System for providing pricing information in a CAD a product program
AssigneeDesprez, LLC
InventorJames L. Jacobs, II
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Abstract
Methods and software that allow one or more users to utilize targeted-advertising functionality in the context of a product program. For example, such logistical functionality may enable users to benefit from the use of one or more functionalities enabled by targeted advertising, such as fully or partially ad-sponsored software, relevant training or assistance recommendations, and user-customized advertising, among others. Various corresponding and related methods and software are described.
Claims17
A system for providing pricing requests in a computer-assisted design (“CAD”) product program, the system comprising a computing device implementing the steps of:
- extracting, from a CAD program, at least a user action in the CAD program, wherein the at least a user action comprises at least a command to create a CAD model;
- analyzing, contents of a design document of the CAD program;
- identifying, in an advertisement trigger database linking user actions and design document contents to advertisement triggers, an advertisement trigger from the at least a user action in the CAD program and the contents of the design document;
- determining that the advertisement trigger exceeds a threshold stored in an advertisement event database linking advertisement triggers to advertisement types;
- selecting as a function of the at least a user action in the CAD program and the contents of the design document of the CAD program, from an advertisement database linking advertisement triggers to advertisement types, an advertisement type,
- wherein selecting the advertisement type further comprises:
- receiving user feedback regarding an advertisement, wherein receiving user feedback further comprises receiving passive user feedback regarding a previously displayed advertisement via an end-user interface;
- and
- selecting the advertisement type as a function of the user feedback;
- receiving, from an advertiser interface, a first advertisement as a function of the advertisement type, wherein the first advertisement is configured to assist the user with creating the CAD model;
- receiving, from the advertiser interface, at least one second advertisement, wherein the second advertisement includes an estimate of the price to fabricate the CAD model from at least one supplier of a plurality of suppliers;
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- displaying the first advertisement and the at least one second advertisement to the user in the CAD program, wherein displaying the first advertisement and the at least one second advertisement to the user in the CAD program comprises displaying the first advertisement and the at least one second advertisement in a dedicated display area of a user interface of the CAD program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.