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Method and apparatus for detecting actual viewing of electronic advertisements

US6275854A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 1998
Grant dateAug 14, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2215/7813
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method are presented for determining actual viewing times electronic advertisements were seen by a user of a Web browser or the like while viewing documents containing advertisements. A timing manager JAVA application in combination with JAVA scripts or other dynamic HTML and cookies are used in this determination.

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