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20090271250 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN IN-SITE SALES WIDGET - Commerce widgets placed on webpages allow a full purchase transaction (browsing, selecting, and buying the product) to take place on the content owner's site (the host site). Webmasters may set the sale price and collect statistics on buyer behavior and habits. By keeping the entire transaction on the webpage, a visitor/customer is not redirected to another website. In addition, purchases may be made from within a displayed video stream. | 10-29-2009 |
20100125500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED MOBILE DEVICE ADVERTISEMENT - A method and system for displaying targeted advertisements. The method includes executing a monitoring application on a mobile device, the mobile device configured with a sensor. The method includes detecting a start of a user purchase decision making process via a sensor reading, wherein the sensor reading includes at least one of: a search query, a user command for the mobile device, a user geographical location, a local time, a user phone call, a user local environment, and a user behavior history. The method includes selecting a relevant ad based on the start of the user purchase decision making process and the sensor reading. The method includes displaying the selected ad to the user during the user purchase decision making process. | 05-20-2010 |
20100145784 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TIME-AND LOCATION-SENSITIVE CUSTOMER LOYALTY REWARDS PROGRAM - A method and system for transmitting a time- and location-sensitive discount code to a user participating in a loyalty program. The method includes determining a physical location of a user mobile device. The method includes determining a user local time. The method includes analyzing a user purchase history stored within a loyalty program data store. The method includes selecting a discount code based, in part, on the location, the local time, and the user purchase history. The method includes transmitting the discount code to the user mobile device. | 06-10-2010 |
20110184809 | Method and system for managing advertisments on a mobile device - Methods and systems for distributing advertisements are disclosed. The system includes an advertisement data store for storing a set of advertisements. The system includes a content data store for storing a set of contents. The system includes an advertisement management server to select an advertisement and user content for bundling into a standardized publishing web feed. In embodiments, the advertisement management server transmits the web feed to a mobile device via a wireless network for display. The advertisement management server subsequently executes a user-selected action in conjunction with the user action data. | 07-28-2011 |