Patent ID: 8787895
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of advertising via a device accessing a network, the device having a computer-readable medium, a processor, a display, and a first time passage indicator to indicate a passage of time during idle-time periods, wherein the first time passage indicator is disposed on or in the computer-readable medium, the method comprising: loading a second time passage indicator onto or into the computer-readable medium of the device before detecting a first idle-time period, wherein the second time passage indicator is different from the first time passage indicator and the second time passage indicator (i) is representative of a graphic advertisement and (ii) indicates a passage of time during the first idle-time period; updating application information on or in the device and thereby providing the first idle-time period; displaying the second time passage indicator on the display of the device during the first idle-time period, wherein the first idle-time period includes a time corresponding to updating application information on or in the device and wherein the graphic advertisement of the second time passage indicator is associated with an entity, product and/or service; and animating the graphic advertisement of the second time passage indicator on the display of the device during at least a portion of the first idle-time period.