Communication network
CA 2246780 C · Owner: Treleaven, Philip C. · Inventors: Emmott, Stephen J.; Treleaven, Philip C.; Johnson, Graham I.
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In an open communications network such as the Internet an interface server site (40), provides advertising for consumer products. The interface server site (40) has virtual character profiles of a central character and connected characters and additionally has a virtual environment within which the central character and the connected characters interact. The central character is based on the consumer affinity characteristics of a target segment of consumers to whom it is desired to advertise the consumer products. The virtual central character has a portrayed lifestyle in which that character is depicted with the consumer products in an environment which the target segment of consumers will …
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- Filed September 8, 1998 and granted April 22, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 8, 2018.
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