previously requested and arranges for the visitor to be tagged with a tag readable by the media property that requested such a profile. The media property can use the tag in displaying customized advertising to the visitor. Using information received from the media property, the profile owner company then records usage of the profile by the media property.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of causing delivery of electronic advertisements based on provided profiles comprising:
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(a) with a computer system automatically tagging a device of a visitor following receipt from a profile owner computer of indicia of a profile associated with the visitor, for profiles matching a profile or kind of profiles desired by an entity controlling the computer system; (b) wherein the profile owner computer is programmed; (i) to automatically select an electronic-advertising-space-controlling entity based on a comparison of (A) profile information about a visitor who electronically accessed electronic apparatus of a profile supplier with (B) a plurality of stored requests from different entities, each stored request being for requested profiles or kinds of profiles, which plurality of stored requests includes the desired profile or kind of profiles, and (ii) to automatically arrange for electronic storage of a tag that is associated with the visitor and that is readable by an electronic-advertising-space-controlling equipment controlled by the selected entity, which equipment is part of the computer system of part (a) when the selected entity is the entity controlling the computer system; and (c) later, with the computer system, automatically checking electronic devices of a multitude of visitors accessing the computer system for the tag readable by the computer system and, when found, automatically causing delivery of a profile-dependent electronic advertisement to the tagged visitor devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer system comprising one or more computers, wherein the one or more computers are programmed and connected:
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(a) to automatically tag a device of a visitor following receipt from a profile owner computer of indicia of a profile associated with the visitor, for profiles matching a profile or kind of profiles desired by an entity controlling the computer system; (b) wherein the profile owner computer is programmed; (i) to automatically select an electronic-advertising-space-controlling entity based on a comparison of (A) profile information about a visitor who electronically accessed electronic apparatus of a profile supplier with (B) a plurality of stored requests from different entities, each stored request being for requested profiles or kinds of profiles, which plurality of stored requests includes the desired profile or kind of profiles, and (ii) to automatically arrange for electronic storage of a tag that is associated with the visitor and that is readable by an electronic-advertising-space-controlling equipment controlled by the selected entity, which equipment is part of the computer system when the selected entity is the entity controlling the computer system; and (c) later, to automatically check electronic devices of a multitude of visitors accessing the computer system for the tag readable by the computer system and, when found, to automatically cause delivery of a profile-dependent electronic advertisement to the tagged visitor devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An article comprising a non-transitory tangible medium encoding computer-readable instructions that, when applied to a computer system comprising one or more computers, instruct the one or more computers to perform a method comprising:
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(a) automatically tagging a device of a visitor following receipt from a profile owner computer of indicia of a profile associated with the visitor, for profiles matching a profile or kind of profiles desired by an entity controlling the computer system; (b) wherein the profile owner computer is programmed; (i) to automatically select an electronic-advertising-space-controlling entity based on a comparison of (A) profile information about a visitor who electronically accessed electronic apparatus of a profile supplier with (B) a plurality of stored requests from different entities, each stored request being for requested profiles or kinds of profiles, which plurality of stored requests includes the desired profile or kind of profiles, and (ii) to automatically arrange for electronic storage of a tag that is associated with the visitor and that is readable by an electronic-advertising-space-controlling equipment controlled by the selected entity, which equipment is part of the computer system of part (a) when the selected entity is the entity controlling the computer system; and (c) later automatically checking electronic devices of a multitude of visitors accessing the computer system for the tag readable by the computer system and, when found, automatically causing delivery of a profile-dependent electronic advertisement to the tagged visitor devices. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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