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Granted Patent B2
US 8,140,384 · App. 13/157,291 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Advertising revenue sharing

Assignee: UnoWeb, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,140,384
App. No.
13/157,291
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of host development is based on paying the writer of free content through advertising revenue sharing. Steps include receiving an advertisement, which is paid content, from an advertiser; receiving non-paid content subject to a condition that the provider may receive no compensation for the non-paid content; combining the paid content and the non-paid content on a content page; registering a user to interact with the content page; sending the content page for display on a computer operated by the user; calculating a number equaling all interactions of the user with the paid content; receiving payment from the advertiser for said number; and paying the provider based on a fraction of the payment.

Claims (80)

1. A method of web site development based on advertising revenue sharing, comprising the steps of:

receiving paid content from an advertiser;

receiving non-paid content from a provider subject to a condition that the provider may receive no compensation for the non-paid content;

combining the paid content and the non-paid content on a content page;

registering a user to interact with the content page;

sending the content page for display on a computer operated by the user;

calculating a number equaling all interactions of the user with the paid content;

receiving payment from the advertiser for said number; and

paying the provider based on a fraction of the payment.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of enabling the user to suggest paid content that is related to the non-paid content.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of setting a maximum number of times that paid content can be displayed to the user.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of paying said user for revenues generated by said interactions.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of setting a minimum time period which must elapse before redisplaying a previously displayed advertising on the content page to the user.

6. A method of web site development based on advertising revenue sharing, comprising the steps of:

registering a provider to prepare free content subject to a condition that the provider may receive no compensation for the free content;

receiving paid content;

combining the free content with the paid content on a content page;

sending the content page for display on a computer;

enabling a user to access the computer and display the content page;

calculating a gross total of times the user displays the content page;

determining a net total by subtracting from the gross total the number of subsequent times the user accesses the content page before expiration of a waiting-time threshold from an immediately preceding access;

receiving payment from the advertiser for the net total; and

paying the provider for the net total.

7. A method of web site development based on advertising revenue sharing, comprising the steps of:

providing a server computer;

combining content with an advertisement;

sending the content and advertisement to a user accessing the server computer;

receiving at the server computer a first click on the advertisement, the first click sent by the user;

saving a first indication of receiving the first click;

receiving a second click on the advertisement, the second click sent by the user;

setting a time period;

determining if the second click is received after expiration of the time period;

saving a second indication of the second click if the second click occurs after expiration of the time period; and

charging an advertiser for each saved indication.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising the steps of:

providing a clickable link to paid content from a content distributor on the server computer; and

paying the content distributor for each click on the clickable link to the paid content.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising the steps of:

receiving the content from a provider subject to a condition that the provider may receive no compensation for the content; and

paying the provider for each click on the clickable link to the paid content.

10. A method of host development based on advertising revenue sharing, comprising the steps of:

registering a provider to prepare non-paid content subject to a condition that the provider may receive no compensation for the non-paid content;

transmitting the non-paid content to a content distributor;

receiving at a host:

the non-paid content sent by the content distributor; and

paid content from an advertiser, the paid content comprising a link to additional information;

combining the non-paid content and the paid content into a page;

displaying the page on the host;

totaling a number of interactions by a user with the link;

receiving payment from the advertiser for the number of interactions with the link; and

paying the provider for the number of interactions with the link.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of paying the content distributor for the number of interactions with the link.

12. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of incorporating the non-paid content into the page as virtual content.

13. A method of host development based on advertising revenue sharing, comprising the steps of:

registering a provider to prepare non-paid content subject to a condition that the provider may receive no compensation for the non-paid content;

transmitting the non-paid content to a content distributor;

receiving at a host:

the non-paid content sent by the content distributor; and

paid content from an advertiser;

combining the non-paid content and the paid content into a content page;

displaying the content page on the host;

totaling a number of times a user displays the content page;

receiving payment from the advertiser for the number of times the user displayed the content page; and

paying the provider for the number of times the user displayed the content page.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising the step of paying the content distributor for the number of times the user displayed the content page.

15. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising the step of incorporating the non-paid content into the page as virtual content.

16. A method of host development based on advertising revenue sharing, comprising the steps of:

registering a provider to prepare non-paid content subject to a condition that the provider may receive no compensation for the non-paid content;

transmitting the non-paid content to a content distributor;

receiving at a host:

the non-paid content sent by the content distributor; and

paid content from an advertiser;

combining the non-paid content and the paid content into a content page;

displaying the content page on the host;

totaling a number of times a user interacts the content page;

receiving payment from the advertiser for the number of times the user interacts with the content page; and

paying the host for the number of times the user interacted with the content page.

17. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising the step of paying the content distributor for the number of times the user interacted the content page.

18. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising the step of incorporating the non-paid content into the page as virtual content.

19. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the interaction is selected from a group of one or more of: a click on the paid content; and, a view of the paid content.

Assignments (4)
LICENSE Recorded Oct 19, 2020
From: PILOANDIA, LLC
To: ATENSE, INC.
Reel/Frame 054099/0192 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2020
From: UNOWEB VIRTUAL, LLC
To: PILOANDIA, LLC
Reel/Frame 053948/0255 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2015
From: UNOWEB, INC
To: UNOWEB VIRTUAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 036941/0377 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2011
From: ALMEIDA, JOHN, MR.
To: UNOWEB, INC.
Reel/Frame 026510/0707 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 12817755 · Jun 17, 2010
Continuation 12504555 · Jul 16, 2009
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