Method and system for including an advertisement in messages delivered by a character or characters
First Claim
1. A method in a computer system for delivering advertising to a user, the method comprising:
- identifying the user;
selecting at least one character for the user;
selecting a message to be delivered by said at least one character to the user;
selecting an advertisement from a plurality of advertisements;
integrating said selected advertisement with said selected message to be delivered by said at least one character; and
presenting said at least one character to the user wherein said at least one character conveys said selected message integrated with said selected advertisement.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system for delivering advertisements to users. The advertisement method and system displays one or more rendered characters (e.g., cartoon characters, animated objects) who may be engaged in conversation. The conversation may be represented as text displayed below the characters, as text in bubbles near the heads of the characters, as audio that is played through a speaker system, or any other means by which conversation can be represented. As the characters engage in conversation, the conversation is dynamically adapted to include advertisements. The advertisement method and system may select which advertisements are served to a user either randomly or based on the known characteristics (e.g., age, gender, income, location, occupation, and hobbies) of the user, on characteristics of the character, on previous conversations between the character and the user, or on requirements of the advertiser.
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95 Claims
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1. A method in a computer system for delivering advertising to a user, the method comprising:
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identifying the user;
selecting at least one character for the user;
selecting a message to be delivered by said at least one character to the user;
selecting an advertisement from a plurality of advertisements;
integrating said selected advertisement with said selected message to be delivered by said at least one character; and
presenting said at least one character to the user wherein said at least one character conveys said selected message integrated with said selected advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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28. A method in a computer system for delivering advertising to a user, the method comprising:
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selecting a message to be delivered by at least one character to the user;
selecting an advertisement from a plurality of advertisements;
integrating said selected advertisement with said selected message; and
presenting said at least one character to the user wherein said at least one character conveys said selected message integrated with said selected advertisement.
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58. A method in a computer system for advertising during presentation of at least one character engaged in a conversation, the conversation including a series of messages, the method comprising:
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during the conversation when the series of messages is to be delivered by the at least one character, selecting an advertisement from a plurality of advertisements;
integrating said selected advertisement into said series of messages; and
controlling the delivery of said series of messages integrated with said selected advertisement by the at least one character.
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83. A system for delivering advertising to a user, the system comprising:
at least one server computer having an interface for communicating over a computer network to the user, said at least one server computer further comprising;
an advertisement system contained within a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, said advertisement system further comprising;
an advertisement component for controlling the selection of an advertisement from a plurality of advertisements to be integrated in a message; and
a conversation system for controlling the presentation of at least one character along with the delivery of said message integrated with said advertisement to the user. - View Dependent Claims (84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A system for delivering advertising, the system comprising:
at least one user computer running a browser application having access to at least one server computer via a communications link, said at least one user computer further comprising;
a display device for presenting a character, wherein said character communicates a message having an advertisement integrated with said message received from said at least one server computer; and
an input device for sending a response to said at least one server computer regarding said message having said integrated advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95)
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