Ad management using ads cached on a mobile electronic device

US9922347B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Robert H. Burcham · Overland Park, US
• Jason R. Delker · Olathe, US
• Geoffrey A. Holmes · Olathe, US
• M. Jeffrey Stone · Overland Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 27, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 20, 2018
• Expiry date: May 7, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0269
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of displaying an ad on a swipe screen of a mobile device comprises: receiving, at the mobile device, a plurality of ads, storing the plurality of ads in an ad cache in a memory of the mobile device, select an ad from the plurality of ads stored in the ad cache, receiving an input on the mobile device when the mobile device is in a sleep mode, presenting a swipe screen on the mobile device based on the input, and displaying, by the swipe screen application, the ad on the swipe screen on the mobile device.