IP Library Granted Patent US 8,131,592
Granted Patent B2
US 8,131,592 · App. 12/150,138 · Granted Mar 6, 2012

Method and system for providing targeted content with verification information

Assignee: Sojern, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,131,592
App. No.
12/150,138
Granted
Mar 6, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is a method and system for providing targeted content with verification information. A method for providing targeted content with verification information may include receiving data associated with verification information, the receiving of data associated with verification information including time information and location information. The method may include retrieving content related to verification information, the content being based upon time information and location information; and generating verification information, the verification information including content related to the verification information and based upon the time information and location information.

Claims (12)

1. A method, executable as a set of instructions by a processing unit, for providing targeted content for a boarding pass, comprising:

receiving an airline reservation, the airline reservation including an origin location, a departure date, a destination location and a return date;

receiving a set of advertisements from at least one advertiser, at least one advertisement from said set of advertisements being designated for a desired time period and a desired location;

retrieving content related to said destination location during a time between said departure date and said return date, the destination location during a time between said departure date and said return date being acquired from said airline reservation;

determining selected advertisements from said set of advertisements from said at least one advertiser which match said destination location between said departure date and said return date acquired from said airline reservation; and

formatting said retrieved content and said selected advertisements for placement with a boarding pass, said boarding pass configured to allow entry for said airline reservation and include said retrieved content and said selected advertisements.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said destination location includes a geographical city in proximity with a destination airport.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said retrieved content includes weather forecast information for said geographical city during said time between said departure date and said return date.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said airline reservation includes name information.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein gender information is determined from name information and said retrieved content is based upon said gender information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein determining selected advertisements from said set of advertisements from said at least one advertiser which match said destination location between said departure date and said return date acquired from said airline reservation includes selecting advertisements in which the desired time period overlaps said time between said departure date and said return date and said desired location includes said geographical city.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said formatting said retrieved content and said selected advertisements for placement with said boarding pass is operable for a plurality of commercial airlines.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2025
From: SOJERN, INC.
To: AXIS TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED, GIFT CITY BRANCH
Reel/Frame 072877/0368 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2025
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK
To: SOJERN, INC.
Reel/Frame 072309/0766 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2025
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: SOJERN, INC.
Reel/Frame 072309/0829 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2018
From: SOJERN, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 046448/0584 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2015
From: SOJERN, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 035056/0759 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2008
From: WHITTEN, GORDON
To: SOJERN, INC.
Reel/Frame 021404/0370 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60926663 · Apr 27, 2007
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