System and method for providing persistent advertising with third party content in a distributed internet access environment

A system comprising:

• means for enabling a connection between a personal computing device (PCD) and a gateway access system, wherein the gateway access system provides access to a network;
• means for facilitating retrieval of a first content from the network to the PCD, wherein said first content is content that is to be displayed within a first window on the PCD;
• means for providing program code to the PCD that when executed enables persistent display of a second window on the PCD, wherein the first window does not overlap the second window;
• and
• means for transmitting a second content for output within the second window on the PCD, wherein the second content is transmitted for persistent, concurrent display along with the display of the first content on the PCD.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable medium;
• and
• program instructions on the computer readable medium that when executed provides the functions of:
• enabling a connection between a personal computing device (PCD) and a gateway access system, wherein the gateway access system provides access to a network;
• facilitating retrieval of a first content from the network to the PCD, wherein said first content is content that is to be displayed within a first window on the PCD;
• providing program code to the PCD that when executed enables persistent display of a second window on the PCD, wherein the first window does not overlap the second window;
• transmitting a second content for output within the second window on the PCD, wherein the second content is transmitted for persistent, concurrent display along with the display of the first content on the PCD.