Patent ID: 8473492
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by one or more computers, permission from a user computer system to store information including files on a storage device operatively coupled to the user computer system, wherein the permission is received when the user computer system and the one or more computers are connected to a packet-switched network; generating, by the one or more computers, an executable file including one or more advertisements and instructions, the executable file being configured such that, when the user computer system searches the storage device using a search facility separate from the executable file and generates search results responsive to input, the instructions cause at least one of the advertisements included in the executable file to appear in the search results; and storing, by the one or more computers, the executable file on the storage device in a manner that is invisible to the user computer system, wherein the executable file is transmitted to the user computer system through the packet-switched network.