Mechanism for Generating Banner Advertisements in a Printer System
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a display page system having a storage device to store content for banner messages to be included in banner advertisements and a page generator to select one or more banner messages from the stored content upon detecting a trigger event and generate a banner advertisement that includes the selected banner messages. The printing system also includes a user interface having a display component to display the banner advertisement.
1 . A printing system comprising:
a display page system, including:
a storage device to store content for banner messages to be included in banner advertisements; and
a page generator to select one or more banner messages from the stored content upon detecting a trigger event and generate a banner advertisement that includes the selected banner messages; and
a user interface having a display component to display the banner advertisement.
2 . The printing system of claim 1 wherein the page generator selects the one or more banner messages from the stored content based on pre-defined criteria.
3 . The printing system of claim 2 wherein the page generator selects the one or more banner messages from the stored content based on the pre-defined criteria and a time.
4 . The printing system of claim 2 wherein the page generator selects the one or more banner messages from the stored content based on the pre-defined criteria and a usage history of a user.
5 . The printing system of claim 2 wherein the page generator selects the one or more banner messages from the stored content based on the pre-defined criteria and a state of the printing system.
6 . The printing system of claim 2 wherein the page generator selects the one or more banner messages from the stored content based on the pre-defined criteria and settings of the printing system.
7 . The printing system of claim 2 wherein the user interface further comprises an input component.
8 . The printing system of claim 7 wherein the page generator selects the one or more banner messages from the stored content based on the pre-defined criteria and a user identification entered at the input component.
9 . The printing system of claim 7 wherein the page generator selects the one or more banner messages from the stored content based on the pre-defined criteria and an action selected by the user at the input component.
10 . The printing system of claim 1 wherein the page generator tracks the one or more banner messages selected and displayed in banner advertisements.
11 . The printing system of claim 10 wherein the page generator further tracks responses to the displayed banner advertisements.
12 . The printing system of claim 11 wherein the page generator generates a report indicating a number of times each banner message was selected for the banner advertisements and responses to the banner advertisements.
13 . A method comprising:
detecting a trigger event at a printing system;
selecting one or more banner messages upon detecting the trigger event;
generating a banner advertisement including the selected banner messages; and
displaying the banner advertisement at a display component at the printing system.
14 . The method of claim 13 further comprising storing content representing selectable banner messages for banner advertisements in the printing system.
15 . The method of claim 13 wherein the trigger event comprises activity at an input component.
16 . The method of claim 15 wherein selecting the one or more banner messages comprises selecting a banner message based on pre-defined criteria and a user identification entered at the input component.
17 . The method of claim 15 wherein selecting the one or more banner messages comprises selecting a banner message based on pre-defined criteria and an action selected by the user at the input component.
18 . The method of claim 13 further comprising tracking the one or more banner messages selected and displayed in banner advertisements.
19 . The printing system of claim 18 further comprising tracking responses to the displayed banner advertisements.
20 . The printing system of claim 19 further comprising generating a report indicating a number of times each banner message was selected for the banner advertisements and responses to the banner advertisements.
21 . A multifunction printer comprising:
a user interface, including:
an input component; and
a display component; and
a controller to select one or more banner messages from stored content upon detecting activity at the input component and generate a banner advertisement that includes the selected banner messages to be displayed at the display component.
22 . The printer of claim 21 wherein the controller selects the one or more banner messages from the stored content based on pre-defined criteria.
23 . The printer of claim 22 wherein the controller selects the one or more banner messages from the stored content based on the pre-defined criteria and a user identification entered at the input component.
24 . The printer of claim 22 wherein the controller selects the one or more banner messages from the stored content based on the pre-defined criteria and an action selected by the user at the input component.
25 . The printer of claim 21 wherein the controller tracks the one or more banner messages selected and displayed in banner advertisements and responses to the displayed banner advertisements.
26 . The printer of claim 25 wherein the controller generates a report indicating a number of times each banner message was selected for the banner advertisements and responses to the banner advertisements.
27 . The printer of claim 21 wherein the controller selects a format of the one or more banner messages based on pre-defined criteria.
28 . The printer of claim 21 wherein the controller page generator 202 transforms a banner message.
29 . An article of manufacture comprising a machine-readable medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
detecting a trigger event at a printing system;
selecting one or more banner messages upon detecting the trigger event;
generating a banner advertisement including the selected banner messages; and
displaying the banner advertisement at a display component at the printing system.
30 . The article of manufacture of claim 29 including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to further perform operations comprising storing content representing selectable banner messages for banner advertisements in the printing system.
31 . The article of manufacture of claim 29 wherein selecting the one or more banner messages comprises selecting a banner message based on pre-defined criteria and a user identification entered at the input component.
32 . The article of manufacture of claim 29 wherein selecting the one or more banner messages comprises selecting a banner message based on pre-defined criteria and an action selected by the user at the input component.
33 . The article of manufacture of claim 32 including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to further perform operations comprising tracking the one or more banner messages selected and displayed in banner advertisements.
34 . The article of manufacture of claim 33 including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to further perform operations comprising tracking responses to the displayed banner advertisements.