IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,731,173
Granted Patent B2
US 12,731,173 · App. 17/401,052 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Providing collected profiles to media properties having specified interests

Inventor: Roy Shkedi (Forest Hills, NY)
Assignee: Datonics, LLC
G06Q30/0255G06Q30/02G06Q30/0269
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,731,173
App. No.
17/401,052
Filed
Aug 12, 2021
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3621
USPC
705/14.53
Abstract

To improve monetization of electronic advertisement placement, a profile owner company operates an automatic system for identifying media properties that have interests in specific profiles or profiles of a specified category or kind. The profile owner recognizes a collected visitor profile as one that a media property has previously requested or one that is within a category that a media property has previously requested and arranges for the visitor to be tagged with a tag readable by the media property that requested such a profile. The media property can use the tag in displaying customized advertising to the visitor. Using information received from the media property, the profile owner company then records usage of the profile by the media property.

Claims (24)

1 . A method of causing delivery of electronic advertisements based on provided profiles comprising:

(a) with a computer system automatically storing, in a database associated with the computer system, profile information associated with a visitor, as a result of electronic receipt from a profile owner computer of indicia of the profile information, which profile information associated with the visitor matches a profile or kind of profiles requested by an entity controlling the computer system;

(b) wherein the profile owner computer is programmed:

(i) to automatically select a media property entity of a plurality of media property entities based on a comparison of (A) profile information about a visitor who electronically accessed electronic apparatus of a profile supplier using a first visitor device, with (B) a plurality of stored requests from the plurality of media property entities, one of which media property entities is the entity controlling the computer system, each stored request being for requested profiles or kinds of profiles, which plurality of stored requests includes the profile or kind of profiles requested by the entity controlling the computer system, and

(ii) when the selected media property entity is the entity controlling the computer system, to automatically arrange for electronic delivery of a requested profile to equipment that is part of the computer system of part (a);

(c) with the computer system, using personally identifiable information about the visitor, identifying a second visitor device of the visitor whose profile information was received from the profile owner computer in accordance with part (a); and

(d) later, when the second visitor device is available to receive an advertisement, with the computer system, (i) using a tag associated with the second visitor device as a link to access the profile information associated with the visitor stored in the database, and (ii) using the profile information linked to the tag to automatically cause delivery of an electronic advertisement to the second visitor device, wherein the electronic advertisement is dependent on the profile information associated with the visitor.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the first visitor device is a computer of the visitor and the second visitor device is a television of the visitor.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the first visitor device is a computer of the visitor and the second visitor device is a mobile phone of the visitor, and wherein the profile information is derived from the visitor's activity using the computer of the visitor.

4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the tag identifies the mobile phone.

5 . The method of claim 3 wherein the profile owner computer is programmed to automatically select a media property entity using the profile information about the visitor derived from the visitor's activity using the computer of the visitor, which profile information was received by the profile owner computer as a result of a URL redirection from a website that is served by the electronic apparatus of the profile supplier, which website is accessed by the computer of the visitor.

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the second visitor device is a computer and further comprising, after parts (a) and (d), with the computer system electronically reporting information about delivery of the advertisement to the second visitor device, which report is provided to a profile owner controlling the profile owner computer.

7 . The method of claim 6 wherein electronically reporting comprises automatically placing the second visitor device in communication with computer equipment controlled by the profile owner, via URL redirection from the computer system, when the computer system utilizes the tag to cause delivery of the advertisement.

8 . The method of claim 1 further comprising, after parts (a) and (d), with the computer system electronically reporting information about delivery of the advertisement to the second visitor device, which report is provided to a profile owner company controlling the profile owner computer.

9 . The method of claim 8 wherein reporting further comprises automatically electronically identifying to the profile owner company one of a plurality of profiles or kind of profiles used in association with delivery of the advertisement.

10 . The method of claim 1 wherein the profile owner computer is programmed to automatically select a media property entity using profile information about the visitor that was derived from the visitor's activity using the first visitor device.

11 . The method of claim 10 wherein the profile information about the visitor was received by the profile owner computer as a result of URL redirection from a website that is served by the electronic apparatus of the profile supplier, which website is accessed by the first visitor device.

12 . The method of claim 1 wherein the tag comprises personally identifiable information identifying the visitor.

13 . The method of claim 1 wherein the profile owner computer being programmed to automatically arrange for electronic delivery of a requested profile comprises the profile owner computer being programmed to perform automatic redirection to a URL provided by the selected entity to place the first visitor device in communication with computer equipment controlled by the selected entity to enable storage, in a database associated with the computer equipment of the selected entity, of the profile information.

14 . The method of claim 13 further comprising, after parts (a) and (d), with the computer system electronically reporting information about delivery of the advertisement to the second visitor device, which report is provided to a profile owner controlling the profile owner computer.

15 . The method of claim 14 wherein electronically reporting comprises automatically placing the second visitor device in communication with computer equipment controlled by the profile owner, via URL redirection from the computer system, when the computer system utilizes the tag to cause delivery of the advertisement.

16 . The method of claim 15 wherein the profile owner computer is programmed to automatically select a media property entity using profile information about the visitor that was derived from the visitor's activity using the first visitor device.

17 . The method of claim 16 wherein the profile information about the visitor was received by the profile owner computer as a result of URL redirection from a website that is served by the electronic apparatus of the profile supplier, which website is accessed by the first visitor device.

18 . The method of claim 1 (i) wherein the electronic apparatus of the profile supplier operates in the Internet, (ii) wherein the second visitor device is a television of the visitor, and (iii) wherein the computer system of part (a) utilizes the profile information associated with the visitor to cause delivery of the electronic advertisement to the television of the visitor.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2026
From: SHKEDI, ROY, MR.
To: ALMONDNET, INC.
Reel/Frame 074515/0286 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2026
From: ALMONDNET, INC.
To: DATONICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 074516/0383 →
LICENSE Recorded Apr 29, 2026
From: DATONICS, LLC
To: ALMONDNET, INC.
Reel/Frame 074516/0981 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 16425259 · May 29, 2019
Continuation 15893354 · Feb 9, 2018
Continuation 14080999 · Nov 15, 2013
Continuation 13631244 · Sep 28, 2012
Continuation 11765433 · Jun 19, 2007
Provisional Application 60805144 · Jun 19, 2006
Related Publication 20220108352A1 · Apr 7, 2022
References Cited (400)
US 5220655A · Tsutsui · 1993 [cited by applicant]
US 5359508A · Rossides · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5442633A · Perkins et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US 5572643A · Judson · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5636346A · Saxe · 1997 [cited by applicant]
US 5710884A · Dedrick · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5717923A · Dedrick · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5724424A · Gifford · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5724521A · Dedrick · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5751956A · Kirsch · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5752238A · Dedrick · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5754939A · Herz et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5774670A · Montulli · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5794210A · Goldhaber et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5819092A · Ferguson et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5819285A · Damico et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5835718A · Blewett · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5835896A · Fisher et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5848396A · Gerace · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5855008A · Goldhaber et al. · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5870546A · Kirsch · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5870550A · Wesinger, Jr. et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5901287A · Bull et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5918014A · Robinson · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5933811A · Angles et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5937390A · Hyodo · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5937392A · Alberts · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5948061A · Merriman et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5959623A · van Hoff et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5963915A · Kirsch · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5999912A · Wodarz et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 6014638A · Burge et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6016504A · Arnold et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6026368A · Brown et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6026369A · Capek · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6026374A · Chess · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6034689A · White et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6044376A · Kurtzman, II · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6047310A · Kamakura et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6049835A · Gagnon · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6055513A · Katz et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6073241A · Rosenberg et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6128663A · Thomas · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6134532A · Lazarus et al. · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6141010A · Hoyle · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6188398B1 · Collins-Rector et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6205432B1 · Gabbard et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6216112B1 · Fuller et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6216129B1 · Eldering · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6285987B1 · Roth · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6289318B1 · Barber · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6308202B1 · Cohn et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6324519B1 · Eldering · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6327574B1 · Kramer et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6366298B1 · Haitsuka et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6385592B1 · Angles et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6401075B1 · Mason et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6408278B1 · Carney et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6415270B1 · Rackson et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6415322B1 · Jaye · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6446261B1 · Rosser · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6449657B2 · Stanbach, Jr. et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6484492B2 · Meholic et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6487538B1 · Gupta et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6490601B1 · Markus et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 6615247B1 · Murphy · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6633850B1 · Gabbard et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6654725B1 · Langheinrich et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6804660B2 · Landau et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6810527B1 · Conrad et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6832207B1 · Shkedi · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6839680B1 · Liu et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6868392B1 · Ogasawara · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6907566B1 · McElfresh et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6915271B1 · Meyer et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6925440B1 · Shkedi · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6973436B1 · Shkedi · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6983379B1 · Spalink et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 6985882B1 · Del Sesto · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7003792B1 · Yuen · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7013290B2 · Ananian · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7038637B1 · Eller et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7039594B1 · Gersting · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7039599B2 · Merriman et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7039699B1 · Narin et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7043531B1 · Seibel et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7051351B2 · Goldman et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7058593B1 · Merritt · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7065550B2 · Raghunandan · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7072853B2 · Shkedi · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7085682B1 · Heller et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7155508B2 · Sankuratripati et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7181438B1 · Szabo · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7188076B2 · Bensemana · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7194424B2 · Greer et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7251628B1 · Edlund et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7299195B1 · Tawakol et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7343354B2 · Hennessey · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7346615B2 · Bem · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7356711B1 · Calinov et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7360251B2 · Spalink et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7373599B2 · McElfresh et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7386599B1 · Piersol et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7428493B2 · Shkedi · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7454364B2 · Shkedi · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7546249B2 · Main · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7552069B2 · Kepecs · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7558795B2 · Malik · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7580855B2 · Fernandes · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7693863B2 · Martin et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7698422B2 · Vanderhook et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7725944B2 · Spalink et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7747745B2 · Shkedi · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7756744B2 · Schiff et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7788358B2 · Martino · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7805332B2 · Wilson · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7822636B1 · Ferber et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7822637B2 · Shkedi · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7822639B2 · Shkedi · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7843923B2 · Baum · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7861260B2 · Shkedi · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7894448B1 · Lillibridge et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 7899801B1 · Bronson et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 7899862B2 · Appelman · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 7930252B2 · Bender et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 7930253B1 · Schoenhals · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 7937383B2 · Hintze et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 7958224B2 · Amjadi · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 7966647B1 · Igoe et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 7979307B2 · Shkedi · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 8036929B1 · Reisman · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 8040819B2 · Harrington et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 8051444B2 · Shkedi · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 8086491B1 · Matz et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 8131271B2 · Ramer et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8200822B1 · Shkedi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8204783B2 · Shkedi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8204965B2 · Shkedi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8239264B2 · Shkedi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8244574B2 · Shkedi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8244582B2 · Shkedi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8244583B2 · Shkedi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8244586B2 · Shkedi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8280758B2 · Shkedi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8281336B2 · Shkedi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8341247B2 · Shkedi · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8464290B2 · Beyda et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8494904B2 · Shkedi · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8566154B2 · Merriman et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8566164B2 · Shkedi et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8589210B2 · Shkedi · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8595069B2 · Shkedi et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8600815B2 · Shkedi · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8607267B2 · Shkedi · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8671139B2 · Shkedi · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8677398B2 · Shkedi · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8683502B2 · Shkedi et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8695032B2 · Shkedi · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8713600B2 · Shkedi · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8775249B2 · Shkedi · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8880677B2 · Julia et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8959146B2 · Shkedi · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 8997138B2 · Shkedi · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9071886B2 · Shkedi · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9078035B2 · Shkedi et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9083853B2 · Shkedi · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9110903B2 · Martinez et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9117217B2 · Wilson et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9131282B2 · Shkedi · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9208514B2 · Shkedi · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9226019B2 · Shkedi · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9271024B2 · Shkedi et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9351053B2 · Shkedi · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9369779B2 · Shkedi · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9508089B2 · Shkedi · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9571865B2 · Shkedi · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9591380B2 · Shkedi et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9756372B2 · Shkedi · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9800917B2 · Shkedi · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9813778B2 · Shkedi · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9830615B2 · Shkedi · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 10009636B2 · Shkedi · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10026100B2 · Shkedi · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10070200B2 · Shkedi · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10134054B2 · Shkedi · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10178442B2 · Shkedi et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10306282B2 · Shkedi · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10321198B2 · Shkedi et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10405058B2 · Shkedi · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10475073B2 · Shkedi · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10628857B2 · Shkedi · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10645438B2 · Shkedi · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10715878B2 · Shkedi · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10771860B2 · Shkedi et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10839423B2 · Shkedi · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10984445B2 · Shkedi · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11082753B2 · Shkedi et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11093970B2 · Shkedi · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11282105B1 · Shkedi et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 11301898B2 · Shkedi · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 11303973B2 · Shkedi · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 11368763B2 · Shkedi et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 11564015B2 · Shkedi · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US 11589136B2 · Shkedi · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US 20010020242A1 · Gupta et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 20010034646A1 · Hoyt et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 20010039515A1 · Mayadas · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 20010042002A1 · Koopersmitch · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 20010044743A1 · Mckinley et al. · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 20020002541A1 · Williams · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020029267A1 · Sankuratripati · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020046105A1 · Gardenswartz et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020046286A1 · Caldwell et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020056109A1 · Tomsen · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020072965A1 · Merriman et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020072971A1 · DeBusk et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020082910A1 · Kontogouris · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020082923A1 · Merriman et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020091568A1 · Kraft et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020099603A1 · Bandura · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020112013A1 · Walsh · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020116313A1 · Detering · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020123928A1 · Eldering et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020143632A1 · Walter et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020161636A1 · Takahashi · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020194058A1 · Eldering · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020194589A1 · Cristofalo et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20030014304A1 · Calvert et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030023481A1 · Calvert et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030028871A1 · Wang et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030036944A1 · Lesandrini et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030046156A1 · Cromer et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030046689A1 · Gaos · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030065558A1 · Shaw et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030083938A1 · Smith et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030110497A1 · Yassin et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030135413A1 · Nishi et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030135460A1 · Talegon · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030154126A1 · Gehlot et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030163370A1 · Chen · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030171990A1 · Rao et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030220837A1 · Asayama · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20040024632A1 · Perry · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040059632A1 · Kang et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040068436A1 · Boubek · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040068477A1 · Gilmour · 2004 [cited by examiner]
US 20040107287A1 · Ananda et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040117322A1 · Bjorksten et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040215515A1 · Perry · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040260605A1 · McIntyre et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20050010472A1 · Quatse et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050021387A1 · Gottfurcht · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050021397A1 · Cui et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050028188A1 · Latona et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050038698A1 · Lukose et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050038702A1 · Merriman et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050086109A1 · McFadden et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050086112A1 · Shkedi · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050097204A1 · Horowitz · 2005 [cited by examiner]
US 20050108091A1 · Sotak et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050120091A1 · Casais · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050125289A1 · Beyda et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050131762A1 · Bharat et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050165644A1 · Beyda et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050216336A1 · Roberts et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050216823A1 · Petersen · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050222905A1 · Wills · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050278443A1 · Winner et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20060020508A1 · Gorti et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060020510A1 · Vest · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060026061A1 · Collins · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060053047A1 · Garcia et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060064351A1 · Hamor et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060069614A1 · Agarwal et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060069616A1 · Bau · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060070117A1 · Spalink et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060085263A1 · Greer et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060095322A1 · Dierks · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060106710A1 · Meek et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060116924A1 · Angles et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060122879A1 · O'Kelley · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060161553A1 · Woo · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20070005990A1 · Sathish · 2007 [cited by examiner]
US 20070061331A1 · Ramer et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070061838A1 · Grubbs et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070067297A1 · Kublickis · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070121843A1 · Atazky et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070130005A1 · Jaschke · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070157247A1 · Cordray et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070260514A1 · Burdick et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070260624A1 · Chung · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070283384A1 · Haeuser et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20080052392A1 · Webster et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080120178A1 · Martinez et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080133342A1 · Criou et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080183561A1 · Zohar et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20090049468A1 · Shkedi · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090049469A1 · Small et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090106100A1 · Mashinsky · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090129377A1 · Chamberlain et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090132559A1 · Chamberlain et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090172723A1 · Shkedi et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20100198705A1 · Spalink et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100293057A1 · Haveliwala et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100299431A1 · Vanderhook et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20110040607A1 · Shkedi · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110040620A1 · Shkedi · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110167043A1 · Hintze et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110258049A1 · Ramer et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
CA 2246746 · 1998 [cited by applicant]
KR 20010096343 · 2001 [cited by applicant]
KR 20040026167 · 2004 [cited by applicant]
KR 2004099222A · 2004 [cited by applicant]
WO WO1997021183A1 · 1997 [cited by applicant]
WO WO9944159 · 1999 [cited by applicant]
WO WO1999057660A1 · 1999 [cited by applicant]
WO WO2001054034A1 · 2001 [cited by applicant]
WO WO2002050694A1 · 2002 [cited by applicant]
WO WO2004084109A · 2004 [cited by applicant]
WO WO2005046237 · 2005 [cited by applicant]
Kerwin; “NY Times Web Site Lets Advertisers Get Personal: Profile Info From Users Allows Ads to be Highly Targeted;” Advertising Age; Jul. 14, 1997. [cited by applicant]
Engage Technologies, Inc.; Form S-1A; filed with the SEC; pp. 36-50; Jul. 19, 1999. [cited by applicant]
“The e-Marketing Report”; Morgan Stanley Dean Witter; May 2000; portions. [cited by applicant]
New York Times Reference Dictionary definition of “computer,” downloaded Apr. 7, 2010. [cited by applicant]
Baseview.com website (ClassManagerPro) from www.archive.org, archived Jan. 16, 1997. [cited by applicant]
S-1/A SEC Filing, filed by FlyCast Communications Corp. on Apr. 30, 1999. [cited by applicant]
24/7 RealMedia, The Science of Digital Marketing, Company Overview (2007). [cited by applicant]
aaddzz.com webpages from www.archive.org, archived Jan. 30, 1998. [cited by applicant]
AdForce, Inc., User Guide, A Complete Guide to AdForce, Version 2.6 (1998). [cited by applicant]
Fawcett, Adrienne W., Publishers thankful but nervous about boom, Magazinedotcom, Hot spending boosts . . . , adage.com, Nov. 1, 1999. [cited by applicant]
Ad-Star.com website archive from www.archive.org (archived on Apr. 12, 1997 and Feb. 1, 1997). [cited by applicant]
Chang et al., “Goodies” in exchange for Consumer Information on the Internet, The Economics and Issues, Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 1998. [cited by applicant]
Arlein et al., Privacy-Preserving Global Customization, EC'00, Oct. 17-20, 2000. [cited by applicant]
avenuea.com webpage, FAQ, www.avenuea.com/corpinfo/faq.html, archived Oct. 2, 1999. [cited by applicant]
Advertising—A Unified Approach to Adverstising Management, Baseview Products, Inc. brochure, Oct. 14, 1999. [cited by applicant]
Ribeiro-Neto et al., Extracting Semi-Structured Data Through Examples, Proceedings of the Eighth international Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (1999). [cited by applicant]
Raskutti and Beitz, Acquiring Customer Preferences for Information Filtering, a Heuristic-Statistical Approach, Fifth Annual Conference on User Modeling (1996). [cited by applicant]
Bilchev et al., Personalized advertising—exploiting the distributed user profile, BT Technology Journal, vol. 21 No. 1, Jan. 2003. [cited by applicant]
Boncella, Robert J., Internet Privacy—At Home and At Work, Communications of the AIS, vol. 7, Article 14, Sep. 2001. [cited by applicant]
Adknowledge, Campaign Manager-Quick Reference Card (1996). [cited by applicant]
Emert, 2 Web Ad Firms Decide to Marry, Palo Alto's Focalink, ClickOver Merging, San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 17, 1997. [cited by applicant]
Elderbrock & Borwankar, Building Successful Internet Businesses, IDG Worldwide, 1996. [cited by applicant]
David W. Schumann & Ester Thorson, Advertising and the World Wide Web, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999. [cited by applicant]
Williamson, Debra Aho, Web ads mark 2nd birthday with decisive issues ahead, adage.com, Oct. 21, 1996. [cited by applicant]
Williamson, Debra Aho, Targeting distinguishes AdForce from the pack, adage.com, Mar. 1, 1999. [cited by applicant]
Doubleclick.com webpages from www.archived.org, archived Feb. 5, 1998. [cited by applicant]
Tittel et al., Foundations of World Wide Web Programming with HTML & CGI, IDG Books Worldwide (1995). [cited by applicant]
Graham, Ian S., HTML Sourcebook, A Complete Guide to HTML, John Wiley & Sons (1995). [cited by applicant]
Aaddzz Brochure, Information Access Technologies, Inc. (1997). [cited by applicant]
Gilbert, Special Report, Agencies centralize Web ad serving, adage.com, Mar. 1, 1999. [cited by applicant]
Palmer & Eriksen, Digital Newspapers Explore Marketing on the Internet, Communications of the ACM, vol. 42, No. 9, Sep. 1999. [cited by applicant]
Angwin, Julia, Focalink Will Monitor World of Online Ads, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 7, 1996. [cited by applicant]
Gallagher & Parsons, A Framework for Targeting Banner Advertising on the Internet, Proceedings of the Thirtieth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Jan. 1997. [cited by applicant]
Cleland, Kim, Accipiter latest entrant in race to manage ads, company sets sights on helping content providers target audience, Adage.com, Sep. 9, 1996. [cited by applicant]
Cleland, Kim, New Player joins fray of Web ad targeters, adage.com, Feb. 24, 1997. [cited by applicant]
Bayne, Kim M., AdKnowledge rolls out Web ad evaluation tool, adage.com, Jul. 8, 1999. [cited by applicant]
Kwok et al., Tracking Results from Multichannel Marketing Programs on Electronic Commerce, EC'03, Jun. 9-12, 2003. [cited by applicant]
Langheinrich et al., Unintrusive Customization Techniques for Web Advertising, Computer Networks 31, 1259-1272, May 1999. [cited by applicant]
Maekawa et al., A Java-Based Information Browsing System in a Remote Display Environment, IEEE (2004). [cited by applicant]
Meeker, Mary, The Internet Advertising Report, Harper Business, 1997. [cited by applicant]
Yeager & McGrath, Web Server Technology, The Advance Guide for World Wide Web Information Providers, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers (1996). [cited by applicant]
Net.Genesis & Devra Hall, Build a Website, The Programmer's Guide to Creating, Building, and Maintaining a Web Presence, Prima Publishing (1995). [cited by applicant]
NetGravity Launches AdServer 3.5 with Beefed Up Targeting, clickz.com, Sep. 10, 1998. [cited by applicant]
Novak & Hoffman, New Metrics for New Media, Toward the Development of Web Measurement Standards, Project 2000, elab.vanderbilt.edu, Sep. 26, 1996. [cited by applicant]
RealMedia.com webpages, www.archive.org, archived on May 15, 19977 and Jun. 7, 1997. [cited by applicant]
Bruner, Rick E., Interactive, NetGravity to launch new ad service bureau, adage.com, Dec. 1, 1997. [cited by applicant]
Bruner, Rick E., Small networks chase per-click ad business, Aaddzz, ValueClick compete, AdvertisingAge, Sep. 8, 1997. [cited by applicant]
Zeff & Aronson, Advertising on the Internet, 1st Edition, John Wiley & Sons (1997). [cited by applicant]
Zeff & Aronson, Advertising on the Internet, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons (1999). [cited by applicant]
Samar, Single Sign-On Using Cookies for Web Applications, IEEE 8th International Workshops on Enabling Technologies, Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WET ICE'99), Jun. 16-18, 1999. [cited by applicant]
Singh & Dalal, Web Home Pages as Advertisements, Communications of the ACM, Aug. 1999. [cited by applicant]
The ClickZ Network, Netscape Selects Real Media's Open AdStream, Jan. 13, 1998. [cited by applicant]
The ClickZ Network, Real Media Signs More Media Companies, Dec. 30, 1998. [cited by applicant]
www.Spinbox.com webpages, www.archive.org, archived beginning Nov. 11, 1998. [cited by applicant]
Bakos, The Emerging Role of Electronic Marketplaces on the Internet, Communications of the ACM, vol. 41, No. 8, Aug. 1998. [cited by applicant]
Youiji Kohda & Susumu Endo, Ubiquitous Advertising on the WWW, Merging Advertisement on the Browser, Fifth International World Wide Web Conference (May 1996). [cited by applicant]
Baseview.com webpages from www.archive.org, archived Jan. 16, 1997. [cited by applicant]
AdForce, Inc., Quick Reference Guide, Version 3.0 (1999). [cited by applicant]
AdManagerPro, Ad Entry Manual, User's Manual V.1.05, 1997. [cited by applicant]
AdManagerPro, Ad Entry Manual, User's Manual V.2.0, 1997. [cited by applicant]
AdManagerPro, Administration and Receivables Manual, Administrator's Manual Version 1.0.5, Nov. 1997. [cited by applicant]
AdManagerPro, Administration and Receivables Manual, Administrator's Manual Version 2.0, Jun. 1998. [cited by applicant]
Commercialization of the World Wide Web, The Role of Cookies, vanderbilt.edu web pages, archive.org, Feb. 1, 1997. [cited by applicant]
Crabtree et al., Adaptive Personal Agents, Personal Technologies (1998). [cited by applicant]
Dalton, Gregory, OPS, Answer to Cookies?, InformationWeek, Oct. 13, 1997. [cited by applicant]
Dunn et al., Privacy and Profiling on the Web, Submitted to W3C on Jun. 2, 1997. [cited by applicant]
firefly.com web pages, archive.org, archived 1998-2000. [cited by applicant]
Gilbert, Jennifer, CMGI's Web dealmaking hits big-time, Advertising Age, Oct. 4, 1999. [cited by applicant]
Hersley et al., Implementation of OPS Over HTTP, Submitted to W3C on Jun. 2, 1997. [cited by applicant]
Hersley et al., Proposal for an Open Profiling Standard, Submitted to W3C on Jun. 2, 1997. [cited by applicant]
Hersley et al., Standard Practices of OPS Systems, Submitted to W3C on Jun. 2, 1997. [cited by applicant]
junkbusters.com web pages, archive.org, archived Apr. 1997 through Nov. 2000. [cited by applicant]
Karpinski, Richard, ICE application to revolutionize e-commerce, Business Marketing, Mar. 1998. [cited by applicant]
matchlogic.com web pages, archive.org, Apr. 13, 2000. [cited by applicant]
Roscheisen, R. Martin, A Network-Centric Design for Relationship-Based Rights Management (Dissertation), Dec. 1997. [cited by applicant]
Kristol, D. & Montulli, L.; HTTP State Management Mechanism, Internet Engineering Task Force; available at https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2109; Feb. 1997. [cited by applicant]
Berners-Lee, Tim; Information Management: A Proposal; CERN; available at http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html; May 1990. [cited by applicant]
Berners-Lee, Tim; Uniform Resource Locators (URL), A Syntax for the Expression of Access Information of Objects on the Network; Internet Engineering Task Force; available at http://www.w3.org/Addressing/URL/url-spec.txt… [cited by applicant]
Berners-Lee, Tim; The Original HTTP as defined in 1991, W3C; available at http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/AsImplemented.html (1991). [cited by applicant]
Berners-Lee, Tim, et al.; Hypertext Transfer Protocol - HTTP/1.0; Network Working Group Request for Comments: 1945; Internet Engineering Task Force; available at https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1945; May 1996. [cited by applicant]