System and method for controlling distribution of electronic coupons

Abstract

A method for controlling access to an advertisement in a network includes assigning an identifier to a client computer and receiving a request from a client application operating on the client computer to access the advertisement. The request includes the identifier assigned to the client computer. The advertisement has an access limit and the access limit includes a number of times that the client computer is permitted to access the advertisement. The method further includes determining a number of times that the advertisement has been accessed by the client computer based on the identifier and comparing the number of times the advertisement has been accessed to the access limit. The method also includes providing the client computer with access to the advertisement based on the comparison.

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