US 7,590,569 B2
Method and medium of billing viewers who dynamically reorder a list of advertisements
Lisa Karjiung Lai, 1328 Yan An Xi Road, #7, Room 1901, Shanghai (China); and Gu Ming, Long Shui Nan Road, Long Nan 5 Cun #53, Room 101, Shanghai (China)
Filed on Jun. 19, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/764,849.
Claims priority of application No. 2007 1 0110846 (CN), filed on Jun. 12, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2008/0313049 A1, Dec. 18, 2008
Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 705—26  [705/27] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method for dynamically reordering and subsequently displaying an online list of a plurality of advertisements, each advertisement added by an owner for display to other individuals viewing the online list, the method comprising the steps of:
creating an online list comprising a plurality of advertisements at predefined positions, wherein each advertisement is added to the online list by an owner;
selecting an advertisement from the online list, wherein the selecting is performed by a user and wherein the user is someone other than the owner that added the selected advertisement;
designating a new position in the online list for the selected advertisement, wherein the designating is performed by the user;
reordering the positions of the plurality of advertisements in the online list based on the new position for the selected advertisement;
billing the user for the reordering displaying the reordered online list; and,
wherein the above steps are performed using a computer.