IP Library Granted Patent US 8,788,326
Granted Patent B1
US 8,788,326 · App. 12/789,731 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

System for handling multiple simultaneous campaigns that improves advertisement performance through shape based targeting and real-time impression acquisition

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Patent No.
US 8,788,326
App. No.
12/789,731
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system for handling multiple simultaneous campaigns that improves advertisement performance through shape based targeting and real-time impression acquisition is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a bid request, creating a possible advertisement set based on the bid request, filtering the possible advertisement set to produce a reduced advertisement set, creating one or more tradezones. Creating a tradezone comprises clustering data sets according to one or more of offline data, online data, and geographic distribution of a plurality of IP addresses to form custom shapes, and mapping the custom shapes to the plurality of IP addresses. Remaining advertisements are targeted in the reduced advertisement set, wherein remaining advertisements are targeted based on a selected tradezone, and wherein the selected tradezone is selected based upon a set of parameters representative of a desired audience. The bid request is transmitted including display instructions associated with an advertisement when the bid is selected, and the advertisement is displayed.

Claims (27)

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

creating a plurality of tradezones for targeting a target audience based on custom geographic shapes, wherein creating a tradezone of the plurality of tradezones comprises

clustering data sets according to one or more of offline data, online data, and IP location data, wherein offline data comprises location information and references to location information, and wherein online data comprises online activity data associated with an IP address;

assigning secondary geographic shapes to primary geographic shapes to form the custom geographic shapes based on the data sets, wherein the secondary geographic shapes and the primary geographic shapes are adjacent;

assigning a plurality of IP addresses of the primary geographic shapes to the secondary geographic shapes; and

mapping the custom geographic shapes to the plurality of IP addresses;

determining a matching tradezone from the plurality of tradezones based upon a set of parameters representative of the target audience; and

receiving a real-time bid request from a bid partner to display an advertisement to the target audience.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the online data and the offline data are independent of cookies and prior awareness of an IP address.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein an impression is purchased after the bid request is selected, and wherein the impression is an opportunity to display the advertisement to the target audience.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the data sets define or reference geographic shapes.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising projecting the data sets to a second matching tradezone having similar data sets of the matching tradezone.

6. A system, comprising:

a server, hosting a webpage, in communication with a network, wherein a client device is accessing the webpage via the network;

an advertisement system in communication with the network; and

a real time bidding system in communication with the network and a plurality of real-time bidders via the network, wherein the real time bidding system:

creates a plurality of tradezones for targeting a target audience based on custom geographic shapes, wherein the real time bidding system creates a tradezone of the plurality of tradezones by

clustering data sets according to one or more of offline data, online data, and IP location data, wherein offline data comprises location information and references to location information, and wherein online data comprises online activity data associated with an IP address;

assigning secondary geographic shapes to primary geographic shapes to form the custom geographic shapes based on the data sets, wherein the secondary geographic shapes and the primary geographic shapes are adjacent;

assigning a plurality of IP addresses of the primary geographic shapes to the secondary geographic shapes; and

mapping the custom geographic shapes to the plurality of IP addresses;

determines a matching tradezone from the plurality of tradezones based upon a set of parameters representative of the target audience; and

receives a bid request from the plurality of real-time bidders for displaying an advertisement to the target audience.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the online data and the offline data are independent of cookies and prior awareness of an IP address.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein an impression is purchased after the bid request is selected by the real-time bidding system, and wherein the impression is an opportunity to display the advertisement to the target audience.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the data sets define or reference geographic shapes.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the real-time bidding system further projects the data sets to a second matching tradezone having similar data sets of the matching tradezone.

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