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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Cohn, New York, NY (US);
Timo Bruck, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen G. Perlman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
WEBTV Networks, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ; G06F 1/709 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ; G06F 1/709 ;
Abstract
A system and method for distributing and presenting data such as video advertisements from a host server to a browsing device through a communications network. The method involves detecting an extended period of nonuse of the browsing device, establishing contact between the browsing device and the host server, preloading data from the host server to the browsing device, storing the data in the browsing device, detecting a start-up operation of the browsing device, and presenting the data through the browsing device.