CA2240314A1 - Method for trading customer attention for advertisement - Google Patents

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CA2240314A1
CA2240314A1 CA002240314A CA2240314A CA2240314A1 CA 2240314 A1 CA2240314 A1 CA 2240314A1 CA 002240314 A CA002240314 A CA 002240314A CA 2240314 A CA2240314 A CA 2240314A CA 2240314 A1 CA2240314 A1 CA 2240314A1
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Abstract

The present invention provides a new approach for distributing advertising and other information over a computer network. Attention brokerage is the business of buying and selling (brokering) the "attention" of consumers. It can be used to provide direct, immediate payment to a consumer for paying attention to an advertisement or other information. Payment mechanisms may include crediting an account or transferring digital cash directly to the consumer's desktop.
Orthogonal sponsorship breaks the link between an advertisement and program content, allowing advertisers to explicitly delineate their target audience and offer some form of compensation directly to those viewers willing to view ads in compensation for the viewer's time and attention. This compensation may be used directly or indirectly to compensate the owners of content or may be used for other purposes. The link between the ad and the appropriate viewers is provided by reference to a data base of digitally stored demographic profiles of potential users. Such ads may be viewed as "negatively priced"
information because consumers are paid for their attention to the information.
Competing advertisers may "bid" for the attention of consumers using automatic electronic systems, e.g. "an auction" protocol. Private profiles may be maintained for different consumers and consumer information may be released only based on consumer permission. Consumers may be compensated for allowing their information to be released. Information can be routed based on demographics. A special icon or other symbol displayed on a computer screen may represent compensation and allow users to choose whether they will view an ad or other information and receive associated compensation. These concepts can be generalized to provide an electronic trading house where buyers and sellers can actively find each other and negotiate transactions. Software agents can actively seek out interested consumers or interested purveyors of information.

Description

WO 97/22074 PCT/US96/1 973ll METHOD FOR TRADING CUSTOMER ATTENTION FOR ADVERTISEMENT
F~F,I,r~ OF T~li' INVENTION

The present invention relates to techniclues for delivering information electronical}y, and more particularly, to techniques for delivering positively and negatively priced intellectual property (including advertising). Still more particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for attentionbrokering, orthogonal sponsorship and/or privacy protection in an electronic information delivery network.

BACKGROUND AND SUMMAl~Y ~F TF~, INVENTION
Historically, advertising has involved a battle of wits between advertiser and consumer. In the mass media, producers of products and services vie with each other to capture the attention of potential consumers, while those same consumers {although generally endorsing the idea of advertising as a way of keeping entertainment and information costs down) strive to evade as many advertising messages as they can. Consumers press the mute button on their TV remotes and "zap" advertisements by flipping between channels, they mentally tune out or "zap" radio commercials, they flip advertising pages of a newspaper or m~ ine without paying any attention to them, and they subscribe to non-commercial information and entertainment media. Rare indeed is the consumer who actually enjoys being at the receiving end of mass-media advertising.

This state of affairs is not accidental. It is an inevitable result of the environment in which advertising came of age. To make contact with the relatively small pelcell~ge of people who might actually want to use a product or service, mass-media advertising has to impact everyone who uses the medium. For example, every reader of the New York Times has to see (though not necess~rily read) the display ad for Macy's; every viewer of popular television programs such as "Roseanne" has to sit through (though not necessarily pay attention to) the commercial for Diet Coke.

Although the concept of a consumer's attention as a commodity with intrinsic value has only recently entered public discussion, it has long been implicit in advertising, marketing, and public relations. Since advertisers know that only a small percentage of the audience has a real interest in the product or service being sold, they have learned to rely on enterts-inmçnt values -- constant repetition, snappy jingles, blaring he~-llinl s, and sex -- to attract the attention of the audience and thereby sell their wares.

In the traditional mass media advertising model, mass media (e.g., television networks, radio stations, newspapers and mz~ 7inçs) develop particular content of interest to certain classes of consumers. The mass media also develops and provides a mech~niem to deliver the content to as many potential consumers as possible (e.g., over the air or by cable tr~nemie.eions, by mass distribution of print media copies, etc.). The mass media may charge audience members for content delivery (e.g., m~g~7ine or newspaper subscription fees, cable television subscription fees, or "pay per view" fees), but mass media typically receives most of its revenue from advertisers.

Advertising "sponsorship" in this traditional mass media advertising model has been a mech~niem by which economic value is passed indirectly from an advertiser to a consumer. Advertisers "sponsor" content by paying the mass media to deliver their advertisements with the content. Traditionally, advertisers often want their advertie~nnente inextricably embedded within the content itself so the advertisements are more certain to reach the mass media audience. For example, some advertisers have television and radio commentators work advertising "pitches" into their comment~ry. Other advertisers have televised/photographed race car drivers embla7on their cars with advertising slogans. Still other advertisers have film actors or actresses use the advertiser's products as part of their role playing. Moreover, the now-standard technique of pacing commercial television progr~mming to intersperse advertising at various points within the pro~lnln".i"g is designed to make it more difficult for viewers to not pay attention to the advertisements .

For the most part, ads in the mass media have been designed to appeal to as many potential consumers as possible. At best, an advertising agency may plan a handful of different approaches based on demographics. For example, one soft-drink ad, aimed at the teenage audience, might employ cutting-edge video graphics and be shown on MTV, while another, using nostalgic poster art from the Stage Door canteen, might be placed in Life m~g~7.ine to target an older audience. But this type of indiv~ tion is very limited.

Because of the lack of focus inherent in mass communication, today's print and television advertising uses the concept of "linked sponsorship."
"Linked sponsorship" embeds ads within or accompany (sponsor) content most likely to reach the advertisers' target audience. For example, television shows are often cle~ignecl to appeal to a particular audience, and usually have specific sponsors that explicitly support the show. In print media, advertisers choose m~g~7ines and newspapers whose editorial policies or geographic coverage attract readers likely to be interested in the advertisers' products.
These techniques allow the advertisers to "target" their advertisements to a subset of the general population that may be more likely to respond to the advertisements .

As an example, a lingerie company may know that its products are purchased by a certain demographic group, e.g. mostly mid-to-upper class white women ages 18-35. When the lingerie company wants to advertise a new line of products, it may choose to link its ads to a TV program like Melrose Place (a television situation comedy aimed at young women) and to a young women's m~g~7in~ -- both of which appeal to young women in the socio-economic and age demographics the lingerie company wants to sell its product to. By linking its ads to content being delivered to an audience of mostly mid-to-upper class white women ages 18-35, the lingerie company can be assured that its advertising is delivered to the consumers most likely to purchase its products.
2(~74 PCT/US96/19730 The advertising practices described above have a number of drawbacks, both for thc advertiser and for society at large. Thc primary drawback for the advertiser is lack of efficiency. Mass media advertising is inherent both over-inclusive and under-inclusive. For example, the lingerie ads aired during Melrose Place are not delivered to many consumcrs who are prime candidates for purchasing the product (for example, fashion conscious women who buy a lot of lingerie but don't like Melrose Place and/or don't watch television). In addition, the adverti~f rnent~ are delivered to many consurners (e.g., men who watch Melrose Place) who have no interest in purchasing the products being advertised. From the advertiser's point of view, a lingerie company could advertise more efficiently if it could directly reach women who are explicitly interested in lingerie (or clothes, or fashion).

Society at large is also harmed by this lack of efficiency. As one example, television progr~mmin~ has, to a very large extent, become dictated by factors that will make it appeal to the largest possible ~nflienee so it can generate the largest possible advertising revenue. The result is a decrease in the overall diversity of information available and an ~l~rming increase in the homogeneity and "lowest common denominator" appeal of mass media progrz-mming Unlinking sponsorship from the content of the sponsored entertainment or service would benefit the consumer and would also provide broad benefits to society such as greater freedom of speech and making a larger diversity of opinions availab}e to the public.

Advertisers have used targeted direct m~iling~ and niche print media to overcome some of these problems. Direct m~ilingc and niche m~g~7in~s can be used to target specific potential purchasers or classes of purchasers. For example, the lingerie company can use mass m~iling~ to deliver its advertising materials directly to fashion-conscious young women with income above a certain level. Skateboard companies can advertise in a small number of m~g~7inec directed to skate board en~hnei~t~ While these techniques can be very effective, they cannot provide moving images and sound that can be used to create truly unforgettable, high impact messages.

W O 97/22074 PCT~US96/19730 Advertisers also have come to rely on techniques for giving consumers an incentive (e.g., "money saving" coupons and discount offers) to encourage consumers to purchase their wares. For exarnple, if the lingerie company passes along a dollar to each targeted woman to attract her attention, she may in turn spend that dollar to purchase lingerie. The lingerie company can provide, by way of mass m~iling~ or through printed media, coupons or discount sales offers to give the recipients a strong incentive to purchase the company's lingerie. Some advertisers mail direct payments to consumers (e.g., dollar bills, checks, or other rebates3. The consumer can use these direct payments to help pay for purchasing the advertiser's goods, or to purchase other related or unrelated goods or services. Although these techniques can be effective, they cannot be used with television, radio and other popular forms of mass communication.

The Internet is the first medium that can claim to be both "mass," in the sense that it reaches millions of people all over the globe, and "specialized," in the sense that its technology is capable of targeting information directly to the individual consumer. This is such a filn~l~ment~l change from all previous information technologies that it has the potential to transform the advertising transaction into an alliance between consumer and advertiser, based on mutual respect and mutual benefits.

The Internet is a system of linked computers that permits fast, low-cost, global communication, entertainment, and information exchange.
The Internet may be considered the test-bed for a "Future Net" which will likely encompass the functions now provided by today's Internet, cable and broadcast television, telephone communications (including voice and picture3 and other linear and interactive business, telecommunication and enl~ ;""~ent systems. This "Future Net" may be a single network or an ~m~lg~m~tion of two or more independent networks. It is likely that new forms of ~llle~ l~hllllent and business will emerge, made possible by the FutureNet.

WO 97/22~)74 PCT/US96/1973 Even with the current forrn of the Information Superhighway (Internet, cablc television, video conference, "zines" created by desktop publishing, etc.), competition for the public's time and attention will become increasingly keen. Consumers with hundreds of competing, independent, and widely distributed sources of entertainment and information to choose from will no longer be the passive prisoners of advertising messages that they were in the era of the centralized mass media. So far, however, advertising has been only a marginal -- and somewhat unwelcome -- presence on the Inforrnation Superhighway.

Many consumers of the Information Superhighway view the recent advent of advertising to the wide open spaces of the Internet with deep suspicion and an almost instinctive aversion. But the kind of advertising the skeptics are Ihinking about -- and rejecting -- bears little resemblance to the advertising of the future.

The present invention provides a new approach to advertising for the digital age. Advertising in accordance with the present invention is based on the new realities of communication and commerce on the Internet, on-line services, the Future Net, and other colllpllL~;l networks, including networks that distribute information via physical media such as C~-ROM.

The innovations provided by the present invention have the potential to turn what has historically been an uneasy and sometimes hostile stand-off between advertiser and consumer into an AlliAnce based on mutual respect and mutual benefits. The approach provided by the present invention is based on four principles:
~ attention, ~ interest, ~ sponsorship, and ~ privacy.

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Attention A fundamental premise underlying the present invention is the idea that a consumer's attention is a valuable commodity. The present invention will allow advertisers to pay consumers directly for their time and attention. The notion of direct, immediate payment in this context is new. The rationale for direct payment, from the advertiser's point of view, is that direct payment is acost-effective way of getting the attention of targeted customers as compared to mass-media advertising.

The present invention provides mech~ni.~m~ for "attention brokerage"
-- the business of buying and selling (brokering) the "attention" of consurners. Attention brokerage establishes a market that allows advertisers to compete for the attention of a particular consumer or group of consumers --thereby ma~imi7ing efficiency and creating value.

"Negative pricing" is one means by which advertisers could compete for available attention in the system provided in accordance with the present invention. In its simplest form, negativc pricing is a "passive" competition:
advertisers make fixed offers and viewers select among them. Another innovative idea is "attention bidding," a mech~ni~m by which advertisers actively compete by bidding for a viewer's attention. These bids might be based, in part, on estimates of the viewer's interest and likelihood to buy --~stim~t~ derived from access to the viewer's electronic profiles detailing preferences and past con~--ming behavior. Bids might also be based on other bids, via an "auction" protocol by empowered bidding "agents." The bidding may be explicit or ztl-tom~t~c. Viewers may elect to have advertisers bid for their attention or the system may offer bidding without the viewers' knowledge.
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Int~rest As discussed above, traditional advertising was both under-inclusive and over-inclusive. In contrast, technology provided in accordance with the present invention permits the design of ads that are virtually custom-fitted to consumer preferences, thus ensuring that the ad messages will be welcomed and attentively viewed by the consumer. This ability to finely target (and customiz;e) ads based on the interests of particular individual consumers m~ximi7~s efficiency and benefits both the advertisers and the consumers.

~ or exarnple, when selecting ads for viewing, the consumer would bc given the chance to express a ~,er~ ce for certain kinds of ad content. For example, if the consumer is shopping for a computer, he/she might ask to see an advertisement that provides straightforward technical specifications of specific models or configurations. For a movie commercial, one consumer might request a film clip while another asks for a plot sumrnary. Some consumers might enjoy the entert~inmçnt value of celebrity-spokesperson ads, while a consumer viewing an ad for food or drink might ask for a list of ingredients or nutrients.

A related innovation, "demographic routing," is a mechanism by which an information package or its agent (or an agent for any goods or service) can be routed directly to interested and willing buyers. Conceptually, this is an addressing meeh~ni~m that can be used to route the inforrnation to more than one individual, e.g., to all users who are demographically suitable (e.g., "anyone who fits the following profile").

Sponsor.~hip Since all the ads on the list will be targeted to the consumer's needs, interests, and preferences, it is very likely that she would be inclined to viewthem even without a cash incentive. However, the system provided by the present invention will offer her one. The present invention provides a "consurner interface button" -- for example, the image of a little gold coin ("CyberCoin") next to each title on a list. This use of a consumer interface button -- the "CyberCoin" -- though reminiC~cent of the prior art "gems" in video garne adventures, is innovative and unique in that it transfers real value WO 97/22074 PCT/~JS96/19730 The "CyberCoin" transaction reflects a radical and innovative change in the meaning of sponsorship. In effect, the advertisers have elected to sponsor the consumer who selects the CyberCoin -- that is, they have chosen to pay the consumer directly for her attention rather than using the same funds for mass-market ad c~mp~ign.c that are far less likely to hit the mark. Thus, the present invention provides a method of separating advertising sponsorship from the editorial content of the medium in which the advertising appears.
We call this ability to decouple the advertising content from other content "orthogonal sponsorship."

The technology offered by the present invention breaks (or make inexplicit) the link between the ad and the content of the sponsored material.
Advertisers will not necessarily know what content of entertainment or information they are sponsoring. Tn~te~tl, advertisers will simply provide ads to the service, explicitly delineate their target audience, and offer some form of compensation for time and attention directly to those viewers willing to "view" ads.

- In orthogonal sponsorship, how will advertisers know that they are getting their money's worth? What is to prevent a consumer from clicking the CyberGold button, collecting the credit, and NOT reading the ad? The system provided by the present invention can, as one example, have a built- in system of incentives and checks -- a "carrot and stick" approach -- to solve this problem. The "carrot" in this example is the consumer's interest in the product or service, which will make him or her unlikely to ignore the ad once it is presented. The "stick" is an element of interactivity designed into the adthat requires the consumer to provide a response or otherwise interact with the ad (thus allowing the service to assure the advertiser that the consumer did ~ indeed watch and pay attention).

The present invention also introduces the concept of '~negative pricing of information." In today's marketplace, entertainment and information (sometimes generically referred to as "intellectual property") carries a positive price, or is free. "Negatively priced information" pays the consumer for his or her attention. This is a generalization of direct payment for ad viewing, since thc information or content need not be an advertisement in the conventional sense. There is a fine line between certain kinds of information and advertising, particularly when an advertising message can be as straightforward as the technical specs of a new car or computer, and an information message or entertainment can change minds and influence people.
Negative pricing could work well for information of this type. For example, it could be used as a means of expressing a political viewpoint, raising the priority of an e-mail message, or getting potential employers to read a resume. Negatively-priced information would find its audience through personal profiles of potential consumers on file in the ~ t~h~e.

Privacv In the system provided by the present invention, the link between thc ad and the appropriate viewer is provided by reference to a data base of digitally stored electronic demographic profiles of potential viewers. Thc viewer profiles are to be private, dynamic, and interactivc. The system protects member privacy while at the same time m~int~inin~ the personal information files that permit specialized targeting of ads.

Many bn~in~s~es keep profiles of customer interests and tr~n~ctions.
(For example, some supermarkets keep customer profiles via "savings cards"
that allow the market to track each person's purchases and tailor individual promotions.) The system provided by the present invention offers several innovative features and applications for such profiles. Profiles can be private (pseudonymous). That is, they can be used and even marketed while protecting the customer's identity. For example, a merchant may be permitted scan a profile to determine his affinity for the customer, but cannot learn the customer's name or address. Contacts between advertisers and consumers can be brokered by a "profile bank" that protects the consumer's privacy.

CA 022403l4 l998-06-ll The demographic profiles can be constructed through interest questionnaires that the consumer completes when subscribing to the servicc, and also through electronic tracking of his/her usage of the service (and other habits). Thus, the profiles can be dynamic, evolving with the customer's transaction history. A customer can choose to exclude any transaction (e.g., viewing of certain material or purchasing of certain products) from his pF~}~ ofil~ can al~ bç i~.tçractive in that a cust.omer may edit his profile at any time to add or delete interest features, and to delete any transaction records. Thus, for example, the customer can delete historical transaction entries evi~lencing her purchase of an "adult" film if desired. Similarly, the customer can change her profile to express interest in seeing certain types of automobile adverti~ernent~, and then, after she has selected and purchased a new car, delete those profile entries.

In addition to the viewer profiles, the system provided by the present invention also may keep the contact information of each member conf1dential.
For example, if an advertiser wants a consumer's name and address, he has to offer to buy it, and the consumer has to agree to the price. Furthermore, the consumer can specify that no advertiser can resell his/her name without permission. An offer to buy a consumer's name and address might look like this: "Please accept $2.00 for your name and address so we can send you more info." If the consumer accepts (e.g., by clicking on the associated "CyberCoin), her name and address (from her personal data) will be forwarded to the advertiser, and $2 will be transfierred from the advertiser to the consumer's account.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a two step technique for the development of an accurate consumer profile. First, a consumer is asked to pro-actively describe him or herself. This forms a "base profile."
Then the consumer's actions can be monitored in this example such that a representation of the consumer's actions are "overlaid" upon the self description. This combination of self description combined with monitored actions yields highly accurate and granular consumer profile which can be CA 02240314 1998-06-ll used to predict consumer interests and behaviors. The system also can generate a base profile from historical data as well as self description.

F,x~mrle:
To show how the approaches discussed above transform a typical advertising transaction, consider a brief scenario starring "Cynthia," an lnternet surfer who has recently signed on to the service provided in accordance with the present invention.

Upon logging on to her customized home page, Cynthia would be presented with a list of ads that she may elect to view. The ads would be preselected for her on the basis of a personal profile questionnaire that she has completed plus automatic tracking of her previous Internet usage. For example, today's list might contain ads for medium-price hotels in ~ 75lt (where Cynthia is planning a vacation~, a do-it-yourself telescope kit (a possibility for her son's upcoming birthday), San Francisco Forty-Niner football tickets (she's a fan), new nonfat organic dessert items (she's on a diet), and heavy equipment for earth moving (she is part-owner of a construction company). In the system provided by the present invention, not only are the subjects of the ads keyed to Cynthia's interests, but certain aspects of their style, depth, and content can also be customized to her as well. For example, Cynthia's love of sunsets, independent rock groups, and dancing (all available from her profile) can be used to customize ads so that she will enjoy them more. This marks another hllpol l~lt change from prior practice in the advertising business.

Next to some of the titles on the ad list displayed to Cynthia is the image of a little gold coin -- a "consumer interface button" or '~CyberCoin" --with a distinctive style. When Cynthia clicks her mouse on the CyberCoin, it opens up the ad and simultaneously causes a transfer of cash or credit directly to Cynthia's desktop (or to a specialized account, credit card or bank account associated with her). This gives Cynthia an important incentive to watch the ad. The ad can include some degree of interactivity (e.g., Forty-Niners game CA 02240314 1998-06-ll stadium seating ~ler~lellce, choice of diet dessert, etc.) to allow the service to give the advertiser a guarantee that Cynthia paid attention to the ad. This interactivity can make the ad more fun (e.g., by providing a guessing game, quiz or joke).

The ad might ask Cynthia if she is interested in having the merchant contact her directly, and can include another CyberCoin that compensates Cynthia for the informing the merchant of her identity. Cynthia can be given the choice of whether her identity is to be released -- thereby protecting her privacy.

Applicatiorl~ Beyond Advertisin~:
Although the present invention is very useful in purveying advertising, many of its underlying principles can be carried much further, into the realm of any type of valuable information -- including for example entertainment and information on the Internet. The present invention is particularly useful with regard to information that "pursues the consumer" rather than waiting to bc discovered. In the past, buyers have been the more active party in the entertainment and information marketplace. Sellers publish and advertise their wares, but buyers do the searching. The present invention allows these roles to be reversed. It allows the creators of entertainment and information (writers, film makers, journalists, musicians, graphic artists) or their agents to actively seek out their potential audience, based on the personal profiles on file in the ri~ h~.ce. As with advertising, such contacts would only take place with the permission of the receiving party.

The following additional features are provided in accordance with the present invention:

Tr~1inr Houses:
Eventually, advertising, information, and entert~inment may all exist amicably side by side in a cyberspace To handle a wide variety of dirrelellt transactions, the present invention provides a "trading house" -- an electronic WO 97/2~074 PCT/US96/19730 analog of a stock exchange. This is an on-line trading "floor" where buyers and sellers (or their software agents) can actively find each other and negotiate transactions. Initially, such transactions would probably be handled through a central scrver facility, but eventually the work could be spread among many local ~lllleplelleurs who would franchise the nccessary software and set themselves up as independent agents to service their community and local bnqineqqçs (akin to the shopping newspapers common in most local communities). Highly targeted, localized, low-volume advertising might enable some small mom-and-pop bll~inesses and specialized low-tech cottage industries -- for example, someone who repairs antique violins -- to use advertising to reach customers for the first time.

Points of Interest:
Various prior art techniques available on the Internet -- specifically bookmarks, history tracking in searching, and On Technology's "On Location" product -- permit consumers to track back to items of interest. The present invention can provide "points of interest" that establish a mechanism for tracking all consumption and viewing, and keeping indexed content summaries that allow the viewer to conduct free-form searches of the recent past.

Private Home Pages:
The World Wide Web allows anyone to m~int~in public "home pages"
that are visible to all, and are ~(~cçq~ihle to all with optional name-password access restrictions. The system provided by the present invention adds the capability of m~in~:~ining private home pages that are accessible and visible only to their owners. Another example feature of these pages is the capability of "dragging and dropping" content between one's private and public home pages.

Pricir~.

The service provided by the present invention can be offered free to the consumer, vvith the service operator receiving compensation from advertisers.

l'~RTFF DF.!~CI~IrTI(~N OF TH13 DI2~WINGS

These, as well as other objects and advantages of this invention, will be more completely understood and appreciated by careful study of the following more detailed description of a presently preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, of which:

FIGURE 1 shows an overall environment 100 in which the present invention may be used;

FIGURE 2 shows an example of positively priced information;

FIGURE 3 shows an example of negatively priced information, FIGURE 4 shows an example of direct payment and financial clearinghouse payment through use of a "CyberCoin" icon;

FIGURE 5 shows linked sponsorship, FIGUR~ 6 orthogonal sponsorship;

FIGURE 7 shows an example consumer database;

FIGURE 8 shows an example of demographic routing;

FIGU~E 9 shows an example of how attention broker servers can be used to broker the attention commodities of consumers;

FIGURE 10 shows an example of attention brokering;

FIGURE 11 shows an example consumer display;

FIGURE llA shows example functions performed by a software agent;

FIGU~E 12 shows an example overall process performed by a consumer computer and an attention broker server;

FIGURE 13 shows an example consumer computer interface;

FIGURE 14 shows an example of trading houses;

FIGURE 15 shows an example of operations performed by a trading house agent;

FIGURE 16 shows an example of a display of several advertisements for use in registering a viewer's reaction to the advertisements;

FIGURE 17 shows an example of process steps for recording and analyzing the reactions of a group of users to a series of advertisements;

FIGURE 18 shows an exemplary ~ t~b~e structure for recording user's reactions to advertisements and advertisement plerelellces; and FIGURE 19 is an example of a display showing a web site having an advertisement banner with a coupon and a system for automatically applying the coupon to the purchase of a corresponding product or service.

DI~TATT.F.n l>~ CR~PTIQN ~ T~T~, D~WINGS

Figure 1 shows an example of an overall environment 100 in which the present invention may be used. Environment 100 includes a network 102 such as, for example, the Internet or "Future Net." A plurality of consumer computers 104 are connected to net~,vork 102. Also, connected to network 102 are a plurality of information servers 106 and onc or more financial clearinghouse computers 108. Network 102 allows each of computers 104, 106 and 108 to conllllullicate with other computers.

Each of consumer computers 104 may be owned and operated by a different consumer. For example, computer 104(1) can be at the home of a first consumer, consumer computer 104(2) can be at the home of a second consumer, and consumer computer 104(N) may be at the home of an Nth consumer. Consumer computers 104 in this example may comprise, as one example, conventional desktop personal computers or workstations having the ability to connect to network 102 and being capable of running customized software supporting the service provided by the present invention.

In this example, each consumer computer 104 may be provided with a software agent 110. Software agents 110 comprise software processes nominally executing on behalf of consumers. These software agents 110 perform tasks at the direction of the consumers who own computers 104. In one embodiment discussed below, software agents 110 can travel from consumer colll~ul~l~ 104 to other computers (e.g., servers 106) to retrieve information and bring it back for use by consumer computers 104.

Servers 106 store information and disseminate it to consumer computers 104 over network 102. For example, servers 106 may act as "attention brokers" or "trading houses," and may supply consumer software agent 110 with adverti~ment~ or other information to be viewed or reviewed by consumers.

CA 02240314 1998-06-ll W O 97/22074 PCT~US96/19730 Financial clearinghouse 108 in this example is responsible for supervising and/or performing financial transactions. For example, financial clearinghouse 108 may m~int~qin account or kansaction information for each of the consumers operating computers 104, and may be responsible for assuring that consumers pay for some information content delivered to them and are compe~tecl for paying attention to other information content delivered to them.

For example, Figure 2 schem~tically shows a transaction involving "positively priced information." Suppose a consumer requests valuable information such as, for example, a television program, prerecorded music, m~g~7ine or newspaper articles, or a research report. In this example, consumers may request such information through consumer computers 104, and the information can be delivered to the consumers in digital form via the consumer CUIl~)U~ i and/or by other means. In this example, the consumers requesting and consuming such information are asked to compensate the providers of such information. Figure 2 shows an information provider providing valuable information 50 with a '~price tag" 52 stating how much the information costs, and requesting compensation in this amount (as signified by the open hand 54). Of course, the physical transaction shown in Figure 2 is only for purposes of illustration--since in this example the actual transaction takes place electronically. In particular, an electronic "price tag" 52 (i.e., arequest for payment) may be presented to the consumer's computer 104. The consumer (or her software agent 1 10) may satisfy the request for payment by providing an a~pl~,pliate amount of digital cash and/or by authorizing financial cle~ringh-)use 108 to debit her account in the ~L)plo~;ate amount.
Upon receipt of such payment or payment authorization, the information provider may release the valuable information 50 to the consumer ~e.g., by transmitting it over network 102 and/or by providing consurner computer 104 ~,vith a decryption key or other information needed to release it from an information container or other protected form).

CA 02240314 1998-06-ll Figure 3 shows an example of "negatively priced information," i.e., information that an advertiser, attention broker or other party will pay a consumer to view and give their attention to. For example, a lingerie company may be willing to pay certain consumers to view its advertisement for a new line of lingerie products. In Figure 3, the information 56 being provided to the consumer represents an advertisement for other such "negatively priced information." A virtual "price tag" 58 associated with information 56 indicates the amount the information provider will compensate a consumer to pay attention to the information 56. In this example, the consumer uses her computer 104 to read information 56 (and, in some embo~1iment~7 to interact with the information thereby evidencing that she has paid attention to it). In response to paying attention to the information 56, the information provider compensates the consumer by providing a payment 60 in the form of digital cash and/or a credit on the consumer's account (as registered by financial clearinghouse 108, for example).

As discussed above, the payment transactions 54, 60 may be handled either through a direct payment of digital cash to/from the consumer's computer 104, through an account debit or credit via financial clearinghouse 108, or through coupons (e.g., a form of cash payment that is restricted in its use). A digital cash transaction at the consumer computer 104 has the advantage of providing an immediate, direct electronic payment. For example, each consumer computer 104 can m~;nt~in a repository ("piggy bank") of digital cash. Positively priced information transactions such as those represented in Figure 2 deplete the digital cash in the repository, and negatively priced information transactions such as shown in ~igure 3 add to the digital cash in the repository. Such direct payment digital cash transactions (or electronic coupon distribution) can be decentralized and require no participation from a central computer such as financial clç~ringhouse 108.

Figure 4 shows an example transaction that makes use of financial clearinghouse 108 to transfer a paymcnt 60 from an advertiser to a consumer WO 97/22~74 PCT/US96/19730 based on a "negatively priced information" transaction shown in Figure 3. In this example, an icon 62 of a coin (a "CyberCoin") is displayed on the consumer's computer 104. The CyberCoin 62 lepresellts a payment or other incentive (e.g., a coupon), and encodes a network address of an information provider in this example. The consumer can choose to watch the associated adverti.~ment by moving her cursor onto the CyberCoin icon 62 and clicking her mouse pointing device button (represented by arrow 64). The consumer has an incentive to do this because she knows that this action will transfer compensation or some other incentive represented by the CyberCoin icon 62 to her credit. Clicking on the CyberCoin 62 may institute an automatic retrieval, over network 102, of the ad information the CyberCoin is associated with.

In this exarnple, the compensation ~e.g., direct cash payment) represented by a CyberCoin has generic usefulness, but in another example such compensation could have a restricted value analogous to a coupon (which is converted to cash on a one-to-one currency exchange basis but for a limited set of purchases such as purchase of particular specified products).

As mentioned above, one possible payment arrangement is to provide direct payment in the form of digital cash 60(a) to the consumer's computer 104 in response to the consurner's selection ofthe CyberCoin icon 62 (possibly as a condition on the consurner interacting with the advertisement and answering ~lv~l;ate questions or providing requested information).
Another possibility is for the consumer's colllpulel 104 to interact with financial clearinghouse computer 108 to cause the financial cle~ringh~ use culllpu~el to update financial database 110 it m~int~in~ so as to debit the advertiser's account and credit the consumer's account by the ~rvp~iate payment amount 60(b). For example, the CyberCoin icon may include an embedded hypertext link to a central web site for ~imini.~tering CyberCoin credits. This hypertext link automatically causes thc browser of the user to switch to the central web site when the user clicks-on the coin. The browser flccçs.ses the central web site only to record a credit to the user's coin account and then switches back to the original site that displayed the CyberCoin. The user may not realize that the browser switched to and from the central site.
However, if the user does not have an account at the central site, the central site may display to the new user a registration screen inviting the user to opena coin account.

The following informational text may be displayed on the screen of Figure 4 if desired:
Direct Payment We allow advertisers to pay directly for your time and attention. If you see a CyberCoin with a value beside it, just click to transfer that value to your own account. (Some ads might ask for your interaction.) Ads that contain CyberCoins are marked with an icon, and the total value of all their coins, on your home page ad list.
We also allow advertisers to offer coupons. Nothing special there, except that these coupons "attract" relevant ads (unless you ask them not to). So you don't have to shop around--the advertisers do the work.

Figure 5 illustrates the concept of"linked sponsorship," and Figure 6 illustrates the concept of "orthogonal sponsorship." As explained above, the "linked sponsorship" model shown in Figure 5 is the traditional way in which advertisers 62 deliver their ads to consumers 64 via mass media providers 66.
In the Figure 5 model, the advertisers 62 compensate the mass media providers 66 to include advertisements 68 embedded in the entertz~inment or other content 70 being distributed by mass media to consumers 64. Figure 6 shows the orthogonal sponsorship model provided in accordance with the present invention. Figure 6 shows that using orthogonal sponsorship, the information content 70 provided by producer 66 is separated from the advertisements 68 provided by advertisers 62. Advertisers 62 can directly compensate consumers 64 via payment 60(a) for viewing and paying attention to their adverti~en~ent~ 68. Consumers 64 can use this payment 60(a) to compensate information provider 66 via another payment 60(b) for providing entertainment or other information 70 the consumer wishes to access.

WO 97/2207~ PCT/US96/19730 Sponsorship becomes unlinked from the content of the sponsored entertainment or service 70, much to the benefit of the consumer.

As discussed above, the orthogonal sponsorship model shown in Figure 6 is advantageous because it allows advertisers 62 to more accurately and efficiently target their ads 68 to particular consumers 64 interested in theads. In this example, system 100 supports such more accurate targeting by providing each consumer 64 with a personalized ~1~t:~hR~e 120. An example consumer database is shown in Figure 7. Database 120 may include contact information 122, interest profile information 124, account history information 125, and a digital cash repository 126. Contact information 122 identifies the consumer 64 so that other computers (e.g., 106, 108) can contact the consumer' s computer 104 (or the consumer directly over cornmunications means other than network 102). C~onsumer interest profile 124 includes demographic and other information detailing the consumer's interests, habits and ~Ic;r~ ces. This consumer interest profile 124 information can be used by advertisers 62 to target adverti~çment~ selectively to certain consumers and not to others (e.g., teenage boys can be sent skateboard ads, mothers can be sent children's clothing ads, retirees can be sent conservative investrnent information, golfers can be sent golf product ads, etc.). In the case of direct payment using digital cash, consumer ~l~t~hzl~e 120 may also include a digital cash repository 126 as discussed above.

In this example, consumer ~1~t~hs~e 120 is a data structure created by consumer's computer 104 when the consumer registers for receiving ads, information and services via system 100. For example, at registration time, the consumer's computer 104 may display a questionnaire and associated information requesting the consumer to provide identity information such as the following:

Personal Data We keep the contact inrU~ of each member r~mfi~ n~ l If an advertiser wants your name and address, he has to offer to buy it, and you have to agree to the price. (Fullhcil~llol~, you can specify that no advertiser can resell your name without your permission.) An offer to buy you name and address might look like this:

Please accept $2.00 for your name and address so we can send you more info.

If you accept by clicking on the coin, your name and address (from your personal data) will be rul ~. al dl, ;i to the advertiser, and $2 will be llallsf~ ;l from the advertiser tû you.

Contact l.lfo~ ' C~-fi~
We will never release this information. You may chose to release it, however, inresponse to an advertiser's offer to pay you for your narne and address. There is no way that an advertiser can access this information without your case-by-case consent.
Your Name:
First Middle Last Your Telephone Number:
Please leave a tel~,"hone number where we can reach you.
Your Postal Address:
Street Address #l Street Address #2 City State or Province Zip or Postal Code Country Your Email Handle:
Please choose a "handle" (like a ni~l. ..~...~ or screen name) for your email account. The conventional choice is your first initial followed ;"",.r.l;~.U Iy by your last name, all in lower case letters. For exarnple, Jane Oakley would use "joakley."
I want my handle to be Your r..~
Please choose a password for your email account. It should be easy to lclll.,lllbcl, but not something easily guessed. Your password can be between 4 and 16 .,LI.al,l.,la long, with no spaces. The only allowed ~,halact~,la are letters, numbers, and ~ J~,lacc lci,.
I want my password to be This information provided by the consumer is stored in the contact inforrnation block 122 of the Figure 7 database 120. Also at registration time, the consumer may be asked to provide inforrnation useful in forrning interest profile 124. For example, at registration time, consumer computer 104 may display the following "profile questionnaire" and associated information re~uesting certain demographic related information from the consumer:

Profilcs We keep a personal profile for each of our members. This is separate from your contact h~f ",..~"ion, but is just as much under your control. Your choose whether or not to make it available to advertisers. You will probably want to make you profile available while keeping your name and address secret. This will allow advertisers to tailor their ads to your interests without invading your privacy.

You can edit and update your profile at any time. In addition, whenever you elect to search for new information, you can choose whether or not to have the search topic included in your profile. (These "anonymous searches" allow you to explore areas of interest that you don't want to include in your general profile.) You can also "rate" the ads that you view, allowing us to fine tune your profile.
Your Profile Cc - fi~lP-~tiql We use this information to filter ads ac.,o. di..g to your interests. We will never release this information without your consent. You will be given a chance (below) to make this profile available to advertisers as a "blind profile," without your name and address. This will allow an advertiser to tailor an ad to your interests without obtaining your identity.
Your Gender:
Female Male Your Birth date:
(Please enter your Birth date in MM-DD-YY format, e.g., 08-29-71 ) Ethnicity:
(e.g., African-American, Asian, Hispanic, White, etc.) Your ethnicity is Religion:
Your religion is Youir ~ c~t~.
List your interests here. We will use this information to filter your ads. It helps to restrict your list to simple nouns or phrases, rather than sentl~nc.qs For example:
Profile A~
Your profile does NOT include your contact inf~rmz-fi-~n If you leave it available to advertisers (the default3, you are still "anonymous," but advertisers can tailor their ads to your interests. If you hide your profile, we can still filter your ads, but the ads may be "generic" and less h~t.,.~ il-g, and they may pay you less money.
Hide my Profile from advertisers As described above, the contact information 122 and the interest profile 124 may be used separately in this example. For example, if the consumer 64 consents, system 100 can release the consumer's interest profile 124 but not the user's contact information 122 to advertisers 62. This "blind profile" 124 can be used by advertisers 62 to target their ads 68.

Figure 8 shows an example of the use of consumer interest profile 124 to target advertiL~mentL~ 68. In this examp}e, an advertiser 62(1) creates an ad68 that appeals to certain consumers 64 but not others. In this schematic illustration, ad 68 created by advertiser 62 appeals primarily to consumers having certain preferences (these pl~fc.~llces indicated by the diamond shapes and the slanted stripes). Advertiser 62 provides ad 68 to server computer 106 which acts as an attention broker. Basically, attention broker computer 106(1) is an intermediary between consumers 64 and advertisers 62, and performs the function of routing ads 68 to ~lo~liate consumers 64 based on consumers' interest profile 124 (see Figure 9). In this Figure 8 example, attention broker computer 106 may store a copy of the current interest profile 124 and associated contact information 122 for each of consumers 64. However, - attention broker computer 106 may not be authorized by any of consumers 64 to release the consumers' information to advertiser 62. Instead, advertiser 62 specifies to attention broker 106 the demographics of consumers 64 to whom the advertiser wants the ad 68 shown. Server 106 may compare this advertiser-specified demographic information with the interest profile 124 of each of consumers 64, and may route the ad 68 to only those consumers (e.g., 64(1), 64(2), but not 64(N)) whose profiles 124 match the demographics specifled by advertiser 62.

In this exarnple, the consumer interest profiles 124 may be stored at consumer conl~uLels 104 and/or at attention brokerage servers 106. In either case, the consumer's interests are represented by one or more software agents 110 that stand in for the consumer even when the consumcr's computer 104 is turned off. These software agents 110 can "live" anywhere in system 100.
The function of software agent 110 is to screen or filter ads 68 (or other forms of information that may be competing for the attention of consumers 64) against the consumer interest profiles 124. Matches that achieve a certain threshold of interest (e.g., as adjustable by the consumer who "ov~ns" the profile) represented in the form of "agent reports" that consist of short sumrnaries and pointers to the information. The following informational text may be displayed to a consumer of system 100 concerning agents:
Interest Agents ~ nterest is still any advertiser's primary tool for grabbing attention. When you sign up with us and fill in your profile, we build a personal agenf for you. This agent works around the clock, searching out and screening new ads to find ones that match your interests. The next time you log in, these ads are waiting for you. If your agent ever finds an ad you don't like, it takes your feedback and modifies its behavior accordingly. There's no reason to put up with ads that don't interest you.

~ ou can also initiate "search requests" to satisfy spur-of-the-moment interests. By default we will give this task to your personal agent, and this new interest will become part of your profile. But you can also request that the search be carried out by a new "secret agent" that won't affect your profile.

We also provide a third kind of agent--the salesman. This is an agent that works on behalf of an ad itself, searching out interested viewers and bringing it to their attention. But unlike a real-world s~ m~n, the cybernetic version can't come calling u~.ul~u~ced and u~ l.,olllc Your personal agent has priority, and has to approve the ad first.

So while big-budget advertisers can use CyberCoins to widen their circle of interest, small-budget advertisers can rely on their salesmen to reach their natural audience of most-i..t~.~t~,d parties.

There can be many attention brokerage servers 106. Each attention brokerage server may serve a specific interest area (e.g., opera, winter sports,etc.), a specific geographic area, a specific demographic area, or any combination of these. Figure 10 shows an example arrangement including two attention brokerage servers 106(1), 106(2). Attention brokerage server 1~6(1) may broker advertising and other information relating to winter sports in general or skiing in particular. Thus, attention brokerage server 106(1) in this example stores a repertoire of ads (or other information) 140(1 ) relating to skiing. The objective of server 106(1) is to deliver these skiing ads 140(1) to CA 02240314 1998-06-ll WO 97n2074 PCT/US96/19730 the computers 104 of consumers who are, based on their consumer interest profiles 124, interested or likely to be interested in skiing ads.

Matching of interest profiles 124 with ads can be performed using "relevance indexing" based on hierarchical tree structures. For example, suppose, the user likes Thelonius Monk, jazz kios, and popular vocal music.
The ad or other information relates to Shirley Horn's album You Won 't Forget Me. The matching algorithm picks up a mild relevance from the fact that this is iazz piano music (even though it isn't Monk~, and a strong relevance from the fact that it is popular female vocal music. The algorithm only has to look up and down the branches of the tree that contain index points. The tree itself can be dynamically m~int~ined: a node that is over-populated with index points can be subdivided, while a node that is sparsely populated can be merged with its parent. A child node is only required to represent a subset of the parent--it is not required to be disjoint from a sibling.

The other attention brokerage server 106(2) shown in Figure 10 stores ads 140(2) relating to opera, and has the objective of delivering these ads to opera loving consumers. The example consumer computer 104(1) shown in Figure 10 stores a consumer interest profilc 124 that specifies skiing and operaas interest areas. In this example, the software agent 110(1) associated with consumer's computer 104(1) may travel across network 102 to visit each of attention brokerage servers 106.

Agent 110 may present the user's interest profile 124 to attention brokerage servers 106 so as to allow the servers to attempt to match ads within their repertoires 140 with the consumer' s interest profile, or in another embodiment, the software agent 110 may mz~int~in the intcrest profile 124 as confidential and perform the m~t- .hing itself based on ad profile criteria presented by the attention brokerage servers 106. When matches are found, the attention brokerage servers 106 may deliver the m~tl-hing ads to the consumer's computer 104, or agent 110 may retrieve the ads. Alternatively, the software agent 110 may retrieve a "thumbnail" brief surnmary of the ads CA 022403l4 l998-06-ll and display them on the consumer's computer display (see Figure 11). In this example, each ~thumbnail description" of an ad can be displayed by consumer computer 104 with an associated CyberCoin icon 62.

As explained in connection with Figure 4, when a consumer "clicks"
on the associated CyberCoin icon 62, this may initiate retrieval of the associated advertisement described in the "thumbnail description" and display of the advertisement on the consumer's computer 104. The advertisement display may ask the consumer questions or otherwise require consumer interaction to ensure the consumer has paid attention to the advertisement.
Upon successful completion of this process, an amount of digital currency may be deposited into the consumer's digital cash repository 126, or alternatively, the consumer's account may be credited and the advertiser's account debited by financial clearinghouse computer 108.

Figure 1 lA shows an example process performed by the consumer's software agent 110 to create the screen shown in Figure 11. Each time a new advertisement arrives at attention brokerage server 106 (Figure 11 A, block 180), the attention brokerage server creates an index of the ad and files it forpresentation to software agents 110 (Figure 1 IA, block 182). When the software agent arrives at the attention brokerage server 106, it scans the ad index m~int~in~d by the attention brokerage server to look for matches between its consumer's interest profile 124 and indexed demographic information corresponding to the ads m~int~ined by the attention brokerage server (Figure 11 A, block 184). The software agent 110 and/or the attention brokerage server 106 may remove from the list of matches all ads that thc consumer has already viewed (or has viewed within a particular time frame) (Figure 11 A, block 186). The software agent 110 may then return to the consumer's CO~ ulel 104 with a file of thumbnail descriptions of each m~tçhinp ad (Figure 1 lA, block 188). The software agent 110 may display the contents ofthis thumbnail f1le on the consumer's computer 104 along with CyberCoin icons 62. Selecting the associated CyberCoin icon 62 initi~tes an CA 022403l4 l998-06-ll interaction between the consumer's computer 104 and the attention brokerage server 106 that stores the m~tchin~ ad (see below).
Figure 12 shows an overall example process perforrned by an interaction between an attention brokerage server 106 and a consumer computer 104. As shown in Figure 12, a consumer may interact with an advertisement and an associated Cyber(~oin 62 as discussed above (Figure 12, block 200). A software process running on consumer's computer 104 collects interaction data (Figure 12, block 202), and then determines whether the consumer's computer 104 (software agent 110) has an active certificate (Figure 12, decision block 204). In this example, all registered consumers are provided with a digital certificate identifying them. If the consumer has not yet registered, she will not have an active certificate ("no" exit to decision block 204, Figure 12), and may be asked to go through a quick sign-up procedure at this time (e.g., to obtain the consumer's name and password) and to create a tellll)ol~l y certificate (blocks 206, 208, Figure 12). The process next collects the certificate data (block 210, Figure 12), and sends the certificate data and the collected interaction data to a network destination (universal resource locator (URL) address) specified by the activated CyberCoin 62 (Figure 12, block 212). The process executing on the consumer's computer 104 may then wait for a response, or may perform other, unrelated activities.

Upon receiving the information from the consumer (Figure 12, block 220), the software process executing on the attention brokerage server 106 designated by the CyberCoin 62 activated by the consumer uses the certificate data transmitted by block 210, 212, to identify the consumer's account (Figure 12, decision block 222). If no account exists, the attention brokerage server 106 cleterminl~ whether the consumer is a new sign-up, or whether the consumer's account has been closed due to some problem (Figure 12, decision block 224). Since new sign-ups are encouraged, the attention brokerage server 106 creates a new account automatically for new sign-ups (Figure 12, block 226) and may display the following example server as a precursor to the sign-up process:

A new approach to Internet adveltising based on four 1 Attention Yo~lr attention is a valuable commodity. We allow advertisers to pav vou directlv for your time and attention.
Interest Interest is still the primary tool for holding attention. We provide ~ that filter ads according to your interests, and agents that help ads find you.
Privacy Your personal data is your private proper~y, and your e~ is valuable. We allow you to control them and their ecnn-)mir benefits, and allow advertisers topay you for access.
~p r ~ L;~
On TV and in print, advertisers s ponsor products. On the Internet, advertisers can now sponsoryou. SpQncrlrship flows throu~h vou to the services of your choice. There is no need to link advertising to ~llt~,a~i.,..,~".L content.
Si~n u,~ now. It's Free!

Attention brokerage server 106 then determines, based on the interaction data collected by block 202 and transmitted by block 212, whether the user's interaction with the adverti~çment was adequate ~Figure 12, decision block 228). The adequacy of interaction may depend on particular requirements associated with the ad. For example, some advertisers may not require interaction, while other advertisers may require detailed interaction evidencing that the consumer has paid attention to the ad. If interaction was inadequate ("no" exit to Figure 12, decision block 228), or if the consumer's account is "bad" ("no" exit to Figure 12, decision block 224), then the process returns with a failure code (block 234). On the other hand, if the consumer did everything correctly, the attention brokerage server 106 updates the consumer' s account to credit (or direct pay) the consumer the monetary value represented by the activated CyberCoin 62 ~Figure 12, block 230), updatcs its h~ce to inactivate this particular CyberCoin (to prevent the consumer from receiving additional compensation by merely successively repeating the same process for the same ad) (Figure 12, block 232), and returns with a success code. The attention brokerage server 106 then sends a message to the consumer's computer (Figure 12, block Z36) indicating success or failure, which message is carried by network 102 and received by the consumer's computer 104 (Figure 12, block 214). The consumer's computer 104 may display feedback (e..g, the sound of a coin falling into a piggy bank for a SUCGes!~ful transaction) (Figure 12, block 216). If the consumer had not previously been registered, the process may request additional information from the consumer to complete the sign-up process (Figure 12, block 216).
-Referring once again to Figure 1 lA, the consumer's software agent110 may also, if desired, initiate the above-described matching process whenever the consumer's interest profile 124 changes (Figure 1 lA, block 190). In this example, system 100 will track the consumer's activities and elaborate the consumer's profile 124 automatically. In addition, system 100 in this example permits the consumer to view and edit a plain-language representation of her profile 124 at any time, and add anything to it or delete anything from it. Thus, for example, if the consumer begins looking for a new car, she may edit her profile 124 to add an interest about certain types or categories of automobiles. Such a change in the consumer's profile 124 may cause software agent to re-index the consumer's profile 124 (Figure I IA, block 192) and a new scan for matching ads (Figure 11 A, block 194).

Referring once again to Figure 11, software agent 110 in this example may display "coupons" in addition to CyberCoins 62 a coupon 63 can be used to start a self-executing process to bring ads to consumers. A coupon 63 bypasses the profile matching process described above, by allowing the consumer to directly express a desire to receive information about a certain product or service (or a certain class of products or services). For example, ifthe consumer "clips" a coupon directed to non-fat desserts, the consumer's software agent 110 will automatically search for ads that are associated with that coupon and retrieve thumbnail descriptions of all such ads (Figure 1 lA, blocks 196, 198). Such coupons may be issued by particular mslnllf~(~turers of goods or services, or they may be more generic and directed to ranges or classes of goods or services. In this exarnple, a coupon icon 63 is displayed on the consumer's computcr 104 to indicate the coupon is active, and associated thumbnail descriptions retrieved by the software agent 110 are WO 97/22074 PCTtllS96/19730 displayed adjacent the coupon icon (as shown in Figure 11). The consumer may view the associated ad by simply clicking on the coupon icon 63.

Figure 12 shows the example software control steps that the consumer may select and initiate (e.g., through Windows or other menu-driven operations) on her computer 104 to interact with system 100. In this example, the consumer may log in (Figure 13, block 300) and then select one of several different views (Figure 13, decision block 302). In this example, five different"views" are provided:
thumbnails ~ search set-up ~ examine account ~ change profile ~ Iook at past history.

If the consumer selects the "thumbnail" view, an associated screen is displayed (Figure 13, block 304) that may be similar to the one shown in Figure 11. The consumer may delete displayed ads (Figure 13, block 306), or she may view displayed ads (e.g., by selecting displayed CyberCoins 62 or coupons 63 (Figure 13, blocks 308, 310, 312). The consumer may also place an order for specific goods or services (e.g., in response to some displayed adsor interaction with them) (Figure 13, block 314). The consumer may also rate a displayed ad (Figure 13, block 316) to provide the advertiser with feedback such as "I like the ad" or "I don't like the ad." This feedback can be used to fine-tune the consumer's interest profile 124.

A "search" facility screen (Figure 13, block 318) may allow the consumer to search through a long list of thumbnail descriptions to find specific ones of interest. The consurner may specify targets (e.g., look at all car ads) in order to select subset of available descriptions for display (Figure13, block 320).

If the consumer selects the profile edit screen (Figure 13, block 326), consumer computer 104 displays a plain-text representation of the consumer's interest profile 124 and allows the consumer to edit the profile, add or delete items (Figure 13, block 328).

In this example, the consumer is permitted to review her account information 125 by calling up an account review screen (l~igure 13, block 322). The consumer may delete coupons 63 so that the system 100 stops automatically retrieving ads linked to coupons (Figure 13, block 324).

If the consumer selects the history option (Figure 13, block 330), the consumer's computer 104 displays the contents of account history 125 and permits the consumer to delete items (Figure 13, block 332).

If the consumer selects the account option (Figure 13, block 322), the consumer's computer 104 may display account inforrnation (e.g., the balance stored in digital cash repository 126), and may also permit the consumer to delete coupons 63 she is no longer interested in (Figure 13, block 324).

Trading Houses As discussed above, an attention brokerage may primarily handle the targeting of positively and negatively priced information. A trading house is a generalization of this. It takes the "stock exchange" or "commodity exchange" concept and extends it to include the buying and selling of arbitrary goods and services (including information) over an electronic network 102.
The trading house concept generalizes in at least two areas, the attention brokerage functions described above. First, the consumer's software agent 110 may carry not only the consumer's interest profile 124, but also specific search buy/sell instructions issued by the consumer. Secondly, the purveyors of items and information for "sale" can also be represented by software agents (called "salesmen") that actively seek out interested buyers. Both salesmen and consumer agents may use the same underlying interest matching technology.

Figure 14 shows an example embodiment of system 100 including trading houses 400 (which, like the attention broker discussed above, are implemented using standard computer network servers). In this example, each trading house computer 400 executes a ".~lesm~n" software agent 402. The objective of software agents 402 is to sell information to willing buyers (i.e.,consumer software agents 110). In this example, the consumer has programmed her software agent 1 10 to seek out and collect information concerning certain types of cars, and to obtain medical information based on the consumer's most recent medical e~S-min~1ion. The consumer's software agent 1 10 stores these instructions 404, and brings them to each of trading houses 400 to determine whether the trading houses have any information that m~f~h(~s the instructions. In this example, trading house 400(1) may be an automotive trading house that markets cars. When the consumer's software agent 110 visits trading house 400(1), the instructions issued to the consumer's agent may be compared with information or items available from the trading house 400~1) (e.g., offers to sell certain kinds of automobiles, represented by ~l~t~h~e or report 406). The consumer's agent 110 may return to consumer computer 104 with the reported results of the matching process so that the consumer may review the report and take further action ~e.g., contact directly the individuals who are selling the automobiles). The automotive trading house 400(1) may charge the consumer for this service, which charges may be satisfied through direct digital cash payment from the consumer's digital cash repository 126 and/or by debiting the consumer's account and crediting the seller's account via financial clearinghouse computer 108. This same mechanism may be used to buy and sell any other type of valuable information (e.g., medical reports 410 that arc "sold" by medical trading house 400(2)). Thus, the consumer may empower her software agent 1 10 to retrieve thumbnail descriptions or other indicia about some items for sale, and may empower her agent to actually consllmm~te transactions according to criteria specified by the consumer (e.g., don's pay more than X dollars).

Figure 15 is an example of an overall process performed by system 100 to manage trading house agents. If someone wants to make a new offer to sell something ~Figure 15, block 450), system 100 can create an associated selling agent 402 (Figure 15, block 452). Similarly, a new request to purchase an item (Figure 15, block 454) may result in creation of a buying agent 110 (Figure 15, block 456). The above-described processes may exist concurrently with the agent functions described above in connection with attention brokering--which result in the creation of agents to "buy" or "sell"
consumer attention as a commodity (Figure 15, blocks 458, 460, 462, 464).
The trading houses 400 may then create one or more indexes of items being bought and sold (Figure 15, block 466). When a buying agent 110 and a selling agent 402 meet at a trading house computer 400, the trading house computer scans for buy/sell matches (Figure 15, block 468), and may screen out all matches that have already been previously provided to that particular prospective buyer and/or seller to avoid duplications (Figure 15, block 470).
If the agents are empowered to consllmmz~tc. transactions, then the trading house computer 400 may consumm~te a transaction and arrange for the ap~ ,iate funds to be transferred either directly or via financial clearinghouse 109 (Figure 15, block 472). The trading house computer 400 may then inform the consumer' s computer 104 of the result of the transaction (of if the consumer's agent was not authorized to con~llmmzlte a transaction, tofile reports of the matches found) (Figure 15, block 474).

Thus, the trading house arrangement described above is designed to bring buyers and sellers together more quickly, less expensively, from larger populations, and with greater accuracy than any other existing sales mech~ni~m. Some examples of possible trading house functions include an actual stock exchange, an information clearinghouse, legal services and information, medical services and information, business information, cable programs and movies, yellow pages, catalog sales, classified ads, technical journals, and community-of-interest establi~hment. By analogy, a trading house can be thought of as a "super bulletin board," with features that distinguish from exi~ting bulletin board systems, e.g., high capacity (millions - - ~ = . -CA 02240314 1998-06-ll of buyers and sellers), active merchandise targeting via buying and selling agents that seck each other out, negative pricing (ads that pay), agent-aided negotiation and bidding, trusted agent transaction consummation, trusted identity and anonymity, digital cash transactions, auditable or anonymous transactions, credit histories as private property, automatic royalty tracking, and home banking.

Another extension of trading houses is the automatic formation of on-line commlini~ies of interest. ~xisting on-line services provide "news groups"
or "chat groups" dedicated to specific interests, but these must be forrned "manually" and then "advertised" by email or word of mouth. The interest-msltr.hing, information brokering services rli~c~ e~i above allows a consumer to make a request, such as "please put me in touch with other people interested in electric cars" or even "please put me in touch with other people like myself." Such requests can trigger the automatic formation of an appropriate news group or chat room, and the automatic notification of interested members.

Advertisem~nt Reactioll Data Colle~tion The effectiveness of an advertisement depends largely on how users react to the advertisement. If the users react positively to an advertisement bybeing entertained, and becoming interested in buying the advertised product or learning more about the subject of the advertisement, the advertisement is genuinely effective. An effective advertisement can be a powerful tool to promote the sale of a product or to convey a message to an audience. An effective advertisement is typically one that users enjoying viewing, clearly communicates an intended message, and motivates users to act in accordance with the message. In contrast, when viewers react adversely to an advertisement, react in a way not intended by the advertiser or do not react at all, then the advertisement is ineffective. Moreover, the effectiveness of an advertisement may change with time. For example, an advertisement that is extremely effective the first few times viewed by a potential customer may become irritating to if repeated too often.

Advertisers have a long-felt need to distinguish between effective and ineffective advertisements. Data regarding users reactions to advertisements would allow advertisers to emphasize their effective advertisements and discontinue the ineffective advertisements. By tracking users reactions, advertisers can collect data on the effectiveness of their advertisements. The data on user reactions can be correlated by the types of users, e.g., young professional women in the northeastern United States. By analyzing the data, advertisers can determine how effective their advertisements are with the targeted users.

FIGURE 16 shows an exemplary test user display 500 for evaluating several advertisements. The display includes an instruction 502, e.g., choose the most attractive advertisement, and a series of advertising banners, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, and 514. The series of advertising-banners is selected by a advertising agency or other group that desires to determine the users reactions to an advertisement. For example, the third advertising banner, 508, may be a new advertisement that the advertising agency has proposed to an advertising client for general distribution. The sixth advertising banner, 514, may be an alternative banner, and the other banners may be existing advertisements of the advertiser, advertisements of a competitor, or other advertisements.
Moreover, the advertisements on a screen display 500 may or may not be for the same or related products.

FIGURE 17 shows a process 600 for tracking and analyzing the reactions of a group of users who view a sequence of advertisements corresponding to the banners on the display screen shown in FIGURE 16. At the beginning of the process, the users are instructed, such as by the text on apreliminary display screen, as to what they are to do after viewing each of the display screens of advertisements. The instructions tell the users how to register their reaction to the adverti~çment~. For examp}e, the users may be instructed that they are to select the adverting banner from the display that ismost attractive, e.g., banner 510. In addition or alternatively, the users may be instructed to click-on each banner to view a full-screen advertisement, steps 602 and 604. Having viewed the full-screen advertisement, the user rates each advertisement as to its content by ~ igning a rating number to each advertisement or by sliding an indicator on a rating scale, step 606. Instead ofrating the advertisements, the users may be told to save, delete or replay each advertisement banner depending on their reaction to each advertisement.
Alternatively, the users may not be instructed to register their reaction but rather may be allowed purchase the advertised products on line by activating a "buy" icon in the advertisement. The process of viewing advertisement banners and other advertisements, e.g., full-screen advertisements, may be repeated, step 608, for each individual user through a sequence of display screens of banners, step 610. In addition, the same series of steps 602 to 610 is completed for a survey sample of users, step 609. Once all of the users havc viewed the advertisements, the user participation portion of the process 600 is completed.

The data gathered from the user portion of the process is analyzed to detl-rmine the preferences in the users' reactions to the advertisements, step 612. The data gained from the users registering their reaction to the advertisements is org;~ni~l by advertisement and user. As shown in FIGURE
18, a reaction ~1~t~k~e 700 may be established that tracks the individual users 702, the specific ratings assigned by that user to each adverti~f m~nt that was evaluated 704, and an indicator(s) of the advertisement preferences 706 exhibited by that user.

The preferences of each user are determined in step 614 of ~igure 17 by evaluation of the selections and/or ratings of advertisements made by that user. The analysis may clet~nine that the user generally rates highly or selectsadvertisements that have certain common characteristics. Examples of preferences rnay be that the user generally prefers advertisements with blue-backgrounds, that include moving action images and pictures of holiday CA 02240314 1998-06-ll scenes, and demonstrate automobiles, boats or computers for sale. The data on the preferences is m~int~ined in the reaction database and may be transferred to the user's profile. The reaction database 700 includes data on all of the users that participated in the advertisement survey or who purchased products on-line after viewing a certain group of advertisements. Advertisers can use the reaction database 700 to target advertisements to the users most likely to enjoy the advertisement and buy the product. Moreover, the advertisers may tailor advertisements for each individual user. For example, an advertisement may have a variable background color and pictures, and may have alternative formats of more descriptive technical information or emotional action scenes. Based on a particular users preferences as recorded in the reaction ~l~t~b~ee 700, the advertiser's computer system may modify an advertisement to have a blue-background with a moving action picture of a girls beach volley-ball game that is shown behind a new sports car that is the subject of the advertisement. The same advertiser's computer system may send a detailed statement of technical information with few images, other than a picture of the sports car, to a second user whose pl~felel1ces in the reactiondatabase (or in the user's profile) indicates that technical data is p ~c~fclled by that user. Accordingly, the ~1~t~b~e 700 on users, their reaction to advertisements and their preferences can assist advertisers in tailoring advertisements to particular users.

In addition, the reaction database 700 may be used with the user profiles to derive information on how particular types of users react to advertisements and the preferences shared by particular types of users. For example, the reaction database 700 may have data from thousands of users, of which several hundred are middle-aged married men with school age children.
By correlating the database 700 with the ~l~t:~b~e on user prof~les, e.g., a database of interest prof1les 124, to select the data pertaining to those middle-aged men users from the reaction ~l~t~bz~e. By analyzing the reaction data on a few hundred selected users, an advertiser may determine which advertisements middle-aged married men generally selected and what are typical preferences for such users. With this inforrnation, the advertiser can select or design the most effective advertisements for a particular audience to be used for broader distribution on the Internet, other computer systems or even conventional mass media avenues, such as television and print ads.
Accordingly, by analyzing the reactions of a sample of users to an advertisement or the preferences of such a sample, an advertiser has objective data to use to design better advertisements and evaluate existing advertisements.

Coupon Magnetism Coupons for products and services may be distributed via the Internet.
These coupons may appear on commonly accessed web-sites, such as search sites used to locate other sites, and home sites for Internet access providers.
The coupons may be an advertising banner that includes a brief mention of the product or service and a coupon offer for that product or service. FIGURE 19 shows a screen display of a web site 800 for searching the Internet, but for purposes of the invention the web site may be any site. An advertising banner 802 is shown on a page of the web site 800, and the banner includes a coupon 804. In the example shown in Figure 19, the advertising banner promotes a new issue of a hypothetical "CyberScreen" m~g~ine arld the coupon offers a 50¢ discount off the purchase price of that m~g~7ine issue.

A user may read, 806, and then accept 808 the coupon, e.g., by clicking-on a mouse pointer. The accepted coupon with its value are registered with a coupon account 810 for that user. The coupon account may be m~int~ined in a centralized database 812, a personal ~i~t~b~e for the user or in some other manner. After accepting the coupon, the user will be presented with an opportunity to exercise the coupon by purchasing the product or service for which the coupon is applicable immediately after accepting the coupon or some later time when an opportunity arises to present the user with an advertisement or the products themselves. l~or example, when the user next travels 814 to a grocery store 816 to purchase food products 818, the user is presented with an opportunity to purchase the WO 97/22074 PCT/US96/1973(~
products corresponding to coupons deposited in the user's coupon account 8 l 0, e.g., user account # 4. When the user is ready to check-out of the grocery store 8 l 6 and purchase the food item 8 l 8, the user swipes his identificationcard 820 through a cash register 822 which accesses the customer's coupon account 8 l 0. When the cash register detects that the user is purchasing a fooditem 8 l 8 corresponding to a coupon 804 on deposit with the user's account, the register 822 automatically deducts the value of the coupon from the purchase price of the food item 8 l 8. In addition, the register 822 may send a message to the computer system supporting the user's coupon account to indicate that the coupon has been used. In addition, thc cash register may print out on the receipt given to the user that the coupon was applied to discount the price of the food item by the value of the coupon. In addition, thecoupon may be reusable and allow the user to repeatedly purchase a product or service at a discount by selecting the coupon 804 or the coupon may be expunged from the user's account after it is applied to discount the purchase price of a product.

While the invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the disclosed embodiment. For example, although the preferred in~t~nti~fion of the equipment or "viewer" the consumer uses to communicate with comprises a general-purpose desktop computer or the like, other equipment (e.g, a television with set-top box, or a dedicated display device) could be used instead. Moreover, although the ~l~ftll~,d instantiation of the "viewer" is connected to the other components of system l 00 via the Internet l 02, other forms of connection (e.g., cable TV, on-line systems, local-area networks, wide-area networks, and physically distributed CD-ROMs) are also supported.
The invention is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A method of brokering attention comprising:
(a) generating a consumer interest profile for a consumer;
(b) providing information for distribution to consumers;
(c) comparing said consumer interest profile with said provided information;
(d) determining, based on said comparing step, whether said consumer interest profile matches said provided information;
(e) if said determining step determines a match, automatically delivering said information to said consumer; and (f) compensating said consumer for paying attention to said information.
2. A method as in claim 1 wherein said compensating step (f) comprises performing an electronic compensation transaction.
3. A method as in claim 1 wherein said compensating step (f) comprises conditioning compensation on successful occurrence of at least one further event.
4. A method as in claim 1 wherein said compensating step (f) comprises:
(1) displaying an icon that looks like money or other recognizable item of value;
(2) allowing the consumer to select said displayed icon;
(3) if said user selects said displayed icon, displaying said delivered information and performing said compensating step(f).
5. A method as in claim 2 wherein said compensating step comprises electronically providing digital cash to said consumer.
6. A method as in claim 1 wherein said generating step (a) includes receiving said consumer's responses to a questionnaire.
7. A method as in claim 1 wherein said generating step (a) includes tracking said consumer's usage of a computer network, and using said tracking data to update said consumer interest profile.
8. A method as in claim 1 wherein said generating step (a) includes permitting said consumer to specify interest preferences.
9. A method as in claim 1 wherein said generating step (a) includes permitting said consumer to delete interest preferences.
10. A method as in claim 1 wherein said providing step (b) comprises providing an advertisement.
11. A method as in claim 1 wherein said steps (c) and (d) ensure said consumer interest profile is kept private.
12. A method as in claim 1 wherein said delivering step (e) comprises transmitting said information across a world-wide computer network.
13. A method as in claim 1 wherein said delivering step (e) comprises retrieving said information with a software agent of said consumer.
14. A method as in claim 1 wherein said comparing step (d) is performed by a software agent of said consumer.
15. A method as in claim 1 further including the step of electronically competitively bidding for the attention of said consumer.
16. A method as in claim 1 wherein said delivering step (e) comprises delivering said information with entertainment content.
17. A method as in claim 1 wherein said delivering step (e) comprises delivering said information independently.
18. A method as in claim 1 wherein said compensating step (f) comprises conditioning said compensation on successful user interaction with said delivered information.
19. A method of conducting an electronic transaction comprising:
(a) displaying descriptive information concerning an item in association with a symbol representing compensation;
(b) allowing a user to select the item; and (c) automatically and directly compensating the user if the user selects the item.
20. A method of conducting an electronic transaction comprising:
(a) displaying information describing an advertisement;
(b) displaying an icon representing predetermined compensation;
(c) permitting a user to select the icon; and (d) if the user selects the icon, delivering the advertisement to the user and directly compensating the user based on the predetermined compensation.
21. A method of delivering advertisements comprising:
(a) delivering program material using a first mechanism (b) delivering advertising material using a second mechanism different from the first mechanism; and (c) directly compensating a user based on the user's attention to the delivered advertising material.
22. A method of delivering programming comprising:
(a) delivering first program material to a user;
(b) charging the user to access the first program material;
(c) delivering second program material to the user;

(d) paying the user to access the second program material; and (e) allowing the user to use some or all of the payment provided by step (c) to satisfy the charges provided by step (b).
23. A method of conducting advertising transactions comprising:
(a) gathering information concerning a user;
(b) allowing plural advertisers to bid on the user's attention based on the gathered information;
(c) selecting at least one of the plural advertisers based on the bidding step (b);
(d) delivering an advertisement of the selected advertiser to the user;
and (e) directly compensating the user based on the bid of the advertiser selected in step (c).
24. A method of conducting advertising transactions comprising:
(a) delivering an advertisement to a user;
(b) requiring the user to interact with the advertisement; and (c) conditionally directly compensating the user based on successful performance of step (b).
25. A method of delivering advertisements to a user comprising:
(a) gathering information about the user;
(b) determining, based on the gathered information, a match between the user and a predetermined advertisement to be delivered;
(c) based on the determining step (b), conditionally delivering the advertisement to the user; and (d) directly compensating the user for paying attention to the advertisement delivered by step (c).
26. A method of conducting advertising transactions comprising:
(a) delivering an advertisement to a user that contains a coupon; and (b) automatically delivering additional advertisements that offer to redeem said coupon for as long as the consumer possesses said coupon.
27. A method of delivering information comprising:
(a) gathering information concerning a consumer;
(b) using the gathered information to direct advertisements to the consumer; and (c) allowing the consumer to choose whether at least some of the gathered information may be released to at least one advertiser; and (d) compensating the consumer if the consumer chooses to release the information to the advertiser.
28. A method of conducting an electronic transaction comprising:
(a) providing an electronic trading house;
(b) permitting prospective buyers to send electronic purchase requests to the electronic trading house;
(c) permitting prospective sellers to send electronic selling requests to the electronic trading house; and (d) at the electronic trading house, performing at least one predetermined, automated process that marches up purchase requests with selling requests.
29. A method of forming on-line communities of interest comprising:
(a) gathering information on a plurality of users, and (b) determining, based on the gathered information, groupings of said users that share substantial interests; and (c) providing the capability for said users to communicate within said groups; and (d) automatically notifying said users of the opportunity to communicate.
30. A method of conducting an electronic transaction comprising:
(a) displaying information describing an advertisement;

(b) displaying a message offering predetermined compensation;
(c) permitting a user to accept or reject the compensation offer;
and (d) if the user accepts the compensation offer, delivering the advertisement to the user.
31. A method of conducting an electronic transaction comprising:
(a) electronically displaying information to a user describing a coupon promoting a product or service, and offering a stated discount to the purchase price of the product or service;
(b) permitting a user to accept the coupon;
(c) if the user accepts the coupon, assigning the coupon to the user; and (d) when the user purchases the product or service electronically determining that the coupon is assigned to the user and automatically deducting the stated discount from a purchase price of the product or service.
32. A method of conducting an electronic transaction comprising:
(a) electronically displaying information to a user describing a coupon promoting a product or service, and offering a stated discount to the purchase price of the product or service;
(b) permitting a user to accept the coupon;
(c) if the user accepts the coupon, depositing the coupon in a coupon account assigned to that user;
(d) when the user purchases the product or service electronically accessing the user's coupon account to determine whether the coupon is deposited in the account; and (e) automatically deducting the stated discount from a purchase price of the product or service, if in step (d) it is determined that the coupon is deposited in the user's account.
33. A method of recording and analyzing reactions to advertisements comprising:
(a) electronically presenting an advertisement to a first user;
(b) electronically recording a reaction by the first user to the advertisement, (c) repeating steps (a) to (b) with several advertisements;
(d) repeating steps (a) to (c) with several users;
(e) analyzing the reactions recorded by each user to determine each user's advertising preferences, and (f) subsequently applying each user's advertising preferences to select or tailor advertisements presented to the user.
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