Method, system, and computer program product for offline advertisement servicing and cycling

A method for enabling access to advertisements on a mobile device, comprising:

• (a) receiving a plurality of advertisement image files and associated advertiser web pages at the mobile device, wherein each advertisement image file contains an advertisement image;
• (b) storing the plurality of advertisement image files and advertiser web pages on the mobile device;
• (c) identifying one or more links including respective tags embedded in mark-up language defining the stored advertiser web pages, the tags including instructions instructing the mobile device to enable an advertisement cycler, wherein the advertisement cycler is configured to retrieve the advertisement image files stored on the mobile device and cycle the retrieved advertisement image files on a first web page;
• (d) displaying the first web page on the mobile device a first time, wherein the first web page includes a first advertisement image corresponding to a first advertisement image file of the stored plurality of advertisement image files;
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• (e) displaying the first web page on the mobile device a second time, wherein the first web page includes a second advertisement image corresponding to a second advertisement image file of the stored plurality of advertisement image files, wherein steps (d) and (e) are performed by the advertisement cycler, when the advertisement cycler is enabled by the mobile device based on the identifying of the one or more links and the respective tags embedded in the mark-up language defining the stored advertiser web pages.

A computer program product including a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a plurality of advertisement image files and associated advertiser web pages at the mobile device, wherein each advertisement image file contains an advertisement image;
• storing the plurality of advertisement image files and advertiser web pages on the mobile device;
• identifying one or more links including respective tags embedded in mark-up language defining the stored advertiser web pages, the tags including instructions instructing the mobile device to enable an advertisement cycler, wherein the advertisement cycler is configured to retrieve the advertisement image files stored on the mobile device and cycle the retrieved advertisement image files on a first web page;
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• cycling display of the stored advertisement images on the first web page, wherein the cycling comprises display of an advertisement image that is different from a currently displayed advertisement image each time the first web page is displayed on the mobile device, and wherein the cycling is performed by the advertisement cycler, when the advertisement cycler is enabled by the mobile device based on the identifying of the one or more links and the respective tags embedded in the mark-up language defining the stored advertiser web pages.

A computer program product including a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• (a) receiving a plurality of advertisement image files and associated advertiser web pages at the mobile device, wherein each advertisement image file contains an advertisement image;
• (b) storing the plurality of advertisement image files and advertiser web pages on the mobile device;
• (c) identifying one or more links including respective tags embedded in mark-up language defining the stored advertiser web pages, the tags including instructions instructing the mobile device to enable an advertisement cycler, wherein the advertisement cycler is configured to retrieve the advertisement image files stored on the mobile device and cycle the retrieved advertisement image files on a first web page;
• (d) displaying a first web page on the mobile device a first time, wherein the first web page includes a first advertisement image corresponding to a first advertisement image file of the stored plurality of advertisement image files;
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• (e) displaying the first web page on the mobile device a second time, wherein the first web page includes a second advertisement image corresponding to a second advertisement image file of the stored plurality of advertisement image files, wherein steps (d) and (e) are performed by the advertisement cycler, when the advertisement cycler is enabled by the mobile device based on the identifying of the one or more links and the respective tags embedded in the mark-up language defining the stored advertiser web pages.

A mobile device configured to enable access to advertisements, comprising:

• a first module configured to receive a plurality of advertisement image files and associated advertiser web pages at the mobile device, wherein each advertisement image file contains an advertisement image;
• a second module configured to store the plurality of advertisement image files and advertiser web pages on the mobile device;
• a third module configured to identify one or more links including respective tags embedded in mark-up language defining the stored advertiser web pages, the tags including instructions instructing the mobile device to enable an advertisement cycler, wherein the advertisement cycler is configured to retrieve the advertisement image files stored on the mobile device and cycle the retrieved advertisement image files on a first web page;
• a fourth module configured to display a first web page on the mobile device a first time, wherein the first web page includes a first advertisement image corresponding to a first advertisement image file of the stored plurality of advertisement image files;
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• a fifth module configured to display the first web page on the mobile device a second time, wherein the first web page includes a second advertisement image corresponding to a second advertisement image file of the stored plurality of advertisement image files, wherein the first advertisement image and the second advertisement image are selected by the advertisement cycler when the advertisement cycler is enabled by the mobile device based on the identification of the one or more links and the respective tags embedded in the mark-up language defining the stored advertiser web pages, and wherein the first module, the second module, the third module, the fourth module, the fifth module and the advertisement cycler execute in one or more processors of the mobile device.