Patent ID: 8620742
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, on a computer system, (i) a set of advertisements from an advertiser, and (ii) an advertiser identifier for the advertiser; accessing a data repository configured to store a plurality of trust status indicators and a plurality of advertiser identifiers for a plurality of advertisers, with a particular trust status indicator (i) specifying whether a particular advertiser is one of a plurality of trusted advertisers, and (ii) corresponding to a particular advertiser identifier for the particular advertiser; identifying, from the plurality of trust status indicators and the plurality of advertiser identifiers, a trust status indicator corresponding to the advertiser identifier of the advertiser; if the trust status indicator for the advertiser indicates that the advertiser is one of the plurality of trusted advertisers: if the trust status indicator for the advertiser indicates that the advertiser is a distrusted advertiser: transferring approved advertisements of the set of advertisements to an advertisement server.