Patent ID: 7110962
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering information across a computer network, comprising the steps of: receiving a request from a client program for user-selected information; and transmitting one of (a) only a provider-selected commercially-sponsored message to the client program for display, in response to the request, if no provider-selected commercially-sponsored message meeting a provider-selected criteria has been previously transmitted to the client program, or (b) only the user-selected information to the client program for display, if a provider-selected commercially-sponsored message meeting the provider-selected criteria has been previously transmitted to the client program; wherein any provider-selected commercially-sponsored message meeting the provider-selected criteria comprises HTML and javascript which causes the provider-selected commercially-sponsored message meeting the provider-selected criteria to be displayed for a limited time period when it is transmitted, after which the client program automatically requests the user-selected information.