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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Dakshi Agrawal, Monsey, NY (US);

Michael G. Hill, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);

Sihyung Lee, Seoul, KR;

Mudhakar Srivatsa, White Plains, NY (US);

Dinesh C. Verma, New Castle, NY (US);

Petros Zerfos, New York, NY (US);

Joseph W. Ziskin, Westport, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); G06Q 40/02 (2012.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04M 3/42178 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/18 (2013.01); G06Q 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 8/245 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for providing content to a communications device. In an embodiment of the invention, a communications network receives a first content portion from a content provider and sends the first content portion to the communications device. The communications network also sends a second content portion to the communications device, and this second content portion is customized for the user of the communications device based on selected information about the user that the communications network has. In one embodiment, the communications network uses the selected information about the user to customize the second content portion for the user, and sends the customized second content portion to the communications device. In an embodiment, the communications network sends the selected information to the content provider, and the content provider uses the selected information to customize the second content portion.


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