Method of notification by an inviter of an information on a page of an advertiser's server

• US 9,407,595 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2012
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Organdia Co.
• Original Assignee: Organdia Co.
• Inventors: Brun, Philippe, Brun, Pierre-Amaury, Juillot, Thierry, Mireaux, Francois
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrahamson, Amanda
• Assistant Examiner(s): Anderson, Scott C
• Application Number:
  US14/006,161
• Publication Number:
  US 20140129346A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,597 Days
• Field of Search: 705/14.66
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

The invention concerns a method of notification by an inviter of information on a page of an advertising server to at least one contact of the inviter. A sharing server:

• • receives (E403) a message from a device used by the inviter after loading of the page of the advertiser'"'"'s server by the device used by the inviter,
  • obtains (E405), from a social network server, information identifying at least one contact of the inviter who is currently connected to the social network server,
  • transfers (E406) each information obtained and identifying at least one contact to the device used by the inviter,
  • receives (E407), from the device used by the inviter, information identifying at least one contact selected by the inviter,
  • transfers (E408) a message destined for the selected contacts, the message comprising at least one address relating to the page loaded by the device used by the inviter.

Claims

1. A method of notification by an inviter of information on a page of a first server to at least one contact of the inviter, the at least one contact and the inviter being linked together via a social network, a communication linking the first server, a second server, a device used by the inviter, at least one device used by the contact and a third server, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

loading, by a browser of the device used by the inviter, the page from the first server, the page comprising a script;

executing, by the device used by the inviter, the script and transferring, by the device used by the inviter, a message;

receiving, by the third server through the communication network, the message from the device used by the inviter;

transferring, by the third server to the device used by the inviter, a program modifying the content of the page loaded by the inviting device by inserting therein an icon allowing the user of the inviting device to activate a notification;

detecting, by the device used by the inviter, an activation of the icon and sending to the third server an activation request;

receiving, by the device used by the inviter, a program from the third server allowing the establishment of permissions for access by the third server to the second server;

establishing, by the browser, a connection to the second server;

receiving, by the inviting device, a request from the second server to give permission to the third server to access the second server;

obtaining, by the third server, from the second server, information identifying only contacts of the inviter who are currently connected to the second server and that are able to process the page upon the reception of a message destined to the contacts;

transferring, by the third server, to the device used by the inviter and through the communication network, information identifying only contacts of the inviter who are currently connected to the second server and that are able to process the page upon the reception of the message destined to the contacts;

detecting, by the device used by the inviter, a selection of at least one contact of the inviter who is currently connected to the second server and that is able to process the page upon the reception of the message destined to the contact;

transferring, by the device used by the inviter, to the third server and through the communication network, information identifying the at least one contact selected by the inviter;

receiving, by the third server, information identifying the at least one contact selected by the inviter; and

transferring, by the third server, to the second server and through the communication network, the message destined for the contact or contacts selected by the inviter, the message comprising at least one address of the page loaded by the device used by the inviter.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message intended for the contact or contacts selected by the inviter is transferred using the identifier of the inviter.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the step of producing statistics on at least one of the inviter and the number of inviters or contacts of the inviter who have accessed the page of the first server.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises a prior step of registration of the first server with the third server, and of indication of the address of a target page on the third server.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the steps, performed when the user of the invited device activates the address relating to the page loaded by the device used by the inviter, of:

redirecting the invited device, by the second server, to a page of the third server; and

redirecting the invited device, by the third server, to the target page of the first server.