Patent ID: 8732271

Claim:
A computer-implemented method by which a message catalog system selects and delivers to the user of a participating site or service one or more sponsored messages, explicitly ranked on said participating site or service according to the interest expressed in said sponsored messages solely among users of the same said participating site or service, comprising: (a) selecting said sponsored messages from a central catalog and transporting said sponsored messages over a network to one or more said participating sites or services, and (b) displaying said sponsored messages, explicitly ranked on each said participating site or service according to the number of times said users of the same said participating site or service have called for additional information from said sponsor of each said sponsored message, whereby said user of each said participating site or service is explicitly advised about said interest expressed in each said sponsored message solely among said users of the same said participating site or service, and said user is shown an indication of how said sponsored message ranking was derived.