System for sending, converting, and adding advertisements to electronic messages sent across a network
US6622174B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 6, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0277
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information communication system includes a server device and information communication terminals connected by a network, in which the server device provides data communication services according to requests from the information communication terminals. The server device stores information relating to users of the information communication terminals including the identification information thereof, and provides advertisement information to the information communication terminals via the network, this advertisement information corresponds with the information relating to the user of the requesting party stored in server, according to requests from the information communication terminal including the identification information of the user. The information communication terminal generates and sends requests to be sent to the server device, including user identification information, and obtains the advertisement information from the server device and outputs this obtained advertisement information.
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