IP Library Patent Application 13062677
Patent Application
App. No. 13/062,677

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENTS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

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13/062,677
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method that enables an advertiser to show self-billing information when providing an advertising service, a system thereof, and a computer-readable recording medium. According to one aspect of the invention, provided is an advertising method which comprises: a step for providing the advertiser with a result of online advertising, a step for receiving from the advertiser, based on the result of online advertising, the self-billing information for the online advertisements that have been already published, and a step for processing the billing for the published advertisements based on the self-billing information.

Claims (39)

1 . An advertisement providing method, comprising:

providing result information of online advertisement published to an advertiser;

receiving self-billing information regarding the online advertisement previously published based on the result information of online advertisement published; and

conducting billing on previously published advertisement based on the self-billing information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

after the step of conducting billing,

controlling advertising display attribution of an online advertisement related to the advertiser by considering the self-billing information.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the advertisement comprises a keyword advertisement through matching a keyword and a keyword specified by the advertiser.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the self-billing information is input in terms of units of which the advertisement is published.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the self-billing information comprises information regarding identification information, amount of self-billing, and information regarding a publication period of advertisement subjected to payment.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the conduct of bill further comprising:

calculating a billing estimates based on the result information of the online advertisement published;

setting up a possible range for billing to which the calculated billing estimates belong; and

performing an extra authorizing procedure when the amount of self-billing input by the advertiser does not belong to the possible range for billing.

7 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the control of advertising display attribution further comprises controlling a priority index regarding a keyword advertisement based on a total amount of billing regarding the result information of online advertisement published.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the priority index is a value calculated by dividing the total amount of billing by an expected number of clicks (ECC), and the expected number of clicks (ECC) is a value calculated by a multiplication of an expected click expenses (CCR) in accordance with advertising display modes and a number of clicks of a user regarding an advertisement occurred in previous displays.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the result information of online advertisement is collected by a clicking behavior on a search result page performed by a number of users.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the conduct of billing further comprises conducting billing regarding advertisement publishing expenses by intactly reflecting the amount of self-billing input by the advertiser.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the conduct of billing further comprises conducting billing regarding advertisement publishing expenses by changing balance information of an account of the advertiser.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the self-billing information further comprises receiving the amount of self-billing again by the advertiser if the amount of self-billing suggested by at least some of the plurality of keywords is less than an estimated amount of billing based on pre-determined appropriate billing standard.

13 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

arranging advertisements by the advertising display attribution being a standard.

14 . An advertisement providing system, comprising:

a unit for providing information which provides result information of online advertisement published to an advertiser; and

a unit for processing billing which receives self-billing information regarding the online advertisement previously published based on the result information of online advertisement published and conducts billing on previously published advertisement based on the self-billing information.

15 . The system of claim 14 , further comprising:

a unit for controlling display attribution which controls advertising display attribution of an online advertisement related to the advertiser by considering the self-billing information.

16 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the advertisement comprises a keyword advertisement through matching a keyword and a keyword specified by the advertiser.

17 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the self-billing information is input in terms of units of which the advertisement is published.

18 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the self-billing information comprises information regarding identification information, amount of self-billing, and information regarding a publication period of advertisement subjected to payment.

19 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the unit for processing billing further sets up a possible range for billing to which a billing estimates calculated based on the result information of the online advertisement published belong, and performs an extra authorizing procedure when the amount of self-billing input by the advertiser does not belong to the possible range for billing.

20 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the unit for controlling display attribution further controls a priority index regarding a keyword advertisement based on a total amount of billing regarding the result information of online advertisement published.

21 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the priority index is a value calculated by dividing the total amount of billing by an expected number of clicks (ECC), and the expected number of clicks (ECC) is a value calculated by a multiplication of an expected click expenses (CCR) in accordance with advertising display modes and a number of clicks of a user regarding an advertisement occurred in previous displays.

22 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the result information of online advertisement is collected by a clicking behavior on a search result page performed by a number of users.

23 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the unit for processing billing further conducts billing regarding advertisement publishing expenses by intactly reflecting the amount of self-billing input by the advertiser.

24 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the unit for processing billing further conducts billing regarding advertisement publishing expenses by changing balance information of an account of the advertiser.

25 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the unit for processing billing further receives the amount of self-billing again by the advertiser if the amount of self-billing suggested by at least some of the plurality of keywords is less than an estimated amount of billing based on pre-determined appropriate billing standard.

26 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the unit for controlling display attribution further arranges advertisements by the advertising display attribution being a standard.

27 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising an executable program, which when executed, performs methods according to any of claim 1 to claim 13 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2014
From: NAVER BUSINESS PLATFORM CORP.
To: NAVER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033952/0200 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 15, 2014
From: NHN BUSINESS PLATFORM CORP.
To: NAVER BUSINESS PLATFORM CORP.
Reel/Frame 033998/0695 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2011
From: LEE, YOUN SIK; KIM, DONG WOOK; HA, JUNG SOO; KIM, YU WON
To: NHN BUSINESS PLATFORM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026338/0259 →