E-mail software and method and system for distributing advertisements to client devices that have such E-mail software installed thereon
US7103643B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 22, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 1, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/02
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Software for use on a client device that is configured for communications via a communications network instantiates a communications function that effects an advertisement download communication link between the client device and an advertisement distribution server system via the communications network, at selected advertisement download times, an advertisement download function that downloads advertisements identified in a playlist(s) generated by at least one playlist server, via the advertisement download communication link, at the selected advertisement download times, an advertisement storage function for storing the downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, and an advertisement display function that effects display of at least selected ones of the stored advertisements.
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