Patent ID: 9691081
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H03M,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer program product for providing an error-specific advertisement to a client computer, the computer program product comprising at least one computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code, when read by a processor, configured to: determine that a computer error has occurred, the computer error comprising one or more of a hardware error in a client computer, a network error in a network connected to the client computer, and a software error for software executing on the client computer, wherein the client computer determines that the computer error has occurred; identify a type of client computer system in which the error has occurred; identify, in response to determining that the computer error has occurred, an advertisement for a product or a service relating to resolution of the computer error that occurred and to the type of client computer system, wherein the client computer identifies the advertisement; and generate an error message, the error message including the advertisement and information to prevent the occurrence of the computer error in the future, wherein the client computer generates the error message with the advertisement on an electronic display connected to the client computer wherein the client computer determines that the computer error has occurred and identifies an advertisement prior to an error message related to the computer error being displayed.