Patent ID: 8543452
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of providing customer-supported advertising and creating media files for distribution to customers, the method comprising: registering a plurality of customers by obtaining personal and geographic information about each customer across a network; identifying a media file for distribution by sending identifying information about the identified media file across the network for display by the plurality of customers; identifying a plurality of commercial messages as possible content that can be associated with the media file when it is distributed by sending identifying information about the plurality of commercial messages across the network for display by the plurality of customers; receiving votes from the plurality of customers, each vote reflecting a customer's preference for at least one of the plurality of commercial messages; calculating the votes and designating at least one preferred commercial message based on the calculation; associating the at least one preferred commercial message with the media file to create a combined media file, the created combined media file being capable of being distributed over the network; and distributing the combined media file to the registered plurality of customers from whom one or more votes were received.