Method and system for providing targeted advertising in public places and carriers
First Claim
1. A method of providing targeted advertising to a group of individuals, the method comprising the steps of:
- passively collecting group data from wireless communication devices present in an advertising area, wherein, in the collecting step, the group data includes information about a group of individuals present in the advertising area, which can be used to provide targeted advertising, wherein said information of the group data comprises purchase history information for said group of individuals or product preference information for said group of individuals;
selecting advertisements based on the collected group data; and
displaying the selected advertisements on an electronic display device located in the advertising area to provide targeted advertising.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing targeted advertising in public places and carriers such as trains, buses, train stations, shopping malls, airports, etc. The demographics, purchasing history and/or personal preferences of individuals in the public place are collected from personal digital assistants (PDAs) or other wireless communication devices carried by the individuals in the public place or public carrier. The collected data pertaining to a group of individuals who are present near the display device, is processed and used to select appropriate advertisements that would most likely interest that group of individuals. The selected advertisements are displayed on the display device located in the public place or public carrier so as to provide targeted advertising to the group of individuals.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of providing targeted advertising to a group of individuals, the method comprising the steps of:
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passively collecting group data from wireless communication devices present in an advertising area, wherein, in the collecting step, the group data includes information about a group of individuals present in the advertising area, which can be used to provide targeted advertising, wherein said information of the group data comprises purchase history information for said group of individuals or product preference information for said group of individuals; selecting advertisements based on the collected group data; and displaying the selected advertisements on an electronic display device located in the advertising area to provide targeted advertising. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing targeted advertising to a group of individuals, the system comprising:
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an interface for two-way communication with a plurality of personal communication devices present in an advertising area; a data collector for passively collecting group data from the personal communications devices through the interface; an advertisement selector for selecting advertisements based on the collected group data only for communication-enabled personal communication devices present in the advertising area at the time of display; and a display device for displaying the selected advertisements in the advertising area to provide targeted advertising. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product embodied on non-transitory computer readable storage media readable by a computing system in a computing environment, for providing targeted advertising to a group of individuals, the computer program product comprising:
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computer-readable program code stored on a non-transitory storage medium for establishing two-way communication with and passively collecting group data from personal communication devices present in an advertising area; computer-readable program code stored on a non-transitory storage medium for selecting advertisements to be displayed based on the collected group data for communication-enabled personal communication devices present in the advertising area at the time of display; and computer-readable program code stored on a non-transitory storage medium for displaying the selected advertisements on an electronic display device located in the advertising area to provide targeted advertising. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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