System and method for structured news release generation and distribution
AssigneeNewGems LLC
InventorsEileen C. Shapiro, Steven J. Mintz
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Abstract
A method of providing a news release to a user is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: providing access to the user, over a network, to data stored in a computer-readable digital storage medium; and structuring the data provided to the user over the network so that the user experiences a news release having a plurality of sections, the sections including a headline, a summary, key points, and a network address.
Claims22
A method of providing a news release to a user, the method comprising:
- providing access to the user, over a network, to data stored in a computer-readable digital storage medium;
- and
- structuring the data provided to the user over the network so that the user experiences a news release having a plurality of sections, the sections including:
- (i) a headline;
- (ii) a summary;
- (iii) key points;
- and
- (iv) a network address.
A system for providing a news release to a user, the system comprising:
- means for providing access to the user, over a network, to data stored in a computer-readable digital storage medium;
- and
- means for structuring the data provided to the user over the network so that the user experiences a news release having a plurality of sections, the sections including:
- (i) a headline;
- (ii) a summary;
- (iii) key points;
- and
- (iv) a network address.
A system for facilitating a transaction conducted, at least in part, electronically over a network, wherein the transaction takes place in a plurality of stages among a plurality of parties, at least one of the parties being a user, the system comprising:
- means for providing access over a network to at least one party, in at least one stage of the transaction, to data stored in a computer-readable digital storage medium;
- and
- means for structuring the data provided to the at least one party over the network so that the party experiences a news release having a plurality of sections, the sections including:
- (i) a headline;
- (ii) a summary;
- (iii) key points;
- and
- (iv) a network address,
- the news release selected based upon the subject matter of the transaction.
A system for providing promotional information to a user over a network, the system comprising:
- means for providing access to the user, over a network, to data stored in a computer-readable digital storage medium;
- and
- means for structuring the data provided to the user over the network so that the user experiences a news release having a plurality of sections, the sections including:
- (i) a headline;
- (ii) a summary;
- (iii) key points;
- and
- (iv) a network address,
- the news release experience including exposure to promotional information and provided to the user only upon a determination that a selected marketing tier for the promotional information is of equal or higher hierarchical marketing tier level than a predetermined level,
- the marketing tier for the promotional information selected from among a plurality of marketing tiers each characterized by a different hierarchical level of customization to user preferences.
A system for conducting market research, the system comprising:
- means for providing access to a user, over a network, to data stored in a computer-readable digital storage medium;
- means for structuring the data provided to the user over the network so that the user experiences a news release having a plurality of sections, the sections including:
- (i) a headline;
- (ii) a summary;
- (iii) key points;
- and
- (iv) a network address;
- and
- means for forming a profile of the user's product preferences based upon the user's choices of products from among a plurality of product options provided to the user as news release experiences.
A system for conducting market research, the system comprising:
- means for providing access to a user, over a network, to data stored in a computer-readable digital storage medium;
- means for structuring the data provided to the user over the network so that the user experiences a news release having a plurality of sections, the sections including:
- (i) a headline;
- (ii) a summary;
- (iii) key points;
- and
- (iv) a network address;
- and
- means for forming a profile of the user's service preferences based upon the user's choices of services from among a plurality of service options provided to the user as news release experiences.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.