Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for paid placement of promotional e-mail messages
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Application No.: US17150978Application Date: 2021-01-15
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Publication No.: US11438297B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Aaron Nathaniel Rothman , Deepak Jindal , Thompson Alexander Ivor Gawley , Christian Oestlien , Stacey Kapadia
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Main IPC: H04L51/226
- IPC: H04L51/226 ; H04L51/224

Abstract:
A method includes accessing, by a server computer, a plurality of electronic mail messages. The method also includes identifying, by the server computer, at least one of the electronic mail messages as a promoted electronic mail message. The method further includes outputting, for display at a client computing device, an electronic mail interface wherein the promoted electronic mail message is represented in a first position of a display order and a remainder of the electronic mail messages are represented subsequent to the promoted electronic mail message in the display order.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210144116A1 METHODS FOR PAID PLACEMENT OF PROMOTIONAL E-MAIL MESSAGES Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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