Variable Internet Banner
AssigneeDrbanner Licenses B.V.
InventorsPeter Van Der Helm, Roland M. Elvers, Jordi Haarman
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Abstract
The invention relates to a banner (1) capable of being displayed on a part of a display area (5) of a display panel (4) which display area further is capable of displaying a selection member (12). The banner comprises variation means capable of varying the appearance (11A-11D) of at least a portion of said banner on said display area in dependence on the distance (d) between said selection member and a predetermined part (L) of or outside said display area. Consequently, the attention for the banner is increase.
Claims18
A banner capable of being displayed on a part of a display area of a display panel which display area further is capable of displaying a selection member, wherein said banner optionally is capable of being selected by said selection member, and wherein said banner comprises variation means capable of varying the appearance of at least a portion of said banner on said display area in dependence on the distance (d) between said selection member and a predetermined part (L) of or outside said display area.
A method for providing a banner over a network on a part of a display area of a display panel of a computing unit, said computing unit being connectable to said network, wherein said banner is capable of being selected by a selection member, said method comprising providing variation means capable of varying the appearance of at least a portion of said banner on said display area in dependence on the distance (d) between said selection member and a predetermined part of said display area.
(canceled)
A server arranged for providing a banner to a computing unit over a network, said computing unit being connectable to a display panel for displaying said banner on a part of a display area of said display panel, said banner being selectable by a selection member, wherein said banner comprises variation means capable of varying the appearance of at least a portion of said banner on said display area in dependence on the distance (d) between said selection member and a predetermined part of said display area.
15-16. (canceled)
A banner capable of being displayed on a part of a display area of a display panel which display area further is capable of displaying a selection member, wherein said banner optionally is capable of being selected by said selection member and wherein an appearance of said banner is associated with a link comprising an address code for retrieving data and wherein said banner comprises variation means capable of changing said appearance and said address code in dependence on the position of said selection member on said display area.
A banner capable of being displayed on a part of a display area of a display panel which display area further is capable of displaying a selection member, wherein said banner optionally is capable of being selected by said selection member, said banner comprising variation means capable of assigning an address code to said banner in dependence on the position of said selection member on said display area.
19-25. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.