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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Hannah Y. Moon, Boston, MA (US);

D. Beau Morley, Somerville, MA (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/4784 (2011.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04H 60/21 (2008.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 20/00 (2012.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4725 (2011.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4784 (2013.01); G06F 17/30817 (2013.01); G06Q 20/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/00 (2013.01); H04H 60/21 (2013.01); H04L 12/14 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/218 (2013.01); H04N 21/2543 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/26225 (2013.01); H04N 21/431 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4725 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/47208 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods can include offering a user an incentive for viewing advertising content, delivering the advertising content to the user, monitoring the delivery of the advertising content to the user and awarding the user the offered incentive upon successful completion of delivery of the advertising content to the user. Systems and methods can further include maintaining a database of incentives awarded to the user for subsequent redemption by the user. Systems and methods can further include offering the user an opportunity to identify advertising content preferences, storing those advertising content preferences in a database and using the advertising content preferences to filter the advertising content identified to the user when the user is offered an incentive for viewing advertising content.


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