Abstract: Systems and methods in which advertisers can be assured that target audience members for whom advertising messages are intended both receive the advertising messages, and consume the ads while paying sufficient attention to them. The system and methods can be used to present at least one ad for consumption by a target audience member at a computerized device, to detect at least one condition associated with the consumption of the ad at the computerized device, and to block or at least partially inhibit audience member access to at least one item of value associated with on-line content at the computerized device based on the condition associated with the consumption of the ad.

Abstract: Systems and methods of delivering and accessing information such as targeted advertisements and other information content in a computer network environment that increase the efficiency of services provided by advertisers, while enhancing the economics of information content owners. The system implements a triangular economic transaction enabling negotiated transactions involving an information content owner, an advertiser, and a consumer. During the transactions between the respective parties, the information content owner is in control over terms of sale for its information content, the advertiser is in control over terms of its advertising campaign, and the consumer maintains control over personal profile information upon which the targeting of advertisements is based. The system allows the consumer to view targeted advertisements or any desired information content at a computer or computerized device on his or her own schedule, while maintaining a desired level of on-line privacy.

Abstract: Tags are used to describe the contents of digital content, such as photographs. Tags can be linked across different user accounts such that clicking on a tag/keyword in a user's account will bring up all photos in the user's account, as well as the photos from other users that are associated/labeled with that same tag. When a user adds a new tag to a photo in the user's collection, that tag can be stored for future use.