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US 2006/0224446 A1Published application
Methods and systems for member-created advertisement in a member network
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorKevin Fox
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Abstract
Methods and systems for members of a member network to create and target advertisement to other members of the member network. A member can target advertisement to other members in the member network by establishing a member profile that includes associations and/or nexuses with the targeted members. Fees can be charged to members who create and disseminate advertisement to other members in the member network.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- receiving a request to create an advertisement from a first user, wherein the first user is from a network of associated users;
- receiving advertisement content for the advertisement;
- receiving a selection of a category of one or more users from the network of associated users as a target for the advertisement, wherein the category of one or more users comprises at least a second user;
- generating the advertisement based on the advertisement content;
- and
- providing the advertisement to at least the second user.
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A computer-readable medium on which is encoded program code, the program code comprising:
- program code for receiving a request to create an advertisement from a first user, wherein the first user is from a network of associated users;
- program code for receiving advertisement content for the advertisement;
- program code for receiving a selection of a category of one or more users from the network of associated users as a target for the advertisement, wherein the category of one or more users comprises at least a second user;
- program code for generating the advertisement based on the advertisement content;
- and
- program code for providing the advertisement to at least the second user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.