IP Library Granted Patent US 8,700,419
Granted Patent B2
US 8,700,419 · App. 13/523,916 · Granted Apr 15, 2014

Methods, systems, and products for tailored content

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Patent No.
US 8,700,419
App. No.
13/523,916
Granted
Apr 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and products tailor content to users. Clickstream data is merged with a user attribute and content information. A merged record is compared to advertising attributes of advertisements. When the merged record matches an advertising attribute, an advertisement associated with the advertising attribute is retrieved and sent to the user.

Claims (46)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving clickstream data describing actions entered by a user while viewing content;

retrieving a user attribute of the user;

retrieving content information describing the content;

merging the clickstream data with the user attribute and with the content information to generate in memory data of a timeline describing the content information associated to the clickstream data;

comparing by a processor the data of the timeline to advertising attributes of advertisements;

determining by the processor the data of the timeline matches one of the advertising attributes;

retrieving an advertisement associated with the one of the advertising attributes; and

sending the advertisement to the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising querying a database of advertisements for the one of the advertising attributes.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving an incentive associated with the clickstream data.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving an incentive associated with the content.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving an incentive associated with the advertisement.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising predicting purchasing habits from the data of the event timeline.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising selecting the advertisement based on the purchasing habits.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving clickstream data describing actions entered by a user while viewing content;

receiving a user attribute of the user;

retrieving content information describing the content;

merging the clickstream data with the user attribute and with the content information to generate data of a timeline describing the content information associated to the clickstream data;

comparing the data of the timeline to advertising attributes of advertisements;

determining the data of the timeline matches one of the advertising attributes;

retrieving an advertisement associated with the one of the advertising attributes; and

sending the advertisement to the user.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise querying a database of advertisements for the one of the advertising attributes.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an incentive associated with the clickstream data.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an incentive associated with the content.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an incentive associated with the advertisement.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise predicting purchasing habits from the data of the event timeline.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise selecting the advertisement using the purchasing habits.

15. A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving clickstream data describing actions entered by a user while viewing content;

retrieving a user attribute of the user;

retrieving content information describing the content;

merging the clickstream data with the user attribute and with the content information to generate data of a timeline describing the content information associated to the clickstream data;

comparing the data of the timeline to advertising attributes of advertisements;

determining the data of the timeline matches one of the advertising attributes;

retrieving an advertisement associated with the one of the advertising attributes; and

sending the advertisement to the user.

16. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise querying a database of advertisements for the one of the advertising attributes.

17. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an incentive associated with the clickstream data.

18. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an incentive associated with the content.

19. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an incentive associated with the advertisement.

20. The memory of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise predicting purchasing habits from the data of the event timeline.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2024
From: TREMOR VIDEO, INC.
To: ALPHONSO INC.
Reel/Frame 066794/0274 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2021
From: ALPHONSO INC.
To: TREMOR VIDEO, INC.
Reel/Frame 055776/0102 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2018
From: HAT TRICK, SERIES 83 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST
To: ALPHONSO INC.
Reel/Frame 046376/0592 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2016
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: HAT TRICK, SERIES 83 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST
Reel/Frame 040169/0863 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 11, 2016
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 039655/0936 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 11, 2016
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 039656/0270 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 11, 2016
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 039656/0277 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2016
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 039656/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2012
From: MATZ, WILLIAM R.; SWIX, SCOTT R.
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028417/0472 →