Systems for targeting advertising based on status or location of mobile internet users and methods therefor

A computer-readable non-transitory data storage medium storing indicia of instructions for a processor to perform a method of presenting advertisements related to a current activity or status or location of a user shared with other persons associated with that user, the method comprising:

• a. receiving at a server computer, from a first user's Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a current activity or status of the first user;
• b. at a first point in time, transmitting, for display on the first user's Internet-capable mobile device, at least one commercial offering;
• and
• c. at a second point in time, transmitting, for display on the first user's internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a most recently updated status or location received from at least one second user, the second point in time being earlier than the first point in time or later than the first point in time or the same as the first point in time;
• d. wherein the at least one second user is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on data stored in a database identifying one or more persons who are associated with the first user;
• e. wherein the stored data identifying persons associated with the first user is indicative of an agreed-upon connection between the first user and each of said persons;
• and
• f. wherein the at least one commercial offering is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on the information indicating the current activity or status received from the first user's Internet-capable mobile device or on the status or location information received from the at least one second user.

A computer system for presenting advertisements related to a current activity or status of a user to other persons associated with that user, the system comprising:

• a. a database storing entries indicative of an agreed-upon connection between pairs of the users;
• and
• b. a computer having an Internet interface, coupled to the database, and structured and programmed to:
• i. transmit for display, on a first user's Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a most recently updated status received from at least one second user, the second user being selected based, at least in part, on said entries stored in the database associated with the first user;
• ii. receive, from the first user's Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a current activity or status of the first user;
• and
• iii. select at least one commercial offering based, at least in part, on the information indicating the current activity or status of the first user or the status information of the at least one second user and transmit for display, on the first user's Internet-capable mobile device, the at least one commercial offering.

A computer-implemented method of presenting advertisements related to a current location of a user, the method comprising:

• a. receiving at a server computer, from a first user's Internet-capable device, information indicating a current physical location of the first user;
• b. transmitting, for display on the first user's Internet-capable device, information indicating a most recently updated status received from at least one second user;
• and
• c. transmitting, for display on the first user's Internet-capable device, at least one commercial offering;
• d. wherein the at least one second user is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on data stored in a database identifying one or more persons who are associated with the first user,
• e. wherein the stored data identifying persons associated with the first user is indicative of an agreed-upon connection between the first user and each of said one or more persons, and
• f. wherein the at least one commercial offering is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on the information indicating the current physical location received from the first user's Internet-capable device or the status information received from the at least one second user.

A computer-readable non-transitory data storage medium storing indicia of instructions for a processor to perform a method of presenting advertisements related to a current location of a user shared with other persons associated with that user, the method comprising:

• a. receiving at the server computer, from a first user's Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a current location of the first user;
• b. at a first point in time, transmitting, for display on the first user's Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a most recently updated location received from at least one second user;
• and
• c. at a second point in time, transmitting, for display on the first user's Internet-capable mobile device, at least one commercial offering, the second point in time being earlier than the first point in time or later than the first point in time or the same as the first point in time;
• d. wherein the at least one second user is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on data stored in a database identifying one or more persons who are associated with the first user;
• e. wherein the stored data identifying persons associated with the first user is indicative of an agreed-upon connection between the first user and each of said persons;
• and
• f. wherein the at least one commercial offering is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on the information indicating the current location of the first user or the location information of the at least one second user.

A computer system for presenting advertisements related to a current physical location of a user to other persons associated with that user, the system comprising:

• a. a database storing entries indicative of an agreed-upon connection between pairs of the users;
• and
• b. a computer having an Internet interface, coupled to the database, and structured and programmed to:
• i. transmit for display, on a first user's Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a most recently updated status received from at least one second user, the second user being selected based, at least in part, on said entries stored in the database associated with the first user;
• ii. receive, from the first user's Internet-capable mobile device, information indicating a current physical location of the first user;
• and
• iii. select at least one commercial offering based, at least in part, on the first user's current physical location and transmit for display, on the first user's
• Internet-capable mobile device, the at least one commercial offering.