User-configurable settings for web-based advertising

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10438237-B2
Application number	US-201615070105-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2016
Priority date	Nov 10, 2015
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

An aspect of providing user-configurable settings for web-based advertising includes creating, via a computer processor, a data structure at a client browser. The data structure is created from user-inputted subjects of interest. An aspect also includes sending, during a session between the client browser and a server from a domain, information about an availability of the data structure; and receiving an advertisement from the server based on the subjects of interest in the data structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
creating, via a computer processor, a data structure at a client browser, the data structure created from a consumer inputting a subject of interest, a first expiration date associated with the subject of interest, a subject of aversion, and a second expiration date associated with the subject of aversion, wherein the subject of aversion reflects an aversion of the consumer to various products or services, and wherein the consumer associates a priority with the subject of interest;
embedding the data structure in a cookie;
sending, during a session between the client browser and a server from a domain, the cookie to the server, the cookie comprising information about an availability of the data structure;
receiving an advertisement from the server, the advertisement being selected from a plurality of advertisements based at least in part on the cookie, the selection based on the subject of interest in the data structure, the first expiration date associated with the subject of interest, and the priority associated with the subject of interest, wherein the advertisement is devoid of goods or services corresponding to the subject of aversion prior to expiration of the second expiration date associated with the subject of aversion; and
presenting a web page having the advertisement embedded therein, the advertisement being directed to the subject of aversion and being devoid of goods or services corresponding to the subject of aversion.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subject of interest is one of a plurality of subjects of interest that include a consumer-prioritized listing of types of advertisements desired by the consumer.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing, via an options component at the client browser, an interface including prompts for inputting the subject of interest and the subject of aversion.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the prompts further include a prompt to configure at least one domain to which the data structure is sent.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data structure indicates at least one domain to which the data structure is sent.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the domain is a computer device associated with the consumer, and the data structure is stored in memory of the computer device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data structure is updateable via the client browser based on subsequent inputs received from the consumer.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Allen Tracy C
• Bryant Charles J
• Moluguru Ajay K
• Tedesco Eileen P
• Vidmar Cherri M

Classifications

• G06Q30/0277

  Online advertisement · CPC title

• G06Q30/0255 Primary

  based on user history · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04W4/23

  for mobile advertising · CPC title

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title