Patent ID: 8291340

Claim:
In a wide area network comprising a provider computer connected to a user computer, a method for presenting unsolicited data on the user computer in connection with user-requested content, wherein the unsolicited data and the user-requested content are configured for presentation in separate windows on the user computer, the method comprising: receiving a request for the user-requested content from the user computer; sending the user-requested content to the user computer by the wide area network, configured for presentation in a first window; and sending program instructions for controlling presentation of the unsolicited data on the user computer in response to the request for the user-requested content, wherein the program instructions are configured to automatically execute after being received by the user computer, and comprise instructions for presenting the unsolicited data in a second, newly-created window behind the first window so that the unsolicited data is at least substantially obscured by the first window and is contained in a page separate from the user-requested content.