Patent ID: 8995963
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for providing advertisements, comprising: receiving a notification from a wireless device of a user, the notification indicating at least one user-controlled wireless device asset of the wireless device having a user-implemented control state change from a user-controlled state to an advertisement-controlled state, wherein the at least one user-controlled wireless device asset relates to a feature or function of the wireless device, wherein the advertisement-controlled state includes a state in which the user concedes execution control of the at least one user-controlled wireless device asset to an advertisement provider such that the user is prohibited from modifying the execution control of the at least one user-controlled wireless device asset for a predetermined time, the predetermined time being a user-designated period of time for the advertisement-controlled state associated with the at least one user-controlled wireless device asset, and wherein receiving a notification further comprises receiving user-determined advertisement parameters defining acceptable advertisements for the at least one user controlled wireless device asset; and providing one or more advertisements to the wireless device for use by the at least one user-controlled wireless device asset indicated in the notification, wherein each advertisement includes an associated timestamp operable to expire after the user-designated period of time for the advertisement-controlled state, and wherein providing one or more advertisements to the wireless device further comprises providing a ringtone advertisement to the wireless device that comprises at least one of an advertisement ringtone that is operable to be executed in place of a pre-existing wireless device ringtone, a visual advertisement that is operable to be visually displayed on the wireless device in conjunction with the execution of the pre-existing wireless device ringtone or an advertisement ringtone insertion that is operable to be periodically inserted during the execution of a wireless device ringtone.