Method and system for conducting a plurality of cyber-based conventions

• US 8,700,696 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2007
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: D&P Ventures, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Software Management, Inc.
• Inventors: Franke, Paul D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqi, Mohammad A
• Application Number:
  US11/873,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20080091662A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,372 Days
• Field of Search: 709203-205, 709/229, 707/1, 707/3, 707/4, 707/10, 707/100, 707/200, 707/790, 707/706, 707/607, 705/26, 705/27, 705/80, 705/26.1, 705/27.1, 705/14.4
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0211 Determining the effectiveness of discounts or incentives

Abstract

A method of providing content information to at least one user on the Internet, by facilitating an exchange between at least one sponsor and the at least one user. The method includes receiving, from the at least one sponsor with a web browser computer, and electronically setting, loading, inputting, or any combination thereof at a central website server, searchable content information which includes at least one searchable keyword; receiving, from the at least one user with a web browser computer, at the central website server, a query including at least one search keyword; processing the query at the central website server by searching for the at least one search keyword within the searchable content information; and releasing, from the central website server to the at least one user, content information selected based upon the processing of the query.

Claims

1. A method for promoting awareness of products and services of an advertising sponsor during at least one online event, the method implemented on a central website system comprising a plurality of services accessible to a plurality of users over the Internet, the method comprising:

a. in response to receiving input at the central website system from a first user, processing, building, designing, loading, controlling, formatting, and/or setting up at least one online event, wherein the at least one online event is associated with at least one interest;

b. in response to receiving a selection of the at least one interest by an advertising sponsor, releasing a list of online events comprising the at least one online event;

c. in response to receiving a selection of the at least one online event from the list of online events, processing, building, designing, loading, controlling, formatting, and/or setting up at least one advertising display associated with the advertising sponsor, the at least one advertising display comprising at least one of;

a panel, a banner, a button, a link, a navigation bar, a click-on area, a display, a bridge, online content, multimedia content, an exhibit, a demonstration, a presentation, a brochure, a video, a movie, a photograph, a still image, an audio recording, or any combination thereof;

d. providing a plurality of control parameters to the at least one advertising sponsor, and responsive to a selection of at least one control parameter by the advertising sponsor, electronically setting, loading, inputting, placing, designing, and/or controlling at least one of;

i) a preferred presentation location of the at least one advertising display, ii) at least one exposure factor associated with the at least one advertising display, iii) a specified presentation frequency of the at least one advertising display, iv) a packaging arrangement associated with the at least one advertising display, v) at least one fee option associated with the at least one advertising display, vi) at least one recognition factor associated with the at least one advertising display, or any combination thereof;

e. receiving, from at least one second user at the central website system, a search for at least one interest associated with the at least one online event;

f. storing, in the database at the central website system, the at least one interest in the profile record associated with the at least one second user;

g. facilitating, at the central website system, participation by the first user and the at least one second user in the at least one online event associated with the at least one interest;

h. based at least partially on an association between the at least one interest and the at least one advertising display, processing the at least one advertising display at the central website system; and

i. during the at least one online event, releasing, from the central website system, to at least one of the first user and the at least one second user, at least a portion of the at least one advertising display.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of at least one of the at least one interest comprises content including at least one of:

an interest, profile content, a product name, a service name, a brand name, a sponsor name, a personal name, in singular form, in plural form, a subject category, a theme, a subject, a keyword, a phrase, a formatted phrase, a proceeding, geographic location, medical content, audio content, video content, or any combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user and the at least one second user comprises at least one of:

a social network, an association, a social group, a social circle, a group of users having a common interest, a plurality of network users, or any combination thereof.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising visually presenting or causing a visual presentation of, to the at least one second user, the geographic location on a map of the first user.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising processing, at the central website system, for the first user to limit access to at least a portion of new information associated with the at least one online event by users of the central website system.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising processing, at the central website system, at least one search of a database, wherein the search is at least partially based upon at least one of:

an exact keyword search, a related subject category search, a phrase search comprising at least one keyword, a restrictive keyword, or any combination thereof.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving from the first user and storing at least one interest in a profile record associated with the first user.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising tracking, at the central website system, at least one new interest of the at least one second user, which have viewed at least a portion of the at least one advertising display.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising tracking, at the central website system, at least one measurement associated with the at least one advertising display.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one online event is related to or associated with at least one physical meeting.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising broadcasting, from the central website system, using at least one of an audio streaming technique and a video streaming technique, to at least one of the first user and the at least one second user.

12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising processing a selection of additional information to be displayed.

13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying or causing the display of at least a portion of new information from the at least one online event to the at least one second user.

14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising processing, at the central website system, to associate the at least one online event to a time schedule.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising processing, at the central website system, to add at least one new user to at least one online event.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first user and the at least one second user is at least one of:

an attendee, a meeting planner, a sponsor, an exhibitor, an advertiser, a business, an organization, a person, an individual, a member, a professional, a participant, a travel provider, or any combination thereof.

17. The method according to claim 7, further comprising searching, at the central website system, at least one profile record and generating at least one of:

an electronic message, an invite, an alert, or any combination thereof.

18. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one online event is at least one of:

a meeting, a convention, an exposition, an event, a conference, a trade show, or any combination thereof.

19. A system comprising at least one computer having at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

a. in response to receiving input at the central website system from a first user, process, build, design, load, control, format, and/or set up at least one online event, wherein the at least one online event is associated with at least one interest;

b. in response to receiving a selection of the at least one interest by an advertising sponsor, release a list of online events comprising the at least one online event;

c. in response to receiving a selection of the at least one online event from the list of online events, process, build, design, load, control, format, and/or set up at least one advertising display associated with the advertising sponsor, the at least one advertising display comprising at least one of;

a panel, a banner, a button, a link, a navigation bar, a click-on area, a display, a bridge, online content, multimedia content, an exhibit, a demonstration, a presentation, a brochure, a video, a movie, a photograph, a still image, an audio recording, or any combination thereof;

d. provide a plurality of control parameters to the at least one advertising sponsor, and responsive to a selection of at least one control parameter by the advertising sponsor, electronically set, load, input, place, design, and/or control at least one of;

i) a preferred presentation location of the at least one advertising display, ii) at least one exposure factor associated with the at least one advertising display, iii) a specified presentation frequency of the at least one advertising display, iv) a packaging arrangement associated with the at least one advertising display, v) at least one fee option associated with the at least one advertising display, vi) at least one recognition factor associated with the at least one advertising display, or any combination thereof;

e. receive, from at least one second user at the central website system, a search for at least one interest associated with the at least one online event;

f. store, in the database at the central website system, the at least one interest in the profile record associated with the at least one second user;

g. facilitate, at the central website system, participation by the first user and the at least one second user in the at least one online event associated with the at least one interest;

h. based at least partially on an association between the at least one interest and the at least one advertising display, process the at least one advertising display at the central website system; and

i. during the at least one online event, release, from the central website system, to at least one of the first user and the at least one second user, at least a portion of the at least one advertising display.

20. A system comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

a. in response to receiving input at the central website system from a first user, process, build, design, load, control, format, and/or set up at least one online event, wherein the at least one online event is associated with at least one interest;

b. in response to receiving a selection of the at least one interest by an advertising sponsor, release a list of online events comprising the at least one online event;

c. in response to receiving a selection of the at least one online event from the list of online events, process, build, design, load, control, format, and/or set up at least one advertising display associated with the advertising sponsor, the at least one advertising display comprising at least one of;

a panel, a banner, a button, a link, a navigation bar, a click-on area, a display, a bridge, online content, multimedia content, an exhibit, a demonstration, a presentation, a brochure, a video, a movie, a photograph, a still image, an audio recording, or any combination thereof;

d. provide a plurality of control parameters to the at least one advertising sponsor, and responsive to a selection of at least one control parameter by the advertising sponsor, electronically set, load, input, place, design, and/or control at least one of;

i) a preferred presentation location of the at least one advertising display, ii) at least one exposure factor associated with the at least one advertising display, iii) a specified presentation frequency of the at least one advertising display, iv) a packaging arrangement associated with the at least one advertising display, v) at least one fee option associated with the at least one advertising display, vi) at least one recognition factor associated with the at least one advertising display, or any combination thereof;

e. receive, from at least one second user at the central website system, a search for at least one interest associated with the at least one online event;

f. store, in the database at the central website system, the at least one interest in the profile record associated with the at least one second user;

g. facilitate, at the central website system, participation by the first user and the at least one second user in the at least one online event associated with the at least one interest;

h. based at least partially on an association between the at least one interest and the at least one advertising display, process the at least one advertising display at the central website system; and

i. during the at least one online event, release, from the central website system, to at least one of the first user and the at least one second user, at least a portion of the at least one advertising display.