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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2004
Lester K. Chu, Southlake, TX (US);
Edwin Y. Harada, Irving, TX (US);
Douglas G. Heatherly, Coppell, TX (US);
Lester K. Chu, Southlake, TX (US);
Edwin Y. Harada, Irving, TX (US);
Douglas G. Heatherly, Coppell, TX (US);
Idearc Media Corp., DFW Airport, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for distributing information (collectively the 'system') is disclosed. The system includes category-based, geography-based, and ratings-based attributes to better 'focus' the information distributed by the system. In the processing of listing-based attributes (e.g. attributes limited to a particular listing), the system can also be influenced by relationship-based attributes (e.g. attributes between the administrator of the system and the advertisers, and even potentially users).