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US 8145489
System and method for selecting and presenting advertisements based on natural language processing of voice-based input
Current assignee: VB Assets LLC
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Patent Overview — US8145489B2
Title: System and method for selecting and presenting advertisements based on natural language processing of voice-based input
Assignee: Current assignee listed as VB Assets LLC; original assignee VoiceBox Technologies Corp.
Dates: Priority date 2007-02-06; filing date 2010-07-30; publication date 2012-03-27; anticipated expiration 2027-02-06. Legal status listed as Active.
Purpose: The invention relates to selecting and presenting advertisements based on natural language processing of voice-based input.
Plain-language scope: Per the supplied text, a natural language voice-based input is received by a voice user interface. The input may include a user utterance, and a request may be identified from that utterance. The system takes appropriate action to service the request while selecting and presenting one or more advertisements to the user. Advertisements may be selected based on criteria such as content of the input (e.g., concepts, semantic indicators), an activity related to the input (e.g., a relation to a request or requested application), user profiles (e.g., demographics, preferences, location), or other ways. The user may subsequently interact with the advertisement via voice-based input, and action may be taken in response; interactions may be tracked to build statistical profiles of user behavior based on affinities or clusters among advertisements, user profiles, contexts, topics, semantic indicators, or concepts. Advertisements may include sponsored messages, calls to action, purchase opportunities, trial downloads, or other marketing communications. Advertisers may specify parameters such as contexts or topic concepts, target demographics, and marketing criteria or insertion prices.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US8145489](/patent/US8145489)/en
What the excerpt does not establish: The excerpt is partial and does not include the claims, detailed description, or drawings in full. It therefore does not establish the specific claimed scope, claim limitations, or the precise mechanisms by which selection, tracking, or profiling are implemented. It also does not establish the full list of inventors' contributions beyond the named inventors Tom Freeman and Mike Kennewick, nor the complete prosecution history.
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