System and method for multibeaconing
A method and system for triggering multiple client requests, including: providing directions for obtaining multibeacon instructions, in response to a content request from the client device, providing the multibeacon instructions in response to a request from the client device, with the request for multibeacon instructions submitted by the client device based on the directions, receiving an initial image request at the multibeacon management system from the client device wherein the initial image request is submitted by the client device upon execution of the multibeacon instructions, and, composing and sending a beacon from the multibeacon management system to the client device in response to the initial image request causing the configuration of a storage device at the client device for storing the beacon, wherein the properties of the beacon are configured to trigger the multibeacon instructions to instruct the client device to submit additional image requests to the multibeacon management system.
1. A method for triggering multiple client requests comprising:
receiving at a multibeacon management system a request for multibeacon instructions from a client device, the request based on directions to contact the multibeacon management system received by the client device from a content provider;
responsive to the request, sending multibeacon instructions from the multibeacon management system to the client device;
receiving an initial image request at the multibeacon management system from the client device, wherein the initial image request results from execution of the multibeacon instructions by the client device; and
responsive to the initial image request, sending a beacon from the multibeacon management system to the client device that causes a storage device at the client device to store a representation of the beacon, wherein one or more properties of the beacon are configured by the multibeacon management system to trigger the multibeacon instructions to instruct the client device to send a plurality of additional image requests to the multibeacon management system.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving an additional image request at the multibeacon management system from the client device over the network.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
redirecting the additional image request by the multibeacon management system to a third party system.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein redirecting the additional image request includes instructing the client device to submit the additional image request to the third party system over the network.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the third party system is a third party system external to the content provider and the multibeacon management system.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein configuring the beacon includes:
identifying a number of additional image requests to configure for the beacon; and,
configuring the one or more properties of the beacon to encode the number of additional image requests.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein identifying includes:
identifying the number of third party systems targeted for redirection.
8. The method of claim 6 wherein identifying includes:
identifying the number of third party systems targeted for redirection based on one or more redirection parameters.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more properties of the beacon comprise a storage size of the beacon.
10. The method of claim 1 further comprising configuring the multibeacon management system to select one or more third party systems targeted for redirection based on one or more redirection parameters.
11. A multibeacon management system comprising:
an instruction server for providing multibeacon instructions to a client device over a network in response to a request for multibeacon instructions from the client device;
a beacon provider for configuring and sending beacons over the network to the client device for causing a storage device at the client device to store a representation of the beacon in response to an initial image request submitted by the client device, wherein configuring the beacon includes setting one or more properties of the beacon based at least in part on the number of additional image requests to be triggered at the client device; and,
a redirection module for managing a plurality of additional image requests generated by the client device wherein managing one additional image request includes:
identifying a third party system targeted for redirection; and,
redirecting the additional image request to the third party system targeted for redirection.
12. The system of claim 11 wherein redirecting comprises instructing the client device to submit the additional image request to the third party system over the network.
13. The system of claim 11 wherein the beacon provider identifies the number of additional image requests to configure for the beacon based on the number of third party servers targeted for redirection and configures the one or more properties of the beacon to encode the number of additional image requests.
14. The system of claim 11 further comprising a configuration module for configuring the third party servers targeted for redirection.
15. The system of claim 14 wherein the configuration module can be configured per client device or per group of client devices.
16. The system of claim 14 wherein the configuration module can be configured based on redirection parameters.
17. The system of claim 11 wherein the one or more properties of the beacon comprise the storage size of the beacon.
18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program instructions for triggering multiple client requests, the computer program instructions comprising instructions for: receiving at a multibeacon management system a request for multibeacon instructions from a client device, the request based on directions to contact the multibeacon management system received by the client device from a content provider; responsive to the request, sending multibeacon instructions from the multibeacon management system to the client device; receiving an initial image request at the multibeacon management system from the client device, wherein the initial image request results from execution of the multibeacon instructions by the client device; and responsive to the initial image request, sending a beacon from the multibeacon management system to the client device-that causes a storage device at the client device to store a representation of the beacon, wherein one or more properties of the beacon are configured by the multibeacon management system to trigger the multibeacon instructions to instruct the client device to send a plurality of additional image requests to the multibeacon management system.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the computer program instructions further comprise instructions for: receiving an additional image request at the multibeacon management system from the client device over the network.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the computer program instructions further comprise instructions for: redirecting the additional image request by the multibeacon management system to a third party system.
21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20 , wherein the third party system is a third party system external to the content provider and the multibeacon management system.