System and Method for Word-of-Mouth Advertising
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1. A method, comprising:
- accessing a content object to be perceived by a consumer;
determining a consumption target related to the content object;
identifying one or more advertisers related to one or more attributes of the consumer, the consumption target, and a perception context;
associating each advertiser in said one or more advertisers with an interface control;
conveying the one or more interface controls to the consumer in proximity to the content object; and
tracking user interactions with the one or more interface controls.
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Abstract
A system and method to facilitate word-of-mouth advertising and sales support associated with displayed media objects on distributed networks is described. The system provides one or more advocates to a network user accessing advertising of a brand, product, or service. One or more of the advocates may be socially related to the user. User interactions with the advocates are facilitated through a real-time communication network, follow-on commercial activity is tracked, and the value of word-of-mouth advocacy is captured and distributed.
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1. A method, comprising:
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accessing a content object to be perceived by a consumer; determining a consumption target related to the content object; identifying one or more advertisers related to one or more attributes of the consumer, the consumption target, and a perception context; associating each advertiser in said one or more advertisers with an interface control; conveying the one or more interface controls to the consumer in proximity to the content object; and tracking user interactions with the one or more interface controls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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accessing a content object to be perceived by a consumer; determining a consumption target related to the content object; identifying one or more advertisers related to one or more attributes of the consumer, the consumption target, and a perception context; associating each advertiser in said one or more advertisers with an interface control; conveying the one or more interface controls to the consumer in proximity to the content object; responding to a consumer action to engage one of the interface controls by facilitating a communication with the associated advertiser; and replacing unavailable advertisers in said group of advertisers when required. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising a memory, a processor, and one or more input/output interfaces, said memory containing s sequence of processor instructions, and said sequence of processor instructions operable to cause the processor to:
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access a content object to be perceived by a consumer; determine a consumption target related to the content object; identify one or more advertisers related to one or more attributes of the consumer, the consumption target, and a perception context; associate each advertiser in said one or more advertisers with an interface control; convey the one or more interface controls to the consumer in proximity to the content object; and
track user interactions with the one or more interface controls. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising a memory, a processor, and one or more input/output interfaces, said memory containing s sequence of processor instructions, and said sequence of processor instructions operable to cause the processor to:
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access a content object to be perceived by a consumer; determine a consumption target related to the content object; identify a group of one or more advertisers related to one or more attributes of the consumer, the consumption target, and a perception context; associate each advertiser in said group of advertisers with an interface control; convey the one or more interface controls to the consumer in proximity to the content object; respond to a consumer action to engage one of the interface controls by facilitating a communication with the associated advertiser; and replace unavailable advertisers in said group of advertisers when required. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A graphical user interface comprising
a visual display driver, a navigational means, an indicator of a selection alternative, and a selection means; -
wherein the visual display driver is operative to display one or more media objects promoting consumption of a target consisting of a product, service, brand or website, and display a set of one or more advertisers in proximity to each of the one or more promotional media objects, wherein each of said advertisers is related to the consumption target, the consumer, and the display context; wherein the navigational means permits the consumer to traverse the visual display; wherein the indicator of a selection alternative at any time highlights at most one image in the set of images of advertisers; and wherein the selection means, when activated with a highlighted image of an advertiser in the set of advertisers, facilitates live communication between the consumer and the corresponding advertiser. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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