Patent ID: 9069934
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing electronic content to a user at a publically accessible user interface kiosk based on a user profile and at no cost to the user, said method comprising: interfacing a plurality of user interface kiosks to a server though a network, wherein the user interface kiosks can receive digital content from the server through the internet and present the digital content to a user and the user interface kiosks are publicly accessible but privately owned by an owning entity; receiving profile information from a plurality of users and storing the profile information in the server; receiving digital content information from a plurality of third parties and storing the digital content information within the server; the server detecting a particular user accessing a particular user interface kiosk, the particular user interface kiosk having a fixed and known geographic location; the server retrieving the user profile for the particular user and selecting digital content based at least in part on the user profile for the particular user and the geographic location of the particular user interface kiosk, wherein at least a portion of the digital content is limited to be digital content that advertises services from third parties local to the location of the particular user interface kiosk; the server transmitting the selected digital content to the particular user interface kiosk over the network for presentment on the particular user interface kiosk; enabling the particular user to engage in general access to internet based services; obtaining revenue from one or more of the third parties in exchange for presenting the digital content of the one or more third parties on the particular user interface kiosk; and providing at least a portion of the obtained revenue to the benefit of the owning entity to be applied as payment for the particular user interface kiosk; whereby each of the plurality of user interface kiosks is provided, in part, from the revenue collected from the one or more third-parties.