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Title: US5948061: Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks
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Country: US United States of America

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Inventor: Merriman, Dwight Allen; New York, NY
O'Connor, Kevin Joseph; New York, NY

Assignee: Double Click, Inc., New York, NY
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Published / Filed: 1999-09-07 / 1996-10-29

Application Number: US1996000738634

IPC Code: Advanced: G06Q 30/00;
Core: more...
IPC-7: G06F 17/30; G06F 151/00;

ECLA Code: G06Q30/00A;

U.S. Class: Current: 709/219; 705/014.53; 705/014.73; 715/205; 715/234;
Original: 709/219; 705/014; 707/501;

Field of Search: 395/200.36,200.33,200.47,200.48,200.49 705/026,10,14,27,1 707/010,501,513

Priority Number:
1996-10-29  US1996000738634

Abstract:     Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.

Attorney, Agent or Firm: Jacobson, Allan ;

Primary / Asst. Examiners: Dinh, Dung C.;

Maintenance Status: CC Certificate of Correction issued

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First Claim:
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We claim:     1. A network comprising:
  • a user node having a browser program coupled to said network, said user node providing requests for information on said network;
  • a content provider affiliate node having a respective affiliate web site responsive to requests for information from said user node to provide media content, advertising space for display of advertising content and a link message to said user node;
  • an advertiser node having an advertiser web site including advertising content, said advertiser node responsive to a request to provide said advertising content; and
  • an advertisement server node responsive to a request from said user node based on said link message to select an advertiser node as a selected advertiser node, and identify said advertiser node as said selected advertiser node to said user node,
  • whereby said advertising content from said selected advertiser node is displayed at said user node.


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Other Abstract Info: DERABS C1999-517888

Other References:
  • Booker, Ellis "Seeing a Gap, A Palo Alto Startup Will Debut Advertising Server for the Net", Web Week, v.2 iss2. Availabe online at http://www.interntworld.com, Feb. 1996.
  • Metcalfe, Bob "From the Ether", InfoWorld, v.18 iss 3. Available at http://www.infoworld.com, Aug. 1996.
  • NetGravity AdSerer 2.0 Annoucement. Available at http://www.netgravity.com, Oct. 1996.
  • "Internet access: Internet marketing revolution begins in the US this Sep." (Hyper Net offering), EDGE: Work-Group Computing Report, v7 n316, Jun. 1996.
  • Kohda Y et al: Ubiquitous advertising on the WWW: Merging Advertising on the Browser, Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, vol. 28, No. 11, May 1996, pp. 1493-1499. (7 pages) Cited by 32 patents [ISI abstract]


  • Continuity Data:
    Application Number Filed Notes

    12508726   is a continuation of
    US2004000798342  2004-03-12   (pending)
         US20040172332A1 issued 2004-09-02   Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks

    US2004000937341 2004-09-10  is a continuation of
    US2002000254923  2002-09-26   (abandoned)
         US20030028433A1 issued 2003-02-06   Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks

    US2004000798444 2004-03-12  is a division of
    US2002000254923  2002-09-26   (pending)
         US20030028433A1 issued 2003-02-06   Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks

    US2004000798342 2004-03-12  is a division of
    US2002000254923  2002-09-26   (pending)
         US20030028433A1 issued 2003-02-06   Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks

    US2004000798342   is a division of
    US2002000254923  2002-09-26   (pending)
         US20030028433A1 issued 2003-02-06   Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks

    US2004000798340 2004-03-12  is a division of
    US2002000254923  2002-09-26   (pending)
         US20030028433A1 issued 2003-02-06   Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks

    US2002000254923 2002-09-26  is a continuation of
    US1999000293463  1999-04-15   (pending)
         US20020072965A1 issued 2002-06-13   METHOD OF DELIVERY TARGETING AND MEASURING ADVERTISING OVER NETWORKS

    US2002000254923 2002-09-26  is a continuation of
    US1999000293463  1999-04-15   (abandoned)
         US20020072965A1 issued 2002-06-13   METHOD OF DELIVERY TARGETING AND MEASURING ADVERTISING OVER NETWORKS

    US2002000254923   is a continuation of
    US1999000293463  1999-04-15   (abandoned)
         US20020072965A1 issued 2002-06-13   METHOD OF DELIVERY TARGETING AND MEASURING ADVERTISING OVER NETWORKS

    US1999000293463 1999-04-15  is a continuation of
    >US1996000738634<  1996-10-29   (granted)
         US5948061 issued 1999-09-07   Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks

    US1999000293463 1999-04-15  is a continuation of
    >US1996000738634<  1996-10-29   (patented) [presumed granted]
         US5948061 issued 1999-09-07   Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks

    US1999000293463   is a continuation of
    >US1996000738634<  1996-10-29
         US5948061 issued 1999-09-07   Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks


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