Software and method for advertisor sponsored events within a private centrally managed local or distributed network of users and an optional associated private network card for specialty marketing identification or banking

A secure private or virtual private network including a computer system having at least some memory, at least one interface, and at least one software module running in its memory that includes software logic providing an enhanced method for advertisers to secure the services of network providers or of the network system in identifying and targeting specific network users or group of network users in order for the advertiser to sponsor all or part of such network user or group of users secure and high speed transmission of media files across an internet, intranet and cable network, or to sponsor other network services, in exchange for the network targeted promoting and offering of advertiser's products or services to the targeted network user or group of users, said network or virtual network comprising:

• (i) computer software including software logic and at least one interface for a network user to be identified by the network as a known prior user, or to provide to the network through the interface enough identifying information to qualify as a newly identified network user, with sufficient permission to access the private or virtual private network,
• (ii) computer software including software logic sufficient to verify a network user's identify, and track the network connection of the network user as the network user accesses the private network or virtual private network system, and
• (iii) computer software implementing logic with a method for:
• (a) accurately identifying and connecting specific network users to the network who wish to access digital media or obtain services offered on the network,
• (b) identifying product or services advertisers who wish to target said network users with advertisements in exchange for such advertisers sponsoring such network users free or reduced access or services costs when they access digital media files or obtain services offered on the network,
• (c) providing software logic and at least one interface for such product or services advertisers to select network users to target and to obtain the right to target and sponsor such specific network users, wherein said computer software logic and interface provides a listing of one or more marketing factors corresponding to a network end user or listing one or marketing factors that may be identified with a particular class of consumers that are network end users that is accessible to potential sponsors, and software logic and at least one interface for potential sponsors to compete for and to agree to sponsor access of listed users or listed user groups to digital media files or services available on the network in return for targeted advertising of one or more users or groups of users regarding the advertiser's goods or services, and
• (d) providing the targeted specific network users with such sponsored digital media access or services.