IP Library Granted Patent US 8,660,891
Granted Patent B2
US 8,660,891 · App. 11/928,990 · Granted Feb 25, 2014

Interactive mobile advertisement banners

Inventors: Jorey Ramer (Cambridge, MA); Adam Soroca (Cambridge, MA); Dennis Doughty (Brookline, MA); Neal J. Karasic (Brighton, MA)
Assignee: Millennial Media
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Patent No.
US 8,660,891
App. No.
11/928,990
Granted
Feb 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for associating an interactive element with a sponsored content, presenting the sponsored content to a mobile communication facility based at least in part on a relevancy to a mobile subscriber characteristic associated with the mobile communication facility, and allowing a user of the mobile communication facility to engage the interactive element within the sponsored content.

Claims (10)

1. A system for interactive mobile advertisement banner presentation, the system comprising one or more computers having computer readable mediums having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of the one or more computers, causes the system to perform the steps of:

(a) receiving an advertisement request associated with a web page request from a cellular phone operated by a user, wherein the advertisement request is received over a cellular telephony infrastructure provided by a carrier, wherein the user is paying for use of the cellular phone with the carrier;

(b) receiving contextual information from a web page corresponding to the web page request;

(c) receiving information relating to a plurality of mobile subscriber characteristics derived from information obtained from the carrier via the user subscribing for service for the cellular phone with the carrier, wherein the plurality of mobile characteristics include age and gender of the user;

(d) selecting an interactive element and an advertisement and associating the interactive element with the advertisement in response to receiving the advertisement request, wherein the interactive element is a game embedded in the advertisement and the advertisement is visually apparent during a playing of the game by the user, wherein the selection and association is based at least in part on:

(i) a relevancy of the advertisement and the interactive element to the plurality of mobile subscriber characteristics; and

(ii) a relevancy of the advertisement and the interactive element to the contextual information associated with the web page; and

(iii) a compatibility of the advertisement and the interactive element with a rendering capability of the cellular phone as defined by a model thereof; and

(e) transmitting the advertisement with the associated interactive element to the cellular phone; and

(f) allowing the user of the cellular phone to engage the interactive element within the advertisement.

Assignments (10)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2024
From: BLUE HILLS, SERIES 95 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
To: LEMON INC.
Reel/Frame 069192/0515 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 10, 2022
From: YAHOO AD TECH LLC
To: BLUE HILLS, SERIES 95 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
Reel/Frame 059925/0354 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
To: YAHOO AD TECH LLC
Reel/Frame 059471/0902 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: MILLENNIAL MEDIA LLC
To: OATH (AMERICAS) INC.
Reel/Frame 051928/0851 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: OATH (AMERICAS) INC
To: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
Reel/Frame 051929/0086 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 16, 2016
From: MILLENNIAL MEDIA, INC.
To: MILLENNIAL MEDIA LLC
Reel/Frame 038129/0283 →
RELEASE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 26, 2015
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK
To: MILLENNIAL MEDIA, INC.; JUMPTAP, INC.; NEPTUNE MERGER SUB I, INC.; NEPTUNE MERGER SUB II, LLC
Reel/Frame 036953/0276 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 25, 2014
From: MILLENNIAL MEDIA, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 034455/0867 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2014
From: JUMPTAP, INC.
To: MILLENNIAL MEDIA, INC.
Reel/Frame 032198/0735 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2011
From: RAMER, JOREY; SOROCA, ADAM; DOUGHTY, DENNIS; KARASIC, NEAL J.
To: JUMPTAP, INC.
Reel/Frame 025755/0205 →
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