Patent ID: 8265997

Claim:
A computerized advertisement distribution and delivery system comprising one or more computers, the one or more computers implementing: an advertisement image identification module for identifying a first advertisement image, for identifying first advertisement rankings for a first plurality of advertisements related to a specific distribution subject, and for storing a plurality of advertisements including highest-ranked advertisements in the first plurality of advertisements where storing includes storing the first advertisement image in association with a network-based locator; an access indication module for receiving an indication of a user accessing an email, wherein the email includes the network-based locator; an advertisement relationship determination module for evaluating current advertisement rankings of the first plurality of advertisements in response to the user accessing the email, for determining that the current advertisement rankings upon receiving the indication of the user accessing the email are different than the first advertisement rankings, for initiating the advertisement image identification module to identify a modified advertisement image in response to determining that the current advertisement rankings are different than the first advertisement rankings, wherein the modified advertisement image includes a second plurality of advertisements related to the specific distribution subject including one or more then highest-ranked advertisements, and for storing the modified advertisement image in association with the network-based locator; and an advertisement image transmission module for transmitting the modified advertisement image for inclusion in the email when the email is presented to the user.