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Patent No.:

US 9001979 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2010

Apparatus and method for anonymously presenting targeted advertisements and desirable media content in association with a virtual currency

Applicants:

Joseph D. Nix, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Michael Wallace Verhulst, Springfield, IL (US);

Donald Charles Ganiere, Ottawa, IL (US);

Matthew Wayne Cox, Columbia, MD (US);

Christopher Warren Smith, Birmingham, AL (US);

Thomas Nathaniel Supple, Sycamore, IL (US);

Inventors:

Joseph D. Nix, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Michael Wallace Verhulst, Springfield, IL (US);

Donald Charles Ganiere, Ottawa, IL (US);

Matthew Wayne Cox, Columbia, MD (US);

Christopher Warren Smith, Birmingham, AL (US);

Thomas Nathaniel Supple, Sycamore, IL (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:

Patzik, Frank & Samotny Ltd.

Primary Examiner:

Md S Elahee

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0215 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic advertising system anonymously directs the attention of a user to content provided by an advertiser, in exchange for subsequently permitting the same user to access otherwise restricted desirable content of another part. Such desirable content may include online entertainment media, digital video content, social media, news media, and other privileged services or data. The user accumulates points, or virtual currency, in exchange for viewing the advertisements of vendor affiliates of the present system. The user may then spend previously accumulated points, or virtual currency, in order to access desirable content of redeemer affiliates of the present system. The present system further facilitates financial transactions between the system operator, vendor affiliates, and redeemer affiliates, relative to the movement of virtual currency amongst the various parties.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Nix, Joseph. (2015). Apparatus and method for anonymously presenting targeted advertisements and desirable media content in association with a virtual currency (U.S. Patent No. 9001979). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9001979

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