Methods for paid placement of promotional e-mail messages
US10110535B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 6, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 21, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/224
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes accessing, by a server computer, a plurality of electronic mail messages. The method also includes identifying, by the server computer, at least one of the electronic mail messages as a promoted electronic mail message. The method further includes outputting, for display at a client computing device, an electronic mail interface wherein the promoted electronic mail message is represented in a first position of a display order and a remainder of the electronic mail messages are represented subsequent to the promoted electronic mail message in the display order.
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