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Targeted advertisements to scheduled transportation users

US8706552B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 2009
Grant dateApr 22, 2014
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0251
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of targeting an advertisement to users of scheduled transportation operating at a transportation facility having a set of programmable signs at distinct locations in the facility includes in a first computer process determining a dynamic profile of users proximate to the location of a selected programmable sign of the set for a relevant time window. The method further includes in a second computer process selecting from an advertisement database an advertisement having a set of selection criteria that are compatible with the dynamic profile for the relevant time window and in a third computer process causing display of the advertisement on the selected programmable sign during at least a portion of the relevant time window.

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