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(12) U11l16d S1316S P316111 (10) Patent No.: US 7,539,742 B2 Spector (45) Date of Patent: *May 26, 2009 (54) NETWORK FOR TARGETING INDIVIDUAL 5,852,775 A * 12/1998 Hidaiy .................. .. 455/412.1 OPERATINGA MICROCOMPUTER 5,948,061 A * 9/1999 Merriman et al. ......... .. 709/219 REGARDLESS OF HIS LOCATION 5,959,577 A 9/1999 Fan et al. ............. .. 342/357.13 5,991,735 A 11/1999 Gerace e NY we 2;2:;;222 2 , 1/2222 iszsi 3.311 ................. - (73) Assignee: Innovation Fund III LLC i ggiziieiitaii . . . . . 6,055,573 A * 4/2000 G d ait t l. 709/224 ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis 6,101,486 A 8/2000 Rgiseijtnssig atz e a Patent is eXIeI1ded er adjusted under 35 6,115,754 A * 9/2000 Landgren .................. .. 709/249 U~$~C~ 154(b) by 0 daye 6,199,045 B1 3/2001 Giniger et al. ............... .. 705/1 6,208,866 B1 3/2001 Rouliollahzadeh et al. This patent is subject to a tenninal dis- 6,324,650 B1 11/2001 Ogilvie c1aimer_ 6,332,127 B1* 12/2001 Bandera et al. ............. .. 705/14 6,370,514 B1 4/2002 Messner (21) Appl. No.: 11/199,433 (Continued) (22) Fiieiii Aug‘ 8’ 2005 Primary Examiner—Jungwon Chang _ _ _ (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Bromberg & Sunstein LLP (65) Prior Publication Data US 2006/0010231 A1 Jan. 12, 2006 (57) ABSTRACT Related U_s_ Application Data A network adapted to target an individual operating a micro_ _ _ _ _ computer that is linked to an Intemet to offer this individual (65) COiiiiiii"iaiiOii'iii'Paii Oi appiicaiioii NO" 09/ 584= i 5 4= goods or services appropriate to his needs that are available at iiied on Aug" 27> i999> HOW Pai" NO" 6970922" a place within reach of the individual’s present location. The microcomputer is provided with a GPS receiver that indicates (51) Int‘ Cl‘ the present location of the individual, this location and the G06F 13/00 (200601) identity of the individual being transmitted from the micro(52) U.S. Cl. ....................... .. 709/223; 709/219; 705/10; Computer to a Weh site eh the highway At the Weh site’ a 45 5 45 6'1 computer associated with a data bank storing the profiles of a (58) Field of Classification Search ................. .. 705/20, hittltitiide of eehsuhieis is programmed to find out Whether 705/44, 14, 26, 10; 709/217, 249, 224, 219, the identified individual is included in the data bank, and to 709/225$ 455/4i4~i> 4i2-i> 456~i§ 726/i2 determine from his profile whether there are available at a See appiicaiion iiie for Compieie Search i1i5iOrY~ place reachable from his present location appropriate goods (56) References Cited or services. If a match is found, an offer to supply such goods

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or services is conveyed from the web site to the microcomputer.

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