Patents Assigned to Koninklijke KPN N.V. Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
  • Publication number: 20030018539
    Abstract: System for automatic distribution of attention area content supplied by different suppliers (2) via a network (1) and a mediator (3) to different users (4). The mediator (3) comprises means (5) for distribution of an attention area content supplied by a preferred supplier, and accounting means (6) for recording a distribution price. The mediator also comprises means (7) for processing response data referring to responses of the users to the attention area content, as well as means (8) for transmitting the processed response data and the distribution price to the suppliers. Finally, the mediator comprises means (9) for (periodically) receiving, from the suppliers, a price bid for the distribution of a new attention area content, replacing the attention area content supplied by the preferred supplier, as well as means (10) for mutually comparing each received price bid and the actual distribution price and for selecting as new preferred supplier, the supplier offering the best price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: Koninklijke KPN N.V. Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
    Inventors: Johannes Antonius La Poutre, Sander Marcel Bohte, Enrico Harm Gerding, Frederik Willem Bomhof, Joost Jonker, Cornelis Hendricus Driessen