40 results about "On line advertising" patented technology

The present invention relates generally to the field of computer and network software, and more particularly it relates to a computer system and method for promoting on-line activities on desired sites via a virtual entertainment system that provides games, interactions or activities that take place either partially or fully on the partner's website or within the virtual space associated with the partner's website. According to one aspect, the invention drives on-line traffic to partner sites using Virtual Collectibles and other prizes rewarded for participation in Internet-based games. The games are designed to promote users to visit and / or perform other activities on the partner sites, and can include give-aways, special offers, treasure hunts, combo puzzles, among many other types of games. According to other aspects, the games can be played by users in the course of or with very little effort in addition to casually surfing the web. According to other aspects, the invention provides on-line advertisers and / or partners having Internet sites with means to configure promotions that are tied to the games hosted by the system. According to some additional aspects of the invention, the system can provide superior on-line advertising revenue opportunities as compared to traditional banner ads and click-through advertising through the appeal of Virtual Collectibles. In addition, the present invention allows the system to be configured to allow advertiser and partner websites to configure the Virtual Collectibles and other prizes rewarded to users for desired effects.

A method of doing business wherein music gaming is used for on-line promotion of business. The business may be on-line music sales, on-line entertainment, on-line advertising, and combinations thereof. The music games use trivia-based games that include genre-specific categories from which questions can be drawn. These categories include categories relating to musical styles, such as jazz, rock, and blues, and other categories, such as advertising, products, time periods, musicians, musical groups, and nationalities.

The provided display method for on-line ad comprises: A. extracting the keyword information from instantaneous communication data; B. looking up ad DB to select matched ad data; C. displaying the ad data. This invention avoids interference of useless ad to user to make full use of ad resource, and can also provide ad service for relevant user to improve as effect.

A method of delivering targeted on-line advertising to an end user of a computer network system comprises creating an advertisement campaign having a plurality of dimensions associated therewith, obtaining end user data based upon engagement of the end user with the network system, profiling advertisement content available on the network system to identify specific items of advertisement content that are compatible with the advertising campaign, for each item of compatible advertisement content, utilizing the end user data and metrics associated with the plurality of dimensions associated with the advertisement campaign to develop an effectiveness measurement, and utilizing the effectiveness measurements to select at least one item of compatible advertisement content for display to the end user.

A system and method are disclosed in which an initiating caller using a station connected to a data network receives advertisement information while waiting for a call to complete between the station and the receiving party. The station connects with a server that can access a database storing a plurality of advertisement information. The station includes a user interface, which allows the caller to interact with the station, and a flow controller, which monitors the bandwidth available to receive information from the server system.

A method and system for bringing together online and offline advertising uses partner-encoded anonymous links that are associated with consumer data. The partner-encoded anonymous links allow processing without personally identifiable information (PII) in a secure environment. Data is matched using identifiers that are encrypted for use in connection with individual match distribution partners. The method and system allows a marketer to utilize offline data to precisely target advertisements without the use of PII, and to perform analytics concerning the use of the online advertisements to more precisely determine the effectiveness of multichannel marketing efforts.

A computer-implemented system and method for providing on-line advertising with dynamic content is disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes an advertisement (ad) generator configured to provide an advertisement template with an embedded region for dynamic content; to retrieve dynamic content; to modify the presentation of the advertisement to include the dynamic content; and to serve the modified advertisement including the dynamic content to a user.

A method and system for bringing together online and offline advertising uses anonymous links that are associated with consumer data. The anonymous links allow processing without personally identifiable information (PII) in a secure environment. Data is matched using the anonymous links. The method and system allows a marketer to utilize offline data to precisely target advertisements without the use of PII, and to perform analytics concerning the use of the online advertisements to more precisely determine the effectiveness of multichannel marketing efforts.