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Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, Or Cost/price Determination > Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management Arrangement > Distribution Or Redemption Of Coupon, Or Incentive Or Promotion Program Distribution Or Redemption Of Coupon, Or Incentive Or Promotion ProgramDistribution Or Redemption Of Coupon, Or Incentive Or Promotion Program patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/23/06 - 20060265284 - Schemes employing mobile communications In a customer reward scheme, a user who purchases a product or service is provided with a token code. The user enters a token code in a mobile terminal, which transmits the token code to a server. The server causes a value associated with the token code to be added ... 11/23/06 - 20060265283 - System and method for monetizing internet usage Toolbar incorporating software that collects, analyzes and protects information on user preferences determined based on user's online activities. Advertising is targeted to each user, while user's privacy is protected by storing all personal information on user's local computer. The toolbar permits advertisers to advertise without paying fees until advertising brings ... 11/23/06 - 20060265282 - Swimwear vending method Swimsuit apparel is vended in machines at unattended sales locations proximate to swimming areas and in locations where potential swimsuit apparel customers travel to reach swimming areas. The swimsuit apparel is formed into a compact shape either by mechanical or vacuum compression. The swimsuit apparel in its compact shape is ... 11/23/06 - 20060265281 - Computer system for facilitating the use of coupons for electronic presentment and processing A computer system for promotion management, analytics and interactive marketing enabling consumers, retailers and product manufacturers to administer all of these activities electronically and in real-time. Consumers have the ability to store paper coupon data and Internet coupon data to an account accessible through the use of a grocery loyalty ... 11/23/06 - 20060265280 - Systems and methods for advertising on remote locations Systems and methods for delivering digital content from a central location to one or more remote locations while advertising at the remote locations are described. The systems contain a centrally-located device where the digital content is stored, a remotely-located device for delivering the digital content to an end user, and ... 11/23/06 - 20060265279 - On-line reporting and proof of performance system for advertising campaigns A reporting system is described which provides current information on the progress of advertising campaigns, consumer feedback on the brands or products being advertised, or details on sample and premium distribution. Individuals perform campaign activities on behalf of an advertiser, such as by driving vehicles that have been custom fitted ... 11/23/06 - 20060265278 - System and method for censoring randomly generated character strings A method for generating a random string of characters can include the steps of determining a full character set. A full character set can include letters (both upper and lower case), digits, and other characters. Embodiments of a full character set are: the alphabet of one language, adding digits, and ... 11/16/06 - 20060259365 - Methods and apparatuses for pay-per-call advertising in mobile/wireless applications Methods and apparatuses to connect telephone calls and track information about the telephone calls resulting from advertisements on mobile/wireless media channels. In one embodiment, a method includes: assigning a telephone number to an advertiser, one of the telephone number and a reference to the telephone number to be included in ... 11/16/06 - 20060259364 - System and method for granting promotional rewards to credit account holders A system and method for providing promotional rewards is provided. First, a promotional reward is communicated to a customer. The promotional reward offer comprises a promotional reward associated with one or more promotional reward-earning behaviors and a promotional time frame. The offer may specify a customer population, and the customer ... 11/16/06 - 20060259363 - System for controlling the distribution of pharmaceuticals A system for controlling the distribution of pharmaceuticals involves tracking the distribution of pharmaceutical products and managing pharmaceutical rebates via the internet. The system provides for the verification, payment and auditing of the rebates. Before the pharmacy can participate in the rebate scheme they must first undergo an initial registration ... 11/16/06 - 20060259362 - System and method for combining loyalty and incentive award programs A computer system and method is disclosed that combines the use of a loyalty award program with an incentive award program. The program participant uses a credit card to make purchases. The participant earns loyalty points based on the rules of the bank, such as for a specified percentage of ... 11/16/06 - 20060259361 - System and method for mobile loyalty program The present invention provides a Mobile Loyalty and Community Service (MLCS) for decreasing customer churn and increasing customer spend. In an embodiment, the MLCS provides an event driven platform based around sticky accounts. The MLCS issues tokens, currencies, loyalty points and other value assets to customers based on definable user ... 11/16/06 - 20060259360 - Multiple attribute and behavior-based advertising process A method and system for a multi-attribute and advertisement recipient behavior-based advertising process is disclosed. The advertisement recipient behavior-based advertising process enables advertising pricing schedules to apply to a great variety of advertising recipient behaviors beyond “pay per view or impression” and “pay per click”. The advertisement recipient behavior-based advertising ... 11/16/06 - 20060259359 - Method of monetizing networks A business model and method for monetizing a wireless network and for providing incentives to expand the network is based upon a shared advertising revenue model. Users are given free, subsidized or reduced fee access to the network in return for receiving directed advertising that may be localized and/or personalized ... 11/16/06 - 20060259358 - Grocery scoring Providing product information to a consumer based on the likelihood the consumer will purchase the product. In one embodiment, a method recognizes a consumer. A data scoring algorithm is applied to sale products based on the shopping history of the consumer. The scoring algorithm is adapted to determine the likelihood ... 11/16/06 - 20060259357 - Intelligent dynamic market data collection and advertising delivery system An intelligent dynamic market data collection system which accurately and effectively targets appropriate users based on the collected market data. After collecting or analyzing the market data, appropriate advertisements or other marketing materials are sent to individual users. The market data collection and advertising delivery can be continuously, automatically, scheduled, ... 11/16/06 - 20060259356 - Adpost: a centralized advertisement platform A method is provided to ubiquitously promote products or services provided by a plurality of advertisers across a plurality of content-based applications. The method may include receiving data from the plurality of advertisers describing the products or services provided by the plurality of advertisers. The received data is stored in ... 11/16/06 - 20060259355 - Methods and systems for recommending media The present invention allows for a computing device to collect data on the user's behavior while the user is interacting with digital media, either through listening to music, watching a video, or manipulating a document. The present invention works with servers, client software, and computing devices to seamlessly provide the ... 11/09/06 - 20060253331 - Method for transacting an advertisement transfer A method for transacting an advertisement transfer is disclosed which facilitates expressing the rate structure for the individual advertisement as a function of a profile of the individual potential customer; and which is directed to the creation of a mechanism from the vantage of an Internet site that is being ... 11/09/06 - 20060253330 - Method and system for automatically substituting media content Signals associated with a media channel can convey programming to a television system. The programming can comprise segments of entertainment content and segments of commercial or advertising content. The signals can comprise distinctive waveform features between the segments of entertainment content and advertising content. For example, an abrupt change in ... 11/09/06 - 20060253329 - System and method for networked loyalty program The present invention provides a system for implementing a purchaser incentive program on a network-wide level. The system associates SKU and UPC data on a network level to provide consumers with a purchasing environment that is both convenient and cost-efficient. The association of SKU and UPC data at a network ... 11/09/06 - 20060253328 - Targeted advertising using verifiable information A system and a method to match advertisement requests with campaigns using targeting attributes, and campaigns are selected for fulfillment of the advertisement request according to a priority algorithm. The targeting uses end user information that is verifiable, and which the user has granted permission to use, improving the granularity ... 11/09/06 - 20060253327 - Optimized advertising fulfillment A system and a method to match advertisement requests with campaigns using targeting attributes, and campaigns are selected for fulfillment of the advertisement request according to a priority algorithm. The targeting uses end user information that is verifiable, and which the user has granted permission to use, improving the granularity ... 11/09/06 - 20060253326 - System and method for direct communication between consumers and vendors This invention discloses a communication device for use with computers and networks. Users are allowed to select certain preferred vendors from whom the user would like to receive information, advertisements, and/or promotions and/or with whom the user would like to communicate, and/or otherwise directly interact. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253325 - Advertising method for use with a vehicle A business method is disclosed. The method is for use with a vehicle having panels which are designed for ready removal and replacement by unskilled persons. The method comprises the steps of: contracting with another for the supply to the other of advertising services; arranging for an advertisement for the ... 11/09/06 - 20060253324 - Systems and methods for combining subscription services, rewards programs, and sweepstakes A method includes, in response to a request by a subscriber for a subscription to a product or service, wherein the subscription has a subscription period and wherein the subscription period is initially for a first period of time, automatically providing the subscriber with the product or service for the ... 11/09/06 - 20060253323 - System and method for online trading of television advertising space An online targeted advertising system comprises a first interface operable to enable a TV program distributor to access an online targeted advertising exchange and identify ad avails as commodities, a second interface operable to enable a TV-viewing household to access the online targeted advertising exchange and carry out transactions related ... 11/09/06 - 20060253322 - Method and apparatus for incorporating advertising into trays A method for providing an advertising service using trays having advertising material displayed thereon comprises the steps of proposing an advertising campaign to a product/service provider, negotiating an agreement with the provider, providing a plurality of trays, determining the advertising material to be used with the trays, positioning the material ... 11/09/06 - 20060253321 - Loyalty enrollment systems and methods Systems and methods are disclosed for enrolling candidate participants in loyalty programs. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining an enrollment rule for a loyalty program, the enrollment rule including one or more conditions for the loyalty program, obtaining at least one attribute for a candidate participant and evaluating the ... 11/09/06 - 20060253320 - Loyalty systems and methods Systems, methods, and machine-readable mediums are disclosed for administering loyalty programs. In one embodiment, the loyalty system comprises an interface to receive transaction information, the transaction information including a participant identifier identifying a participant in a loyalty program, and a rules data store including a reward rule having a reward ... 11/09/06 - 20060253319 - Mechanism for allocating advertisements of varying intervals The subject invention leverages determined values of auction advertisement proposals to facilitate in determining advertisement interval allocations for the proposals. The advertisement “interval” can include, but is not limited to, physical dimensions or time. Instances of the subject invention further utilize allocation algorithms and auctioning mechanisms to provide for allocation ... 11/09/06 - 20060253318 - Optimal sequencing of marketing events A system and method for optimizing and sequencing marketing events for offering to candidates. The system comprises a software application stored on a computer readable medium. The software application comprises an optimization tool and a timing tool. The optimization tool optimizes marketing events from a first list for candidates from ... 11/02/06 - 20060247975 - Processes and systems employing multiple sources of funds Processes and systems employing multiple sources of funds to fund expenses incurred during a project. Venders retained to perform services or supply goods during the project submit invoices for approval. Invoices are approved and verifications are obtained that verify that funds from a primary source of funds, such as a ... 11/02/06 - 20060247974 - Apparatus and method for providing a provider-selected message in response to a user request for user-selected information A method of delivering information across a computer network includes receiving a request from a client program for user-selected information, and transmitting provider-selected information in response to the request if no provider-selected message has been previously transmitted to the client program. ... 11/02/06 - 20060247973 - Method and apparatus for dynamic rule and/or offer generation Systems and methods are provided for receiving order information based on an order of a customer; and determining an offer for the customer based on the order information and at least one of a genetic program and a genetic algorithm. ... 11/02/06 - 20060247972 - Electronic offer management system and method thereof An electronic offer management system and method thereof is disclosed. In particular, the system comprises means for receiving information related to a plurality of offers distributed by a plurality of different offer distributors to customer for redemption at plurality of stores, means for automatically routing the information related to an ... 11/02/06 - 20060247971 - Advertising revenue system for wireless telecommunications providers using the sharing of display space of wireless devices The present invention assists the critical real-time decision making required to make important decision on bidding on various customer procurement commodities in a wireless display advertising markets. The invention provides dynamic pricing as a function of the criteria of the wireless advertising criteria, such as exposures, type of advertisers and ... 11/02/06 - 20060247970 - Cost free economics patronage incentive future benefits system providing cost free goods and services and method and apparatus thereof A cost free economics future patronage incentive benefits system (10) to provide economic transactions or other transactions (16) that from a smaller amount return as a benefit (25) the entire amount of the transaction or greater (42) to any entity or individual or purchaser or seller and or other party ... 11/02/06 - 20060247969 - Marketing system and method A system and method for marketing goods and services by providing coupons having multiple identifiers, such as double branding and/or datastore identifiers, to consumers. The double branded coupons may be distributed freely to consumers by a first provider, where the consumer may redeem the coupon from a second provider. The ... 11/02/06 - 20060247968 - Systems and methods for marketing health products and/or services to health consumers and health providers The present systems and methods relate to marketing health products and health services. One or more marketing presentations are made to a health consumer about one or more health products or health services. The marketing presentations are targeted based on health data regarding the health consumer and optionally data regarding ... 11/02/06 - 20060247967 - Method of marketing maturing consumable products and products useful therein A marketing process for a maturing consumable product, especially one lacking a clear visual indication of maturity or ripeness, e.g. certain pears, other fruit, some cheeses, aged beef, sausages and wine, employs a visual indicator responsive to cumulative exposure to temperature, humidity, atmospheric conditions and/or other environmental conditions. The maturity ... 10/26/06 - 20060242024 - Business method for promoting goods and services of providers A business method for promoting goods and services of providers includes the steps of designating a group of targeted recipients, and storing demographics information of each recipient in an electronic database. A plurality of direct mail items including provider promotions is generated, and each marked with a machine-readable ID code ... 10/26/06 - 20060242023 - System and method for configuring products over a communications network The invention relates to a method for the automated selection of formulations and/or formulation components by specifying product characteristics. In particular, the system and method serve customers within market segments that use selected components as raw materials for manufacture of specialty products and that require an understanding of how the ... 10/26/06 - 20060242022 - Communication apparatus and communication system and method for calculating advertisement rates A communication system to which a method for charging a user based on the fact that the user got advertisement information from a base station and dropped in at a shop associated with the advertisement information can be applied and a method for calculating an advertisement fee. A server system ... 10/26/06 - 20060242021 - Attrition of affinity points Affinity points issued to customers as premiums for other activities or for purchases are maintaining for each customer an account of accrued affinity points. Each customer has a respective account of accrued affinity points that he or she can use to engage in wagering with gaming credits in the form ... 10/26/06 - 20060242020 - Method and apparatus for offering forward commitment agreements The invention includes a system and method for presenting forward commitment agreements to consumers proximate to a benefit dispensing device such as a vending machine or an automatic teller machine. A controller is in communication with one or more benefit dispensing devices and one or more merchant devices. Merchants devise ... 10/26/06 - 20060242019 - Method and apparatus for offering forward commitment agreements The invention includes a system and method for presenting forward commitment agreements to consumers proximate to a benefit dispensing device such as a vending machine or an automatic teller machine. A controller is in communication with one or more benefit dispensing devices and one or more merchant devices. Merchants devise ... 10/26/06 - 20060242018 - Apparatus, system and business method for managing digital media rental subscriber bases A business method includes the steps of providing a referral advertisement for a digital media subscription and receiving a request to subscribe in association with the referral advertisement. The method further includes receiving a request to distribute a promotional item operable to store a subscriber-based deliverable to a digital media ... 10/26/06 - 20060242017 - Method and system of bidding for advertisement placement on computing devices A computer system and method for processing a search query directed to a collection of pages includes receiving a search query of a user, identifying one or more result pages from the collection of pages in response to the search query, comparing keywords of the search query and a concept ... 10/26/06 - 20060242016 - Dynamic advertisement system and method A dynamic advertisement method, system and computer program product for receiving a request for a content file from a user. An ad insertion file associated with the content file is processed, such that the ad insertion file associates one or more advertisements with the content file. The insertion of the ... 10/26/06 - 20060242015 - Method of bridge advertising A method of providing advertising on a bridge, and a method of doing business that is a method of bridge advertising. The method requires among other requirements, obtaining the rights from the bridge owners to do the advertising. It also deals with an advertising medium and structure that appear to ... 10/26/06 - 20060242014 - Contacts networking technology A referral and recruitment system hosted on a webserver for recruitment, fundraising or advocacy campaigns. Users on the Internet with browsers are able to log-on as clients to post and refer charitable donations or job opportunities, for example. At the heart of the server is an incentive engine that tracks ... 10/26/06 - 20060242013 - Suggesting targeting information for ads, such as websites and/or categories of websites for example One or more keywords and/or information about one or more properties may be accepted, and a set of one or more taxonomy categories may be determined using at least some of the keyword(s) and/or property information. Each of the taxonomy categories may be a vertical category, and at least one ... 10/26/06 - 20060242012 - Determining or scoring properties to solicit to join ad network using advertiser or aggregated advertiser interest An advertiser can request to advertise on a property (online or offline) that does not participate in advertising network. The advertiser may specify how much it would be willing to pay to advertise on the property, among other constraints (e.g., time, geotargeting, etc.) An advertising network or an independent entity ... 10/26/06 - 20060242011 - Method and system for automatic, customer-specific purchasing preferences and patterns of complementary products A method and system that provides for the automatic identification of complementary retail items, based upon a selection of specific characteristics of a consumer's shopping pattern or history, is provided. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system that provides for a methodological analysis of selected shopping ... 10/26/06 - 20060242010 - System and method of providing advertisements to wi-fi devices A method of advertising is disclosed an includes monitoring at least one Wi-Fi access point of a Wi-Fi network. Also, the method includes identifying at least one Wi-Fi device after the at least one Wi-Fi device associates with the Wi-Fi access point and determining at least one type of media ... 10/26/06 - 20060242009 - System and method of providing advertisements to portable communication devices A method of advertising is disclosed and includes monitoring the location of one or more portable communication devices in communication with a data network as the one or more portable communication devices travel within a user vehicle along a freeway. The method further includes determining whether the one or more ... 10/26/06 - 20060242008 - Behavior encouragement contest method A behavior encouragement contest method includes conducting a contest to encourage a behavior among users of a service. The contest results in one or more winners that are provided an award. ... 10/26/06 - 20060242007 - Systems and methods for advertising payments Methods and systems for generating a pay-for-performance search result by advertiser(s), who may or may not have a website or internet presence, through the Internet, wireline, and/or mobile phone network, that directly connects users to the advertiser(s) over a communication channel (e.g. cellular, wireline, VoIP phone network). Method includes receiving ... 10/26/06 - 20060242006 - Method of fee recovery for free cellular service through advertising The user of a cell phone service must listen and respond to advertisement in advance of placing a call, whereupon a portion of the advertising revenues paid to the cell phone service are used to pay for the user's access fee to use the cell phone service, resulting in incentivized ... 10/19/06 - 20060235752 - System and method for managing marketing applications for a website A system and method for managing marketing applications for a website is disclosed. The website has webpages that perform e-commerce transaction by offering products to users and customers of the website. The website is coupled to a database having database tables. The database tables include information in performing marketing processes ... 10/19/06 - 20060235751 - System and method for managing marketing applications for a website A system and method for managing marketing applications for a website is disclosed. The website has webpages that perform e-commerce transaction by offering products to users and customers of the website. The website is coupled to a database having database tables. The database tables include information in performing marketing processes ... 10/19/06 - 20060235750 - Point-of-sales terminal A point-of-sales terminal notifies a purchaser of a usable coupon(s) according to purchased commodities. A memory unit (13) memorizes coupon data sets related to item codes. A processing unit (14) searches the memory unit according to input item codes which are input from a touch panel (11) or an input ... 10/19/06 - 20060235749 - Network marketing system A multi-level marketing system uniting businesses and individuals as a team to help each other to earn monetary rewards based on sales and profit sharing (optional feature) as governed by a simple yet customizable compensation plan that is tailored to maximize sales. ... 10/19/06 - 20060235748 - System for providing wedding management A system including a terminal; and a network configured to communicatively couple with the terminal, the network including a database configured to store information concerning the user and a wedding card, and a server configured to provide web services that include receiving personal information concerning a user, determining whether to ... 10/19/06 - 20060235747 - Systems and methods for determining whether to offer a reward at a point of return Computerized decision-making systems and methods are described for determining whether to provide one or more rewards, such as a coupon or instant discount, to a customer requesting to make a merchandise return at a store, and, if so, to determine the terms of the reward, such as value, expiration date/time ... 10/19/06 - 20060235746 - Systems and methods for providing a reward at a point of return Systems and methods are described for providing rewards, such as coupons, instant discounts, or rebates, to customers requesting to return merchandise at a merchant's point of return. The reward may be offered, for example, as an incentive not to complete the return or to encourage another purchase. A coupon with ... 10/19/06 - 20060235745 - Trend-creation-type advertising system, trend-creation-type advertising method, and computer product A buzzword voting manager manages vote points of each sponsor for each of buzzword candidates selected in advance, and decides buzzwords based on the vote points. A buzzword acquiring unit selects a buzzword to be displayed based on a preset criterion from among the decided buzzwords. A portal unit generates ... 10/19/06 - 20060235744 - Weight loss method A method for weight loss includes collecting a fee from each participant in a group of participants who desire to lose an amount of weight within a determined amount of time. Participants are weighed at the beginning of the determined amount of time. The participants are allowed to engage in ... 10/12/06 - 20060229948 - System and method for managing marketing applications for a website A system and method for managing marketing applications for a website is disclosed. The website has webpages that perform e-commerce transaction by offering products to users and customers of the website. The website is coupled to a database having database tables. The database tables include information in performing marketing processes ... 10/12/06 - 20060229947 - Methods and systems for transacting targeted discounts The invention is a method for operating a computer database system to enable a seller to offer and transact targeted discounts. A first module enables a seller to enter a targeted discount offer including: a product or service that a discount applies to, a discount amount, and targeting conditions for ... 10/12/06 - 20060229946 - System and method for providing shopping aids and incentives to customers through a computer network A system and method for delivering purchasing incentives and a variety of other retail shopping aids through a computer network, such as by E-mail over the Interne or the World Wide Web. Customers (10) of retail stores can establish a bi-directional communication link with the system, log in (16) to ... 10/12/06 - 20060229945 - Method and apparatus for conducting or facilitating a promotion A method and apparatus for conducting a promotion and for distributing promotions to potential users provide a merchant or promotion organizer flexibility in the way they conduct the promotion as well as an ability to change one or more aspects of the promotion during the operation of the promotion. One ... 10/12/06 - 20060229944 - Method and apparatus for conducting or facilitating a promotion A method and apparatus for conducting a promotion and for distributing promotions to potential users provide a merchant or promotion organizer flexibility in the way they conduct the promotion as well as an ability to change one or more aspects of the promotion during the operation of the promotion. One ... 10/12/06 - 20060229943 - Method and system for interfacing clients with relationship management (rm) accounts and for permissioning marketing A system and method for interfacing a client with a client relationship management (RM) account database. The client RM account database includes an entry for the client, and the entry for the client includes a fields of data. The RM provides an environment for product and relationship management to jointly ... 10/12/06 - 20060229942 - Method and automated system for creating and tracking on-line embedded search event records and generating leads A method for gathering and reporting lead generation data for use when evaluating contextual ads in e-commerce and elsewhere includes real-time generation of prospect data in a single report or Embedded Search Event Record including: Identification of the specific advertisement campaign; Identification of the actual advertisement; Identification of the keyword ... 10/12/06 - 20060229941 - Method and apparatus for soliciting and serving banner advertisements based on time-dependent and situational-dependent events A system for placing advertisements in a user's display includes a portal through which the user communicates with content servers, an advertisement engine operating coupled to the portal, and a source of advertisements. The advertisement engine determines time and/or content-related information from the user's communication through the portal, selects advertisement ... 10/12/06 - 20060229940 - Method of distributing printed advertising A method and system for distributing printed advertising. Printed advertising may be pre-printed on printable paper sheets and leaving a printable field free of printed advertising on each of the plurality of sheets. The partially-printed paper is distributed to a plurality of users. Users access a website to confirm acquisition ... 10/12/06 - 20060229939 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for dynamic display of billboard information Display time for a billboard message is varied in proportion to measured speed of one or more vehicles. This may include varying not only the time a message is presented on the billboard, but also varying the density of the message. An overall message may be broken into segments displayed ... 10/12/06 - 20060229938 - Computing online advertising statistics in real time A method and system for computing online advertising statistics in real time is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a method of receiving one or more data streams containing real-time data concerning online advertisements for an advertiser; applying a continuous query to the one or more data streams; generating ... 10/12/06 - 20060229937 - Method for retaining a customer at a dealership A method for retaining a customer at a dealership is disclosed. The method includes establishing a customer account when the customer makes a first purchase from the dealership. Each time the customer has a service performed at the dealership, the customer is awarded a rebate to his/her customer account. The ... 10/12/06 - 20060229936 - Method and apparatus for rewarding a customer referral A method and apparatus for rewarding a customer referral by recognizing a referring customer, noting a purchase of a product, receiving a referral directive from the referring customer, determining a refer-to customer and dispatching a referral to the determined refer-to customer. ... 10/05/06 - 20060224457 - System and method for the presentation of advertisements A system and method for the presentation of advertisements is present. According to one embodiment, a number of impressions of an advertisement message are presented over a computer network such as the Internet to a variety of viewer computers. Depending on the actions taken by the viewers (e.g., whether the ... 10/05/06 - 20060224456 - Method and apparatus for conducting or facilitating a promotion A method and apparatus for conducting a promotion and for distributing promotions to potential users provide a merchant or promotion organizer flexibility in the way they conduct the promotion as well as an ability to change one or more aspects of the promotion during the operation of the promotion. One ... 10/05/06 - 20060224455 - Method and system supporting audited reporting of advertising impressions from video games A variety of processes for certifying the reporting of advertising impressions provided via video games are described. These certification processes optionally take advantage of automated techniques for verifying that when advertising data is provided a corresponding advertisement is provided within the video game. In addition, as software patches are often ... 10/05/06 - 20060224454 - Tracking merchant specific reward credits and balances in a multi merchant environment utilizing one card or account number A loyalty program system and method includes of membership card that is distributed to customers. The membership card is associated with multiple merchants whose accounts are centrally managed but segregated from one another. In this manner a customer only needs to carry a single card while participating in promotions that ... 10/05/06 - 20060224453 - Goods purchasing system and method using online commodity coupon Provided is a goods purchasing system using an online commodity coupon. The system comprises a first terminal, at least one communicatable second terminal, a commodity coupon server, and a franchise. The system is to provide a goods purchasing system and method using an online commodity coupon, in which the commodity ... 10/05/06 - 20060224452 - System and method for incentive-based advertising and marketing A computer implemented method for improving consumers' attention and effectiveness of advertisement. The method includes viewing and/or listening to a specific advertisement, and then connecting to a network based system that includes a database listing of advertisements and selecting the specific advertisement. Next, answering one or more questions about the ... 10/05/06 - 20060224451 - Incentive program An incentive program is described that rewards the participants of the program based on the actions of at least something other than the participants. An incentive program coordinator that can be an individual, a legally created entity, or other organization can run the incentive program. The incentive program coordinator can ... 10/05/06 - 20060224450 - System and method for a customer loyalty program and storage device The system and method of this invention increases customer contact and affinity with a business through services and information provided via a data storage device. In one exemplary embodiment a retail business provides a targeted customer with a pocket flash drive unit customized with the business's logo on the outside ... 10/05/06 - 20060224449 - Integrating transaction features into a pos system A system to process transactions that includes a transaction terminal, and a transaction network selection device in communication with the transaction terminal and also in communication with a plurality of financial data networks, where the transaction network selection device selects one of the financial data networks to conduct the transaction, ... 10/05/06 - 20060224448 - System and method for obtaining content based on data from an electronic device In one embodiment, data from an electronic device is identified. The data may describe an electronic device (e.g. a hardware or software device) on which a document was created or modified, the subject matter of a document, the state of a document, or the like. Content relating to the electronic ... 10/05/06 - 20060224447 - Automated offer management using audience segment information An advertiser's management of an advertising campaign may be assisted by (a) accepting information defining a plurality of audience segments to which an advertisement may be served, (b) accepting a first offer, and (c) determining, using the first offer, a second offer associated with at least one of the plurality ... 10/05/06 - 20060224446 - Methods and systems for member-created advertisement in a member network Methods and systems for members of a member network to create and target advertisement to other members of the member network. A member can target advertisement to other members in the member network by establishing a member profile that includes associations and/or nexuses with the targeted members. Fees can be ... 10/05/06 - 20060224445 - Adjusting an advertising cost, such as a per-ad impression cost, using a likelihood that the ad will be sensed or perceived by users A price paid for an ad impression may be adjusted using an estimated probability that the ad will be viewed, or otherwise perceived or sensed, or using one or more factors which may be used to estimate such a probability. The price and/or probability may be adjusted using events occurring ... 10/05/06 - 20060224444 - Networking advertisers and agents for ad authoring and/or ad campaign management As online ads are becoming technically and artistically more sophisticated, advertisers will need a way to efficiently request assistance with ad creations that offer richer ad formats. An online ad business environment helps connect advertisers with ad service providers (also called agents or advisors) who can meet their needs for ... 10/05/06 - 20060224443 - Method, system, apparatus and computer readable medium for preparing insurance claims for retail activites The present invention is directed to a method, apparatus and computer readable medium for reducing health care costs by creating an incentive for patients to choose the most economical, yet fully effective health care option. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218038 - Method and device for loyalty program enrollment and dispensing of loyalty cards A device, method and processor-readable storage medium for enrolling a consumer in a merchant loyalty program are disclosed. Consumer identification information may be received from a consumer via an input device. Loyalty identification information associated with a loyalty card may be determined. The loyalty identification information may be associated automatically ... 09/28/06 - 20060218037 - Method of conducting waste collection & advertising business A method of providing trash collection services and advertising using a container that is leased and licensed for advertising and informational display. The transportable trash container is leased to and located at a commercial enterprise where it is used both for temporary storage of trash and advertising of products or ... 09/28/06 - 20060218036 - System and method for embedding dynamic, server-based questionnaire content within online banner ads The present invention is directed to a system and method for serving questionnaire content within a banner ad, the system including a web server, a web browser that requests and receives a web page including the banner ad from the web server and a questionnaire server for serving the questionnaire ... 09/28/06 - 20060218035 - Method of introducing advertisements and providing the advertisements by using access intentions of internet users and a system thereof The present invention relates to a method and system for grasping an interested field of an Internet user, i.e., access intention of the Internet user, attracting advertisement from a plurality of sponsors on the Internet using the user's access intention, and providing the advertisement to the user on the Internet. ... 09/21/06 - 20060212355 - Social information and promotional offer management and distribution systems and methods Methods and systems for social information and promotional offer generation and distribution are provided. A system comprises a merchant database comprising merchant information and organized into merchant accounts by a plurality of unique merchant identifying codes. A social seller database comprises social seller information and is organized into social seller ... 09/21/06 - 20060212354 - Method and system for advertising on business forms The invention involves a novel method of advertising wherein advertisers are able to target market to employees through placement of advertisement on employers business forms. The method involves the collection of information about employees and about advertisements from advertisers and then matches employee information to the desired target audience of ... 09/21/06 - 20060212353 - Targeted advertising system and method A targeted advertising server system for providing advertising material to a browser which is operatively coupled with an internet of interconnected computer networks via an internet service provider (ISP). The system includes a database containing a plurality of advertisements and a matching engine operatively coupled with the database. The matching ... 09/21/06 - 20060212352 - Real time interactive response system and methods A system and method, is disclosed in which advertisers actively look for potential consumers. This is done with equipment connected to a network capturing information relating to a computer users (potential consumers) network activity. An activity can be composed of a single or multiple user actions. The activity can be ... 09/21/06 - 20060212351 - Server apparatus having function of creating website on which advertisement information is automatically displayed, and advertisement information providing system using the server apparatus A server apparatus having a function of creating a website on which advertisement information is automatically displayed, the server apparatus including: a website creation processing unit that converts website editing data into an HTML document and that creates website information including menus corresponding to the website editing data; an advertisement ... 09/21/06 - 20060212350 - Enhanced online advertising system The system provides an automatically targeted network for text and graphical advertising based on cost-per-action bidded pricing, wherein actions comprise any of acquisitions, purchases, downloads, registrations, donations, clicks, and impressions. Contextual, search and behavioral relevance features are integrated to optimize ad selection for advertisers, who enter action objectives, associated bids, ... 09/21/06 - 20060212349 - Method and system for delivering targeted banner electronic communications A system provides banners to the web sites or web pages of publishers, of a publisher network, that are being browsed by users. The banners provided to the web sites or web pages are banners that are of particular relevance to the browsing user, based on the past browsing behavior ... 09/21/06 - 20060212348 - Method for scheduling of broadcast events A system and method for scheduling advertisements. The system has an inventory of advertisements wherein each advertisement comprises a demographic and a client identifier. An interface is provided for receiving an order wherein the order has a target demographic, a target client identifier, impressions to be played (I), value (V), ... 09/21/06 - 20060212347 - System and method for advertisement delivery in a network system A system, method, and computer-readable medium for providing advertisement data by a network system is provided. A client connects with the network system and receives multimedia data therefrom. The client processes the multimedia data. Advertisement data is output by a plug-in run by the client in response to processing the ... 09/21/06 - 20060212346 - Systems and methods for message media content synchronization The present invention relates to systems and methods for message media content synchronization. One embodiment relates to a system that includes an advertising database, a synchronization module, and an advertising vehicle. The advertising database stores a plurality of advertisements and receives new advertisements. The synchronization module receives synchronization information and ... 09/21/06 - 20060212345 - Method, system, apparatus and computer readable medium for preparing insurance claims for retail activities The present invention is directed to a method, apparatus and computer readable medium for reducing health care costs by creating an incentive for patients to choose the most economical, yet fully effective health care option. ... 09/14/06 - 20060206383 - Method for advertising and selling products online A method of advertising includes creating and providing a customer with an electronic address, assigning the electronic address to an internet web page so that the internet web page is viewable when the electronic address is accessed, encouraging the customer to advertise the electronic address in a non-internet medium, and ... 09/14/06 - 20060206382 - Replaceable cooler tops with sport logo Interchangeable portions of a cooler or container, having a sports logo thereon, allows a single cooler body or container body to have a first logo at one particular time, and a second logo at another time, upon replacement of interchangeable the portions. Preferably, the portions comprise a plurality of cooler ... 09/14/06 - 20060206381 - Method and system for creating interactive guides and information exchange services A method and system for creating interactive guides and information exchange services for gathering events that includes receiving input from a user via a communication device. The input provided by the user is processed. Requested information is delivered to the user and other parties and requested user actions are performed. ... 09/14/06 - 20060206380 - Internet advertising method and system using web page The present invention relates to an Internet advertising method and system, which provide the advertisements of enterprises to a plurality of clients in an Internet environment in which the clients can access a server for providing online services through terminals capable of performing Internet communication, and exchange data with the ... 09/14/06 - 20060206379 - Methods and apparatus for improving the matching of relevant advertisements with particular users over the internet A method of matching an advertisement to a user engaging an interface includes identifying a plurality of advertisements; obtaining a source ambient factor, wherein the source ambient factor describes a variable condition of at least one of the user's environment and the user's body; and selecting an advertisement from the ... 09/14/06 - 20060206378 - Consumer incentive system and business method Consumer incentives are delivered by maintaining a database of consumer-customer club members and identification data. The retailing transaction is conducted by receiving a consumer-customer for a retail sales transaction at a first retail establishment. An identification input associated with said consumer-customer is received at the first retail establishment. The identification ... 09/14/06 - 20060206377 - Method of redeeming a value bearing instrument The subject invention provides a method for redeeming a value-bearing instrument, such as a cash ticket issued from a slot machine, at any of a plurality of participating organizations, such as a casino. The organizations are remotely located from each other and associated together. Each of the organizations includes a ... 09/14/06 - 20060206376 - System and method for issuing and redeeming incentives on electronic data cards A system for issuing, redeeming and monitoring incentive offers generated in response to qualifying on-line and off-line non-purchase activities. For example, an electronic data card is used to store electronic coupons issued by web sites (i.e., on-line) and/or off-line locations. In one embodiment activity registration is performed by programming integrated ... 09/14/06 - 20060206375 - System and method for targeted advertising and promotions based on previous event participation A novel information gathering and dissemination method includes: a) providing a portable light emission device carried by a user, and activated according to a remotely received signal, so that the light of the device acts as a pixel of a remotely generated display; b) assigning, a unique identifier; c) recording ... 09/07/06 - 20060200385 - Electronic marketing system and method A system and method for improving the sample-to-purchase conversion rate for product samples sent to customers, the system and method utilizing an electronic or computerized format for receiving and/or sending requests and offerings to a customer relating to particular sample product offerings. The sample products are forwarded only to customers ... 09/07/06 - 20060200384 - Enhanced map imagery, such as for location-based advertising and location-based reporting Providing interactive map information may include providing access to an interactive aerial map via a communication network. The interactive map may comprise multiple images including satellite images, aerial photographs, rasterized vector maps, or any combination of satellite images, aerial photographs, and rasterized vector maps. The multiple images may be configured ... 09/07/06 - 20060200383 - Enhanced maps, such as for lead generation Providing access to a map via a communication network may include providing multiple map images. The images may be configured (e.g., using map tiles and mathematical projections) to allow the user to zoom in from a large geographical area on the map to a smaller geographical area on the map. ... 09/07/06 - 20060200382 - Notifications using enhanced map-based imagery Notifying potential consumers of opportunities of interest may include obtaining contact information from a potential consumer of opportunities of interest and obtaining subject of interest information from the potential consumer of opportunities of interest, wherein the subject of interest information is associated with a localized identifiable geographical area. Based on ... 09/07/06 - 20060200381 - Epson digital marketing system A digital marketing system displays advertisements in a retail environment, in transportation vehicles, and in outdoor advertising environments. The digital marketing system includes and advertisement database, a control database, a communications network, and a plurality of digital marketing devices. The advertisement database stores a plurality of digital advertisement files for ... 09/07/06 - 20060200380 - Methods and apparatuses for sorting lists for presentation Methods and apparatuses for sorting seller listings or advertisements of a seller network. In one embodiment, a method includes: determining an indicator of potential revenue for a first party from price information of a list of entities, wherein revenue generated according to the price information of at least some of ... 08/31/06 - 20060195362 - Recommendation system A computer-implemented service analyzes purchase histories and/or other types of behavioral data of users on an aggregated basis to detect and quantify associations between particular items represented in an electronic catalog. The detected associations are stored in a mapping structure that maps items to related items, and is used to ... 08/31/06 - 20060195361 - Location-based demographic profiling system and method of use A location-based demographic profiling system and method is disclosed that enables users to access information about physical establishments indicating the demographic makeup of the patrons currently located within the establishment. In one embodiment, a location-based demographic profiling method is employed that includes receiving, over a network, a profile request from ... 08/31/06 - 20060195360 - Electronic coupon system, contribution level calculation method, electronic coupon processing device, and electronic coupon processing program An electronic coupon system adds identification information for specifying users to electronic coupons every time electronic coupons are distributed among users, and when the electronic coupons are used, the identification information added to the electronic coupons are acquired as a distribution history of the electronic coupons distributed among the users. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195359 - Combined rewards system and process A system and process that awards rewards currency, e.g. cash back rebate or rewards points, for credit card and check card purchases and that provides rewards for a customer's enterprise relationship is provided. Further provided is a methodology for enrollment into the combined rewards program or the relationship rewards program. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195358 - Automated coupon distribution system The present invention resides in a process for distributing product entitlements to frequent shopper program members. The process includes communicating with a central retailer server having product purchase histories of frequent shopper program members through a computer network. The frequent shopper program member data, including individual account numbers and related ... 08/31/06 - 20060195357 - Providing and communicating synergies between absorbent articles and disposable wipes A method and system for communicating a synergy between at least one absorbent articles product and at least one wipes product. Said method and system capable of directing a consumer to select a particular combination of absorbent articles product and wipes product. Said method and system including at least one ... 08/31/06 - 20060195356 - Entertainment venue data analysis system and method A system and method for analyzing entertainment venue data for improved venue management, comprising conventional computer hardware and including compatible software application for compiling and manipulating event consumer and sales data as well as third party consumer demographic data, including classification of event data into a plurality of event-type clusters, ... 08/24/06 - 20060190337 - System and method of point-of-sale manufacturer rebate program A manufacturer rebate-processing program uses a program administrator to implement the rebate program. A rebate program card is issued to consumers to identify the rebate-qualifying product. The consumer presents the card to the merchant when making a purchase. The purchase transaction information from the merchant is forwarded to the rebate ... 08/24/06 - 20060190336 - System and method for pay for performance advertising in general media A method for providing advertising services in general media using a pay for performance model is provided. A service provider defines at least one biddable advertisement for presentation in advertising media. A bid amount chargeable to a participating advertiser upon a response to the at least one biddable advertisement is ... 08/24/06 - 20060190335 - Method and apparatus for defining routing of customers between merchants A server or Internet service provider computer selects a soliciting merchant and an outputting merchant based on various factors. In one embodiment, the soliciting merchant is selected is its activity rate (e.g. sales rate) is low. The outputting merchant provides offers for bonuses to customers on behalf of the soliciting ... 08/24/06 - 20060190334 - Automated system and method for discounting medical bills of self-pay patients A system and method for consistently, reliably and equitably discounting medical bills of self-pay patients includes a networked discounting engine operably coupled to a plurality of databases. The discounting engine is adapted to receive patient account data from one or more patient registration systems. Based upon the patient account data ... 08/24/06 - 20060190333 - Brand monitoring and marketing system A brand management system for providing marketing and monitoring services for brands or products over the global computer networks. The brand management system can include a bot used to automatically monitor certain web sites and web postings for specific keywords. The keywords may be related to particular brands or products. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190332 - Method and device for dispensing and purchasing customized gift cards A system, method and processor-readable storage medium for purchasing a gift card are disclosed. Information may be received identifying an amount and a merchant for a gift card. The purchaser of the gift card may provide payment information. The information identifying the amount and the merchant for the gift card ... 08/24/06 - 20060190331 - Delivering targeted advertising to mobile devices A method of delivering advertising items to a client at a portable device is provided. A client ID is sent to a host server. A downloaded advertising item is produced relative to a product or service from the host server. The downloaded advertising item is parsed and stored. In response ... 08/24/06 - 20060190330 - Delivering targeted advertising to mobile devices A method for loading a layout with advertising item data is provided. Layout header data is parsed. A layout item object is then built. Global layout variables are replaced with values. Local layout variables are replaced with data from content objects. Displayed data is then created. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190329 - System and method for facilitating product placement advertising According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-implemented system for facilitating product placement advertising. The system may include a user registration module including an account type selection component for allowing a user to select one of a buyer account and a seller account, wherein a ... 08/24/06 - 20060190328 - Automatic flight management in an online marketplace A database search system includes a database of search terms, each search term associated with a bid amount payable by an advertiser of a plurality of advertisers and a search engine responsive to search queries from searchers for searching the database. A flight management agent is responsive to advertiser-specified parameters ... 08/24/06 - 20060190327 - Method and apparatus for encouraged visitation web advertising A method for advertising over the Internet by first sending a notice to a product. A receiver integrated in the product receives the signal and an indication is presented to a user. The user then responds to the indication by visiting a web site. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190326 - Advertisement-purpose recordable optical disk, advertisement image forming method, and optical disk recording apparatus In an optical disk, while restricting a program area which has been defined as to the normal disk and on which a user can record arbitrary information, a remaining area located outside this restricted program area is previously secured as an advertisement area where an advertisement-purpose visible image is formed. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190325 - No-fee, internet, marketing system with new-member, introducer identification Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for various embodiments directed to a novel network marketing system. In one embodiment of the present invention, the network marketing method is free to join and rewards participants with real money based on recommended product purchases. Rules are provided in various embodiments ... 08/24/06 - 20060190324 - Method for providing reduced cost imaging to customers A method for reducing a cost of imaging to a customer includes determining a rate of consumption of imaging substance from a supply item; and, based on the rate of consumption, offering to the customer an imaging reward. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190323 - Consumer education and loyalty reward system A system and method for educating and rewarding a consumer of a prescribed pharmaceutical or intervention is provided. The system includes a means for enrolling the consumer in a consumer loyalty rewards program, a means for providing the consumer with information relating to the intervention, a means for tracking purchases ... 08/24/06 - 20060190322 - Method and system for managing an incentive fund A sponsor or another establishes a pool of incentive funds to be used by designated merchants to fund sponsored incentive programs for at least one of a sale and a lease of a product. An amount of each incentive fund is allocated for a designated merchant. One or more credit ... 08/24/06 - 20060190321 - Method and computing system for games, lottery and/or advertising campaign events using sms or multimedia messages This invention concerns a method and computing system for game, lottery and advertising campaign events in order to encourage the use of chained SMS or Multimedia messages where the sender, responsible for supporting all associated costs, becomes eligible for winning randomly awarded prizes set according to predetermined rules, using the ... 08/24/06 - 20060190320 - Content distribution systems, distribution method, content processing device, and processing method The present invention provided a contents delivery system (11) that can deliver contents by way of the Internet. In the system, a browser (23) requests a contents server (75) to delivery a startup file. The contents server (75) transmits the startup file to the browser (23). The startup file describes ... 08/17/06 - 20060184421 - Dynamically optimizing the presentation of advertising messages A facility for adjusting the execution of an advertising campaign in which advertising messages are presented using a plurality of advertising alternatives as described. During a first time period, the facility presents advertising messages using each of the advertising alternatives in accordance with an initial allocation for each of the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184420 - System and method for redemption of awards by award program participants A system and method for maximizing airline award program participant's use of the accumulated award miles even in light of mileage shortfalls for the redemption of mileage awards is described. The system and method not only a benefit to the award program participant, but also provides financial benefits to the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184419 - Method and system for reward points redemption for computer-based activity A system and method for operating a reward points accumulation and redemption program wherein a user earns reward points from a plurality of reward points issuing entities, each of the reward points issuing entities tracking the user's earned reward points in a user reward point account stored on a rewards ... 08/17/06 - 20060184418 - Matching product system and method Computer-implemented systems and method for generating individualized email communications to customers promoting a second customized product that shares design elements with a previously ordered first customized product. Customer records are searched to identify product promotion candidates. A personalized email order solicitation adapted to display an automatically created image of the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184417 - System and method to merge pay-for-performance advertising models Methods and apparatuses for merging different types of pay for performance advertisements. In one embodiment, a method includes: determining an indicator of potential revenue for a party from price information of a list of entities, which includes first price information for a first type of advertisements and second price information ... 08/10/06 - 20060178934 - Method and system for managing and tracking electronic advertising A method and system for managing electronic advertising. indexable link templates are provided that are purchased by advertisers. The indexable link templates allow electronic advertising information to be input along with description information used for indexing by electronic search engines. The indexable link templates are filled with information by the ... 08/10/06 - 20060178933 - Method and system for improving recycling through the use of financial incentives Methods and systems are provided for improving recycling and participation rates by providing financial incentives to households engaged in recycling. Certain embodiments of the invention relate to reduction of costs associated with waste collection and the enhancement of collection efficiency. Other embodiments of the invention relate to opening a marketing ... 08/10/06 - 20060178932 - Method and distribution system for location based wireless presentation of electronic coupons A method and system for distributing electronic coupons offered by businesses via the wireless devices operated by potential customers in a region. The invention includes a wireless communication device and a central server capable of communicating via a wireless communication network The central server is connected to a search engine, ... 08/10/06 - 20060178931 - Controling customer demand to match capicity The method of optimizing the productive capacity or profit incentive of a business by allowing the change of advertising of mobile signs on roadways where potential customers are traveling. The signs can be changed to influence the present demand of the consumer for a particular product or location to obtain ... 08/10/06 - 20060178930 - One-way sending time expiring coupon operating method for sale of unsold perishable resources Disclosed is method to solve the problems in case of food like a fruit or agricultural and industrial goods like a clothing that lose their values as time passes, in case that a movie, a performance, a sport game, a hotel and an airplane ticket of several services to be ... 08/03/06 - 20060173745 - Tiered method for advertising A method of cooperative advertising in which advertisers are categorized into tiers defined by certain appropriate criteria (e.g., distribution channels, existing relationships, public image, stakeholder base), and costs and benefits of advertising are allocated among these tiers and advertisers. The advertisers then cooperatively provide advertising directed toward a target market ... 08/03/06 - 20060173744 - Method and apparatus for generating, optimizing, and managing granular advertising campaigns Systems for and methods of the present invention are directed to managing and optimizing ad campaigns. One method in accordance with the present invention comprises selecting a parent advertising campaign and generating a child advertising campaign, wherein the child advertising campaign automatically inherits selected advertising criteria from the parent advertising ... 08/03/06 - 20060173743 - Method of realtime allocation of space in digital media based on an advertiser's expected return on investment, ad placement score, and a publisher score A method of allocating advertising space. Information about a user that is currently accessing the web page is provided to a number of advertiser computational agents, along with statistical data on the relative value of the particular ad placement. These agents compute for an advertiser, the advertiser's “effective Return On ... 08/03/06 - 20060173742 - Augmenting and searching classified items via the internet Systems and methods for augmenting and searching classified items via the Internet are provided. According to one embodiment, periodicals are provided with the ability to define custom fields of data for each classification of ads. Advertisers may then populate these custom fields with data appropriate for their ad thereby allowing ... 08/03/06 - 20060173741 - Permission-based marketing method and system A permission-based marketing system for selling goods and services wherein a consumer requests one or more sellers to present proposals for the consumer to purchase a particular item and the opportunity to respond to the request for these proposals is advertised and sold to sellers for a fee. A portion ... 08/03/06 - 20060173740 - Distribution device, distribution method, and distribution program A content distribution server 1 which distributes, to a client, promotion content for prompting a user to execute destination content comprises: a state acquisition section that acquires the states of the client and destination content; a suitability calculation section 21 that calculates the suitability of the destination content in the ... 08/03/06 - 20060173739 - Customer retention systems and methods A method of communicating a renewal incentive for an expiring account to a user of the account. The method includes the steps of identifying a renewal date for the account with a host computer, and calculating whether the account qualifies for the renewal incentive based on account history accessible by ... 08/03/06 - 20060173738 - Method and system of marketing diamonds A method and system of marketing diamonds that came from a single rough diamond is described. A single rough diamond is cut into at least two smaller diamonds. The smaller diamonds are provided for sale in sets, each set having at least two diamonds. Documentation stating that the diamonds in ... 08/03/06 - 20060173737 - Business card cd that contains an e-brochure that is simultaneously published on the internet A computer readable medium that may be a business CD card is disclosed that contains the same information that is contained in a web or marketing site. The same information may be an E-brochure published to the Internet and placing the same e-brochure on a business card CD to produce ... 08/03/06 - 20060173736 - System and method for providing purchasing incentives over a network A method and system for providing an incentive to purchase merchandise from a merchant over a computer network is disclosed. A merchant computer is coupled to a customer computer through a computer network. The merchant computer has a memory area that is searchable for determining a first merchandise available for ... 08/03/06 - 20060173735 - Targeted mailing services A method for providing mailing services targeted to a particular market sector includes securely identifying a demographic segment of a population for special attention, and providing a security means to authenticate a user of a targeted demographic population segment. ... 08/03/06 - 20060173734 - Display apparatus for and method of displaying baby care articles A retail display for baby care articles includes a first display section associated with a first set of baby care articles adapted for use during a first stage of development. The first set of baby care articles includes baby care articles from at least two different baby care article sub-sets ... 07/27/06 - 20060167753 - Information and promotional offer management and distribution systems and methods A method for information and promotional offer generation and distribution comprises creating a user profile. A merchant profile is created and an offer profile is created. A request is received from a user for a promotional offer. A promotional offer coupon is created with a unique tracking code based on ... 07/27/06 - 20060167752 - Automated segmentation and yield management Methods, systems and computer readable media for presenting an offer. In one such method, a consumer is assigned to one of a plurality of market segments, and a yield for a plurality of offers is determined based on the assigned market segment. An offer is then selected for presentation to ... 07/27/06 - 20060167751 - Method and apparatus for distributing music A music distribution system allows users to freely download music data that has not been put on the market or that has been created by unknown singers or musicians. In this system, which distributes music data to terminal devices via a communications network, a free music distribution Web site for ... 07/27/06 - 20060167750 - Discount system for installment of trade articles and method for the same A discount system for installment of trade articles and its method is proposed in the present invention. The discount system provides at least a first trade article and a second trade article. When the second consuming end purchases the second trade article after the first consuming end purchases the first ... 07/27/06 - 20060167749 - Systems and methods for providing advertising in a feed of content A system and method is described for controlling the provision of advertising presented to an end user in a feed of news content that is delivered from a publisher to an end user, wherein the system comprises: one or more advertisements which each possess a unique identifier that has been ... 07/27/06 - 20060167748 - Public/private campaign management for an internet sales application The present invention provides a system and method for managing marketing campaigns by sales applications. Sales applications manage campaigns by distinguishing among campaigns for marketing purposes. A customer who is browsing a sales application may be queried for a campaign code. The sales application will then retrieve an indicator of ... 07/27/06 - 20060167747 - Content-targeted advertising for interactive computer-based applications The subject invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates providing content-targeted advertising to a user based at least in part on the content of a user action. The user action can be performed in connection with an outbound messaging system, a real-time messaging system such as a chat ... 07/27/06 - 20060167746 - Method for cross-promoting communications services A method to promote use of one communication service by associating it with another service and offering incentives to use the first service in return for use of the second service. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. ... 07/27/06 - 20060167745 - Providing low-cost message display boards Embodiments of the present invention relate to providing low-cost message display boards to users of a message display board service. According to one embodiment of the present invention, display boards capable of displaying a user designated message are supplied by a provider of a message display board service for free ... 07/27/06 - 20060167744 - Sales promotion point exchange method and system The sales promotion point exchange transaction method and system of this invention comprises the sales promotion point issuance and consumption server system 200 that issues and consumes sales promotion points per each shop, manufacturer or group of them and consumes sales promotion points within said each shop, manufacturer or group ... 07/27/06 - 20060167743 - System and method for maintaining distributor loyalty A system, method, and computer software product for use by a manufacturer to offset a loss of one or more of the manufacturer's distributors caused by a displacing a distributor's sale when the manufacturer operates an e-commerce enabled web site that sells products directly to consumers. The distributor is compensated ... 07/20/06 - 20060161479 - Method and system for providing access rights to a communications network site A user of a communications network is provided with limited access rights to one or more restricted access communications network sites that are partnered with a base entity, which can have an associated base communications network site, if the user utilizes communications network access capabilities associated with the base entity ... 07/20/06 - 20060161478 - System, method and computer program product for currency redemption in loyalty reward programs A loyalty and redemption system, method and computer program product includes a selectable connection to a loyalty program hosting server site on a distributed communication network from a merchant site on the network. A customer can access the loyalty program hosting server site through the merchant site. At the loyalty ... 07/20/06 - 20060161477 - System and method for offering multiple products A system and method for a supplier to offer multiple new products to a first person and multiple pre-owned products to a second person are disclosed. The invention includes a method wherein the supplier receives a request from the first person for a first new product. After accepting the first ... 07/20/06 - 20060161476 - System for acquisition of users A system for bridging network services, the system including a first server computer providing a first service, a second server computer providing a second service, a bridge server, a first network client computer operative to create a session with the first service via a network and instruct the first service ... 07/20/06 - 20060161475 - Method for private distribution of printed advertising material A method for private distribution of printed advertising materials includes the steps of: (a) receiving at a publishing house an order from a customer for direct distribution advertising materials intended for distribution to recipients, (b) creating the advertising materials at the publishing house, (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for ... 07/20/06 - 20060161474 - Delivery of targeted offers for move theaters and other retail stores The invention provides a computer system and methods of use for effecting marketing to customers in movie theater stores and other retail stores including cross-marketing, and marketing based upon aspects of movie showings, and methods of identification and use of transaction data related to the same consumer. ... 07/13/06 - 20060155604 - System and method for providing online user-assisted creation of magazine and web-based feature articles and advertising, with integrated online user-guided instruction for related marketing and sales activity A system and method for collecting advertisement and editorial information from an advertiser and/or an editorial source for use by a publisher to create an advertisement and/or editorial article and for providing related marketing information to the advertiser. For advertisers who wish to submit their own completed advertisement, a digital ... 07/13/06 - 20060155603 - Method and system with multi-tier club memberships for discounted buying on the internet and at store locations This invention relates to a method and system as a branded club product (goods and services) discounting membership, universal discount card technology, hardware infrastructure, operational and software corporate team amalgamation, seller and buyer critical mass, essential implementation and real-time operational approach to integrate internet e-commerce with in-store commerce in physical ... 07/13/06 - 20060155602 - Method of promoting fans participating in an event A method of at least one of promoting, displaying, advertising and expressing interests of fans participating in an event. The method includes enabling each fan to register as a user of a web site for such at least one promoting, displaying, advertising and expressing interests of fans participating in an ... 07/13/06 - 20060155601 - Control of high technology advertising units A method for distributing advertisement information in an advertisement system having a system server at a system site and a remote unit having a remote display device includes receiving the advertisement information by a cellular network by way of a first cellular modem to provide received advertisement information and transmitting ... 07/13/06 - 20060155600 - Method of mass marketing for quick service food restaurants through print advertising upon sanitizing wipes packaging A business method of mass marketing consisting of providing the customers' of quick service food restaurants, who order their food to go, either from a drive-thru, or in a restaurant, a means of sanitizing their hands prior to touching their food. While solving the need of their customers to eat ... 07/13/06 - 20060155599 - Marketing method for movie theaters A method for marketing movies allows a consumer to purchase a current box office movie on an optically formatted disc at a movie theater and then to view the movie on the disc away from the movie theater. The method also allows a parent to prescreen a current box office ... 07/13/06 - 20060155598 - Individualized marketing to improve capacity utilization Suppliers of goods and/or services subject to shifts in capacity utilization design and implement marketing campaigns around utilization forecasts, targeting marketing expenditures on periods of excess capacity rather than periods without excess capacity, and in some embodiments also to alter variables such as pricing, consumer targeting, or even the intensity ... 07/13/06 - 20060155597 - Method, system and apparatus for location based advertising The invention relates to a method, system and apparatus for managing a small business' advertising. More specifically, the system creates and administers a virtual online world accessible to users (players) within a virtual environment. A player interacts with various elements of the virtual environment and during those interactions the advertising ... 07/06/06 - 20060149633 - System and method for advertising with an internet voice portal A method of advertising includes maintaining an Internet-related communication session between a user and a portal and, during the communication session, selectively providing advertisements based on any one of user constraints, sales criteria, and context. ... 07/06/06 - 20060149632 - Providing network-based in-store media broadcasting The present invention features a network-based in-store media broadcasting system comprising one or more, and preferably, a plurality of client player devices placed at a plurality of business locations, each of the client player devices being independently supported and in communication with the internal audio/visual system installed in the business ... 07/06/06 - 20060149631 - Broadcasting an effective advertisement based on customers The present invention relates to a method of optimizing advertising in response to customer data. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of acquiring data about the advertising preferences of particular groups of customers. For example, this data may include analyzing the shopping response of all married ... 07/06/06 - 20060149630 - Opt-in delivery of advertisements on mobile devices Advertisements provided to a mobile device user allow the user to obtain information from advertisers without revealing the user's identity. Advertisers supply advertisements to an advertising intermediary, which maintains the advertisements in a database, and also maintains a database of mobile device users who are subscribers to its service. Separately, ... 07/06/06 - 20060149629 - System and method for promoting product sales A system and method for promoting product sales are proposed and applicable to data processing devices, characterized in the use of a computing mechanism for calculating the unit profit of a main product according to sales-related information of the main product and a promotional product thereof; a judging mechanism for ... 07/06/06 - 20060149628 - Method and system for implementing a customer incentive program A system and method for implementing a customer incentive program that conditionally rewards a customer based upon the customer's movement through a shopping area and/or responses to questions which refer to the shopping area, sections of the shopping area and/or products located in the shopping area. While moving through a ... 07/06/06 - 20060149627 - Electronic discount and rebate coupon system A system that allows multiple discount and other coupon issuers to create and issuer electronic coupons to recipients on a single coupon card the recipient has. The coupon recipients benefit by not having to carry around one card for each coupon issuer, in addition, the recipient can access one coupon ... 07/06/06 - 20060149626 - Integration of wic items and transactions into personal shopping devices A method, system and computer program product for providing access to government benefits is disclosed. The method comprises positioning a short-range transmitter in a predetermined product area in a store, and storing one or more marketing messages in the short-range transmitter, wherein the one or more marketing messages are associated ... 07/06/06 - 20060149625 - Suggesting and/or providing targeting information for advertisements The relevancy of ads may be increased, and opportunities to serve an ad that might otherwise be missed may be exploited by (i) accepting broad targeting information, to be used for serving an ad, from an advertiser, (ii) serving the ad using the broad targeting information, (iii) logging search query ... 07/06/06 - 20060149624 - Generating and/or serving local area advertisements, such as advertisements for devices with call functionality Sets of local, (e.g., online) ads may be generated by obtaining sets of information about (e.g., local) establishments, each set including a business address information and/or a telephone number, (b) determining, for each of the sets, a location using at least one of at least a portion of the business ... 07/06/06 - 20060149623 - Advertisement approval An advertisement for use with an online ad serving system may be automatically checked for compliance with one or more policies of the online ad serving system. If the advertisement is approved, then it is allowed by be served by the ad serving system. Follow up checks of the advertisement ... 07/06/06 - 20060149622 - Ad rendering parameters, such as size, style, and/or layout, of online ads Ad rendering parameters for a set of two or more ads may be determined by (a) accepting, for a set of two or more ads, ad information which includes at least one ad feature having a value that depends on ad rendering parameters, and (b) determining ad rendering parameters for ... 07/06/06 - 20060149621 - Method to provide tactile or audio feedback in a personal shopping device A method, system and computer program product for system for drawing consumer attention to selectively broadcast marketing messages, such as advertisements, store events, and coupons, to a wireless computer mounted on a shopping cart in a store is disclosed. The method comprises positioning a short-range transmitter in a predetermined product ... 07/06/06 - 20060149620 - On-line fundraising method, system, and computer useable medium An on-line fundraising method, system, and/or computer useable medium provides a fundraising website, fundraising software, and a fundraising database for a fundraiser. Fundraiser organizations are associated with a fundraising website as fundraiser associates. Retail partners are affiliated with the fundraising website. Users are referred to the fundraising website by a ... 07/06/06 - 20060149619 - Method and system for incentivizing vehicle acquisition A method for incentivizing acquisition of a vehicle including offering a non-cash incentive currency having a conversion component and a redemption component. The conversion component is convertible into a cash incentive and the redemption component is redeemable for a non-cash incentive offering. ... 07/06/06 - 20060149618 - System for providing private offers to customers of web sites A method for creating private offers including parsing at least a first computer-based document to identify at least one offer for either of a product and a service, maintaining the offer in a history of offers, detecting the activation of a private offer element within a second computer-based document, the ... 07/06/06 - 20060149617 - Content information processing system and method A mechanism whereby a user can obtain a desired content via a communication network and a content distributor loses no profits. Identification information of each theater and each video content screened at the theater are registered. When a video content viewing request from a member is accepted, the theater which ... 06/29/06 - 20060143086 - System and method for tracking web campaign effectiveness Events generated by customer interaction during an internet-based session are made available for use by a system for tracking the effectiveness of web advertising campaigns. Event occurrences are collected for evaluation to determine whether campaign goals are being met. Campaigns are defined by rules indicating which ad content is to ... 06/29/06 - 20060143085 - Universal player rewards system An electronic game including at least one display exhibiting a plurality of windows or segments each displaying a different subject matter is disclosed. The different subject matter in each of the plurality of windows preferably includes a real time promotional points total, an awards display, a sponsor advertising material display, ... 06/29/06 - 20060143084 - Software and method for advertisor sponsored events within a private centrally managed local or distributed network of users and an optional associated private network card for specialty marketing identification or banking The present invention provides a business method, computer system and software that permit a digital media peer-to-peer or server-to-peer exchange, with sponsored media access, while providing a secure and high speed transmission of media files across an internet, intranet or cable network in such a manner as to avoid illegal ... 06/29/06 - 20060143083 - System and method for providing electronic information relating to printed advertisements The present invention relates to a system and method for providing information about commercial opportunities located at disparate locations through the use of corresponding print and electronic records. ... 06/29/06 - 20060143082 - Advertisement system and method A system and method allowing customers to create and place advertisements on advertisement presentation nodes via a communication network. ... 06/29/06 - 20060143081 - Method and system for managing customer network value A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for evaluating a customer network value of a set of customers for a given marketing campaign, said method comprising the steps of storing for each customer static information, collecting for each customer, historical and time cumulative network behavior data, building a ... 06/29/06 - 20060143080 - Generating and/or serving dynamic promotional offers such as coupons and advertisements A promotional offer may be generated by (i) accepting information concerning at least one of (A) a search query entered, at a client device, by a user, (B) an item or establishment which is the subject of a search result selected by a user using a client device, (C) one ... 06/29/06 - 20060143079 - Cross-channel customer matching A system and method for conducting cross-channel customer identification comprises accessing, for a selected customer and a selected channel, a customer profile that records values for a plurality of customer profile attributes that are independent of the selected channel; comparing the accessed customer profile with a plurality of corresponding customer ... 06/29/06 - 20060143078 - Advertising through recyclable digital cameras Data of updated or new advertising messages are loaded into a non-volatile memory of a digital camera in the course of it being recycled. The user of the camera therefore receives the updated or new advertising messages as a part of recycling the camera. There are a number of ways ... 06/29/06 - 20060143077 - Method and system to ensure maintenance of individual government benefits in a retail environment Aspects to ensure maintenance of individual government benefits in a retail environment include identifying of an individual shopper with an associated level of available benefits during a shopping session. Purchases relative to predetermined criteria, including the associated level of available benefits, are tracked. Scheduling a next appointment during the shopping ... 06/29/06 - 20060143076 - Method of advertising A method of distributing advertisements, including the steps of placing ads on garment hangers, arranging the hangers ads in a collated sequence, and delivering the collated hanger ads for retail distribution. ... 06/29/06 - 20060143075 - Assumed demographics, predicted behaviour, and targeted incentives A system and method for anticipating consumer behavior and determining transaction incentives for influencing consumer behavior comprises a computer system and associated database for determining cross time correlations between transaction behavior, for applying the function derived from the correlations to consumer records to predict future consumer behavior, and for deciding ... 06/22/06 - 20060136300 - Method and apparatus for promoting resale of foods A method for promoting resale of goods. The method includes solicitation of agreement to offer a good for resale from a buyer of the good near the time of the sale, near the time of confirmation of a desire to purchase a good and/or subsequent to the time of the ... 06/22/06 - 20060136299 - Method and system for handling rebate-entitled credit card payment transactions In this method a credit card entitled for rebates initiates a payment transaction with a merchant granting rebates, resulting in a rebate amount being calculated from the purchase sum of the payment transaction and a set rebate rate and the rebate amount being forwarded to a storage area assigned to ... 06/22/06 - 20060136298 - Methods and apparatus for contextual advertisements in an online conversation thread In one aspect, the invention relates to a method of providing at least one of an advertisement and a link to an advertisement to a user logged in to an instant messaging network. The method includes the steps of logging a message processor into the instant messaging network under a ... 06/22/06 - 20060136297 - Method and system for providing location specific advertising content within mobile platforms Advertising content is delivered to gaming platforms in dependence upon a location of the mobile platform. The platform provides location data either from a user of the platform, determined by the platform, for example using GPS, or through network data provided from the platform during network communication. Advertising content is ... 06/22/06 - 20060136296 - System and method for providing direct marketing opportunities to lottery ticket retailers A system for providing direct marketing opportunities to lottery ticket retailers includes a host computer system programmed to maintain a website including separate webpages for lottery ticket retailers. The computer system stores address information for the lottery ticket retailers, receives a lottery website visitor's geographic location information and determines one ... 06/22/06 - 20060136295 - Techniques for magazine like presentation of advertisment using computers A computer implemented method and apparatus to persist user-context-sensitive consumer advertising impressions in a routinely persisted output object of a computer software application, wherein the user context is established by the contemporaneous program arguments supplied to a computer software application program by a user or the user context is established ... 06/22/06 - 20060136294 - Method for performing real-time click fraud detection, prevention and reporting for online advertising The present invention provides a method of detecting fraudulent clicks in an online environment to reduce fraudulent paid clicks for online advertisers. The method includes server side and client side code which combined enables a click verification web site to identify valid and invalid clicks and in real-time prevents advertisers ... 06/22/06 - 20060136293 - System and method for predictive product requirements analysis A method, system, and computer program product for capturing consumer product preferences over a period of time and analyzing consumer product preferences over a period of time in order to predict future product and service requirements is provided. In one embodiment, individual consumer product preference inputs from a plurality of ... 06/22/06 - 20060136292 - Collection of data associated with an advertisement An advertisement comprises a plurality of features and a plurality of machine readable feature identifications. Each feature is associated with at least one of the plurality of machine readable feature identifications. ... 06/15/06 - 20060129458 - Method and system for interacting with on-demand video content A network can provide a user with remotely accessible video content. Sending or transmitting a prompt, request, message, or demand from a user site can trigger the transmission or downloading of video content for viewing, such as on a home television system. The user can interact with the downloaded video ... 06/15/06 - 20060129457 - System and method for evaluating and/or monitoring effectiveness of on-line advertising A system and a method for measuring and monitoring effectiveness of on-line advertising are provided. The system and method provide a code attached to, for example, an advertising banner of a company that may advertise goods and/or services of the company. The code provides a signal to a server when ... 06/15/06 - 20060129456 - Systems and methods for processing a rebate According to some embodiments, systems, methods, and/or articles of manufacture are associated with identifying a product associated with a first rebate, the first rebate being redeemable by mailing a predetermined document associated with the first rebate to a first entity associated with the product, determining whether a second rebate is ... 06/15/06 - 20060129455 - Method of advertising to users of text messaging A method of advertising to users of text messaging involves serving into an exchange of text messages advertisements, which are linked to selected keywords used in the exchange of text messages. ... 06/15/06 - 20060129454 - Methods and systems for implementing a group buy Methods and systems for utilizing consumer transaction data to target and aggregate consumers for a group purchase involve maintaining a database storing transaction data consisting at least in part of data related to product purchase transactions for a plurality of consumers and analyzing the data related to product purchase transactions ... 06/15/06 - 20060129453 - System and method for display advertising A technique for display advertising on Internet “Web” pages is disclosed. The technique is used by an advertising intermediary that matches available advertising inventory from a network of publishers with the needs of advertisers who engage in advertising campaigns. The advertising intermediary sets a range of prices it will pay ... 06/15/06 - 20060129452 - System and method for utilizing a multifaceted entity profile A system and method for utilizing a multifaceted entity profile are disclosed. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include identifying a first to be profiled entity and inputting a demonstrable characteristic for the first entity into a predefined and multifaceted profile template. The demonstrable characteristic may include, ... 06/15/06 - 20060129451 - System and method for online targeted billboard advertising A system and method are provided for delivering a message while simultaneously promoting a brand in a trusted online environment. The system may include a sponsor selection mechanism for allowing a communicating user to select at least one sponsor from a list of provided sponsors. The system may additionally include ... 06/08/06 - 20060122886 - Media targeting system and method A media targeting system and method uses visual pattern recognition techniques and wireless device identification in association with consumer transactions as the basis for building a targeting database, which is then later used for automated consumer identification and targeted advertising purposes. The invention solves the problem of generating a large ... 06/08/06 - 20060122885 - Promotion method and system A promotion system which can manage a promotion system depending on various conditions and independently configure a plurality of promotion systems for individual distributors. A sub-code comprised of a distributor, date information, price information, an area code, etc. is added to point information. ... 06/08/06 - 20060122884 - Method, system and computer code for content based web advertising An internet target marketing system, method, and computer program for distributing online advertising to viewers based upon the viewers' interests is provided. The system, method, and computer program may involve identifying one or more document-related concepts derived from analysis of content of a web document capable of being displayed to ... 06/08/06 - 20060122883 - Method and system for generating and distributing electronic communications for maximum revenue Systems and methods are disclosed for providing content in accordance with informational campaigns or advertisements administered by one or more distribution partners. the distribution partners typically revenue share with the system administrator (system owner), who coordinates the informational campaigns and sends electronic mails (e-mails) associated therewith. By applying a distribution ... 06/08/06 - 20060122882 - On-line interactive system and method for providing content and advertising information to a targeted set of viewers Prioritized queues of advertising and content data are generated by a queue builder and sent to an on-line queue manager. A computer mediated communications network provides content and subscriber data to the queue builder and receives content segment play lists from the on-line queue manager. An exposure accounting module calculates ... 06/08/06 - 20060122881 - Systems and methods for vending promotions According to some embodiments, systems, methods, and/or articles of manufacture are associated with determining a mystery package, wherein the mystery package comprises a first mystery product and a second mystery product. In some embodiments, the first and second mystery products are selected based at least in part on sales data ... 06/08/06 - 20060122880 - Method and system for performing a real estate closing on-line The present invention is directed to a method and system for performing real estate transactions on-line. The method may include the steps of scheduling a closing session; viewing closing documents during the closing session on a user's computer; acknowledging each closing document viewed during the closing session; and/or completing closing ... 06/08/06 - 20060122879 - Method and system for pricing electronic advertisements A system and method of pricing an electronic advertisement that includes receiving a request for an electronic advertisement to be presented to a visitor, setting a price of the electronic advertisement, and presenting the electronic advertisement to the visitor. ... 06/01/06 - 20060116932 - Internet-based frequency and award redemption system and method An on-line frequency award program is disclosed. A user may access the program on-line and may browse a product catalog for shopping. The user may electronically place an order, upon which the program automatically checks the user's credit and electronically issues a purchase order to the supplying company. The program ... 06/01/06 - 20060116931 - Internet-based frequency and award redemption system and method An on-line frequency award program is disclosed. A user may access the program on-line and may browse a product catalog for shopping. The user may electronically place an order, upon which the program automatically checks the user's credit and electronically issues a purchase order to the supplying company. The program ... 06/01/06 - 20060116930 - Computer system and method for development and marketing of consumer products A computer-implemented method for the design and/or marketing of one or more consumer products based on an identified Icon includes capturing and storing in memory preferences of the Icon in accordance with at least one systematic survey of at least some of the preferences; creating one or more of a ... 06/01/06 - 20060116929 - On-line discount coupon An embodiment of the present invention includes a technique to provide discount coupons for on-line transactions. A discount agent interacts with a client having client information in an on-line transaction allowing the client to purchase a product having product information from a seller. A discount coupon associated with the product ... 06/01/06 - 20060116928 - Distribution advertisement management system, method, computer-readable recording medium and computer data signal embedded in carrier A management server receives an input of user information and registers it with a user information database, in response to an access request specifying an address recorded in an advertising medium. The management server further receives an input of an advertisement genre a user desires and registers advertisement genre information ... 06/01/06 - 20060116927 - Method of creating and implementing a marketing plan for a retail store chain with measurable profit enhancement A method of creating and implementing a marketing plan for a retail store chain includes the steps of developing a media and marketing plan tailored for the specific needs of a retail store chain including concentration on marketing of high margin products, implementing the plan in the retail store chain, ... 06/01/06 - 20060116926 - Method and system for internet publishing and advertising forums The present invention provides a method and system for conducting online publishing and advertising forums that offers two essential benefits to authors, especially independent authors: 1) providing a centralized Internet repository for authors of all backgrounds, proficiencies, expertise and age groups to publish their knowledge, ideas, work, thoughts and opinions ... 06/01/06 - 20060116925 - System and method(s) for marketing by providing information of life in a foreign country and/or area, via cd-rom, in the airplane and/or any vehicle in a language familiar to the passengers The present invention provides a method(s) for marketing by providing information of life in a foreign country and/or area, including but not limited to advertisements via CD-ROM, in the airplane, other transportation vehicles, and/or terminals, mainly but not limited to international aircrafts transporting international passengers en route to a new ... 06/01/06 - 20060116924 - System and method for delivering customized advertisements within interactive communication systems The present invention is a system and method for delivering customized electronic advertisements in an interactive communication system. The customized advertisements are selected based on consumer profiles and are then integrated with offerings maintained by different content providers. The preferred interactive communication system interconnects multiple consumer computers, multiple content provider ... 05/25/06 - 20060111981 - Methods and apparatus for ultra-violet stimulated displays A display element for use in a display device that exhibits extended illumination longevity and uniformity, as well as a wide viewing angle, is provided. The element can include a light source that emits ultraviolet light, a liquid crystal device having a plurality of independently controllable (i.e., addressable) shutters, a ... 05/25/06 - 20060111980 - System and method for administering a brokerage rebate card program A technique for administering a rebate program includes logic for generating rebate information based the purchase of goods and/or services using a card instrument. The technique further includes logic for applying a rebate, based on the rebate information, to fund at least part of a transaction performed by an brokerage ... 05/25/06 - 20060111979 - Online game advertising system In one embodiment an online game advertising system provides an architecture for enabling the definition, sales, distribution, and management of interactive advertisements, sponsorships, and placements that appear within an online video game as part of the game experience or during idle load, wait, and pause screens. For example, in a ... 05/25/06 - 20060111978 - Method, system and computer program for providing a loyalty engine enabling dynamic administration of loyalty programs A method, computer system, and computer program product for encouraging customer loyalty is provided. The method includes the steps of: (1) one or more partners defining a loyalty program, the loyalty program defining loyalty rewards, cross-promotional partner rewards and prizes associated with one or more activities; (2) registering one or ... 05/25/06 - 20060111977 - Process for creating and disseminating marketing initiatives to specific consumers or specific consumer groups The present disclosure relates to a process for creating and disseminating retailer product offers to consumers. The process combines both store or retailer loyalty and product loyalty to identify, and market, to specific consumers and consumer groups. This may lead to less consolidation and a decrease in marketing and advertising ... 05/25/06 - 20060111976 - System and methods of marketing, designing, manufacturing and packaging customized items A system and methods for designing, manufacturing and packaging customized items are provided. In a preferred embodiment, the inventive system is utilized in a retail store for customizing apparel, such as t-shirts, where a customer can choose an item to be customized from various styles, sizes and colors of blank ... 05/25/06 - 20060111975 - System to solicit unknown corporate data There is provided a method and system to generate corporate data pertaining to a corporate entity. The system includes an interface to communicate, from a data system and via a communications network, a request to a plurality of users of the data system for corporate information relating to a corporate ... 05/25/06 - 20060111974 - Method and system for rewarding use of a communications network site Users of a communications network, when registered with a base communications network site on the network, automatically are awarded credits when they interact with the base site. The registered users can redeem the credits at any communications network site that is partnered with the base site in exchange for obtaining ... 05/25/06 - 20060111973 - Stored value mileage card systems and methods of use Systems and methods for managing mileage value accounts are provided. One such method includes receiving a presentation instrument having an account identifier stored thereon, and transmitting the account identifier and a purchase item identifier from a point-of-sale device to a host computer system. Using the host computer system, a customer ... 05/25/06 - 20060111972 - Method to facilitate streaming content recipient interaction Non-commercial content (11) is combined (14) with a commercial message (12) that itself comprises, in part, recipient-interaction facilitation content that in turn yields a respondable commercial message (13). This combination of content is streamed (15) via a wireless broadband channel to a recipient. Upon detecting (16) a recipient interaction event, ... 05/25/06 - 20060111971 - System and method for on-line and off-line advertising in content delivered to a display screen An on-screen advertising system that employs paginated on-screen pages that adapt based on display and window size and allow for the anchoring and sizing of advertisements based on a given relative paginated page size. Content is reflowed to fit the advertisements. ... 05/25/06 - 20060111970 - System and method for selling on-line and off-line advertising in content delivered to a display screen A method for selling on-screen advertising based on the relative page percentage an advertisement consumes on a paginated page displayed on a user's display. The invention includes a payment model for on-screen advertising based on “eyeball space” and placement. In one embodiment, paginated adaptable pages with advertising panes are authored ... 05/25/06 - 20060111969 - System and method for automatic selection of advertising slogans printed on a mailpiece A method of printing an ad slogan on a mailpiece, including establishing one or more date ranges and one or more pre-selected ad slogans, wherein each of the date ranges has one of the pre-selected ad slogans corresponding thereto. The method further includes determining a current date (the date on ... 05/25/06 - 20060111968 - Method and system for valuing advertising content Methods and media are provided for objectively valuing advertising content (or the potential viewer impact thereof) that occur during the course of an event or other presentation (such as TV sitcom). In one embodiment the method includes receiving a source of media, indexing a set of sponsorship images within the ... 05/25/06 - 20060111967 - Optimised messages containing barcode information for mobile receiving device A system for delivering coupons containing barcodes to a mobile device such as a mobile phone is disclosed. A message processor means (106) generates message data comprising a coupon. A message optimiser means (116) generates an optimised message responsive to the message data and the capabilities of the mobile device ... 05/18/06 - 20060106674 - Mobile shopping method and application A system and method for crediting fees and commissions for the use by customers of mobile phones to search for product information directly from merchants or indirectly through product information aggregators. Further it provides for crediting fees and commissions for sending product identification to other customer's mobile phones. It supports ... 05/18/06 - 20060106673 - Method of collecting, qualifying and distributing customer leads resulting in increased rate of return on marketing investment The present invention relates to a turnkey system that gathers, qualifies and distributes customer lead information to manufacturer dealers and retailers resulting in an increased rate of return on investment for a marketing campaign. The method comprises at least three steps for collecting, qualifying, and delivering customer leads to retailers ... 05/18/06 - 20060106672 - Method for distributing dynamic liink bandwith for resilient packet ring The invention discloses a method for dynamically allocating link bandwidth on resilient packet ring. This algorithm comprises the steps of measuring a group of variables in one advertisement interval, calculating the local fair rate using the measured variables, determining an advertising rate based on the local fair rate, and transmitting ... 05/11/06 - 20060100930 - Method and system for advertising A system and method for communicating advertisements to potential consumers by providing a combination of hard-copy and electronic media. The system and method feature a main console having a rack for displaying hard-copy promotional items, such as business cards, in visual proximity to at least one electronic display. The electronic ... 05/11/06 - 20060100929 - System for issuing short life coupons or other promotional devices An improved short life coupon system which allows a television viewer to select discount or promotional coupons while viewing a television commercial. Coupon information relating to the commercial is sent to a central station which also contains up-to-date point-of5 sale information. This information is analyzed by the central station so ... 05/11/06 - 20060100928 - System and method for providing content to a mobile communication device A method for providing content to a mobile device from a third party advertising system operating in conjunction with the host server in response to requests for content from the mobile device, wherein the method comprises the steps of transferring the mobile session from the host server to the third ... 05/11/06 - 20060100927 - Prepaid payment card that can be instantly recharged remotely by coupon The invention pertains to a payment method by prepaid bankcard provided by a financial intermediary of a transaction with a merchant including the recharging steps of modifying on the management server the information relative to the balance available to the holder of the bankcard, wherein the recharging is implemented via ... 05/11/06 - 20060100926 - On demand advertising A method and system for transmitting marketing messages, such as advertisements and/or coupons, to shoppers in a store. The marketing messages are transmitted by a low-power line-of-sight transmitter which is positioned in a specific predetermined product area. After determining the identity of a passing shopper, a tailored marketing message is ... 05/11/06 - 20060100925 - Demand coupon generating system and method of using same An on demand coupon generating system for use in a retail setting having a checkout counter and a merchandise display section with products having product identifiers and nearby price displays and including a kiosk with a local processor having access to a searchable database loaded with a listing of product ... 05/11/06 - 20060100924 - Digital media file with embedded sales/marketing information Techniques for facilitating e-commerce by utilizing sales, marketing and/or tracking information (“e-commerce information”) embedded in digital media files are disclosed. These techniques can allow a user of a media management application to purchase digital media files or other subject matter based on the embedded e-commerce information. ... 05/11/06 - 20060100923 - Method for web-based distribution of targeted advertising messages A method for web browser-based distribution of targeted advertising messages is provided. An advertising party registers with a distributor of targeted advertising messages. An advertising campaign for goods targeting user demographic categories chosen by the advertising party is created, with advertising messages being customized for each category and the advertising ... 05/11/06 - 20060100922 - Guest screening device A guest screening device is provided that is operative to display an advertising message. The guest screening device may include a portal formed to allow a user to pass therethrough, a scanner, a sensor mounted proximate the portal, a controller, and at least one display device mounted proximate the portal. ... 05/04/06 - 20060095329 - System and method for providing online travel-related services coupled with targeted advertising A system and method for providing online services for air travelers coupled with providing targeted advertising for online advertisers. More particularly, the invention allows air travelers to select online their seats, seatmates, or both, while at the same time allowing advertisers to target these travelers based on any combination of ... 05/04/06 - 20060095328 - System and method of providing discounts on the purchase of gasoline A method of providing a customer with a gasoline discount including determining accumulated discount information each time: the customer performs a predefined action, customer identification information is obtained, such as by using a customer identification element, and information relating to the performed action is received. The accumulated discount information is ... 05/04/06 - 20060095327 - System and method for identifying customer offers A system and method for identifying customer-specific offers by utilizing information on promotions such as vendor allowance programs and information on customer purchase histories are provided. By correlating information on products that are subject to predefined promotions with a customer's purchase history, offers on products, which meet various criteria, are ... 05/04/06 - 20060095326 - Sales tool using demographic content to improve customer service A sales tool for improving customer service comprises a computer system including a processor, program, and network communication interface, wherein the computer system is configured to receive a geographic identifier, and configured to retrieve content relevant to the geographic identifier and provide the content to an operator. In one embodiment, ... 05/04/06 - 20060095325 - Method and system for tracking purchasing habits A system and method for tracking purchasing habits includes receiving in a computer system for a store, a shopping list including a product. The shopping list comes from a consumer and is independent of an inventory for the store. The store records a purchase by the consumer and compares the ... 05/04/06 - 20060095324 - Electronic capture of promotions Promotional content is electronically displayed on section directories placed throughout a store. A consumer captures one of the displayed promotions by providing consumer identification or other input at a consumer interface device located in the section corresponding to the directory which displays the promotion. The consumer identification is then associated ... 05/04/06 - 20060095323 - Song identification and purchase methodology In an embodiment, a method for identifying media content, includes: providing an audio input data; digitizing the audio input data from an analog audio waveform to a digitized audio waveform; comparing the digitized audio waveform with waveform patterns stored in an electronic library; retrieving a matching media content based upon ... 05/04/06 - 20060095322 - Determining prospective advertising hosts using data such as crawled documents and document access statistics Ad delivery systems want to find good advertising partners easily and efficiently. To this end, available data such as crawled Webpages, access statistics, advertising offers, etc. may be analyzed. The available Webpages may be scored and sorted based on estimated revenue of the Webpages. The scored and sorted Webpges may ... 05/04/06 - 20060095321 - Method and apparatus for promotion management One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of managing promotions. A determination is made that a promotion is activated, and a product database, including an entry with information on the promotion, is accessed. The promotion information is incorporated into a web page template. The promotion information is also incorporated into ... 05/04/06 - 20060095320 - System and method of electronic advertisement and commerce A system and method of electronic advertisement and commerce, wherein commercial advertisements are electronically mailed to a prospective and/or current consumer via a global networking system. Following completion of the commercial advertisements, an electronic “pop-up” page or window prompts or enables the consumer to access live chat-rooms to discuss or ... 05/04/06 - 20060095319 - Marketing and compensation method The invention relates to a marketing and compensation method and computer system that can be utilized in connection with the marketing and sale of products and/or services. The method and computer system may be utilized in connection with the marketing and sale of products and/or services relating to the collection ... 05/04/06 - 20060095318 - System and method of providing discounts on the purchase of gasoline A method of providing a customer with a gasoline discount including determining accumulated discount information each time: the customer performs a predefined action, customer identification information is obtained, such as by using a customer identification element, and information relating to the performed action is received. The accumulated discount information is ... 04/27/06 - 20060089880 - Method and apparatus for automatic placement of advertising A computer system for automatic replacement of direct advertisements in scarce media includes an advertising server for selecting a direct advertisement based on certain criteria. Transaction results of the direct advertisement placement are reported back to the advertising server, and an associated accounting system. In one embodiment, the direct advertiser's ... 04/27/06 - 20060089879 - Method of advertising for hotels and lodges A method and system for advertising that includes preparing a band that includes printed indicia around a pillow in a hotel or the like that includes promotional benefits to the customer that would conventionally replace a typical chocolate placed on the pillow. ... 04/27/06 - 20060089878 - Method and system for generating real-time directions associated with product promotions A method and system for generating customized incentives involving electronic distribution of coupons to remote personal computers based on proximity of the computer to a retail center are disclosed. A repository, such as an online service provider or a web site on the Internet, stores packages of incentive data for ... 04/27/06 - 20060089877 - System for paying vendor invoices A system for using credit card accounts to pay vendor invoices. ... 04/27/06 - 20060089876 - Proximal advertising using hand-held communication devices A system for commercial promotion has a first computerized appliance enabled for data reception on a close-proximity wireless local area network (LAN) having a limited effective range, and for providing received data in a human-understandable form to a user of the first appliance, and a second computerized appliance enabled for ... 04/27/06 - 20060089875 - Integrated online purchase reward system An integrated online purchase reward system includes one or more first information processing devices, one or more second information processing devices, a network, and one or more purchase transaction monitoring devices which read in a purchase transaction medium, and print out purchase transaction records on the purchase transaction media as ... 04/27/06 - 20060089874 - Generating income for a beneficiary organisation and loyalty points using purchases by a consumer The present invention relates to computer implemented loyalty or loyalty provider methods and systems for generating income for a beneficiary organisation and/or loyalty points using purchases by an individual, company or other entity (generally referred to as a consumer). In another aspects, it also relates to a code carried by ... 04/27/06 - 20060089873 - Salon-spa business method A method of operating a beauty salon-spa, includes a salon-spa program, wherein a member of the salon-spa program signs a service agreement, pays a monthly fee for an effective period of the service agreement, and receives a service package, comprising a plurality of salon-spa-related services, every month for the effective ... 04/27/06 - 20060089872 - Three step method for determining commissions The invention provides for a method for determining the commission to be paid to sales representatives in multi-tiered marketing structures. The three step method of positioning new associates in said marketing structures assures each associate greater opportunity to earn increased commissions. ... 04/27/06 - 20060089871 - System and method for generating advertising sales The system and method described herein generally relate to method and system for generating advertising revenue by promoting products with advertisements placed thereon to a target market where the distribution of such products may be subsidized by advertising revenues. The system and method facilitate sales transactions by, at least at ... 04/27/06 - 20060089870 - Intelligent and time varying out of home information or advertising system An integrated advertising or messaging system that may target various socio-economic groups, as a function of time, weekday, traffic conditions and weather is provided. The system may offer real time interactions with receivers, to provide additional information or the ordering of goods or services. The concept yields optimising and cost ... 04/20/06 - 20060085263 - User demographic profile driven advertising targeting The invention relates to a method and apparatus for targeting advertising information transmitted over the Internet. The method involves creating a user profile and transmitting an agent and ad banner from a content provider to a target computer. At the target computer, information is collected and transmitted from the target ... 04/20/06 - 20060085262 - Generating an advertisement with optimized advertising variable settings The present invention relates to a method of optimizing advertising in response to customer data. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of acquiring data about the advertising preferences of particular groups of customers. For example, this data may include analyzing the shopping response of all married ... 04/20/06 - 20060085261 - Online game advertising system In one embodiment an online game advertising system provides an architecture for enabling the definition, sales, distribution, and management of interactive advertisements, sponsorships, and placements that appear within an online video game as part of the game experience or during idle load, wait, and pause screens. For example, in a ... 04/20/06 - 20060085260 - Coupon service system A coupon service system is capable of reducing time and expenses needed for market research, making a correct and sure marketing plan, and providing customers with services that match their respective needs. The coupon service system includes a store terminal provided with a reader. When a cellular phone is brought ... 04/20/06 - 20060085259 - Method and system for providing cooperative purchasing over social networks The invention provides methods for facilitating a cooperative purchasing service. One method includes: providing a conditional purchase opportunity including a purchase threshold, providing information associated with the a conditional purchase opportunity to at least one display node, receiving a contingent purchase input from a user having a social network user ... 04/20/06 - 20060085258 - Computer implemented incentive compensation distribution system and associated methods A computer implemented incentive compensation distribution system is for a plurality of revenue units of a business also including a home office supplying administrative services to the revenue units. The system may include a distribution module for calculating respective home office administrative services utilized by the revenue units. The distribution ... 04/20/06 - 20060085257 - A method for leveraging a company's brand A method of interactive advertising in which a customer contacts a system for a particular product or service. The customer provides information and the system determines the appropriate advertising for the customer based on the information provided. The customer is able to place an order for products or services advertised ... 04/20/06 - 20060085256 - Clip'n win! couponing marketing system The integration of a puzzle within a coupon marketing environment using traditional print and/or digital media as a distribution vehicle, or some combination thereof. By using such an approach, the user is further motivated to proactively participate in the coupon marketing experience due to the desire to assemble the puzzle ... 04/20/06 - 20060085255 - System, method and apparatus for modeling and utilizing metrics, processes and technology in marketing applications A system, method and apparatus for modeling and utilizing metrics, processes and technology in marketing applications. According to multiple embodiments, the present invention includes marketing models, processes, metrics and software implementations and the integration thereof in marketing management tools for analysis of marketing functions and methodology. In one aspect the ... 04/20/06 - 20060085254 - System and method to strengthen advertiser and consumer affinity A system and method is provided for an on-demand advertising information vault so that advertisers may establish accounts for distributing advertisements on-line to potential subscribers. The on-demand information vault also provides for consumers to subscribe to advertisements from advertisers based on the consumer's preferences of categories of products or services. ... 04/20/06 - 20060085253 - Method and system to utilize a user network within a network-based commerce platform A method and a system to utilize a user network within a network-based commerce platform. For example, the method includes identifying a target group including at least one other user of the network-based commerce system based on at least one group association rule, the at least one group association rule ... 04/20/06 - 20060085252 - Incentive program An incentive program is described that rewards the participants of the program based on the actions of at least something other than the participants. An incentive program coordinator that can be an individual, a legally created entity, or other organization can run the incentive program. The incentive program coordinator can ... 04/20/06 - 20060085251 - System and method of presenting on-line product selection based on internal marketing and user popularity An on-line Internet display of product viewing banners is selected and positioned in a predetermined viewing zone on a user screen, based upon: marketing personnel's selection/creation of a total selected number of possible preferred product viewing banners; and the number of hits on each preferred product viewing banner received from ... 04/13/06 - 20060080175 - Player scoring for customizing a game of chance on a gaming machine Methods and apparatus are described for customizing a game application for play of a game of chance on a gaming machine. A plurality of attributes are provided. The attributes include at least one attribute relating to gaming behavior of associated individuals. Values of selected attributes associated with ones of a ... 04/13/06 - 20060080174 - Method and system of gift registry The present invention provides methods and systems for facilitating gift registry. A variety of systems are provided which make registering for gifts more efficient for consumers and retailers. These systems include an express registration card system and a reverse registry system. The methods associate the various systems with a common ... 04/13/06 - 20060080173 - Coupon dispensing system A coupon dispensing system includes a touch-screen device presenting one or more product category icons that can be activated by a user's touch, a coupon printer for printing coupons based on one or more selections made by a user touching an image of a coupon on the touch-screen, independent of ... 04/13/06 - 20060080172 - Method, system, and software for electronic media driven promotions that include off-line actions A method and system, including software, encourages trial experiences of products and/or services at specified physical locations by an individual after the individual selects an electronic media, such as a Web advertisement. In an alternate embodiment, a method and system, including software, encourages an individual to purchase a product or ... 04/13/06 - 20060080171 - Managing advertising inventory The amount of dynamic content consumed by an audience at one or more locations in one or more content sites may be determined. This information may then be used by an inventory management system to forecast or estimate the future available advertising inventory at the locations. When the entity receives ... 04/13/06 - 20060080170 - Method, system, and computer readable medium for token enhanced media A method, system and article of manufacture, including software, that encourages purchases of products or services and identifies measurable loyalty of an individual to a product or service, or in particular how often an individual purchases a product or service during a period of time in response to electronic media, ... 04/13/06 - 20060080169 - Fair scheduling of the display of personalized marketing content in a marketing subsystem of an e-commerce system A method, system and apparatus for fairly scheduling the display of personalized marketing messages in a marketing subsystem in an e-commerce system. A method of fairly scheduling the display of personalized marketing messages in a marketing subsystem of an e-commerce system can include allocating each individual space in a visual ... 04/13/06 - 20060080168 - System and method for managing advertisement by use of advertisement and sanitary paper A system and method for managing advertisement by use of advertisement and sanitary paper is disclosed in order to change current advertisement marketing management models. Members are recruited and a database about the members is built by an advertisement and distribution manager. The data about the members are analyzed and ... 04/13/06 - 20060080167 - Methods, apparatuses, and systems for presenting advertisment content within trick files Methods and apparatuses and systems for inserting advertisement segments into trick content. Advertisement segments present in the original video content are extracted from the video content and merged with other navigation segements to generate associated trick content. The advertisement segment may be inserted into the trick files may be displayed ... 04/13/06 - 20060080166 - Advertising box and its use in an online advertising system This innovation provides an online advertising method and an online advertising system, in which advertisers can easily update their ad contents while ad viewers can easily personalize ad selection and sort out information they are truly interested in. ... 04/06/06 - 20060074758 - Integrated, interactive telephone and computer network communications system A method comprising the steps of: receiving via internet a time, a date and a telephone number for a reminder telephone call (such as a wakeup call); storing in a database the time, date and telephone number of the reminder telephone call; and delivering to the subscriber via telephone the ... 04/06/06 - 20060074757 - Method and system for expediting coupon and rebate processing resulting in improving a user's credit rating A system operable over a computer network for decreasing a time period a customer waits to receive funds offered as a rebate when a product is purchased so that the rebate funds are used to improve the customer's credit rating, the system comprising a third-party fulfillment center responsible for providing ... 04/06/06 - 20060074756 - Method and system for managing coupon distribution A method and system are disclosed for processing coupons through networked computers or kiosks. More particularly, the system has the capability of utilizing data received from one or more networked computers or kiosk to modify coupons subsequently delivered to that kiosk or to other computers or kiosks on the network. ... 04/06/06 - 20060074755 - Online loyalty program A system for increasing consumer affinity for a brand associated with a sponsor, comprising a server computer hosting a Web site accessible over a computer network. The server computer provides sub-user access to the Web site through a client computer connected to the computer network, wherein the Web site enables ... 04/06/06 - 20060074754 - System and method of creating and managing digital content offers A method for creating, managing and storing content offers includes accessing an offer catalogue management module by a content provider, where the content provider supplies a consumer with digital content assets. A collection of digital content assets are reviewed by the content provider, to select a digital content asset offering ... 04/06/06 - 20060074753 - Advertising during printing of secure customized coupons A method for providing interstitial advertising during computer-enabled print time for a network-based coupon provider includes a first step of providing a coupon provision application via a network-accessible website interface, wherein the coupon provision application provides features by which a user can select various coupons for printing. Input from a ... 04/06/06 - 20060074752 - Method of facilitating placement of advertising A method of facilitating placement of an advertisement. A specification, which includes at least a budget and a reserve cost and designates creative material for the advertisement, is received from an advertiser. A deposit of funds, in an amount that is at least equal to the budget, and the creative ... 04/06/06 - 20060074751 - Method and apparatus for dynamically rendering an advertiser web page as proxied web page Disclosed are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for dynamically rendering an advertiser web page as a proxied web page associated with an online marketing campaign on behalf of an advertiser. The advertiser has an associated computer in communication with a data network. The method ... 04/06/06 - 20060074750 - Prioritized content download for an entertainment device Priority-based content retrieval mechanisms for digital entertainment devices are provided. In various embodiments, the download prioritizations may be interrupt-based, sequence-based, or a combination of the two. In interrupt-based prioritizations, a higher priority download request will interrupt a lower-priority download that is already in progress. In sequence-based prioritizations, a plurality of ... 04/06/06 - 20060074749 - Method and apparatus for allocating a campaign budget among publishers for a marketing campaign Disclosed are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for allocating a campaign budget among a plurality of electronic publishers for performing a marketing campaign on behalf of an advertiser. The advertiser has an associated computer in communication with a data network. In one aspect, the ... 04/06/06 - 20060074748 - Method and apparatus for generating advertisement information for performing a marketing campaign Disclosed are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for generating advertisement information for performing a marketing campaign on behalf of an advertiser. The advertiser has an associated computer in communication with a data network. A plurality of electronic publishers in communication with the data network ... 04/06/06 - 20060074747 - Method and apparatus for performing a marketing campaign on behalf of an advertiser Disclosed are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for performing a marketing campaign on behalf of an advertiser. A plurality of electronic publishers are in communication with a data network. The advertiser has an associated computer also in communication with the data network. An advertising ... 04/06/06 - 20060074746 - Method and apparatus for tracking and reporting campaign status information for a marketing campaign Disclosed are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for tracking and reporting campaign status information for an advertiser having an associated computer in communication with a data network. The campaign status information describes the progress of a marketing campaign performed on behalf of the advertiser ... 04/06/06 - 20060074745 - Calculation device and method and point or coupon service system A point or coupon service system for issuing a point or a coupon for discount in selling a commodity or providing a service and enabling a commodity sales or service provision without defraying any incentive cost. In a point service, when a consumer (3) purchases a particular content sold by ... 04/06/06 - 20060074744 - Method and electronic device for creating personalized content In the method of creating a personalized content item, a first descriptor (2) describing a content item (1,100) is compared (6) with a second descriptor (4) describing a personal media item (3,64) and the personal media item (3,64) is incorporated (8) into the content item (1,100) if a relation exists ... 03/30/06 - 20060069619 - Systems and methods for facilitating group rewards In some embodiments, systems, methods, and/or articles of manufacture may determine a rewards group comprising at least a first member and a second member, determine a reward that the group may earn in exchange for completing purchases at a retailer or for performing a task. Embodiments may further comprise determining, ... 03/30/06 - 20060069618 - Method and apparatus for enhanced browsing A method and apparatus for enhanced browsing. The apparatus includes a user interface for presenting an enhanced browsing window of content identified by a link in a page displayed by a browser. The apparatus may include a prefetcher for prefetching the content and a cache for storing the window. The ... 03/30/06 - 20060069617 - Method and apparatus for prefetching electronic data for enhanced browsing A method and apparatus are provided for prefetching electronic data (e.g., a web page, HTML, a document, an image) viewable in a browser. When a browser is opened to a web page (or other form of electronic data) that contains links (e.g., hyperlinks) to other content, content described by one ... 03/30/06 - 20060069616 - Determining advertisements using user behavior information such as past navigation information Ads better targeted to individual users can be determined by using (recent) navigation history. User navigation (e.g., Web browsing) may be tracked, recorded and maintained. The navigation history information, and perhaps information about a current document, may be used to determine content-relevant and personalized ads. By doing so the ads ... 03/30/06 - 20060069615 - Systems and methods for subsidizing the printing costs of advertiser-sponsored documents delivered through broadcast networks A method for a consumer to receive a consumer credit in exchange for the printing of an advertiser-sponsored document includes first, printing an advertiser-sponsored document, the advertiser-sponsored document having a page ID associated therewith. The advertiser-sponsored document includes supplemental content which is specific to a particular broadcast program, whereby the ... 03/30/06 - 20060069614 - Managing on-line advertising using metrics such as return on investment and/or profit To help advertisers to manage their online advertising, some business metric, such as ROI, profit, gross profit, etc., may be estimated and/or tracked with respect to an ad campaign, or a portion of the ad campaign. An advertiser may provide a business metric target, such as a target ROI, a ... 03/30/06 - 20060069613 - System for partial automation of content review of network advertisements Upon receiving a proposed network advertisement from an advertiser, a publisher determines whether to automatically approve the proposed advertisement for publishing, automatically reject the proposed advertisement from being published, or manually verify the content of the proposed advertisement prior to publishing based on a distribution channel of the proposed advertisement, ... 03/30/06 - 20060069612 - System and method for generating an orchestrated advertising campaign A system and related techniques host and serve selective, orchestrated advertising campaigns and other content to users depending on contributing advertisers' campaign strategies as well as use interests, prior history or experiences. According to embodiments, users may navigate to a Web or other network site which contains or invokes ads ... 03/30/06 - 20060069611 - Method for advertising and selling products online A method for advertising and selling products online includes: a) providing to a customer an item information template for inputting information into an electronic information database; b) prompting the customer via the template to enter item information into the database about at least one item for sale by the customer; ... 03/30/06 - 20060069610 - Browsing device and platform for management and distrubtion in server mode, in particular for the display of advertising links This device includes a display panel (11) having at least one display zone (14) arranged to display one or more links that provide access to other pages accessible on the computer network. This display panel (11) is linked to a management site (21) including means (24) for managing display panels ... 03/23/06 - 20060064351 - Advertising, compensation and service host apparatus, method and system A system and method for providing advertising sponsorship for content providers is described. The sponsorship derives revenue from a pool of revenue that is collected from participating sponsors. A functional host system containing a sponsor is served to a client for the duration of the client session. The host system ... 03/23/06 - 20060064350 - Method for advertising A method for providing advertising content. The method includes the steps of collecting customer preferences; transmitting targeted multimedia ads to customers based on the individual customer's preferences via a telecommunications network; and receiving and outputting the ads on a mobile platform. In the illustrative embodiment, the method includes the steps ... 03/23/06 - 20060064349 - System and method for rewarding a seller of a computing device A system and method for rewarding sellers of computing devices involves receiving information that authorization to use a software product on a computing device has been obtained by a user of the computing device. The received information includes a unique identifier of the computing device. An identity of a seller ... 03/23/06 - 20060064348 - System and method for automatic presentation of locality-based content on network site A system and related techniques automatically parse Web and other network sites, to determine whether the site contains content directed to local content or interests. The invention may then access a content database to retrieve ads or other media or content which match or correspond to the detected locality or ... 03/23/06 - 20060064347 - Product information search, linking and distribution system The present invention relates to the linking of product information. In one embodiment, a method of providing information regarding grocery items is disclosed. The method comprises displaying grocery items for sale with a graphic user interface (GUI). Providing recipe links on the GUI associated with select grocery items for sale ... 03/23/06 - 20060064346 - Location based service (lbs) system and method for targeted advertising A system and method for providing a location based service to create a social network, comprising activating a feature from a wireless terminal, registering from the wireless terminal with a location based service associated with the feature, creating a profile of a user of the feature, and displaying advertising based ... 03/16/06 - 20060059047 - System and method for providing electronic media A system and method for providing electronic media is given. At least one kiosk is remotely located relative to a management portion which governs and controls the operations of the kiosk. The kiosk is connected to the management portion via a network and provides media available through the network using ... 03/16/06 - 20060059046 - Method and system for assigning bonus-credits to the user of products The present invention relates to a method and a system for identifying, recording and processing data relating to a recipient and user of products and services obtained from a company, which runs a bonus program. In particular, he present method comprises assigning a code to products, that is transferred upon ... 03/16/06 - 20060059045 - Method and system for entertainment content distribution Methods and systems for providing entertainment content to a consumer are described. An entertainment content unit is received from an entertainment content provider and multiple advertising content units are received from one or more advertising content providers. A modified entertainment content unit is generated including a set of advertising content ... 03/16/06 - 20060059044 - Method and system to provide advertisements based on wireless access points Methods and system to provide advertisements in a view of an end user accessing a wireless access point. The advertisements are related to the WAP based on a predetermined criterion. ... 03/16/06 - 20060059043 - Method and system to provide wireless access at a reduced rate Methods and system for providing wireless access at a reduced rate. In one embodiment, access to a WAP is provided to an end-user at a rate subsidized by a first entity. The first entity includes advertisements in an end-user view. ... 03/16/06 - 20060059042 - System for rotation of software advertisements An advertising system including an application for execution by a client, a promoter, an advertising server, and a displayer, where the application is operative to communicate to the promoter information relating to either of the life cycle and the current status of either of the application and the client, where ... 03/16/06 - 20060059041 - System and method for advertising on donated equipment A method for advertising on donated equipment includes steps of matching a donor to a donee; identifying equipment to be donated; establishing a donation agreement; displaying an advertisement on the equipment in accordance with the donation agreement; and using the equipment in accordance with the donation agreement. A system for ... 03/16/06 - 20060059040 - Systems and methods of data transfer in a distributed computer network A method of transporting electronic data in a distributed computer network, where the method includes receiving, at a first network node, a first data packet that includes a network event identifier, a user account identifier, and network event data, where the user account identifier points to a location on the ... 03/16/06 - 20060059039 - Promotional materials within digital cinema data stream A method that provides a motion picture promotional item using digital data at an exhibition site. The method includes receiving motion picture digital data at the exhibition site; and receiving supplemental data transmitted along with the motion picture digital data, the supplemental data to be used for forming the promotional ... 03/16/06 - 20060059038 - Electronic money value conversion device, system, and electronic money value conversion method The present invention is relative to a system enabling a through operation between a mileage system and an electronic money system. The mileage system is such a system in which mile points as distance points corresponding to the flight distance of an aircraft are accumulated and exchanged for boarding tickets ... 03/09/06 - 20060053060 - Business method for influencing consumer purchase of retail sales items A business method for influencing consumer purchase of retail sales items. An electronic consumer database is created for a plurality of retail stores. The database indicates a purchase history of items purchased by consumers at the retail stores. It is then determined when a common item is offered for sale ... 03/09/06 - 20060053059 - Systems and methods for providing savings based upon combination purchases at a retail level A method of providing rewards to a customer based upon purchasing multiple items. The method comprises offering a group of multiple products for sale, providing a reward to the customer for each product of the group that is purchased, and providing a bonus reward to the customer when each product ... 03/09/06 - 20060053058 - System and method for gathering consumer feedback An electronic system and method for gathering consumer feedback and reporting the feedback. The system and method provides an incentive for engaging the consumer to register and answer a survey. The registration information and answers provided are compiled into a database and may be formatted into reports. The gathering of ... 03/09/06 - 20060053057 - Context sensitive streaming system applications A system of delivering personalized streaming content to a destination based on automatic detection of context. A thin stream gateway delivers content to all devices in range, where the range is intentionally limited. Bidirectional communication is established between a fixed and a mobile gateway. The mobile gateway deduces its location ... 03/09/06 - 20060053056 - Card member discount system and method A method and apparatus to facilitate giving a discount to a consumer subsequent to a point of sale purchase. A merchant, manufacturer, and/or a consumer agree in advance with a financial account issuer to give a discount on qualifying purchases. The merchant and/or manufacturer may access an intranet provided by ... 03/09/06 - 20060053055 - Display of travel options with frequent travel award credit Techniques, for automatically determining frequent traveler award redemptions by rule are disclosed. The frequent travel award redemption program is encoded in rules using predefined data structures based on fare by rule data structures. The techniques automatically determine a travel itinerary based on a query and the rules. Also included is ... 03/09/06 - 20060053054 - Frequent traveler award redemption by rule Techniques, for automatically determining frequent traveler award redemptions by rule are disclosed. The frequent travel award redemption program is encoded in rules using predefined data structures based on fare by rule data structures. The techniques automatically determine a travel itinerary based on a query and the rules. Also included is ... 03/09/06 - 20060053053 - Co-pay options for frequent traveler award redemption by rule Techniques, for automatically determining frequent traveler award redemptions by rule are disclosed. The frequent travel award redemption program is encoded in rules using predefined data structures based on fare by rule data structures. The techniques automatically determine a travel itinerary based on a query and the rules. Also included is ... 03/09/06 - 20060053052 - Mileage purchase options for frequent traveler award redemption by rule Techniques, for automatically determining frequent traveler award redemptions by rule are disclosed. The frequent travel award redemption program is encoded in rules using predefined data structures based on fare by rule data structures. The techniques automatically determine a travel itinerary based on a query and the rules. Also included is ... 03/09/06 - 20060053051 - Genergraphic websites The present invention relates to providing of media descriptions of objects on the Internet by providing alternative descriptions of those objects based on the user's reaction to the descriptions. More particularly, the present invention relates to the creation and maintenance of data and presentations based on the generation-based mindsets of ... 03/09/06 - 20060053050 - Method for rating an advertisement To optimise an advertisement, that is displayed to a purchaser, e.g. by broadcasting the advertisement via radio or television, or by publishing the advertisement in a printed journal, the advertisement includes an address (e.g. a telephone number or an URL) identifying a server system. The purchaser instructs a client system ... 03/09/06 - 20060053049 - Process for delivering a menu of media and computer options potentially at no cost to consumers in exchange for viewing interactive advertisements A structure for creating a facilitator organization to deliver a menu of media and Internet options potentially at no cost to consumers in exchange for viewing interactive advertisements with the steps of: creating the facilitator organization, by which a single entity is created offering the media and Internet services via ... 03/09/06 - 20060053048 - Techniques for remotely delivering shaped display presentations such as advertisements to computing platforms over information communications networks A high impact desktop or palmtop product placement or “shaper” display presentation technique overcomes disadvantages of previous ad display techniques while providing high consumer interest and increased flexibility for content creators. An advertisement is run in front of or behind a web browser view so it appears with the user's ... 03/09/06 - 20060053047 - System and method for selecting targets for sales and marketing campaigns A computer-based system and method for determining targets to contact in a sales or marketing campaign. The present invention provides a storage device that stores at least one consumer preference table containing one or more entries indicating one or more privacy preferences. Each of the entries in the consumer preference ... 03/02/06 - 20060047573 - Coupon and sweepstakes dispensing system and method of use A coupon and sweepstakes dispensing system and method of use. The method and system include an electronic kiosk at which a coupon is purchased by a customer. The coupon includes a free sweepstakes entry. The coupon includes a redemption value N-times the purchase price. The free sweepstakes entry provides a ... 03/02/06 - 20060047572 - Text and multimedia messaging-based layered service and contact method, auction method and method of conducting business The present invention is directed to a method and system for accommodating a person's desires of meeting, locating and/or attracting others for dating, contact or human discourse, or a person's desires of acquiring certain objects or collectibles, or news in general, or business, financial, or sports/betting information and the like, ... 03/02/06 - 20060047571 - System and method for selecting targets for sales and marketing campaigns A computer-based system and method for determining targets to contact in a sales or marketing campaign. The present invention provides a storage device that stores at least one consumer preference table containing one or more entries indicating one or more privacy preferences. Each of the entries in the consumer preference ... 03/02/06 - 20060047570 - Apparatus, system, and method for preventing fraudulent reuse of a voucher An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for preventing fraudulent reuse of a voucher. Voucher misredemption is responsible for more than $300 million of retail losses annually. The apparatus provides a reader that reads an electromagnetic (EM) identifier attached to a voucher, an authentication module that validates the voucher, and ... 03/02/06 - 20060047569 - Voucher purchasing compliance system The voucher purchasing compliance system checks the items being purchased to determine if the purchases are compliant with the voucher program requirements. The system identifies the customer and the customer's status within the voucher program, that the status of the voucher is within the 30-day usability time period, and determines ... 03/02/06 - 20060047568 - Sms messaging-based layered service and contact method, system and method of conducting business The present invention is directed to a method and system for accommodating a person's desires of meeting, locating and/or attracting others for dating, contact or human discourse, or a person's desires of acquiring certain objects or collectibles, or news in general, or business, financial, or sports/betting information and the like, ... 02/23/06 - 20060041480 - Method for determining advertising effectiveness A method for determining advertising effectiveness of cross-media campaigns provided. The effectiveness of the combined campaign is plotted, and the effects of different media are isolated. Examining complementary effects and synergies are examined, and a dollar-for-dollar comparison for each of the media is performed. This dollar-for-dollar comparison may include a ... 02/23/06 - 20060041479 - Method of distributing advertising A method of distributing advertising is disclosed, comprising the steps of securing advertising from at least one advertiser and paying a distributor to distribute the advertising at a time of purchase of items by a consumer from a distributor. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041478 - Universal network market system A method and system for selecting and presenting advertisements and promotions to a user based on one or more tasks that is of interest to the user is disclosed. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041477 - System and method for providing targeted information to users A technique for providing targeted information to users involves using demographic or specific user data. Each user may have some demographic data associated with them, which may be compared to, by way of example but not limitation, another user, a product, information, a location, or other goods or services. Promotions ... 02/23/06 - 20060041476 - System and method for providing an expert platform A technique for providing user-oriented promotions includes linking a good or service to an expert solution in which a user has potential interest. Alternatively, the expert solution itself may be a service. Matching the goods or services to the expert solution can result in improved targeting of users who may ... 02/23/06 - 20060041475 - System and method for administering promotions A system for administering scan-based promotions involving manufacturers and retailers. The system records the terms of the promotion, ensures that the promotion is conducted in compliance with the agreed terms, settles the promotion and provides continual promotion progress for review by the retailers and the manufacturers. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041474 - Computer network page advertising method The invention provides a system for promoting computer network pages. The system includes a mobile station that allows a user to conduct telephone calls and connect to a computer network. A call management server selects and transmits an audible advertisement for a network page to a user, based on profile ... 02/23/06 - 20060041473 - Date-triggered cd-rom telephone directory An electronic directory for advertising products and services for use in combination with a computer system including a display and including a clock/calendar which maintains current date and time information, and a method of providing such a directory. The electronic directory includes a computer-readable medium having computer readable-program code and ... 02/23/06 - 20060041472 - Systems and methods of interfacing an advertisement with a message presentation client Systems and methods of advertising are presented herein. In some embodiments, a method may comprise collecting data on a consumer computer, receiving a signal having advertisement information and target criteria, and comparing said target criteria with the data. If the target criteria matches with the data, the method further comprises ... 02/23/06 - 20060041471 - Paperless purchase inducement merchant directory: merchandising method and means A merchant directory presenting paperless purchase incentives to consumers, comprising: a) merchant contact information, and b) Value Codes representing purchase incentives redeemable at product purchase. Value Codes may include particulars regarding each incentive. Directories may be distributed as printed matter or as an electronic directory and may include free gift ... 02/23/06 - 20060041470 - Message generation for mobile communication devices Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for receiving, at a first computing system, a notification of a triggering event, generating a short message based on the notification, the generated short message including advertisement content, and sending the generated short message to a mobile communications device. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041469 - Marketing system employing electronically generated discount coupons A marketing system which uses electronically generated coupons to track specific consumers for the purpose of identifying a consumer's purchasing tendencies. The system allows the consumer to enjoy discount purchases with a wide variety of service and retail providers while simultaneously allowing the retail and service providers to identify the ... 02/16/06 - 20060036497 - Decision theoretic approach to targeted solicitation by maximizing expected profit increases A decision theoretic approach to targeted solicitation, by maximizing expected profit increases, is disclosed. A decision theoretic model is used to identify a sub-population of a population to solicit, where the model is constructed to maximize an expected increase in profits. A decision tree in particular can be used as ... 02/16/06 - 20060036496 - Systems and methods for ordering and distributing incentive messages Systems and methods associated with ordering, producing and/or distributing incentive messages. Systems can include means for receiving requests for incentive messages, for receiving payment for the incentive messages, and for transferring the incentive message to a receiver. Such incentive messages can include a trophy and a redemptive code. ... 02/16/06 - 20060036495 - Interactive advertisement mechanism on a mobile device The invention includes systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof for enabling interactive advertisements (as well as other objects) to be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to operate with such interactive advertisements on their mobile ... 02/16/06 - 20060036494 - Interactive advertisement mechanism on a mobile device The invention includes systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof for enabling interactive advertisements (as well as other objects) to be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to operate with such interactive advertisements on their mobile ... 02/16/06 - 20060036493 - Interactive advertisement mechanism on a mobile device The invention includes systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof for enabling interactive advertisements (as well as other objects) to be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to operate with such interactive advertisements on their mobile ... 02/16/06 - 20060036492 - Direct mailing device An advertisement device for direct mail delivery from a sender to a recipient. The advertisement device includes a synthetic panel having a front side, a back side, an advertisement on at least one of the front side and the back side, and a thickness sufficient to maintain integrity of the ... 02/16/06 - 20060036491 - E-coupon service for location-aware mobile commerce which determines whether to supply requested e-coupons based on the number of requests received in a processing cycle, and a threshold number of requests required to make expected returns from redeemed c A conditional e-coupon distribution method distributes e-coupons predefined by sellers to mobile users only if the number of mobile users requesting such e-coupons equals or exceeds a threshold. The method receives a request to browse e-coupons from a mobile user. The method receives the location of the mobile user and ... 02/16/06 - 20060036490 - Methods and apparatus for marketing community-oriented advertising opportunities The present invention includes compiling a database listing a plurality of future events, each future event to be sponsored by one or more non-profit institutions and having at least one associated advertising opportunity and an associated participation fee. The participation fee may be determined by an advertising opportunities aggregator, the ... 02/16/06 - 20060036489 - Method and apparatus for determining an effective media channel to use for advertisement A method and apparatus for determining the effective of advertising resource in a particular media channel such that one can determine where best to advertise their individual products for their business. ... 02/16/06 - 20060036488 - Method and system for dynamic, real-time addition of advertisements to downloaded static content A method and system for dynamic, real-time addition of advertisements to downloaded static content. The method comprises seamlessly combining a downloaded original content file with personalized information on a user device, and allowing the user either to use the combined original content and personalized information without possibility of personalized information ... 02/16/06 - 20060036487 - Process for telemarketing A process is described which provides consumers incentive to actively participate in telemarketing presentations for a set amount of time. This process will also: open up a larger market for the telemarketing industry (including many consumers registering their phone numbers on the national Do-Not-Call list and consumers trading in their ... 02/16/06 - 20060036486 - Method of business A method of business including the steps of initiating a transaction to transfer real property of a client through a realtor; placing a classified ad to sell personal property of a client, the classified ad including information about where the personal property may be viewed online; paying for the classified ... 02/16/06 - 20060036485 - Methods and apparatus for presenting personalized information to consumers in a retail environment Methods and apparatus are provided for presenting personalized information to consumers in a retail environment. A personalized price is determined for at least one product that is in physical proximity to the customer. The physical proximity may be determined, for example, by evaluating identifiers, such as RFID tags, associated with ... 02/16/06 - 20060036484 - Method of providing recyclable, immediately-redeemable award points Provided is a method for distribution, allocation, redemption and recycling of bonus points that enables retailers, distributors and wholesalers to offer immediate awards to customers and each other. One implementation employs a medium to store information that can be scanned by a device such as a scan gun, a credit ... 02/16/06 - 20060036483 - System for managing advertisement in shopping mall web site, and method of the same A system designed to manage an advertisement in a shopping mall web site. The system comprises a shopping mall advertisement management server for displaying information of products, to be offered at no profit margin to a supplier, for performing calculation of points required for the client to purchase a product, ... 02/16/06 - 20060036482 - Lottery system and method A lottery system and method is disclosed which promotes the continued play of a participant by rewarding them, on a pro-rated basis, for their loyalty. There are two aspects to the invention: (i) the tracking of a player's behaviour; and (ii) calculating a lottery payout structure based on the player's ... 02/09/06 - 20060031121 - System and method for introducing individuals over the internet to establish an acquaintance A system for introducing individuals over the internet to establish an acquaintance for the purpose of dating includes a first processor, a database and a second processor. The first processor maintains an internet website that interfaces with a plurality of computing devices via a first network comprising the internet. The ... 02/09/06 - 20060031120 - System and method for enrolling new members in a loyalty or club program A method for enrolling a prospective member into a loyalty or club program comprises the steps of obtaining information from the prospective member, transmitting the obtained information to an information database used to determine membership, determining whether membership in the loyalty or club program should be extended to the prospective ... 02/09/06 - 20060031119 - Method and associated apparatus for providing digital rewards associated with physical products A method of providing a digital reward involves providing products with an attached digital memory. One digital content part from a set of digital content parties is downloaded to the digital memory of each such product. The digital content parts of the set together define the digital reward. The digital ... 02/09/06 - 20060031118 - Method and system for locating a service by an electronic device In a first aspect, the present invention is a method that includes specifying a request for a service, where the request is related to at least one of a plurality of contexts, receiving in the electronic device advertising information related to an offered service, and presenting the advertising information to ... 02/09/06 - 20060031117 - System for dynamic advertising in software applications An advertising system including a client computer, and a promoter operative on the client to a) transmit a request for instructions to an advertising server via a communication channel, where the instructions includes any of links to advertisements and times associated with the links, b) receive the instructions therefrom, and ... 02/02/06 - 20060026071 - Targeted advertisements using time-dependent key search terms An advertisement generation system presents a time-dependent advertisement to a user via a communication network, the advertisement based upon a search term of a search query during a period of time. The system includes a search engine coupled to a web server for receiving the search query and for presenting ... 02/02/06 - 20060026070 - Electronic coupon transaction system and method The invention provides an electronic coupon transaction method and system. The electronic coupon transaction system comprises an interactive service server located in a shop, an electronic coupon delivery server, and a wireless communication device used by a buyer. The shop is provided with an ID and allowed to edit and ... 02/02/06 - 20060026069 - Methods and apparatus to implement enhanced employment technology frameworks Methods and apparatus to implement enhanced employment technology frameworks are disclosed. In one example, a method of selecting media to be used for advertising an employment opportunity includes receiving from a user information representative of the employment opportunity; accessing information representing historical effectiveness of advertisements, wherein the information representing the ... 02/02/06 - 20060026068 - Automobile marketing system An automobile marketing system that allows a marketer to market automobiles to consumers includes a supply of automobiles and control structure coupled to each of the automobiles. Also included is marketing structure designed to communicate to consumers about the automobiles and about how a consumer can obtain access to a ... 02/02/06 - 20060026067 - Method and system for providing network based target advertising and encapsulation A method of online advertising includes receiving an ad request, determining at least one proxy ad in response to the ad request, and providing the at least one proxy ad, wherein the at least one proxy ad links to a listing page. A method of online advertising includes providing a ... 02/02/06 - 20060026066 - Product marketing system A product marketing system that allows a marketer to market products to consumers including a supply of products and control structure coupled to each of the products. Also included is marketing structure designed to communicate to consumers about the products and about how a consumer can obtain access to a ... 02/02/06 - 20060026065 - Digital entertainment distribution system Customers can browse, preview, select and purchase digital entertainment products, such as music or movies, at kiosks or point-of-sale locations connected to a central source of digital entertainment content. The products can be paid for or their price subsidized by credits which the customers have obtained from non-competing companies as ... 02/02/06 - 20060026064 - Platform for advertising data integration and aggregation The present invention provides a platform for advertising data integration and aggregation. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for computerized management and optimization of advertising campaigns within or using the platform. Computerized methods and systems are provided that facilitate or automate management of advertising campaigns, including advertising campaigns or campaign ... 02/02/06 - 20060026063 - System and method for advertising campaign strategy development and optimization The present invention provides systems and methods for advertising campaign strategy development and optimization. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for computerized optimization of advertising campaigns. Computerized methods and systems are provided that facilitate or automate optimization of advertising campaigns, including advertising campaigns or campaign components that use sponsored search ... 02/02/06 - 20060026062 - System and method for optimizing advertising marketplace operations The present invention provides systems and methods for optimizing advertising marketplace operations. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for computerized optimization of advertising campaigns. Computerized methods and systems are provided that facilitate or automate optimization of advertising campaigns, including advertising campaigns or campaign components that use sponsored search result listings. ... 02/02/06 - 20060026061 - Platform for enabling an online advertising marketplace The present invention provides a platform for enabling an online advertising marketplace. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for computerized management of advertising campaigns using the platform. Computerized methods and systems are provided that facilitate or automate management of advertising campaigns, including advertising campaigns or campaign components that use sponsored ... 02/02/06 - 20060026060 - System and method for provision of advertiser services including client application The present invention provides systems and methods for provision of advertiser services including a client application or applications. Methods are provided that include one or more servers providing one or more user-interactive applications to allow advertisers access to and manipulation information relating to ad campaigns, in order to facilitate managing ... 02/02/06 - 20060026059 - Advertising method for digitally rented movies An invention directed to providing an advertising means by way of digitally rented movie viewing. Digitally rented refers to the act of downloading or streaming movies over the internet for the purpose of viewing for a limited time period or a limited number of times. Advertising messages are placed around ... 01/26/06 - 20060020514 - Method and system for aggregating multiple prescription claims A system for reducing prescription costs includes a claims processing subsystem that receives and process prescription claims from pharmacies and/or employers and/or other parties or entities, who unify their prescription claims. The prescriptions claims are for drugs made by multiple manufacturers. The received claims are aggregated and sorted by manufacturer. ... 01/26/06 - 20060020513 - System and method for providing information A poster with an RF IC tag is adhered to a poster adhering unit. ID information of the poster is read from the RF IC tag with an RF IC tag reader and sent to a control device. By using this tag ID information, the control device acquires detailed information ... 01/26/06 - 20060020512 - Manufacturer promotion automation system and methods The inventive subject matter relates to systems and methods for monitoring retail sales and automatically correlating sold products with manufacturer sponsored or approved promotions presented for redemption by customers. ... 01/26/06 - 20060020511 - System for electronic barter, trading and redeeming points accumulated in frequent use reward programs A system and method for operating a reward points accumulation and redemption program wherein a user earns reward points from a plurality of reward points issuing entities, each of the reward points issuing entities tracking the user's earned reward points in a user reward point account stored on a rewards ... 01/26/06 - 20060020510 - Method for improved targeting of online advertisements A computerized method for targeting advertisements toward certain groups of on-line users utilizes an advertising server to deliver the advertisements to on-line users. The advertising server passes information about the specific advertisement shown to the user and the placement of the advertisement on a content publisher's web site to the ... 01/26/06 - 20060020509 - System and method for evaluating and managing the productivity of employees According to one embodiment of the invention, a computerized method for evaluating and managing employees includes storing historical production data and historical quality data for a plurality of tasks, determining benchmark production data and benchmark quality data for a first task based on at least some of the historical production ... 01/26/06 - 20060020508 - Proxy-based profile management to deliver personalized services A third-party profile service based on a proxy server model is described, where a user's profile service resides at a URL, in contrast to a profile service that requires federation identity. A profile service is provided that augments location-based services offered by service providers targeting mobile users via, for example, ... 01/26/06 - 20060020507 - Method and apparatus for managing multi-entity customer relations Disclosed are a method and apparatus for managing customer relations programs amongst a plurality of entities. A first customer relations program is managed according to a customer identifier and a first entity identifier. A second customer relations program is managed according to the customer identifier and a second entity identifier. ... 01/26/06 - 20060020506 - Adjusting or determining ad count and/or ad branding using factors that affect end user ad quality perception, such as document performance Documents or document sets may be scored to reflect a value of an action, such as a selection for example, when an ad is served with the document (or a document belonging to a document set). A number of ads to be served with a document, and/or a type or ... 01/19/06 - 20060015406 - Hybrid network based advertising system and method The invention relates to a system and method for presenting advertisements to a user. A user network processing device transmits at least one user request for an advertisement and presents advertisements served in response to the user request for an advertisement to the user. A content provider server having a ... 01/19/06 - 20060015405 - Software agent for facilitating electronic commerce transactions through display of targeted promotions or coupons A software agent for locally tracking a user's network interaction, such as web browsing, and providing targeted promotions with optional coupons to the user. The monitoring involves use of a downloaded file of network addresses and words potentially tailored to each individual user. The software agent locally compares network addresses ... 01/19/06 - 20060015404 - Service provider system and method for marketing programs To assist in patent searching a description includes a consumer purchasing behavior profiling system having aspects including consumer profiles formed and updated based on a variety of data. Advertisers access to send targeted advertising messages to the consumers. Aspects include advertising information together with incentive level and mix being correlated ... 01/19/06 - 20060015403 - Business systems with price guarantee and display A method for guaranteeing a consumer a best price on an item purchased from a vendor in a consummated final first transaction, the method including, in certain aspects, including determining a refund due to insure that a consumer receives the benefit of a later better price, and displaying the refund ... 01/19/06 - 20060015402 - Using multiple pins for redemption through multiple distribution channels In one exemplary embodiment, a system and method for enabling a customer to redeem a plurality of identifiers for at least one product associated therewith are provided. A database having stored therein the plurality of identifiers associated with the at least one product is established. The plurality of identifiers are ... 01/19/06 - 20060015401 - Efficiently spaced and used advertising in network-served multimedia documents A two-stage sponsored link mechanism is embedded in a Web page such that the amount of available information to the user is exponentially related to the space devoted to the sponsored links. In the first stage, a server provides categories and topics, in the form of searchable keywords, for inclusion ... 01/19/06 - 20060015400 - Processing data for an advertising program conducted in association with a telecommunications network Embodiments include a method for processing advertising data in a telecommunications service provider. The method may include receiving at least one customer communication in a network of the telecommunications service provider, which includes data obtained from at least one advertisement included within an advertisement medium; forwarding the customer communication to ... 01/19/06 - 20060015399 - Content distribution revenue sharing methods and devices therefore A method for distributing content (120) from a subscriber terminal (110) in a wireless communication system and sharing revenue between the subscriber and the service provider (130) by generating, at the subscriber terminal, a content available notification message (125). The content available notification message is associated with the content to ... 01/12/06 - 20060010036 - Customer-friendly website Exemplary embodiments are customer-friendly websites and methods of using websites which contain advertisements by suppliers and distributors of customized promotional products, both of which are members of a limited constituency. The websites of some embodiments are for use by customers of the distributors, who typically are retailers. Advertisements of the ... 01/12/06 - 20060010035 - Personal document creation A computer-implemented method and system for providing targeted information to a recipient of a personal document by generating the document containing personal information from a first source and promotional information from a second source after selecting the personal document recipient for receiving the promotional information from the second source in ... 01/12/06 - 20060010034 - Method for rewarding purchasing activities and a system thereof A method, computer readable medium with programmed instructions, and a system for rewarding one or more purchases in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes providing an initial reward amount and providing at least one of a benchmark reward amount and a multiple sales reward amount. The initial reward ... 01/12/06 - 20060010033 - Reward programme points exchange An “exchange” intermediates transactions involving reward points between reward programme participants providers and reward programme providers. Such an exchange may, for example, transact buying, selling or transferring points from, to, or between reward programme participants. The exchange offers to buy reward points from reward programme participants at a discounted value, ... 01/05/06 - 20060004633 - Multinode traffic architecture and network for the exchange of internet advertising traffic A multinode traffic architecture and network for the exchange of internet advertising traffic includes independent Internet advertising exchanges that interact to exchange various forms of advertising by requesting ads and/or fulfilling, directly or indirectly, responses to ad requests. Each node contains subroutines and interface ports that can be set up ... 01/05/06 - 20060004632 - Apparatus and method for distributing audiovisual content to a point of purchase location An advertising method for presenting an advertisement at a point of purchase includes transmitting advertising information from a server to a mobile telephone network; receiving the advertising information at the mobile telephone network; transmitting the advertising information from the mobile telephone network via a mobile telephone transmission to a display ... 01/05/06 - 20060004631 - Method and system for generating real-time directions associated with product promotions A method and system for generating customized incentives involving electronic distribution of coupons to remote personal computers based on proximity of the computer to a retail center are disclosed. A repository, such as an online service provider or a web site on the Internet, stores packages of incentive data for ... 01/05/06 - 20060004630 - Advertising through digital watermarks Various aspects of displaying digital watermark advertisements with display content on a client device is presented. According to one embodiment, in response to a content request from a client device, a content provider obtains a digital advertisement from an ad provider. The content provider combines the digital advertisement with the ... 01/05/06 - 20060004629 - Deferred loyalty points redemption method On-line redemption of loyalty points over time for requested items. A request for an item is received from a customer along with an identification of a layaway program for redeeming a least a portion of the customer's loyalty points with respect to a purchase request for the item. Based upon ... 01/05/06 - 20060004628 - Adjusting ad costs using document performance or document collection performance Documents or document sets may be scored to reflect a value of an action, such as a selection for example, when an ad is served with the document (or a document belonging to a document set). A cost associated with the action with respect to an ad that was served ... 01/05/06 - 20060004627 - Advertisements for devices with call functionality, such as mobile phones The serving of one or more ads to a user device considers determined characteristics of a user device, such as whether or not the user device supports telephone calls. At least some ads may include call-on-select functionality. When such an ad is selected (e.g., via a button click), instead of ... 01/05/06 - 20060004626 - Targeted marketing for subscriptions A system and method for utilizing point of sale data to target individuals with invitations for magazine subscriptions. A consumer receives an invitation for a magazine subscription and can purchase a magazine subscription in a retail store. When the consumer purchases a subscription at a retail store, they receive a ... 12/29/05 - 20050289006 - Method and system for managing and issuing personalized commercial offers during the stay in a point of sale A method for managing and issuing personalized commercial offers during the stay in a point of sale, and a system that uses the method. The system comprises at least one system access device connected to a server, which in turn is connected to a database that contains an archive of ... 12/29/05 - 20050289005 - Systems and methods of achieving optimal advertising A system and method for achieving optimal advertising is disclosed. In Internet advertising embodiments, small quantities of experimental advertising banner designs are tested to extract valuable information from the experiments. One or more embodiments can also incorporate array mathematics to help select and analyze the ad design elements that improve ... 12/29/05 - 20050289004 - Method and system for enhancing classified ads The present invention provides a method and system for registering and enhancing a traditional paper-based classified ad. The ad is placed by an advertiser and received by a server system of a website. The server system receives ad information such as for-sale item description, accepted payment methods, and advertiser's contact ... 12/29/05 - 20050289003 - System and method for direct marketing A method of marketing and selling products or services through a marketing system is disclosed. The method may include: maintaining, by the marketing system, a database in a memory of a computer, the database including a plurality of data records, each data record associated with a participant of the marketing ... 12/29/05 - 20050289002 - Method, system and computer program product for media content delivery and centralized purchase points A system, method and computer program product for media content delivery and centralized purchase points is disclosed. The system includes media content, user and client databases, and various system components that facilitate the creation of web sites for the delivery of media content as well as the eliciting of responses ... 12/29/05 - 20050289001 - Advertising management system and method of operation The invention provides an advertising management system. The system integrates a service provider network with a client network via a network, such as, the Internet to enter, store, use, revise and synchronize advertising material, such as meta-data and images, using advertisement management software. ... 12/29/05 - 20050289000 - Method for contact stream optimization A method for optimizing transactions to customers from a list of transactions is described. The method includes generating a frequency distribution of scores for each offer based on at least one constraint, determining a score threshold based on the frequency distribution of scores, and adding or removing transactions from the ... 12/29/05 - 20050288999 - Content file downloading over a network with usage rights A method of distributing content over a network comprising: providing a content file comprising media content from a content source; providing an advertisement file comprising advertisement content from an advertisement provider, combining said content file and said advertisement file into a combined file in playable format, configured such that a ... 12/29/05 - 20050288998 - Managing customer entitlements to rewards from multiple entitlement programs Managing entitlements to rewards from multiple entitlement programs includes receiving transaction data associated with a reward entity. The transaction data is generated by a computer application that is separate from an entitlement management component used to manage entitlements to rewards from multiple entitlement programs. One of the multiple entitlement programs ... 12/22/05 - 20050283401 - Method and system for targeting incentives Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for targeting incentives. A match is defined between a user classification and an incentive. User data associated with a user's content selections is received, and the user's credit card purchase records are also received. The user is classified in a user classification when the ... 12/22/05 - 20050283400 - System and method for delivering consulting services and information technology solutions in a healthcare environment A method includes identifying and prioritizing goals and objectives for an information technology project in a healthcare environment. A governance group is selected to serve as a decision maker throughout the technology project. The identified and prioritized goals are used as a basis for developing a project plan and deciding ... 12/22/05 - 20050283399 - Method for operating a catering business A method of promoting an off-premise catering business includes establishing a relationship between a supermarket and an off-premise caterer. The method also includes providing a location in the supermarket for a customer of the supermarket to provide information related to an event. Further, the method includes determining, using predetermined criteria, ... 12/15/05 - 20050278219 - Methods and systems for marketing indoor advertising Advertising marketing methods and systems are disclosed, whereby the provision of advertising content and optional advertising success correlation data is marketed to exhibitors who are exhibiting and targeting attendees at an arbitrary event. ... 12/15/05 - 20050278218 - Methods and systems for integrating promotion planning with promotion execution Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide for integrating promotion planning with promotion execution. A module creates a trade promotion object reflecting a potential trade promotion and creates a promotion condition record for condition information reflecting a price discount corresponding to the potential trade promotion. The promotion condition ... 12/15/05 - 20050278217 - Methods and systems for generating a trade calendar Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide for generating a trade calendar. A trade calendar module launches a query comprising search criteria for searching information pertaining to trade promotions. The trade calendar module then populates a trade calendar with information responsive to the query, including each trade promotion ... 12/15/05 - 20050278216 - System and method for distributing an identifier redeemable for a plurality of products In one exemplary embodiment, a system and method for distributing an identifier is provided. A database comprising a plurality of unique identifiers is established, wherein each identifier is associated with a set of products and is redeemable for a plurality of the set of products. Indicia of a selected one ... 12/15/05 - 20050278215 - Consumer reward system Reward system and related methods (100) used to compensate people for time spent participating in activities, in particular, time spent in activities (130) that people generally do not enjoy such as standing in line, providing answers to survey questions, and viewing and/or listening to advertisements. Such a reward system (100) ... 12/08/05 - 20050273390 - System for placement of content on electronic billboard displays Commercial advertisers, such as consumer product companies and the advertising agents that represent them, directly access a network of thousands of large, high resolution electronic displays located in high traffic areas and directly send their own advertisements electronically to the network to be displayed at locations and times selected by ... 12/08/05 - 20050273389 - Multi-platform advertisement system A three-part system comprising content delivered via television, the Internet, and live performances as vehicles to spread an advertisement message by an artist or entertainer that is associated or affiliated with a corporation or other entity. Each of the components promotes the other component in order to strengthen the overall ... 12/08/05 - 20050273388 - Systems and methods for determining user actions A method for tracking user actions associated with an advertisement includes receiving conversion information. The method also includes determining whether the conversion information represents a valid conversion corresponding to a user action. ... 12/08/05 - 20050273387 - Apparatus and method for rewarding consumers In order to reward a consumer for trying or learning about a product, the customer is given a unique identification number, preferably an unvalidated ATM readable card, and instructions for completing a test or survey by telephone or on the Internet. Upon successful completion of the test by the consumer, ... 12/08/05 - 20050273386 - Creating customer bonus rule A method of creating a customer bonus rule to be applied during a marketing campaign may comprise receiving first information in a marketing campaign design tool. The first information may define a marketing campaign that can be performed in a computer system. Foreseen customer responses to the defined marketing campaign ... 12/08/05 - 20050273385 - Electronic advertising contract for granting fuel merchant credit in exchange for placement of advertising on vehicles An electronic advertising contract grants fuel credits in exchange for placement of advertising on private and/or commercial vehicles. The contract is implemented using a vehicle equipped with an advertisement detection mechanism. The advertisement detection mechanism detects at least one of presence of an advertisement positioned for vehicle display and absence ... 12/08/05 - 20050273384 - Dynamic business method and apparatus for direct marketing Method and apparatus for direct marketing comprising establishing a first communications link between a prospective customer using a device having a unique identification number and a communications device, automatically transmitting the unique identification number associated with the prospective customer's device to the communications device, establishing a second communications link between ... 12/08/05 - 20050273383 - Business method for join advertisement of member stores using discount, thanks coupon & lottery ticket Disclosed is a business method for join advertisement of member stores using advertisement materials such as discount/thanks coupons and lottery tickets, including the steps of: distributing the advertisement materials, made in a bundle by a publicity center of a central service provider managing the member stores, to each member store; ... 12/01/05 - 20050267810 - System, method and computer program product for organizing items for presentment to a user Embodiments of a system, method and computer program product for organizing items of interest for presentment to a user are described. In one embodiment, information is obtained about one or more items of interest to a user. For each item, the obtained information includes information identifying the item and information ... 12/01/05 - 20050267809 - System, method and computer program product for presenting advertising alerts to a user Embodiments are described for a system, method and computer program product for presenting advertising alerts to a user based on items of interest to the user. In one embodiment, information is obtained about one or more items of interest to a user. For each item, the user is permitted to ... 12/01/05 - 20050267808 - Innovation signature management system An innovation signature useful in placing an individual within an organization to optimally support creativity and innovation by that individual is developed from information regarding innovative behavior of an individual, a record of motivational rewards and information regarding the current and historical interests, preferably derived from a survey and reward ... 12/01/05 - 20050267807 - Integrated automatic innovation infrastructure An integrated autonomic innovation infrastructure including an autonomic management system, a motivational signature management system and/or an innovation signature management system manages all aspects of innovation activity for an organization including maintaining a record of submissions of innovation and development thereof including support of collaboration, matching problems with solutions and ... 12/01/05 - 20050267806 - Rf tag recycling system and rf tag collecting apparatus The RF tag recycling system for recycling RF tags containing information on goods to which the RF tags are attached includes data storage mediums which are portable by consumers and issued by stores affiliated with the system, at least one RF tag collecting apparatus configured to calculate, when one of ... 12/01/05 - 20050267805 - Internet based method for reserving and purchasing advertising time in the electronic media This invention relates to an Internet-based System and method for scheduling and purchasing advertising time and inserting advertising messages into the digital media. The invention utilizes the Advertising Time Selection and Purchasing Module to determine the availability and price of advertising time in certain electronic media and transmit this information ... 12/01/05 - 20050267804 - Coupon dispensing methods and systems A coupon dispensing system is provided, and includes a plurality of dispensing devices located in retail establishments, wherein each dispensing device includes a kiosk unit. The kiosk unit includes a processing unit, a touch screen display, a modem and/or network connection, and a storage device. Also provided is a control ... 12/01/05 - 20050267803 - Advertising management structure and method for correlating campaigns with consumer interest An advertising management structure for determining consumer interest a computer system including a processor, a program, a database and a network communication interface. The database is configured to store records including advertising campaigns and customer records. The program includes a comparison engine configured to access the database and to determine ... 12/01/05 - 20050267802 - Receiving fees in response to consumer purchase of item associated with product and in response to consumer purchase of product using item A method of an embodiment provides an establishment with an item associated with a product. The item may be an electronically readable point-of-sale (POS) card. Examples of products include travel-related products and services such as airplane flights, hotel room rentals, and car rentals. The item may represent a discounted price ... 12/01/05 - 20050267801 - Business method for providing advertising information on point-of-sale product packaging In an agreement between a point-of-sale product packaging provider and a merchant the merchant agrees to accept and use product packaging bearing advertising information in connection with sales of the merchant's products to its customers. Shopping bags may be pre-printed with a manufacturer's logo or other advertising messages. Another agreement ... 12/01/05 - 20050267800 - Method, system and computer program for providing a loyalty engine enabling dynamic administration of loyalty programs A method, computer system, and computer program product for encouraging customer loyalty is provided. The method includes the steps of: (1) one or more members defining a loyalty program, the loyalty program defining loyalty reward points associated with one or more activities; (2) registering one or more participants with the ... 12/01/05 - 20050267799 - System and method for enabling publishers to select preferred types of electronic documents A system and method for providing preferred types of electronic documents. The system enabling a provider of electronic documents to select at least one preference regarding one or more types of electronic document to be received and published from an advertisement distribution system, receiving a request for at least one ... 12/01/05 - 20050267798 - Auxiliary content delivery system A computer-based method for delivering auxiliary content, involves the steps of (1) receiving over a network a request from a client terminal for the auxiliary content, wherein each item of the auxiliary content has an associated broadcast comprising a respective time slot; and (2) selecting one of the items in ... 11/24/05 - 20050261965 - System and method for recording history of content accessed in a communications network Process steps are provided for electronically sending promotional and advertising materials based upon consumer preferences by providing a unique identifier to a consumer's electronic mail address and sending electronic mail to the consumer, wherein the electronic mail includes a plurality of embedded Internet web sites. Thereafter, the consumer accesses the ... 11/24/05 - 20050261964 - Method and system for receiver self-priced multimedia communication over the internet and a member pool via a plug-in module compatible with any instant messaging software The present invention accomplishes billing and collection of multimedia IP calls with receiver designated fee schemes, enabling advance services such as personal 800 or 900 service in the conventional telephony via a downloadable software plug-in that is compatible with any compatible instant messaging software. Internet users register as members via ... 11/24/05 - 20050261963 - Pricing for promotional product A method to calculate a purchase price automatically for a promotional product captures reference data for a promotional product, and stores the reference data in a database. An electronic request for a purchase price for the promotional product is received, via a communications network, from a purchaser. The purchase price ... 11/24/05 - 20050261962 - Anonymous page recognition A data mining system to improve selection of targeted advertisements. The system includes monitoring, capturing, and analyzing data from a user, and selecting appropriate advertisements to match a current user's activity. ... 11/24/05 - 20050261961 - Linear newspaper methodology A linear newspaper methodology involves news gathering, selling of advertising, and distributing or circulating the printed newspapers along a linear corridor. Favorably, the corridor has as its axis a trunk highway with unlimited access such as a scenic by-way, or lakeshore or beach highway, passing from village to village. The ... 11/24/05 - 20050261960 - Automobile dealership advertising and affinity program A method is provided for enhancing automobile inventory at an automobile dealership. The method includes providing a plurality of substantially identical emblems configured to be substantially permanently installed on a glass portion of an automobile, and which are sized and shaped to permit unobstructed operation of the automobile when installed. ... 11/24/05 - 20050261959 - System and method for targeted marketing through intermediate resellers A targeted marketing system and method for acquiring target specific data useful in marketing goods or services from target groups who have business relationships with goods or services resellers, delivering targeted, vendor-sponsored marketing campaigns directed to the targeted groups and distributing offers or incentives identified with and approved by the ... 11/24/05 - 20050261958 - Business method for providing the consumer with product information at the point of sale The invention is of a novel business method for presenting pre-recorded promotional presentations to retail consumers at the point of sale. The system plays a short consumer message upon activation by the consumer and educates the consumer about some aspect of the product for sale. This novel business method is ... 11/17/05 - 20050256773 - Paper products in roll form having printed elements thereon A plurality of elements are disposed on a continuous sheet of coiled paper product. The elements are repeated with a repetition rate determined by the use for the paper product. In the application to an examining room table, the repetition rate is determined by the length of the table. ... 11/17/05 - 20050256772 - Pricing system and method for multiple discounts The invention provides a data processing system and method for pricing a plurality of goods to be purchased by a customer, based on a plurality of predetermined discount criteria. According to the invention, an amount of discount relative to N goods is generated according to some applicable discount criteria selected ... 11/17/05 - 20050256771 - System and method of matching artistic products with their audiences A system and method of selecting products and services for an audience likely to purchase such products and services utilizes a collection of data reflecting, for individual consumers, a history of purchases, and retention or return of such purchases. For individual consumers, subsets of consumers are created whose tastes correlate ... 11/17/05 - 20050256770 - Method and apparatus for distributing a digital media product with an adaptable purchase incentive A method and apparatus for providing content by providing a first digital media product. An incentive is determined according to a preference exhibited by a consumer. The determined incentive is provided when the consumer satisfies an incentive threshold. ... 11/17/05 - 20050256769 - Methods for an ev system for paying and qualifying audiences An expected value system for paying and qualifying audiences (EVSPQ) is an online database system for paying EV payments to users for their attention, provided they meet specified conditions. Advertisers post EV payment offers that recipient users accept. In an EVSPQ for paying “realbuyers” (EVSPQ-RB) a qualifying condition of payment ... 11/17/05 - 20050256768 - Method and system for enabling electronic commerce through advertisements A computer system for conducting electronic commerce through advertisements. The system transmits the advertisements to prospective customers' computers or other electronic devices via the Internet, World Wide Web or other electronic system. When the user clicks on or otherwise chooses to interact with the advertisement, the system opens direct communication ... 11/17/05 - 20050256767 - Method of developing customer acquisition and loyalty marketing programs A method for developing a comprehensive and integrated corporate marketing program to increase new customer acquisition and customer loyalty for consumer services corporations is disclosed. The method involves an integrated set of marketing, database and communication steps. The marketing portion of the process involves researching the given marketplace, creating branding ... 11/17/05 - 20050256766 - Method and system for targeted internet search engine A system and method for implementation of a pay-for-placement advertising model using a targeted search engine. The present invention provides a method and system for a geographic-targeted, pay-for-placement search engine which allows advertisers to direct their advertisements and Web site to geographic areas in a way which maximizes the return ... 11/17/05 - 20050256765 - Differentiated web advertising services in display devices The present invention relates to a method of differentiating specific content in a web page displayed by a display device (109). The method comprises the steps of identifying (105) content in said web page with identification parameters comprised by a predefined set of identification parameters and of transmitting (107) information ... 11/17/05 - 20050256764 - Method and system for generating sales opportunities A method for generating sales opportunities by identifying and qualifying recipients to receive one or more electronic messages that contain content that has been optimized based on the profile of the recipients. The message is optimized to ensure compliance with established standards and statutes, and to increase the probability of ... 11/10/05 - 20050251448 - Business card and contact management system An Internet (or World-Wide-Web or other such public or private network) based business card and contact management system capable of conveying and managing advertising as well as traditional and other non-traditional business contact information. The invention is a system that: (1) accepts a Universal Contact Locator (UCL) as encoded on ... 11/10/05 - 20050251447 - Promotional methods involving the use of tokens A business method of promoting a commercial activity which involves identifying customers to be attracted to the commercial activity, distributing at least one token to each of the identified customers, each of the distributed tokens having a true cash value within the situs where the commercial activity takes place and ... 11/10/05 - 20050251446 - Methods and systems for integration of multiple rewards programs A method and system for consolidating loyalty rewards from multiple programs into a single currency which is managed in a single account allows a customer to utilize accumulated rewards for making full or partial payments at a point of sale with an online merchant. A payment transaction can represent the ... 11/10/05 - 20050251445 - Method and apparatus to allocate and recycle telephone numbers in a call-tracking system In one embodiment, the invention provides a method. The method includes dynamically allocating a telephone number to an advertisement on a just-in-time basis; and if the telephone number is not called for a predefined period of time then unallocating the telephone number. ... 11/10/05 - 20050251444 - Facilitating the serving of ads having different treatments and/or characteristics, such as text ads and image ads The serving of ads of different ad types, such as text ads and image ads, competing to be rendered on an ad area of a document may be arbitrated by (a) determining candidate ads to serve in response to an ad request, wherein the candidate ads include at least one ... 11/10/05 - 20050251443 - Automated graphical advertisement size compatibility and link insertion A system for and method of forming graphical advertisements is presented. The disclosed techniques ensure that the graphical advertisements are compatible with available space and industry-standard sizing. The techniques further allow for insertion of a link into the graphical advertisement, where the link is configured such that an activating user ... 11/10/05 - 20050251442 - Consumer incentive system and business method Consumer incentives are delivered by maintaining a database of consumer-customer club members and identification data. The retailing transaction is conducted by receiving a consumer-customer for a retail sales transaction at a first retail establishment. An identification input associated with said consumer-customer is received at the first retail establishment. The identification ... 11/10/05 - 20050251441 - Method of managing portable payment/charging modules usable in sales services A method of managing portable payment/charging cards usable by a plurality of consumers within the scope of a sales service selling products offered by a vendor comprises the steps of: —supplying a consumer of the said plurality with a portable payment/charging card, the card (CC) enabling the consumer to take ... 11/03/05 - 20050246231 - Method for transacting an advertisement transfer A method for transacting an advertisement transfer is disclosed which facilitates expressing the rate structure for the individual advertisement as a function of a profile of the individual potential customer; and which is directed to the creation of a mechanism from the vantage of an Internet site that is being ... 11/03/05 - 20050246230 - Reservation gift card A method of using a stored-value card to reserve an item includes providing a stored-value card to a customer prior to the release date of an item, adding value to the stored-value card prior to the release date of the item, and reserving the item with the stored-value card. Other ... 11/03/05 - 20050246229 - Systems and methods for disseminating information relating to a prize in connection with usage of consummable products The present invention provides a marketing system and method for motivating consumers to make initial and continual purchases of a consumer product or a line of consumer products. The marketing system includes a game piece provided with a consumer product. The game piece includes game information for entry into a ... 11/03/05 - 20050246228 - On-hold sponsorship and advertising system and method A message player is connected to the music on-hold input of a telephone system of a non-profit or community organization. The message player is provided by a service provider that also sells advertising space on the player to businesses. Information regarding the organization's activities as well as advertisements for the ... 11/03/05 - 20050246227 - Game card based business method A method for conducting a promotional game includes ringing up a purchase of goods and/or services being purchased by a store customer. A game card is then sold or given to the store customer as a last item rung up for the store customer. A game card is electronically printed ... 11/03/05 - 20050246226 - Matching accessories and method of coordinating and selling same The invention is drawn to a method of packaging and selling a group of different accessories that have matching visual features and the accessory package manufactured by the method. At least one set of footwear accessories such as socks is combined with one or more other sets of athletics-related accessories ... 11/03/05 - 20050246225 - Method, system, reverse vending machine and use thereof for handling empty packaging A method and system for handling, through the use of a reverse vending machine, the return value of empty packaging, e.g., empty packaging in the form of bottles, cans and containers for beverages and food, wherein the reverse vending machine before or after receiving the empty packaging has a means ... 10/27/05 - 20050240478 - Method and system for providing coupon saving using existing credit card processing infrastructure, and bar-coded coupon having 2-d component Coupons (105) are encoded with an account identifier such as a credit or debit card number of the coupon issuer. The coupon may be a bar-coded coupon, or a coupon card, such as a magnetic stripe card or smart card. The bar-coded coupon may use a compact two-dimensional symbology such ... 10/27/05 - 20050240477 - Cardholder loyalty program with rebate A system and method for implementing a program such as a loyalty program. An account (e.g., card) system includes a plurality of participating account holders (e.g., cardholders), a plurality of non-participating account holders (e.g., cardholders), a plurality of non-preferred merchants and a plurality of preferred merchants. A processor executes the ... 10/27/05 - 20050240476 - Online electronic game based- e-commerce and data mining system A discount selling platform in the form of an Internet web site is disclosed, wherein consumers play games to earn discounts on products purchased from the system, with the amount of the discount based on how well the games are played. Additionally the system is a consumer data mining web ... 10/27/05 - 20050240475 - Systems and methods for universal online advertising According to some embodiments, systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided for universal advertisement management. More specifically, in some embodiments advertisements displayed via various advertising partners may be automatically managed. According to some embodiments, real-time information associated with the universal advertising management may be provided. ... 10/27/05 - 20050240474 - Pattern based promotion evaluation In an embodiment of the present invention there is provided a computer implemented method to evaluate a purchase condition and to calculate the associated rewards. The embodiment performs a pattern based evaluation of promotion incentives in electronic commerce systems, wherein the patterns used are mainly derived from shopping activity and ... 10/27/05 - 20050240473 - System and method of point-of-sale manufacturer rebate program A manufacturer rebate processing program uses a program administrator to implement the rebate program. A rebate program card is issued to consumers to identify the rebate qualifying product. The consumer presents the card to the merchant when making a purchase. The purchase transaction from the merchant is forwarded to the ... 10/27/05 - 20050240472 - Method and system for implementing a search engine with reward components and payment components A system and method for implementation of product searches via a search engine over a networked computer system such as the Internet. In particular, a user may execute a search for product offers that are accompanied with reward components (e.g. reward points, rebates, coupons, etc.) and/or those that allow payment ... 10/27/05 - 20050240471 - Use of candy wrap for marketing/advertising of businesses and in combination with internet A method for use of the inside of a candy wrap as a marketing/advertising tool for local businesses. The inside part of the candy wrap will have the information about the business, plus it gives the customer a chance to win a prize either directly or by collecting the wraps ... 10/27/05 - 20050240470 - Limited constituency advertising calendar This invention is a method of producing a calendar containing advertisements by suppliers and distributors, both of which are members of a limited constituency. The calendars are for the use by customers of the distributors, who typically are retailers. The advertisements of the suppliers feature product information and promotional offerings ... 10/20/05 - 20050234776 - System and method for generating price-per-unit (ppu) discounts for fuel A fuel rewards program wherein awards received from the purchase of discount-triggering items at a first transaction are redeemed for a price-per-unit (PPU) discount on fuel. A scanner scans product codes and inputs the information to a POS system through a comparator such that a product may be determined to ... 10/20/05 - 20050234775 - Self-funded commission management system A self-funded commission management system is described. The system has a memory storage element for storing commission management software that assigns an affiliate identifier for an affiliate. A user-initiated transaction is received, which is associated with the affiliate identifier. A confirmation that the user-initiated transaction produced a consumed transaction associated ... 10/20/05 - 20050234774 - Gathering data concerning publication usage and exposure to products and/or presence in commercial establishment Methods and systems for measuring and gathering data relating to presence of individuals within commercial establishments, relating to usage of publications by those individuals, and relating to exposure to products by those individuals. Participants in one or more studies carry a portable monitor having a commercial establishment presence detection monitor, ... 10/20/05 - 20050234773 - Credit card mileage rewards program, system and method A system and method for enhancing the value and desirability of a financial relationship between a customer and a bank or other financial institution through a rewards program which provides the customer with a benefit based on not only qualifying financial activity but on miles driven in a vehicle associated ... 10/20/05 - 20050234772 - Credit-points managing apparatus, vehicle, credit-points calculating method, and computer product The system and method detect whether a vehicle is in a halting state. If the vehicle is in the halting state, then information pertaining to a status of an engine of the vehicle is obtained. Credit-points are calculated based on the status of the engine. For example, if the vehicle ... 10/20/05 - 20050234771 - Method and system for providing intelligent in-store couponing The present invention features an intelligent in-store couponing system comprising an operating computer for controlling the functions of the intelligent in-store couponing system; a coupon database capable of storing coupons and coupon data or information; a coupon management module for managing the coupons and their delivery; and at least one ... 10/20/05 - 20050234770 - Method and apparatus for generating user profile distinctions A method and apparatus for generating a profile distinction associated with a computerized transaction between a user and a merchant, provide for determining if the transaction is associated with the user or a third party. Information associated with the transaction is aggregated in a profile corresponding to the user or ... 10/20/05 - 20050234769 - System and method for providing personalized customer assistance using a financial card having an rfid device According to one embodiment, a method of providing personalized customer service is provided. The method includes receiving purchase information from purchases made from a merchant using a financial card affiliated with the merchant. The financial card has an associated financial account and an RFID device coupled thereto. The RFID device ... 10/20/05 - 20050234768 - System for multimedia viewing based on entitlements An advertising control method is described. The method includes receiving an advertisement identification message (AIM) at a first mobile device, sending the AIM from the first mobile device to a content display unit (CDU) and storing the AIM in the CDU, selecting at least one content item from among a ... 10/13/05 - 20050228719 - Method and system for electronic delivery of incentive information based on user proximity A method and system for the electronic distribution of product or service promotion information to a mobile user are disclosed. A user may provide profile information to an online promotion service, such as user interests and preferences with respect to products and services as well as other information. The online ... 10/13/05 - 20050228718 - Point of purchase research device A point of purchase research device includes a housing having a user surface and a mounting surface adapted to cooperate with a store shelf. The housing further includes a display device affixed adjacent to the user surface and communicatively connected to a user input device and a control unit. The ... 10/13/05 - 20050228717 - System and method for brand name gift card exchange The present invention provides for exchanging a gift card. Data associated with a first gift card is provided. The data associated with the first gift card is validated. Either a money rebate associated with the first gift card, or a second gift card is selected. The first gift card is ... 10/13/05 - 20050228716 - Methods and apparatuses for displaying promotions In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect a device; search for a plurality of promotions; detect a profile corresponding to the device wherein the profile contains a parameter; and select a particular promotion from the plurality of promotions based on the parameter associated with the profile. ... 10/06/05 - 20050222908 - Methods and apparatuses for geographic area selections in pay-per-call advertisement Methods and apparatuses to connect telephone calls and track information about the telephone calls for geographic area based advertisements. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving an indication of a target geographic area of an advertisement for an advertiser having a telephone number, the advertisement including one of: a telephone ... 10/06/05 - 20050222907 - Method to promote branded products and/or services A method to promote a business entity's branded products and/or services is disclosed. The method includes running a promotional software application on a personal computer system to display an animated character on a desktop of the personal computer system. A design of the animated character promotes branded products and/or services, ... 10/06/05 - 20050222906 - System and method of targeted marketing A method for providing at least one targeted local marketing program and for measuring the effectiveness of the at least one targeted local marketing program is disclosed. The method includes generating at least one targeted message in accordance with instructions of at least one retailer, forwarding at least one targeted ... 10/06/05 - 20050222905 - Method and system for generating intelligent electronic banners based on user information A method and system for generating electronic advertisement, such as banner ads, based on user profile information, location information and proximity preferences are disclosed. An online promotion service may receive profile information, location information and other information from a user. The user may also define a proximity preference which may ... 10/06/05 - 20050222904 - Prepaid monetary card for incentivizing return customers A system and methods are disclosed for incentivizing a customer to purchase goods and/or services at a later date through the use of a promotional purchase card. Some of the disclosed embodiments also gather consumer survey information for the customer. The card acquires value only after activation criteria have been ... 10/06/05 - 20050222903 - Rendering content-targeted ads with e-mail An asynchronous and opportunistically available scheme under which a user's e-mail (or a document including e-mail content) is rendered immediately, and later updated with appropriate advertisements if and when they became available, is described. This scheme ensures that the availability of advertisements will not adversely affect the rendering of the ... 10/06/05 - 20050222902 - Advertisement approval Large groups of Web ads may, at least in part, be approved automatically. A subset of a group of ads is selected, and a manual review process is used to determine which ads in the subset are not acceptable, and perhaps the reasons for the disapprovals. A distrust score may ... 10/06/05 - 20050222901 - Determining ad targeting information and/or ad creative information using past search queries Ad information, such as ad targeting keywords and/or ad creative content for example, may be determined using aggregated selected document-to-query information associations. For example, popular terms and/or phrases also associated with a selected document may be used as ad targeting keywords and/or ad creative content for an ad having the ... 10/06/05 - 20050222900 - Selectively delivering advertisements based at least in part on trademark issues A system and method for selectively delivering legal information communications for documents (e.g., advertisements). An input is received, wherein the input is a document delivery-triggering event operative to cause a document to be delivered to a user. A location associated with the input is identified. Based at least in part ... 09/29/05 - 20050216348 - System for managing a plurality of computer jukeboxes A computer jukebox capable of receiving and storing advertisement data representing a plurality of advertisement from a remote central management system by way of a transmission link between the computer jukebox and the central management system, comprising a communication interface, a programmable computer memory and a processor. The computer jukebox ... 09/29/05 - 20050216347 - Method and system for providing promotions to a customer based on the status of previous promotions A system, computer program product and method including delivering an initial promotion to a customer, determining a status of the initial promotion delivered, selecting a related promotion based on the status of the initial promotion determined, and delivering the related promotion to the customer. The related promotion is selected based ... 09/29/05 - 20050216346 - System and method for consumer-selected advertising and branding in interactive media Participants in an interactive environment implemented by computer networks and other media such as interactive television are recruited to advertise products and brands to the other participants and viewers that are users of the media. Each participant may select from a set of available advertisements, which can be displayed in ... 09/29/05 - 20050216345 - Methods and apparatuses for offline selection of pay-per-call advertisers Methods and apparatuses to connect telephone calls and track information about the telephone calls resulting from advertisements for groups of advertisers. In one embodiment, a method includes: determining a geographic area after receiving a telephone call to a first telephone number publicized in an advertisement; determining a telephone number of ... 09/29/05 - 20050216344 - Wireless service purchasing system The present invention provides a wireless service purchasing system used for getting a service provided by a service provider. In one embodiment, the system comprises a mobile device including a SIM card, wherein a RFID tag is integrated, the user being identified by the same identification number in both SIM ... 09/29/05 - 20050216343 - Advertisement distribution method and advertisement distribution system A server apparatus communicable with an information communication terminal stores coupon ticket data for displaying a coupon ticket issued by an advertiser and advertisement data for displaying an advertisement screen including a content of an advertisement made by the other advertiser, encrypts the coupon ticket data, generates a packet that ... 09/29/05 - 20050216342 - Frame-based network advertising and exchange therefor Advertising is displayed in conjunction with web pages and other HTML-rendered information by splitting a display area into frames, so that requested content appears in one frame and one or more advertisements appear in other frames, respectively. By displaying advertisements in frames that are at the same logical layer as ... 09/29/05 - 20050216341 - Methods and apparatuses for pay-per-call advertising in mobile/wireless applications Methods and apparatuses to connect telephone calls and track information about the telephone calls resulting from advertisements on mobile/wireless media channels. In one embodiment, a method includes: assigning a telephone number to an advertiser, one of the telephone number and a reference to the telephone number to be included in ... 09/29/05 - 20050216340 - Biometric loyalty transaction system and method The invention may be embodied as a customer reward system or a method of rewarding a customer. A reward system may have a database of enrolled biometric samples, a point-of-sale station having a biometric-sample receiver, and a comparator in communication with the database and the point-of-sale station. In a method ... 09/29/05 - 20050216339 - Systems and methods for optimizing advertising The present invention relates to methods of measuring customer response and methods of optimizing advertising in response to the customer response data. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of acquiring data about the advertising preferences of particular groups of customers. For example, this data may include ... 09/29/05 - 20050216338 - Enhancing virally-marketed facilities A method and apparatus for enhancing a virally marketed facility is described and illustrated. In one embodiment, the invention is a method of operating a virally marketed facility. The method includes measuring virality of the facility based on a conversion rate and a propagation rate. The method also includes determining ... 09/29/05 - 20050216337 - Method and system for electronic distribution of incentives having real-time consumer-based directions A method and system for electronic distribution of incentives having real-time consumer-based directions according to another embodiment of the present invention are disclosed. An online promotion service may receive user profile information, which may include demographic information, location information, user preferences, user requests, and other information. Online promotion service may ... 09/29/05 - 20050216336 - Method and system for presenting banners having direct link to user profile information A method and system for generating electronic advertisement, such as banner ads, based on user profile information and other information are disclosed. An online promotion service may receive profile information, location information and other information from a user. The user may also define a proximity preference which may include a ... 09/29/05 - 20050216335 - System and method for providing on-line user-assisted web-based advertising A system and method for providing on-line advertising is presented. An interface guiding on-line advertising creation is presented. An advertisement is created from at least one of user inputs and stored data and includes information describing at least one item. An advertising creative is generated in association with the advertisement ... 09/29/05 - 20050216334 - Wireless advertisement system A system from promoting merchandise through wireless communications. In one embodiment, an interactive voice response system (IVRS) receives a wireless communication from a potential customer (sender). The sender is prompted to specify merchandise of interest. A wireless communication is transmitted to the sender comprising information (e.g., an advertisement) related to ... 09/29/05 - 20050216333 - Dvd and entertainment distribution system and method A method for placing advertising on a DVD or comparable format such as “pay per view,” comprising the following steps: determining a demographic criterion for a DVD; choosing an advertisement related to that criterion and affixing it to the DVD; providing an end user with a choice to accept a ... 09/22/05 - 20050209923 - Custom computer wallpaper and marketing system and method An interactive system and method is disclosed for providing wallpaper or screen saver images for display on the background of a personal computer visual display. Wallpaper (or screen saver) images may be conveniently located by a consumer and downloaded from a wallpaper web site for use on the desktop of ... 09/22/05 - 20050209922 - Credit based product marketing method A credit based marketing process for products and services identifies a particular product or service to be offered to a list of prospective consumers. The list of prospective consumers is subjected to parameters to identify creditworthy prospects by a lending institution or by an independent credit rating agency. Offers to ... 09/22/05 - 20050209921 - Proximity-based method and system for generating customized incentives A method and system for generating customized incentives involving electronic distribution of coupons to remote personal computers based on proximity of the computer to a retail center are disclosed. A repository, such as an online service provider or a web site on the Internet, stores packages of incentive data for ... 09/22/05 - 20050209920 - Guaranteed pricing for advertising customers An internet pricing system is provided. The system typically includes purchasing logic, a traffic gauge, and optimization logic. The purchasing logic purchases paid inclusions and keywords for a customer website on a search engine. The purchase of paid inclusions and keywords is, in some embodiments, based on a flat-fee pricing ... 09/22/05 - 20050209919 - Targeted consumer traffic delivery system A targeted consumer traffic delivery system is provided. The system typically includes initial procurement logic, monitoring logic, and optimization logic. The initial procurement logic purchases paid inclusions and cost per click keywords for a website on a search engine in response to an initial expectation level. The monitoring logic gauges ... 09/22/05 - 20050209918 - Listening supplement that provides an additional or alternative means of media content delivery of periodical publications for subscribers of the aforementioned periodical publications and a process for establishing the same The current invention is a listening supplement that provides an additional or alternative of news delivery for readers of periodical publications and a process for establishing the same. The listening supplement is contained as a bound insert to a periodical. The listening supplement has highlights or “cover stories” read by ... 09/22/05 - 20050209917 - Employee incentive program An employee incentive program is disclosed. According to an embodiment, an employee account is credited with a first amount when a new customer account is opened. The employee account is also credited when an existing customer account is used. In a further embodiment, the employee account is credited with a ... 09/22/05 - 20050209916 - Customer stock incentives programs The present invention provides a fresh method for generating customer loyalty through stock related incentives. Instead of the traditional stock incentive plans for only employees and investors, the present invention stresses the crucial importance of customers in an increasingly complicated business world. In a reward program dedicated to customers, customers ... 09/22/05 - 20050209915 - System for processing a prescription bottle containing a customized promotional message or greeting card message and method thereof The electronic system is used on the Internet for selecting and ordering realistic looking prescription containers and prescription labels having emotional expressions or promotional messages selected by one of a plurality of customers wherein each customer communicates from a remote site to a distribution center on the Internet. The system ... 09/22/05 - 20050209914 - System and method for enterprise event marketing and management automation The present invention is a method and apparatus for providing enterprise event marketing and management automation. A website is provided that includes online tools for event marketing and management. A user in communication with the website is allowed to create and event page and a registration page associated with the ... 09/15/05 - 20050203802 - Sales management system for point service, sales management method, and program There is disclosed a sales management system in which customers can intuitively instantly recognize next exchangeable premium from existing accumulated points, and shops can save troubles and expenses for preparing signboards or fliers every time the premiums are changed. The sales management system includes a POS apparatus and a server. ... 09/15/05 - 20050203801 - Method and system for collecting, sharing and tracking user or group associates content via a communications network A content collection, sharing, and tracking method and system allows individuals or groups to incorporate the content of one another into their own context for creative referenced re-use. Users browse the content of other users and add content to a tool known as a GRAB BAG. Users may be part ... 09/15/05 - 20050203800 - System and method for compounded marketing A system and method to facilitate computer-based commerce is presented. The system includes a module to facilitate communicating a vendor offering to a user if the offering is within a category designated by the user as being acceptable for receipt of such offering. The provider offering includes a category code ... 09/15/05 - 20050203799 - Method and apparatus to provide pay-per-call advertising and billing In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for pay-per-call advertising and billing. A method, comprises generating a web page listing a plurality of merchant entries; and providing a option to reveal a phone number of at least one merchant entry of the plurality of merchant entries. ... 09/15/05 - 20050203798 - Methods and systems for gathering market research data Methods and systems for monitoring exposure of participants in market research to predetermined products, for example, within a commercial establishment, are provided. The methods and systems employ portable monitors carried on the persons of the participants to gather product exposure data. ... 09/15/05 - 20050203797 - Information distribution method and apparatus, business method and computer-readable storage medium A information distribution method distributes contents and advertisements from a provider to a user apparatus via a network. The information distribution method includes distributing an advertisement with a format requested from the user apparatus. ... 09/15/05 - 20050203796 - Predicting inventory availability and prioritizing the serving of competing advertisements based on contract value Techniques are provided for selecting among the advertisements that are competing for a slot based, at least in part, on the potential revenue amounts associated with the advertisements. Each of the potential revenue amounts may, for example, reflects a value that a provider expects to receive in exchange for the ... 09/15/05 - 20050203795 - Method for providing discounted media placement and marketing services to a plurality of advertisers The present invention relates a method, system, and computer program product for providing discounted media placement and marketing services to a plurality of advertisers. The present invention comprises receiving a large block of media at a volume-discounted price from a media provider; dividing the large block of media into a ... 09/15/05 - 20050203794 - Method of advertising at residential locations A method of advertising at residential locations is provided. Waste and/or recycling containers having advertising indicia related to one or more businesses are provided by the business to residents of the location at no cost to the residents. The residents are allowed to use the containers for disposing waste and/or ... 09/08/05 - 20050197905 - Method of presenting new technology at a trade show Techniques for presenting new technology at a trade show include sending, to candidate exhibitors for a trade show in an industry, applications to present an exhibit at the trade show as a new technology directed to the industry. Completed applications are received from at least one exhibitor. Experts are determined ... 09/08/05 - 20050197904 - Credit card reward program An incentive program system and process for redeeming incentive program points. The system or process may be accomplished through a computer readable medium bearing instructions for administering the incentive program account. The system includes a database for storing points associated with a first incentive program account and a processor that, ... 09/08/05 - 20050197903 - Interactive electronic-desktop alert and compliance tool The present invention improves upon tools of the prior art by enabling a user of such a tool to have alerts sent to an electronic “desktop” of multiple devices, such as a computer screen, the display of a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or cell phone, pagers and the like. Further, ... 09/08/05 - 20050197902 - Method and system for price planning A method for generating a price planning schedule includes receiving price planning input from at least one of an automated pricing engine and a manual pricing engine. The method further includes generating a price planning schedule based on the price planning input and a price planning budget associated with the ... 09/08/05 - 20050197901 - System and method for defining a sales promotion A method of and system for defining a sales promotion is disclosed. The method includes receiving a hierarchical listing of items, including a plurality of levels, each level including at least one node. The method also includes selecting a first node to define a first sales promotion, and selecting a ... 09/08/05 - 20050197900 - System and method for defining a sales promotion A method of and system for defining a sales promotion including consolidating sales promotion data in a data warehouse are disclosed. The method includes receiving in a computerized system first and second sales promotion data corresponding to first and second sales promotions from the data warehouse, and grouping the first ... 09/08/05 - 20050197899 - System and method for defining a sales promotion A method of defining a sales promotion for a plurality of products includes determining a group of sales promotion sites to be included in the sales promotion from a plurality of sites using a computerized system, wherein the plurality of sites have been previously organized according to a predetermined grouping ... 09/08/05 - 20050197898 - Slow seller management system and method A method, program product and system for managing the sale of a product or service. The method includes determining if the product or service is a slow seller, determining a markdown to be applied to a price of the product or service, reconciling a markdown budget with the determined markdown ... 09/08/05 - 20050197897 - Method and system for automated control of pricing A method, program product and system for automated control of pricing of a product or service. The method includes determining an initial price of the product, monitoring actual sales of the product at retail outlets, and adjusting the initial price during a selling season of said product based on the ... 09/08/05 - 20050197896 - Price planning system and method including automated price adjustment, manual price adjustment, and promotion management The present invention discloses a method, program, product and system for managing the, sale of a product. The system can determine if the product is a slow seller, determining a markdown to be applied to a price of the product, reconciling a markdown budget with the determined markdown to be ... 09/08/05 - 20050197895 - Method and assembly for card and internet connection having common theme An interactive card assembly includes a card and an electronically readable storage device designed for interactive connection to the Internet, the card and the storage device having information with a common theme and the storage device having stored information capable of connecting on the Internet with predetermined homepages having the ... 09/08/05 - 20050197894 - Localized event server apparatus and method A central database of events, advertisements, users, subscribers, and the like is served by an application to control access to the input and output. Event information is accumulated by harvesters from hardcopy and electronic copies, and may rely on a web crawler or mining engine also. Interfaces exist for consumers ... 09/08/05 - 20050197893 - Coupon, price-comparison, and product-review information toolbar for use with a network browser or system/application interface A system, method, and computer program product are provided for affording coupon, price-comparison, and/or product-review information utilizing a toolbar within a browser or system/application interface. In response to a request for such information, the invention is able to auto-detect the merchant and/or product to search for without further user input. ... 09/01/05 - 20050192867 - Independent internet client object with ad display capabilities There is disclosed a client application for enabling access to an online service that displays advertisements while the user is accessing the online service and/or the Internet or other network. The client application may receive play lists from the online service provider. The play lists may include information about advertisements ... 09/01/05 - 20050192866 - System and method for managing a retail marketing program utilizing dynamic forms A system and method for managing a retail marketing program utilizing a dynamic interaction forms are provided. A client computing device generates a request for a retail marketing program form. A processing server generates the requested form that includes various components for providing retail marketing program information and facilitating scenario ... 09/01/05 - 20050192865 - Automated scenario navigation in combinatorial exchanges A desirable allocation of bids in a combinatorial exchange can be selected by determining a first candidate allocation of the bids and a first value of a minimax regret, related to the difference in utility between the adversarial allocation and the candidate allocation, as a function of a first adversarial ... 09/01/05 - 20050192864 - System and method for toy adoption and marketing An Entertainment System in combination with a commercially purchased toy, wherein the system allows a toy user to register the toy online using a registration code, allowing the user access to various entertainment activities and scenarios in a “virtual world” including a virtual representation of the toy, via a computer ... 09/01/05 - 20050192863 - Web site vistor incentive program in conjunction with promotion of anonymously identifying a user and/or a group Methods to promote usage of anonymously identifying a user to a web site over a computer network by providing an incentive program tied to a client identifier placed by the web site on a computer of the user. The incentive program account is created without requesting any user specific information ... 09/01/05 - 20050192862 - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for providing incentives for a financial account Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for providing incentives for a first financial account held by a user and associated with a first financial account provider. The user also holds a second financial account associated with a second financial account provider and performs transactions using at least one of the ... 09/01/05 - 20050192861 - Advertisement management method The present invention relates to a technology for distributing information including an advertisement. According to the present invention, upon periodically distributing information to a terminal device from a server, e.g., once a day, history information distributed previously is transmitted to the server from the terminal device. Further, according to the ... 08/25/05 - 20050187824 - Instructional and promotional publication providing detailed, specific and customizable instruction and assistance An instructional and promotional publication is disclosed. The brochure offers instructions to a user regarding how to complete a task. The instructional text is co-presented with promotional text, wherein the professionals listed in said promotional text specialize in the subject matter field, are familiar with the text and are available ... 08/25/05 - 20050187823 - Method and system for geographically-targeted internet advertising A web advertiser may geographically target internet display advertising by selecting geographic parameters. Fragments of geographic location data are supplied by or inferred about a computer user accessing a web publisher's web site. User information is transmitted by the web publisher to an advertising server, where it is supplemented by ... 08/25/05 - 20050187822 - Combination memo pad and preprinted prescription script with reusable discount card A combination preprinted memo pad and preprinted prescription script assembly with reusable discount card means that facilitates distribution of prescription pharmaceuticals to patients and for encouraging initial and ongoing fulfillment of said prescription by patients. ... 08/25/05 - 20050187821 - Reusable discount card and prescription drug compliance system A prescription drug compliance and reusable discount system provides reminders and offers the incentives to patients to continue the taking of prescription medications. ... 08/25/05 - 20050187820 - Participating in an incentive program using a portable memory device A method and system for using a portable memory device, for example, a removable USB flash memory drive, by a customer to participate in an incentive program. A business entity temporarily receives the memory device from the customer, for example, at a point of sale, and looks for an identification ... 08/25/05 - 20050187819 - Method and system for measuring effectiveness of shopping cart advertisements based on purchases of advertised items Data describing advertisements displayed within a shopping cart is used within a store computer, system along with data from a process, such as barcode scanning, identifying items selected for purchase during the use of the shipping cart. The data identifying the selected items is compared with data identifying the items ... 08/25/05 - 20050187818 - Computerized advertising offer exchange In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods and systems for facilitating transactions between advertisers and advertisees for arranging for presentation of advertisements to users of computers or other computerized devices. Advertiser and advertisee offers, including user context conditions, are obtained. User context information is obtained, such as real-time or ... 08/25/05 - 20050187817 - Indicia display system and method An indicia display system and method incorporating removable and reusable indicia constructed of flexible fabric and/or plastic is disclosed. The present invention permits an indicia tag to be custom generated and then attached to a variety of indicia target displays by means of a non-metallic attaching means such as VELCRO® ... 08/18/05 - 20050182678 - Products and processes for vending machine gift certificates An embodiment of the invention includes outputting, from a vending machine, an inactive voucher which includes a voucher identifier. A request to activate the voucher and a payment are received. An amount of payment is determined based on the voucher identifier, and at least the amount of payment is received. ... 08/18/05 - 20050182677 - Method and/or system for providing web-based content Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems for providing web based content are described. ... 08/18/05 - 20050182676 - Method and system for advertisement campaign optimization A system and method is disclosed for optimizing advertisement campaigns in consideration data including information not relating to the advertisement campaigns according to the advertisement network server. A campaign optimization unit optimizes advertisement campaign in consideration of data retrieve from data servers including local advertisement network server and external data ... 08/18/05 - 20050182675 - System for converting and delivering multiple subscriber data requests to remote subscribers A system and method for delivering highly customized, natural-sounding/appearing audio and/or visual content to existing player devices, including but not restricted to wired and wireless voicemail, sound-enabled PCs, and portable MP3 or DVD players. Subscribers register with existing content providers to receive alerts and information on topics they care about ... 08/11/05 - 20050177431 - Broker system for combining computer gaming and advertising Disclosed is a broker mediated advertisable gaming environment. The gaming environment communicates with a broker or a server, the broker or server site maintains an inventory of characteristics of registered games, the characteristics relevant for advertising. When a broker is communicated with, the system has gaming sites and advertising sites ... 08/11/05 - 20050177430 - Method of interactive advertising A method of interactive advertising is provided, according to which the display of the interactive advertisement does not disturb an entertainment event during which the interactive advertisement is displayed. During a process of entertainment, the entertainment relating to an entertainment event other than an event centered around a shopping experience, ... 08/11/05 - 20050177429 - Automatic dispensing machine with multifunction screen Automatic dispensing machine with multifunction screen, the automatic dispensing machine being of the type which function by means of introducing coins and being suitable for incorporating a mouth for introducing bank-notes, and being provided with the corresponding control and function mechanisms, such that the dispensing machine (1) includes in the ... 08/11/05 - 20050177428 - System and method for toy adoption and marketing An Entertainment System in combination with a commercially purchased toy, wherein the system allows a toy user to register the toy online using a registration code, allowing the user access to various entertainment activities and scenarios in a “virtual world” including a virtual representation of the toy, via a computer ... 08/11/05 - 20050177427 - Incentives based upon active key sniffing A method and system for issuing incentives based on pressing certain mechanical or virtual keys on a POS system where such keys correspond to products, totals, sub-totals and other functions normally associated with a POS keyboard and the location of such keys are in a constant state of flux. A ... 08/11/05 - 20050177426 - Linking customs entry packets to electronic entries The disclosures herein relate to methods of managing customs data and shipment data. The methods include procedures for correlating various types of data related to a single shipment of goods, including data received from customs brokers and data received with shipments of goods. The methods extend to importing operations comprising ... 08/11/05 - 20050177425 - System and a method for soliciting recruits A method of soliciting potential employees to an industry includes identifying the potential employee, generating a personalized message for the potential employee on a referral unit, generating a solicitation letter for the potential employee, coupling a media source including general information about career choices by a practicing psychologist to the ... 08/11/05 - 20050177424 - System and method for efficiently effectuating gainshare collaboration between buyers, sellers and third party service providers in supply communities The invention is a system and process for inducing collaboration among buyers, sellers and third party suppliers by having participants establish favorable financial consequences for one or more other participants who are motivated to achieve or exceed a minimum level of performance on one or more key performance indicators. It ... 08/11/05 - 20050177423 - System and method of using rfid devices to analyze customer traffic patterns in order to improve a merchant's layout According to one embodiment, a method for managing a merchant layout is provided. A card having an enabled RFID device coupled to the first card may be provided to a customer. Demographic data regarding the customer may be obtained. The traffic pattern of the customer within a merchant location may ... 08/11/05 - 20050177422 - Computerized management system for multi-chain promotions, and related audit system A promotion management system identifies store-selected identifiers as necessary to implement a particular promotion across multiple store chains. An audit system compares number of promotion offers distributed to number of linking items sold. ... 08/11/05 - 20050177421 - Advertisement distribution apparatus and advertisement distribution method From a plurality of sets of advertisement data stored at a local server, specific advertisement data to be transmitted to an advertisement displaying vehicle are selected based upon different remuneration offered by individual advertisers for advertisement display and the advertisement data thus selected are transmitted to the advertisement displaying vehicle. ... 08/11/05 - 20050177420 - Shopping system, video rental system, and interactive system using moving picture distribution technique A shopping system includes a center server (12), a dedicated terminal (14) always connected to the center server (12) via the Internet (18), and user ID cards (50). When information on selection of a specific commodity is transmitted from the dedicated terminal (14), the center server (12) transmits an advertisement ... 08/11/05 - 20050177419 - Multimedia advertising service through a mobile communication network and multimedia content controlling apparatus and method of a mobile terminal supporting said service The present invention relates to apparatus and method of providing a multimedia advertising service through a mobile communication network. In the present invention, a content server downloads ad contents to a mobile terminal along with content-displaying condition and the mobile terminal having received the ad contents displays the received ad ... 08/11/05 - 20050177418 - Transaction system A transaction system, including a server for receiving bids for coupons at prices less than a predetermined value, each coupon representing an outcome of an event having more than two possible outcomes, the coupon having the predetermined value if that outcome occurs and no value if that outcome does not ... 08/11/05 - 20050177417 - Point server system using serial numbers A server system connectable to a computer network and accessed by way of a user terminal for connecting to the computer network includes a user information database for storing user information, including personal information for a user and point information, and a point information database for storing point information specified ... 08/11/05 - 20050177416 - Mobile advertising methods and improvements Mobile advertising methods and improvements, for instance, the adding of global positioning satellite tracking devices to mobile advertising platforms for purposes of verification of location, travel routes, mileage, etc. Incorporation of the Internet, Intranet, peer-to-peer and/or other networking systems and associated software for improving business methods, account access, and the ... 08/04/05 - 20050171849 - System and method for making charitable donations A plurality of donation articles are provided to allow a store's customers to make charitable donations. Each donation article corresponds to one or more charitable entities and includes an indicia designating a donation amount. The indicia on a customer-selected donation article is read to determine the donation amount. Optionally, the ... 08/04/05 - 20050171848 - Method and apparatus for generating a coupon A POS terminal generates a purchase price of a purchase, and generates a rounded price. The rounded price may be, for example, the lowest whole number greater than the purchase price. The POS terminal then calculates a round-up amount (change due the customer) as the difference between the purchase price ... 08/04/05 - 20050171847 - Method and apparatus for conducting electronic commerce transactions using electronic tokens Methods and apparatus for conducting electronic commerce using electronic tokens are described. The electronic tokens are issued and maintained by a vendor, who also provides products and services that can be purchased or rented using the electronic tokens. The electronic tokens may be purchased from the vendor either on-line, using ... 08/04/05 - 20050171846 - Apparatus, method and program for supporting purchase motivation analysis Each of sites 1a to 1c makes public the web page on which an advertisement image handled by a merchandise sales site (server 3) is posted. When each user has an incentive to purchase the merchandise by the advertisement image while referring to the web page from the user terminals ... 08/04/05 - 20050171845 - System and method for delivering messages onto a sale register receipt A system is provided for delivering a message and/or offer to consumers at the POS terminal by communicating through electronic displays and/or printing the message and/or offer onto a customer receipt tape that shows the items, totals, and payment made during a shopping event. The message and/or offer communicated to ... 08/04/05 - 20050171844 - Apparatus and methods for streamlined term adjustment Embodiments consistent with the present invention enable an advertising client to vary terms of an advertising campaign automatically in order to react to changing business conditions. An advertising client and a publisher establish terms of an advertising campaign including a unit cost for placement of advertisements and a range of ... 08/04/05 - 20050171843 - Systems and methods for optimizing advertising The present invention relates to a method of optimizing advertising in response to customer data. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of acquiring data about the advertising preferences of particular groups of customers. For example, this data may include analyzing the shopping response of all married ... 08/04/05 - 20050171842 - Method and system for incentivizing the promotion of a payment service A method and an apparatus to incentivize a first party to refer a payment service to a second party. The method includes establishing an account for the second party, wherein the account is associated with one of a plurality of bonus programs and wherein the account is further associated with ... 08/04/05 - 20050171841 - Method and system for self-checkout coupon sharing system The present invention is directed to a method and system for processing coupons by a self checkout system, where the self checkout system includes at least one self checkout station coupled to a server. In a first aspect, the present invention includes receiving a coupon from a customer by one ... 08/04/05 - 20050171840 - Online commerce in buyer items with incidental free raffle tickets Methods and systems are disclosed in which raffle tickets are given away with online purchases of other items. Ticket holders may use such a ticket in any one of several raffles. Raffles can be canceled for lack of interest. Charitable donations may be made by an online commerce entity which ... 08/04/05 - 20050171839 - Communication system for business marketing including a point system to motivate users A method and system for rewards-based motivation of user behavior by a sponsor. A merchant provides the consumer, via a web site or other means of communication, a customized interactive experience wherein the consumer obtains rewards in exchange for performing a behavior including but not limited to taking a quiz, ... 08/04/05 - 20050171838 - Internet-based and tangible referral system The invention is an Internet-based and tangible referral system that enables individuals and other business entities (“Affiliates”) to market products, in return for compensation which is paid as a result from any sale or sales lead that is induced by that Affiliate. A uniquely modified version of the printed web ... 08/04/05 - 20050171837 - Interactively create uniquely identified tangible print advertising from internet web pages The current invention is a method for bridging the gap between the virtual multimedia-based Internet world and the physical world of tangible object media, such as print advertising. More particularly, a method for multimedia-based Internet Advertisers to expand the promotion of their products and web pages by encouraging Affiliates to ... 08/04/05 - 20050171836 - Electronic commerce portal An electronic commerce portal (36) for electronic commerce over the World Wide Web, the portal (36) comprising a portal web site (31) and a collection of merchant web sites (33) linked to thc portal (36), and merchant tools (21) to build and maintain merchant web sites (33); wherein the tools ... 07/28/05 - 20050165646 - Billing statement customer acquisition system A customer acquisition system is disclosed that allows an offeror service provider to acquire new customers by making acquisition offers to customers through the billing statements of other businesses (“billing statement issuers”). An “acquisition offer” is an offer by the offeror service provider to pay an amount owed by the ... 07/28/05 - 20050165645 - Training retail staff members based on storylines Methods and apparatuses for manufacturer to present Web-based edu-games so as to train retail staff member about the manufacturer and its products and to access edu-game data and retail sales data from a database. A Website can be created to provide a point of interaction between the manufacturer, retailer, and ... 07/28/05 - 20050165644 - Audience matching network with performance factoring and revenue allocation Performance based delivery of content to an audience member. A network of audience member information collection domains provide information about audience members. A profiled audience member may belong to a network segment. Delivery of an advertisement to the profiled audience member is accommodated based upon membership in the network segment ... 07/28/05 - 20050165643 - Audience targeting with universal profile synchronization Universal synchronization of profiles of audience members targeted for the delivery of content. A unique global identifier may be assigned to and used to manage a profiled audience member. This identifier may also be associated to an authoritative identifier and cookie information used in connection with the collection of profile ... 07/28/05 - 20050165642 - Method and system for processing classified advertisements automatically classifying and extracting (120-124) a plurality of data units (480) out of said textual content (30) and storing each data unit into a corresponding field of a record (48) in an electronic database (9), using said database for determining the textual content, the layout and/or the position of the ... 07/28/05 - 20050165641 - Method and system to associate a gift certificate with an email address A system and method to associate a gift certificate with an email address is useful to permit on-line merchants to provide gift certificates that may be trusted while remaining used to customers. A gift certificate is purchased on-line and associated with a recipient's e-mail address provided by the gift certificate ... 07/28/05 - 20050165640 - Peer-to-peer marketing business method for telecommunication devices with digital displays A method and system for administering a peer-to-peer marketing program for telecommunication devices with digital displays. The peer-to-peer method allows telecommunication consumers to enroll their phone numbers in the program to distribute marketing content on calls, text and picture messages, and earn rewards for each impression displayed on recipients' devices. ... 07/28/05 - 20050165639 - System and method for personalized access to vehicle data services through portals Managing subscriber vehicle data in a vehicle data management system includes receiving and storing vehicle data, associating at least one client class with at least one corresponding targeted data format, receiving a client data request from a client, determining a client identity based on the client data request; and providing ... 07/28/05 - 20050165638 - Cable system customized advertising An automated advertising system is provided for placing a customized advertisement on a television-based network system using an internet to generate the customized advertisement. An automated advertising server includes a web-based advertising database providing a plurality of advertising categories, templates, and data fields on an internet display for an online ... 07/28/05 - 20050165637 - Method and apparatus for a vending promotional printer A method and apparatus for a vending promotional printer for use within a vending machine are disclosed. A vending promotional printer includes a coupon database describing a stack of coupons that are specified using a template based couponing printer language. A coupon is selected for creation and issued to the ... 07/21/05 - 20050160004 - Techniques for identifying and comparing local retail prices Techniques are described relating to the aggregation and use of local retail information for the purpose of providing a wide variety of valuable services to consumers and retailers. ... 07/21/05 - 20050160003 - System and method for incenting rfid transaction device usage at a merchant location A system and method for providing incentives at a merchant location for using a RF identification (RFID) transaction device for transaction completion is provided. An RFID transaction device account number includes a marker for identifying that the transaction is being completed using an RFID transaction device. A merchant system recognizes ... 07/21/05 - 20050160002 - Systems and methods for determining user actions A system tracks user actions associated with advertisements. The system may receive information in response to a user action. The system may then determine whether the action performed by the user resulted from an advertisement. ... 07/21/05 - 20050160001 - Method for advertising internet web sites A method in a computer system is used for providing internet advertising. The method includes the step of providing a host web page that includes both attraction content and a reproduction of a client web page, wherein the client web page is advertised to viewers of the host web page. ... 07/21/05 - 20050160000 - Electronic couponing of benefits Electronic coupons are generated representative of benefits for which a customer is eligible. The benefits available to the customer are discovered. At least one transaction product is discovered. Each transaction product is identified for which benefits are available to the customer. The value of the benefit is calculated for the ... 07/21/05 - 20050159999 - Method and system for developing a relationship between college students, universities and businesses An information provider partners with an education institution, such as a university, and businesses to collect content that is of interest to the students at the educational institution. The information provider organizes and presents the content in an entertaining and dynamic way to attract the students to access the content. ... 07/14/05 - 20050154641 - System and method for providing cross-merchandising incentives in specialty departments A system and method for providing incentives within a retail environment by selecting a cross-merchandising incentive to be provided with a product at a specialty department location and printing a coupon reflecting the defined cross-merchandising incentive on a label that is to be affixed to the product. The coupon is ... 07/14/05 - 20050154640 - Context- and behavior-based targeting system A method is disclosed for enabling relevant and targeted information/service exchange between information/service providers (i.e., suppliers) and information/service seekers (i.e., customers) using a content and behavior-based contextual targeting system as the information-brokering agent. Additionally, another method is disclosed for tracking and optimizing relevant and targeted information/service exchange between suppliers and ... 07/14/05 - 20050154639 - Business method and model for integrating social networking into electronic auctions and ecommerce venues. This invention creates an enhanced marketing system for Online Auctions and ECommerce websites to further provide secondary reasons for current Members to be active with the website. It also provides for the acquisition, activation and retention of new Members that may come to them by way of the 3rd party ... 07/14/05 - 20050154638 - Method and apparatus for broadcasting announcements from vehicles A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for broadcasting announcements. A broadcast message is generated, wherein the broadcast message includes sales information for the vehicle with a third party advertisement. The broadcast message is then transmitted from the vehicle using a wireless medium. ... 07/14/05 - 20050154637 - Generating and displaying level-of-interest values Attendees or viewers of a presentation provide input marking specific points corresponding to a high level of interest. Received bookmarks are aggregated to generate overall level-of-interest values for various points in the presentation. A graphical depiction of these level-of-interest values is provided; users can navigate using this graphical depiction to ... 07/14/05 - 20050154636 - Method and system for selling and/ or distributing digital audio files The advent of audio compression algorithms in combination with high-speed Internet access has enabled consumers to download digital audio files such as music single tracks from the Internet within seconds to minutes. Whereas legitimate service providers offer music files for download on payment, many consumers download music files illegally at ... 07/07/05 - 20050149407 - Advertisement distribution system and method An advertisement distribution system is provided, by which advertisements with contents that a user demands can be distributed while assuring security concerning user information. According to the advertisement distribution system, in a network environment including an Internet connection device that establishes relay and connection between a LAN environment and an ... 07/07/05 - 20050149406 - Method for automated direct marketing A method for generating mailers to be delivered to members contained on a contact list comprises the following steps. A contact list and a mailer are first uploaded into a computer system. The contact list contains a listing of a plurality of members. The list is modified with marketing tools. ... 07/07/05 - 20050149405 - Method and system for electronic distribution of product redemption coupons Provided is a method and system for the electronic distribution of product redemption coupons to remote personal computers located at users' homes. A centrally located repository, such as an online service provider or web site on the Internet, stores packages of coupon data for downloading on demand to the user's ... 07/07/05 - 20050149404 - Method and system for electronic distribution of product redemption coupons Provided is a method and system for the electronic distribution of product redemption coupons to remote personal computers located at users' homes. A centrally located repository, such as an online service provider or web site on the Internet, stores packages of coupon data for downloading on demand to the user's ... 07/07/05 - 20050149403 - Medium on which advertising program is recorded and method of using the medium A read-only medium or a readable and writable medium in which a user area is linked to an advertisement, and a method of using the same to minimize the cost to a user and provide advertising. The medium includes an advertising area for recording information related to an advertisement, and ... 07/07/05 - 20050149402 - Discounted fueling system and method A method of providing multiple level, price-per-unit (PPU) discounts on gasoline to a customer who purchases at least one cross-marketed product. The customer is awarded a first PPU discount on the gasoline based on a purchase by the customer of a first cross-marketed product, and is awarded a second PPU ... 07/07/05 - 20050149401 - System and method for an intellectual property collaboration network The present invention provides a system and method for providing an intellectual property collaboration network for the development and improvement of inventions and technology with inventors being granted equity or an ownership interest in patent arrays or companies which patent, market, license and generate revenue from the developed technology. The ... 07/07/05 - 20050149400 - Product search locator A combined consumer product search directory and frequent shopper discount machine having a scanner window which is activated by a frequent shopper discount card having appropriate barcode information therein. The system can generate a discount coupon at the checkout register for that customer. ... 07/07/05 - 20050149399 - Service server and service method A service server for communicating with a user terminal via a network and delivering a voice message about a picture the server has received an order to print from the user to the user terminal, comprising: a database for managing a voice message to be provided for a user and ... 07/07/05 - 20050149398 - Media targeting system and method A media targeting system and method uses visual pattern recognition techniques in association with consumer transactions as the basis for building a targeting database, which is then later used for automated consumer identification and targeted advertising purposes. The invention solves the problem of generating a large scale, robust media targeting ... 07/07/05 - 20050149397 - Method and system for word of mouth advertising via a communications network An advertising method and system allows individuals or groups to interactively select brands from a service provider to associate with their online presence in exchange for the online service, as part of an online service, or for some reward, monetary or otherwise. Individuals or groups select brands from a pool ... 07/07/05 - 20050149396 - Online advertising system and method A system, method, and computer program product for online advertising, including generating pricing for an advertisement campaign of an advertiser paying on a Cost-Per-Click (CPC) basis or Cost-Per-Acquisition (CPA) based on internal tracking metrics and/or pricing and performance analysis of advertisements from an advertising distribution network; and distributing the advertisement ... 07/07/05 - 20050149395 - System and method for real-time web page context analysis for the real-time insertion of textual markup objects and dynamic content A technique is described for delivering contextual information to end users of a data network which includes at least one client system associated with an end user. According to a specific embodiment, the technique of the present invention provides a contextual-based platform for delivering to an end user in real-time ... 07/07/05 - 20050149394 - Method and system for issuing, aggregating and redeeming merchant loyalty points with an issuing bank A loyalty reward point system that utilizes the pre-existing infrastructure of network such as a credit card network. A user makes a purchase at a merchant using a token such as a credit card. As part of the purchase transaction, the user is awarded reward points from the merchant based ... 07/07/05 - 20050149393 - Lottery credit card rewards system A credit card loyalty program, based upon a state lottery. The end user receives a credit card with a lottery reward feature. As purchases are made, the customer accumulates credits which can be used to purchase lottery tickets via toll free number, mail or online website. ... 07/07/05 - 20050149392 - Using a customer's purchasing intent in recommending alternative items for purchase in a physical store A merchant who operates a physical store is able to communicate a message to a customer who is carrying one or more items for purchase. While the customer is moving through the store, the merchant uses electronic means to gather data identifying at least one of the items carried by ... 07/07/05 - 20050149391 - Rf-based electronic system and method for automatic cross-marketing promotional offers and check-outs A method and apparatus for providing cross-marketing and promotional offers to a customer using an electronic tag product identification system is disclosed. The disclosed technology also allows for presenting promotional offers in an automatic check-out process. RFID smart tags are associated with products in a place of purchase or a ... 07/07/05 - 20050149390 - Method and system for generating and placing keyword-targeted advertisements A method and system for identifying advertisement and search term combinations for placing advertisements along with search results. The advertisement system includes multiple advertisement generators that automatically create advertisement sets that each contain one or more advertisements, one or more search terms, and a link to an advertised item. The ... 07/07/05 - 20050149389 - Selling ad space on diapers The present invention relates to a method and system that use diapers as an advertising medium for products other than diapers. The method and system allow diapers manufacturers to generate revenue from other businesses by charging businesses to place ads or promotions on disposable diapers. Each diaper would serve its ... 07/07/05 - 20050149388 - Method and system for placing advertisements based on selection of links that are not prominently displayed A method and system for identifying advertisement and search term combinations for placing advertisements along with search results. The advertisement system includes multiple advertisement generators that automatically create advertisement sets that each contain one or more advertisements, one or more search terms, and a link to an advertised item. The ... 07/07/05 - 20050149387 - Rfid system and method for instant rebates A method and system for electronically processing and redeeming rebate offers is disclosed. RFID smart tags are associated with products where each distinct product is associated with at least one smart tag. The smart tags contain product information including product identification information and/or rebate related information. The disclosed method and ... 07/07/05 - 20050149386 - Authorizing third party participants A system and method for authorizing third party participants to redeem and transact loyalty points earned by cardmembers. ... 07/07/05 - 20050149385 - System and method for receiving and responding to promotional offers using a mobile phone A method and means by which a mobile phone can participate in a promotional offer that is sponsored by an interested party is disclosed. The sponsor creates a promotional campaign and defines its parameters using promotional offer code (POC) data. The POC data is then pre-provisioned into the mobile phone. ... 06/30/05 - 20050144078 - Dynamic browser and server governors using advertisement configuration data sets A microbrowser such as web-enabled wireless telephones and personal digital assistants allows a user to configure types of objects to be blocked from download including object memory consumption, display area, download time, and restrictions on animated images and executable scripts. Microbrowser state conditions such as battery level and network connection ... 06/30/05 - 20050144077 - Apparatus for point system that provides real-time cashback A cashback system is composed of an IC card storing point data representative an amount of points used for a point system and electronic money data representative of an amount of electronic money, a terminal including a reader/writer accessible to the IC card, a point management server, and an electronic ... 06/30/05 - 20050144076 - Universal consumer offer card A Universal Offer Health Card (UCOC) that simplifies the consumers' lives utilizing RFID technology and a card having RFID-compatible hardware including a rewriteable medium. ... 06/30/05 - 20050144075 - Method and system for managing retail promotion events Disclosed are techniques for the creation, communication, negotiation, and storage of promotion events between trading partners. A promotion event is managed between a retailer and a vendor each having an associated computer in communication with a data network. The promotion event is defined to include terms, including an event description ... 06/30/05 - 20050144074 - Computer implemented method and system for on-line redemption of coupons A computer implemented real-time consumer reward point accumulation system in which a consumer accumulates points immediately in a centralized data storage of a host incentive award system upon coupons being redeemed at an interactive web site that is networked to the host incentive award system. The coupons are redeemed by ... 06/30/05 - 20050144073 - Method and system for serving advertisements An embodiment comprises a method and system for serving an advertisement. The method comprises identifying generic advertisement content to be provided to the user, identifying additional personalized advertisement content which is personalized to the user based on user information, and combining the personalized advertisement content with the generic advertisement content ... 06/30/05 - 20050144072 - Internet-based brand management and marketing communication instrumentation network for deploying, installing and remotely programming brand-building server-side driven multi-mode virtual kiosks on the world wide web (www), and methods of brand marketing Internet-based Enterprise-Level Brand Management And Marketing Communication Network based on an innovative brand command, control and communication architecture (BC3), which gives brand owners complete command and control over the wide range of brand-building assets, messaging and promotions scattered throughout the Web, and how they are communicated to directly consumers at ... 06/30/05 - 20050144071 - Method and apparatus to facilitate the electronic accumulation and redemption of a value in an account An automated system to facilitate redemption of value against a single purchase price includes a first module to allocate a first value, of a first value type, to a user within a transaction system. The first module is further to allocate a second value, of a second value type different ... 06/30/05 - 20050144070 - Method and apparatus for advertising a user interface for configuring, controlling and/or monitoring a service One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that advertises a user interface for controlling and/or monitoring a service. During operation, the system advertises the user interface, wherein the user interface is accessible through a web browser. This advertisement can be used to determine an address for a web ... 06/30/05 - 20050144069 - Method and system for providing targeted graphical advertisements A system and a method are directed to targeted graphical advertisements, which may involve identifying a graphical advertisement associated with an entity (e.g., advertiser); associating one or more concepts with the graphical advertisement; receiving a request for an advertisement associated with a concept; and delivering the graphical advertisement associated with ... 06/30/05 - 20050144068 - Secondary market for keyword advertising A method of trading a future right to a keyword advertisement placement associated with a search results list, wherein the search results list is generated in response to a search query. The method includes creating ownership of the future right to the keyword advertisement placement in an original keyword search ... 06/30/05 - 20050144067 - Identifying and reporting unexpected behavior in targeted advertising environment A method for generating or determining data sources useful for detecting non-conforming behavior associated with pay-per-click advertising in a keyword searching environment includes: a) observing behavior associated with the pay-per-click advertising, b) predicting behavior associated with the observed behavior, and c) comparing the observed behavior to the predicted behavior to ... 06/30/05 - 20050144066 - Individually controlled and protected targeted incentive distribution system A targeted information and incentive distribution system that protects consumer privacy and analyzes individuals', including individual households' or individual groups, purchase histories obtained from several retailers and other providers of goods and/or services to determine targeted information and/or incentives to deliver to individuals. Purchase history and other relevant data for ... 06/30/05 - 20050144065 - Keyword advertisement management with coordinated bidding among advertisers A method of coordinating one or more bids for one or more groups of advertisers for placement of at least one advertisement in association with a search results list is provided. The search results list is generated in response to a search query. The method includes: a) collecting information from ... 06/30/05 - 20050144064 - Keyword advertisement management A method of generating a bid for an advertiser for placement of an advertisement in association with a search results list, where the search results list is generated in response to a search query, is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) associating the at least one keyword with ... 06/30/05 - 20050144063 - Method and system for the determination and dissemination of brand-related artwork on commodity-based products A method and system for utilizing impressions, including advertising logo's and other licensable advertisements, for placement upon commodity-based products (like disposable cups, packaging, plates, utensils and the like), such that licensing revenue or other advertising revenue offset the cost of manufacture of such commodity-based products as well as the cost ... 06/23/05 - 20050137934 - Property management solution The invention provides a property management solution for acquiring, managing, and providing accommodations to selected participants in the property management solution. The invention further provides a system and methods for selecting members for a preferred property group based upon predetermined criteria and offering a multi-tiered membership structure that allows members ... 06/16/05 - 20050131762 - Generating user information for use in targeted advertising User profile information for a user may be determined by (a) determining initial user profile information for the user, (b) inferring user profile information for the user, and (c) determining the user profile information for the user using both the initial user profile information and the inferred user profile information. ... 06/16/05 - 20050131761 - Mobile digital coupons A system and method is disclosed for providing a reward-based digital mobile coupon environment, where the digital coupons may be shared among peers. Consumers utilize mobile digital coupon carriers having digital representations of coupons. Sharing of coupons among peers may be rewarded with additional discounts or points. The digital coupon ... 06/16/05 - 20050131760 - Advanced prospecting features for generating targeted business-to-business sales leads and mailing lists Advanced prospecting features for generating targeted business-to-business sales leads and mailing lists allow users to save time and money by having the ability to preview all leads prior to purchasing, by suppressing previously licensed lists against new lists, by analyzing a list prior to purchasing it, searching on both primary ... 06/16/05 - 20050131759 - Targeting customers across multiple channels A customer request is received, and the channel type upon which it was made is identified. The customer making the request is also identified. A record of customer activity is available, and from this, a set of beliefs for the customer for the current channel is formed. The beliefs map ... 06/16/05 - 20050131758 - Systems and methods detecting for providing advertisements in a communications network A system provides advertising links. The system may received a query and provide a number of advertising links in response to the query. The number of advertising links may be dynamically adjusted based at least in part on the commercial-ness of the query. The display format of the advertising links ... 06/16/05 - 20050131757 - System for permission-based communication and exchange of information A method and system for permission-based communication and exchange of information by means of a neutral and unified database in which consumers remain anonymous. The method involves receiving and storing consumer information corresponding to a number of individual consumers via a consumer information receiver, the consumer information including both consumer-identifying ... 06/09/05 - 20050125292 - Retail rebate card An improved method and apparatus for providing a customer rebate following purchase of a product includes an administrator receiving purchase data from the retailer, the administrator then claiming the manufacturer rebate from the manufacturer. The administrator provides an administrator rebate to finance the customer rebate, which is given to the ... 06/09/05 - 20050125291 - Systems and methods of managing marketing campaigns Systems and methods relating to management of marketing campaigns are provided. Requests from users are matched to stored offers relating to available marketing materials to generate an order for each request. Orders may be fulfilled by delivering the marketing materials to the user, for example. The matching of requests to ... 06/09/05 - 20050125290 - Audience targeting system with profile synchronization Systems, methods and apparatus for delivering content to an audience member over a computer network. A console allows a user to define audience segments that are organized in hierarchical fashion. The segments are then calculated by collecting profile data for audience members and determining whether members have attributes that a ... 06/09/05 - 20050125289 - Audience targeting system with segment management Systems, methods and apparatus for delivering content to an audience member over a computer network. A console allows a user to define audience segments that are organized in hierarchical fashion. The segments are then calculated by collecting profile data for audience members and determining whether members have attributes that a ... 06/09/05 - 20050125288 - Methods and system for facilitating sales using a payment-related product Methods and system for facilitating sales using a payment-related product. Payment cards are distributed to consumers. Each card has a universally unique identifier on it. Consumers enter the unique identifier online and receive information further instructions to participate in the marketing program. They then go to offline or online retail ... 06/09/05 - 20050125287 - Method and system for learning consumer behaviour Methods, systems and computer program products for learning consumer behavior are disclosed. A shared business opportunity with a merchant is offered to selected parties. Parent parties that accept the shared business opportunity are in turn enabled to offer a shared business opportunity to selected child parties. Each ancestor of one ... 06/09/05 - 20050125286 - Voice mail advertising system An apparatus for a voice mail advertising system. Incoming telephone calls are routed to a user. If the user does not answer the call, the call is routed to a voice mail server, which communicates with an advertising server. The servers execute software for determining if the user has subscribed ... 06/09/05 - 20050125285 - Method, system, and storage medium for providing deep linking functions with digital rights management A method for providing deep linking activities with digital rights management. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes identifying a hypertext link on a source web page as a deep link and, upon selecting the deep link, accessing a deep link table associated with the deep link. The hypertext link ... 06/02/05 - 20050119939 - Utilization of accumulated customer transaction data in electronic commerce In accordance with a particular embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to a system including a web page that is downloadable from a web server to an e-commerce customer computer. The web page includes at least one image to be displayed on the e-commerce customer computer the web page also ... 06/02/05 - 20050119938 - Method for providing consumer benefits using a club program A method for provides consumer benefits. The method includes the steps of allowing the member to redeem the coupon at a participating club program retailer, assigning bonus points associated with the redeemed coupon to the member account, and allowing the member to trade in an aggregate number of bonus points ... 06/02/05 - 20050119937 - Method and system for generating and managing referrals A method and system for generating and managing referrals is provided. Specifically, a system is provided for rewarding an originator of a referral which results in participation by the recipient of the referral in a defined event. The system employs various messaging events to encourage referrals from an originator of ... 06/02/05 - 20050119936 - Sponsored media content A method for allowing a user to download authorized media content from one or more websites without a fee includes a sponsor paying the fee for the downloaded authorized media content in exchange for the user playing one or more advertisements in their entirety. In one implementation, a method includes ... 06/02/05 - 20050119935 - System and method for managing the display of unsolicited instant web advertisements An unsolicited instant ad manager manages the display of unsolicited instant web advertisements such as pop-up and pop-under ads. Unsolicited instant ads are moved to a secondary browser window, container, or file and aggregated. Transferred ads can be viewed by accessing a master instant ad window. The transferred ads maintain ... 06/02/05 - 20050119934 - Advertisement proxy method and advertisement proxy mediating system An advertising media information mediating system is provided which uses a computer system for providing an advertising service substitution method and in which an advertisement requester can register advertisement request conditions on an advertising media information mediating server through a simple operation, whereas an advertising agent substitute, who executes an ... ### FreshPatents.com Support - Terms & Conditions |