Web Pages and Methods for Providing Rewards for Liking Particular On-Line Advertisements in a Social Networking Media Space

Abstract

A method is provided for operating an internet web site for facilitating social networking. The method includes an operation that provides a plurality of on-line advertisements in a first viewable location. Each on-line advertisement is represented by an icon having a link to additional detail regarding the on-line advertisement. The method also includes an operation that receives a selection of at least one of the plurality of on-line advertisements. The selection indicates a liking of the on-line advertisement by a first user. In response to receiving the selection, the method moves the icon of the selected on-line advertisement to a second viewable location. The method also include an operation that detects selection of the on-line advertisement by a second user when the icon is at the second viewable location and an operation that provides a reward in response to the detected selection associated with the icon.

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CLAIM OF PRIORITY[0001]This application is a continuation application under 35 USC 120, of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 760,584, filed on Jun. 8, 2007, and entitled “Selecting and Displaying Advertisement in a Personal Media Space”, and which is herein incorporated by reference.RELATED APPLICATION[0002]This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 970,910, filed on Dec. 16, 2010, and entitled “Web Pages and Methods for Displaying Target On-Line Advertisements in a Social Networking Media Space”, and which is herein incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]1. Field of the Invention[0004]This invention relates generally to the displaying of advertisement in a communication personal media space.[0005]2. Description of the Related Art[0006]On-line advertising may be used by advertisers to accomplish various business goals, ranging from building brand awareness among potential customers to facilitating on-line purchases of products or service...

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Benefits of technology

[0012]Another embodiment is a method for operating an internet web site for facilitating social networking interactions between persons accessing the internet web site. The method includes an operation that provides an on-line advertisement in a first viewable location. The on-line advertisement represented by a symbol. The method also includes an operation that receives a selection of the on-line advertisement, the selection indicating a liking of the on-line advertisement by a first user. In response to receiving the selection, the method adds the symbol of the selected on-line advertisement to a second viewable location. The second viewable location is indicative of the liking of the on-line advertisement by the first user as viewed by a second user. The method also includes an operation that detects interaction associated with the on-line advertisement by the second user when the symbol is at the second viewable location and an operation that provides a reward in response to the detected interaction associated with the symbol. The reward is related to goods or services that are a subject of the on-line advertisement. The internet web site is presented on a display of a computing system having a processor and the computing system is connected to a server that has a processor and program instructions for managing interactivity with the internet web site.

Problems solved by technology

However, most of the on-line advertisements are not effective in reaching the on-line users because the advertisers have no knowledge or only very limited knowledge of the users.

Therefore, most of on-line advertisement is either not targeted at all, or not targeted effectively.

Since the on-line advertisement is presented to the users with little or no knowledge of the on-line users, the chances for the on-line users to be interested in the advertisements are small.

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