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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:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2011
David Santoro, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David S. Young, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Callaway, Mountain View, CA (US);
Osi Imeokparia, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Gregory Joseph Badros, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Santoro, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David S. Young, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Callaway, Mountain View, CA (US);
Osi Imeokparia, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Gregory Joseph Badros, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Marketing techniques are disclosed that allow companies to efficiently identify target businesses to solicit for purchase of advertising products. One embodiment includes a map-based interface for selecting a neighborhood and locating any businesses known to a company selling advertising products in that area, with the intent of allowing a company representative to select a set of those businesses to contact regarding the company's advertising products. The map displays business listings as markers on the map, with color-coding used to indicate listings the representative has already contacted, and listings that some other representative has contacted.