Patent ID: 9129301
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A63F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying an advertisement in a digital environment based on a selection by a user, the method comprising: maintaining information regarding a plurality of advertisements in memory, wherein each advertisement is associated with a shopping portal and a minimum user rating level specified by an associated advertiser as being allowed to access the advertisement; maintaining information regarding a plurality of user ratings in memory, wherein each user rating is ordered from highest to lowest; maintaining a list of advertisements available to the user in memory, the user having a first user rating, wherein the maintained list of advertisements available to the user includes: wherein the lower ratings are associated with lower advertising costs; executing instructions stored in a computer-readable storage medium, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor: displaying at a client device the updated list of advertisements available to the user, wherein: receiving selection input from the user, the selection input corresponding to a selection of one of the advertisements on the updated list; and displaying the selected advertisement in the digital environment at the client device.