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Monetizing downloadable files based on resolving custodianship thereof to referring publisher and presentation of monetized content in a modal overlay contemporaneously with download

  • US 9,672,532 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2016
  • Issued: 06/06/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for resolving custodianship of an at least one downloadable file stored on a custodial host site, residing on an at least one server computer system, and referenced by a resource identifier, to which an at least one hyperlink is made available from an at least one publisher site, the method comprising the steps of:

  • implementing an at least one database in communication with the custodial host site, the at least one database configured for storing an at least one absolute base URL associated with at least one publisher site approved for monetizing the at least one downloadable file; and

    the at least one server computer system receiving, through the custodial host site, a request for the at least one downloadable file as initiated by an at least one client device, the request including the resource identifier associated with the downloadable file and a referrer publisher identifier specifying a publisher site from which the request was generated;

    the at least one server computer system determining that the resource identifier is a relative hyperlink associated with the custodial host site, authenticating the publisher site as having custodianship over the at least one downloadable file;

    the at least one server computer system determining that the referrer publisher identifier matches an absolute base URL located in the at least one database, authenticating the publisher site as having custodianship over the at least one downloadable file;

    the at least one server computer system determining that the referrer publisher identifier matches a domain name of the resource identifier, authenticating the publisher site as having custodianship over the at least one downloadable file; and

    the at least one server computer system authenticating the publisher site as having custodianship over the at least one downloadable file, transmitting the at least one downloadable file to the at least one client device.

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