System and methods for symbiotic display of ads on mobile devices
Devices for symbiotic display of ads on mobile devices are provided. A mobile device has a display screen that includes an ad display for displaying ad content and an operating system display for operating system and applications. Ads are constantly displayed on the ad display independent to the content displayed on the operating system display. The display screen may have an aspect ratio of 18:9 with a 2:9 ad display and a 16:9 operating system display. The ad display and operating system display may be separate touch screens that are contiguous or a single touch screen that is divided into two or more distinct displays as a function of an operating system or application. The ad display may be in an auxiliary display device connected to the mobile device. A system and method for applying symbiotic targeted advertising is also provided.
1. A system for symbiotic display of advertisements, the system comprising:
a mobile device comprising:
a first display for displaying content;
a second display for displaying advertisements; and
a communications subsystem for connecting the mobile device to a wireless communications network;
wherein the mobile device is configured to:
record consent to collect user information including location data and search keywords entered by a user of the mobile device;
send the user information including the location data and the search keywords to a backend system over the wireless communications network;
download one or more targeted advertisements from the backend system, wherein the one or more targeted advertisements are matched to the user information including the location data or the search keywords; and
simultaneously present the one or more targeted advertisements on the second display, and the content on the first display, wherein the targeted advertisements are presented on the second display independent of the content on the first display, wherein simultaneously presenting the one or more targeted advertisements on the second display includes positioning the one or more targeted advertisements wherein the one or more targeted advertisements on the second display and the content on the first display are viewed simultaneously by the user;
wherein the one or more targeted advertisements are encrypted by combining unencrypted data and a data encryption key (DEK) as a first combination, encrypting the first combination using a first advanced encryption standard algorithm (AES) to form encrypted data, combining a root key with the DEK as a second combination, encrypting the second combination using a second AES algorithm to form a wrapped DEK, and combining the encrypted data with the wrapped DEK as wrapped data.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is further configured to:
send a user response to the targeted advertisements to the backend system;
download related information to the targeted advertisement from the backend system based on the user response; and
present the related information on either the first display or the second display.
3. The system of claim 1 , where the content comprises:
applications, application embedded advertisements, images, video, user interfaces and a display output of an operating system.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first display and the second display are simultaneously viewable during usage of the mobile device.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second display is removably connected to the mobile device.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second display is a touchscreen.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is further configured to:
present advertisements on the second display when the first display is switched off.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is further configured to:
display an application on the first display;
identify an area of the first display used for displaying an application embedded advertisement;
retrieve the application embedded advertisement from the application; and
display the application embedded advertisement on the second display, thereby making available the entire area of the first display for displaying the application.
9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a vendor device connected to the backend system, wherein the vendor device is configured to:
create an advertisement, wherein the advertisement is tagged with one or more keywords; and
upload the advertisement to the backend system for storage.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the backend system is configured to:
store a plurality of advertisements, wherein each advertisement is tagged with one or more ad keywords;
receive the user information including the location data and the search keywords from the mobile device over the communications network;
identify one or more targeted advertisements from the plurality of advertisements, by matching ad keywords with the user information including the location data or search keywords; and
send the one or more targeted advertisements to the mobile device.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
record consent to collect user information including location data and search keywords entered by a user of the mobile device;
send the user information including the location data and the search keywords to a backend system over a wireless communications network;
download one or more targeted advertisements from the backend system, wherein the one or more targeted advertisements are matched to the user information including the location data or the search keywords; and
simultaneously present the one or more targeted advertisements on a second display, and the content on a first display, wherein the targeted advertisements are presented on the second display independent of the content on the first display, wherein simultaneously presenting the one or more targeted advertisements on the second display includes positioning the one or more targeted advertisements wherein the one or more targeted advertisements on the second display and the content on the first display are viewed simultaneously by the user;
wherein the one or more targeted advertisements are encrypted by combining unencrypted data and a data encryption key (DEK) as a first combination, encrypting the first combination using a first advanced encryption standard algorithm (AES) to form encrypted data, combining a root key with the DEK as a second combination, encrypting the second combination using a second AES algorithm to form a wrapped DEK, and combining the encrypted data with the wrapped DEK as wrapped data.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , having stored thereon further computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
receive a user response to the targeted advertisements;
send the user response to the targeted advertisements to the backend system;
download related information to the targeted advertisement from the backend system based on the user response; and
present the related information on the first display or the second display.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , having stored thereon further computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
display an application on the first display;
identify an area of the first display used for displaying an application embedded advertisement;
retrieve the application embedded advertisement from the application; and
display the application embedded advertisement on the second display, thereby making available the area of the first display for displaying the application.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , having stored thereon further computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
present advertisements on the second display when the first display is switched off.
15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , having stored thereon further computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
establish a connection to an auxiliary display device, wherein the auxiliary display device includes the second display; and
synchronize ad content to a local storage on the auxiliary display device for presentation on the second display.
16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , having stored thereon further computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
receive a user response to the ad content from the auxiliary display device;
send the user response to the backend system;
download related information to the ad content from the backend system based on the user response; and
present the related information on the first display or the second display.