The present invention relates to a customized noise relay system capable of providing noise services with functional usefulness and emotional value to users by providing various noises created by people in an urban living environment or a natural environment according to the characteristics of wired/wireless Internet services. The customized noise relay system according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a noise management center 1100 for directly outputting a noise to a noise user accessing an Internet site via wired or wireless connection, wherein the noise management center 1100 includes a noise management unit 1110 for managing noises; a noise list providing unit 1120 for displaying a list of noises managed by the noise management unit 1110 to allow a user accessing an Internet site linked to the noise management center 1100 to check the list; and a noise output unit 1130 for outputting a noise selected by the user from the displayed noise list.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automated management of campaigns using scripted rules.

Techniques are disclosed for identifying and authenticating prospective certificate authority customers of a secure socket layer (SSL) certificate prior to receiving an order from the customer. The CA generates a list of prospective customers of digital certificates (e.g., by scanning networked servers via the Internet for the presence of an installed digital certificate). The CA retrieves data for each customer on the list and determines, based on a set of approval criteria, which prospective customers to target in enrollment campaigns. For each approved customer, the CA initiates an enrollment process prior to receiving a request from the customer to provide a certificate.

An electronic commerce (e-commerce) system may send advertisement emails to customers that are registered with the e-commerce system. The advertisement emails may include mailto hyperlinks. Each mailto hyperlink may be associated with a product that is being offered for sale, and each mailto hyperlink describes an email message that may be generated when that hyperlink is selected. When a mailto hyperlink is selected, the generated email message may include one or more parameters related to the product associated with the hyperlink, such as an identifier of the product. The generated email message may then be transmitted to the e-commerce system. The e-commerce system may receive the message and, based on the parameters in the received message, execute a transaction to purchase the identified product on behalf of the customer.

A method for web browser-based distribution of targeted advertising messages is provided. An advertising party registers with a distributor of targeted advertising messages. An advertising campaign for goods targeting user demographic categories chosen by the advertising party is created, with advertising messages being customized for each category and the advertising messages being stored on a web server of the distributor. The advertising party pays the distributor for the advertising campaign. A user registers with the distributor for receiving advertising messages through a web browser and the user providing user demographic data and value account information at registration. The web browser home page of the user is configured with a user-specific URL corresponding to a set of targeted advertising messages according to the user demographic data. The user opens the browser and views the home page containing a target advertising message of the set of targeted advertising messages according to the user demographic category and the distributor credits the user value account upon the user viewing the advertising message.

A non-transitory computer-readable computer medium stores instructions for a patient attempting to quit smoking. The instructions cause a computer to: obtain smoking cessation-related health-care history information of the patient updated by the patient attempting to quit smoking; determine, based on the smoking cessation-related health-care history information, a cognitive-behavioral therapy to be performed, to obtain patient's understanding information about smoking related to the cognitive-behavioral therapy; when a request timing comes, transmit to a patient-side electronic device a patient's understanding information request; receive, from the patient-side electronic device, the patient's understanding information about smoking; determine, by comparing the received patient's understanding information with predetermined correct response information about smoking, whether the patient has a correct patient's understanding about smoking; and when the patient's understanding about smoking is incorrect, transmit, to the patient-side electronic device, cognitive-behavioral therapy information based on the predetermined correct response information.

An electronic commerce (e-commerce) system may send advertisement emails to customers that are registered with the e-commerce system. The advertisement emails may include mailto hyperlinks. Each mailto hyperlink may be associated with a product that is being offered for sale, and each mailto hyperlink describes an email message that may be generated when that hyperlink is selected. When a mailto hyperlink is selected, the generated email message may include one or more parameters related to the product associated with the hyperlink, such as an identifier of the product. The generated email message may then be transmitted to the e-commerce system. The e-commerce system may receive the message and, based on the parameters in the received message, execute a transaction to purchase the identified product on behalf of the customer.

A non-transitory computer-readable computer medium stores instructions for a patient attempting to quit smoking. The instructions cause a computer to: obtain smoking cessation-related health-care history information of the patient updated by the patient attempting to quit smoking; determine, based on the smoking cessation-related health-care history information, a cognitive-behavioral therapy to be performed, to obtain patient's understanding information about smoking related to the cognitive-behavioral therapy; when a request timing comes, transmit to a patient-side electronic device a patient's understanding information request; receive, from the patient-side electronic device, the patient's understanding information about smoking; determine, by comparing the received patient's understanding information with predetermined correct response information about smoking, whether the patient has a correct patient's understanding about smoking; and when the patient's understanding about smoking is incorrect, transmit, to the patient-side electronic device, cognitive-behavioral therapy information based on the predetermined correct response information.

A system to provide an interactive advertisement to a user includes an advertisement server, a user device, and an advertisement application software installed on the user device. The advertisement server includes a database which stores a plurality of questions concerning an advertiser or the advertiser's goods, each question having an answer hint. The advertisement server includes a question selection module, an advertisement assessment module, and a user selection module. The advertisement application software is configured to: receive a commercial of the advertiser; receive a combination of questions from the advertisement server, and display the combination of questions; and receive answers from the user, and send the answers to the advertisement server. The user is allowed to change the answers, and a reward is given to the user if the number of correct answers exceeds a predetermined number.

A method for creating a unique digital experience based upon meeting a predefined threshold of users within a system comprising: detecting a machine-readable code with a user device and determining an identification of a user, the user device, or both; determining whether the identification of the user device contains a unique ID by querying a server; wherein if no unique ID is identified, issuing the unique ID to the user device; storing the unique ID within a database; determining a threshold of users for the system, wherein unique digital coupons are held until the meeting of said threshold; meeting said threshold and generating a unique digital coupon, said digital coupon being unique to the unique ID; and delivering the unique digital coupon to said user device.