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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2012
Charles M. Link, Ii, Roswell, GA (US);
Donald M. Cardina, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Vernon Meadows, Lilburn, GA (US);
Charles M. Link, II, Roswell, GA (US);
Donald M. Cardina, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Vernon Meadows, Lilburn, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing targeted advertisement information to consumers over a wireless communications network. In one embodiment, local advertisers register to advertise on wireless communications devices that are in close proximity to the advertiser. As a consumer enters a cell site that is near the location of the advertiser, the wireless network delivers a message to the wireless device specified by the local advertiser. An acknowledgement signal is then received by the network, and the local advertiser's account is charged for transmission of the advertisement. In a further embodiment, each of the messages stored in the database is also associated with one or more demographic codes, and users of wireless communications device select from one more demographic codes to describe their advertisement preferences. Messages to be transmitted to particular wireless communications devices are selected based upon both the location information and the demographic codes associated with the messages.