AU2001249994A1 - Method and system for selecting advertisements - Google Patents

Method and system for selecting advertisements

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AU2001249994A1
AU2001249994A1 AU2001249994A AU4999401A AU2001249994A1 AU 2001249994 A1 AU2001249994 A1 AU 2001249994A1 AU 2001249994 A AU2001249994 A AU 2001249994A AU 4999401 A AU4999401 A AU 4999401A AU 2001249994 A1 AU2001249994 A1 AU 2001249994A1
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selecting advertisements
advertisements
selecting
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Michelle Covell
Paul Freiberger
Bonnie Johnson
Gavin Miller
J. Thomas Ngo
Steven E Saunders
Malcolm Slaney
Annarosa Tomasi
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Interval Research Corp
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