System and method for distributing data over a communications network
US6317780A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 8, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for distributing and presenting data such as advertisements from a host server to a browsing device through a communications network. The method involves preloading data from the host server to the browsing device though the communications network, storing the data in the browsing device, detecting a second period of idle time in browsing device operation, and presenting the data through the browsing device upon detection of the second period of idle time.
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