System and method of receiving advertisement content from advertisers and distributing the advertising content to a network of personal computers
US7949564B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0251
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of distributing advertisement content. One embodiment of the invention comprises a distribution server that is connected to a network of personal computers via a network. The distribution server receives advertising data from advertisers and formats the advertisement data for storage and display on the personal computers during or before bootloading a user selected application environment. Upon the occurrence of one or more events, the distribution server distributes the advertisement data to the network of personal computers. The personal computers receive the distributed advertisement content and store the advertisement data on a storage device. Upon the bootloading of the user selected application environment, the advertising data is displayed to the user.
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