Method and system for alphanumeric indexing for advertising via cloud computing

• US 8,363,806 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2012
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blake Bookstaff
• Original Assignee: Blake Bookstaff
• Inventors: Bookstaff, Blake
• Primary Examiner(s): HONG, HARRY S
• Application Number:
  US13/412,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20120185307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 330 Days
• Field of Search: 379/201.01, 379/204.01, 379/211.03, 379/213.01, 379/213.02, 370/352, 370/356
• US Class Current: 379/201.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/08 Metering calls to called party , i.e. B-party charged for the communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8083 involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions or volume discounts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0184 involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions, volume discounts, cell discounts, group billing, frequent calling destination(s) or user history list
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0192 Sponsored, subsidised calls via advertising, e.g. calling cards with ads or connecting to special ads, free calling time by purchasing goods
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/62 Called party billing, e.g. reverse billing, freephone, collect call, 0800 or 0900

Abstract

A method and system for alphanumeric identifier indexing for advertising with cloud computing. Alphanumeric identifiers (e.g., telephone number, voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) identifier, Internet Protocol (IP) identifier, a text message identifier, an instant message (IM) identifier, an e-mail address identifier, a social network identifier, a social networking hash code, etc.) are used to categorize and associate pre-determined advertising with the alphanumeric identifiers. When the alphanumeric identifier is received anywhere on a cloud computing network, the pre-determined advertising associated with the alphanumeric identifier is sent to a target device.

Claims

1. A method for automatically indexing alphanumeric identifiers with cloud computing, comprising:

receiving a plurality of alphanumeric identifiers on a source cloud application on a source network device with one or more processors via a cloud communications network comprising;

one or more public communication networks, one or more private networks, one or more community networks and one or more hybrid networks, wherein the plurality of received alphanumeric identifiers include connectable and disconnected alphanumeric identifiers and valid and invalid alphanumeric identifiers;

categorizing on the source cloud application on source network device the plurality of alphanumeric identifiers into a plurality of different pre-determined advertising categories;

storing from the source cloud application on the source network device the categorized plurality of alphanumeric identifiers in a cloud storage object, wherein the cloud storage object comprises a plurality of separate storage locations distributed across the cloud communications network but functions as a single storage object, and wherein a target cloud application on a target network device cannot determine which cloud source network devices on the one or more public, private, community or hybrid networks on the cloud communications network may have stored the cloud storage object or a portion thereof, thereby providing security and privacy for recording requests made by the target cloud application on the target network device;

associating on the source cloud application on the source network device a plurality of pre-determined advertisements stored in the cloud storage object with the plurality of categorized alphanumeric identifiers stored in the cloud storage object;

receiving a target alphanumeric identifier on the source cloud application on the source network device from a target cloud application on a target network device with one or more processors via the cloud communications network, wherein the target network device can contact the source network device from anywhere on the cloud computing network and wherein the target alphanumeric identifier is used to connect the target network device to a desired network device anywhere on the cloud communications network;

retrieving on the source cloud application on the source network device a pre-determined advertisement from the plurality of categorized alphanumeric identifiers stored in the cloud storage object based on the received target alphanumeric identifier; and

sending a secure message from the source cloud application on the source network device to the target network device via the cloud communications network, wherein the message includes electronic information that allows the target network device to make a selection input to connect to the desired network device or to receive and display the retrieved pre-determined advertisement and connect to another network device associated with the retrieved pre-determined advertisement instead.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the alphanumeric identifier and the target alphanumeric identifier include a telephone number, voice-over-Internet Protocol identifier, an Internet Protocol identifier, an instant message identifier, a text message identifier, an e-mail address identifier, a social network identifier, a social networking hash code, or a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the target alphanumeric identifier initiates cable television advertising, satellite television advertising, Internet television advertising, search engine services advertising, social network advertising or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of sending a secure message includes securely sending the message with a pre-determined security or encryption method.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the pre-determined security or encryption method includes a Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP), Wireless-Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), Robust Security Network (RSN), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Data Encryption Standard (DES), Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES), Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA), Message Digest-5 (MD-5), Electronic Code Book (ECB), Diffie and Hellman (DH), HyperText Transport Protocol Secure, (HTTPs), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), or a Transport Layer Security (TLS) security or encryption method.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud storage object includes one or more of a REpresentational State Transfer (REST) or Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) cloud storage objects, portions thereof, or a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein source cloud application offers the cloud computing Infrastructure as a cloud Service (IaaS), the cloud computing Platform, as a cloud Service (PaaS) or offers Specific cloud electronic content retrieval and storage services as a cloud Service (SaaS) including a cloud software service, wherein the IaaS, PaaS and SaaS include one or more of cloud electronic advertising indexing and retrieval services comprising networking, storage, server network device, virtualization, operating system, middleware, run-time, data or application services, or plural combinations thereof, on the cloud communications network.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud communications network includes on-demand electronic content retrieval and storage services, broadband network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity and measured network services for cloud electronic advertising indexing and retrieval services.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the target network devices include desktop computers, laptop computers, tablet computers, mobile phones, non-mobile phones, smart phones, Internet phones, Internet appliances, personal digital/data assistants (PDA), digital cameras, portable game consoles, non-portable game consoles, cable television (CATV) set-top boxes, satellite television boxes, or digital televisions including a high definition television (HDTV) or a three-dimensional (3D) television.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the source network device and the target network device include a wireless networking interface comprising a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) wireless networking interface with 4^th generation (4G) wireless speeds for communicating with the cloud communications network.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a selection input on the source cloud application on the source network device via the cloud computing network from the target network device, wherein the selection input is a response to the secure message sent by the source network device; and

storing in the cloud storage object from the source cloud application on the source network device results from the selection input, wherein the results from the selection input are available to a plurality of other network devices owned by an owner of the target network device and also available to a plurality of logins owned by the owner of the target network device on a plurality of other server network devices at any time from anywhere on the cloud computing network, thereby providing a synchronization of information via the cloud computing network across all devices and across all logins for the owner of the target network device.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the plurality of logins include electronic mail logins, electronic commerce logins and social networking logins.

2. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein a plurality of instructions for causing one or more processors on a network device to execute the steps of:

receiving a plurality of alphanumeric identifiers on a source cloud application on a source network device with one or more processors via a cloud communications network comprising;

one or more public communication networks, one or more private networks, one or more community networks and one or more hybrid networks, wherein the plurality of received alphanumeric identifiers include connectable and disconnected alphanumeric identifiers and valid and invalid alphanumeric identifiers;

categorizing on the source cloud application on source network device the plurality of alphanumeric identifiers into a plurality of different pre-determined advertising categories;

storing from the source cloud application on the source network device the categorized plurality of alphanumeric identifiers in a cloud storage object, wherein the cloud storage object comprises a plurality of separate storage locations distributed across the cloud communications network but functions as a single storage object, and wherein a target cloud application on a target network device cannot determine which cloud source network devices on the one or more public, private, community or hybrid networks on the cloud communications network may have stored the cloud storage object or a portion thereof, thereby providing security and privacy for recording requests made by the target cloud application on the target network device;

associating on the source cloud application on the source network device a plurality of pre-determined advertisements stored in the cloud storage object with the plurality of categorized alphanumeric identifiers stored in the cloud storage object;

receiving a target alphanumeric identifier on the source cloud application on the source network device from a target cloud application on a target network device with one or more processors via the cloud communications network, wherein the target network device can contact the source network device from anywhere on the cloud computing network and wherein the target alphanumeric identifier is used to connect the target network device to a desired network device anywhere on the cloud communications network;

retrieving on the source cloud application on the source network device a pre-determined advertisement from the plurality of categorized alphanumeric identifiers stored in the cloud storage object based on the received target alphanumeric identifier; and

sending a secure message from the source cloud application on the source network device to the target network device via the cloud communications network, wherein the message includes electronic information that allows the target network device to make a selection input to connect to the desired network device or to receive and display the retrieved pre-determined advertisement and connect to another network device associated with the retrieved pre-determined advertisement instead.