Method and apparatus enabling valuation of user access of advertising carried by interactive information and entertainment services

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5974398
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08838863

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Interactive information and entertainment service customers see advertisers' bids for their attention which are displayed on their display screens and choose which advertisements to view. For each advertisement viewed, the advertisers' bid amount would pay for a portion of the user's service or usage charge. A display on the user's terminal screen includes the advertisers most willing to pay for the user's attention and the dollar amount bid. If the user chooses to see a particular advertiser's message, then the user is reimbursed, or a credit is applied to the user's service account for the amount of the bid promised by the advertiser whose message was viewed. Customer interest profiles and service usage data collected by the service provider are used to identify particular user characteristics to advertisers. Advertisers define user characteristics of particular desirability and place a dollar value on having messages viewed by individual users based on the desirability of the user.

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TWITTER INC1355 MARKET STREET SUITE 900 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hanson, Bruce Lowell Little Silver, NJ 17 2449
Huber, Kenneth Mervin Red Bank, NJ 8 1339

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