Patent ID: 8538810
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, a request to generate a user-created advertisement from a first user, wherein the first user is a member of a member network of associated users and the first user is associated with a first page in the member network; receiving, by the one or more processors, advertisement content for the user-created advertisement that is associated with the request from the first user, the advertisement content comprising at least one of the first user's composed text and the first user's imported graphics; receiving, by the one or more processors, a target audience from the first user for the user-created advertisement, the target audience comprising one or more users from the network that have a relationship with the first user in the member network, the relationship comprising at least one of a particular degree of association with the first user in the member network and a particular level of association with the first user in the member network; generating, by the one or more processors, the user-created advertisement based on the advertisement content received from the first user; receiving, from at least one user of the member network from the target audience, a category selection that describes the advertisement content of the user-created advertisement; and providing, by the one or more processors, information including the user-created advertisement for display within at least one second page of the at least one user of the member network from the target audience in response to receiving the category selection from the at least one of the member network from the target audience and receiving the target audience from the first user that has a relation with the target audience.