Providing cross-channel opt-in, management and advertising
OwnerBradley Gregg COOPERinventor
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Abstract
An opt-in system. The system includes a subscription network including at least tangible computing elements, one or more interfaces for users to access the subscription network and to provide information for receipt by at least one of a plurality of entities that interact with or operate the subscription network, and one or more interfaces between the subscription network and the plurality of entities that interact with or operate the subscription network. The information received by a first entity that interacts with or operates the subscription network is used to deliver a communication, information or offer to at least one of the users from a second entity that interacts with or operates the subscription network, with the first entity different from the second entity.
Claims30
An opt-in system, comprising:
- a subscription network including at least tangible computing elements;
- one or more interfaces for users to access the subscription network and to provide information for receipt by at least one of a plurality of entities that interact with or operate the subscription network;
- and
- one or more interfaces between the subscription network and the plurality of entities that interact with or operate the subscription network;
- wherein the information received by a first entity that interacts with or operates the subscription network is used to deliver a communication, information or offer to at least one of the users from a second entity that interacts with or operates the subscription network, with the first entity different from the second entity.
A method of providing access to a subscription network that permits at least one user to opt-in to receive communications, information or offers from entities that interact with or operate the subscription network, comprising the steps of:
- providing one or more interfaces to the subscription network for at least one user, at least one of a plurality of entities that interact with or operate the subscription network to communicate with the at least one user, or both;
- receiving information provided by the at least one user for receipt by at least a first entity of the plurality of entities that interact with or operate the subscription network;
- and
- providing the information for receipt by at least a second entity of the plurality of entities that interact with or operate the subscription network, with the second entity different from the first entity.
A method of permitting at least one user to opt-in to receive communications, information or offers from entities that interact with or operate a subscription network, comprising the steps of:
- receiving information from the at least one user through an interface to the subscription network, the information for receipt by at least a first entity of the plurality of entities that interact with or operate the subscription network to communicate with users;
- and
- transmitting at least one of the communications, information or offers from a second entity that interacts with or operates the subscription network to the at least one user, with the first entity different from the second entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.