Granted Patent B2

US 10,049,169 · App. 14/254,637 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

Claims (84)

1. A method comprising, by one or more computer systems:

compiling a plurality of possible instances of web pages for presentation eligibility at a position in a web page flow, each web page having possible feature variations;

accessing a current-visitor context of a current visitor to a web page in a current web-browsing session, the current-visitor context comprising data associated with the current visitor including background data about the current visitor, the web page including possible feature variations;

predicting, by the one or more computer systems, a plurality of responses of the current visitor to at least one of the possible instances of the web page based on the current visitor context, the possible feature variations of the possible instances of the landing page, one or more previous visitor contexts of one or more previous visitors to whom one or more previous actual instances of the landing page have been presented, each of the previous actual instances of the landing page having been constructed for one of the previous visitors based on one of the possible instances of the landing page selected for the one of the previous visitors, and one or more actual responses of the previous visitors to the previous actual instances of the landing page;

selecting based on the current-visitor context a particular one of the plurality of possible instances of the web page for presentation to the current visitor, the particular one of the plurality of possible instances of the web page being substantially most likely to generate a highest expected outcome from interaction with the web page by the current visitor as indicated by the current-visitor context including the background data about the current visitor; and

removing from presentation eligibility a particular one of the plurality of possible instances of the web page being substantially least likely to generate a highest expected outcome.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the current-visitor context comprises one or more of:

one or more demographic data of the current visitor;

one or more conditions of the current web-browsing session;

one or more network-access data of the current web-browsing session; or

one or more network-traffic data of the current web-browsing session.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the current-visitor context comprises one or more of:

one or more actions taken by the current visitor;

one or more responses of the current visitor to the web page; or

a traffic source from which the current visitor is accessing the web page.

4. The method of claim 1 :

further comprising accessing one or more previous-visitor contexts of one or more previous visitors to the web page in previous web-browsing sessions; and

wherein:

the particular one of the possible instances of the web page is selected based on the previous-visitor contexts in addition to the current-visitor context; and

the particular one of the possible instances of the web page is substantially most likely to generate a highest expected outcome from interaction with the web page by the current visitor as indicated by the previous-visitor context as well as the current-visitor context.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the previous web-browsing sessions are analogous to the current web-browsing sessions.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the previous-visitor contexts comprise one or more of:

one or more demographic data of the previous visitors;

one or more background data of the previous visitors;

one or more conditions of the previous web-browsing sessions;

one or more network-access data of the previous web-browsing sessions; or

one or more network-traffic data of the previous web-browsing sessions.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the previous-visitor contexts comprise one or more of:

one or more actions taken by the previous visitors;

one or more responses of the previous visitors to the web page; or

one or more traffic sources from which the previous visitors accessed the web page.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the web page has one or more web-page components that each have one or more possible feature variations; and

the plurality of possible instances of the web page result from different combinations of different ones of the possible feature variations of the web-page components.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the features are selected from the group consisting of background color, audio element, video element, text element, size, dimension, and web-page layout.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the web page is a landing page.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the web page comprises one or more advertisements.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein one or more of the advertisements are banner advertisements.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein one or more of the advertisements are text-based.

14. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

compile a plurality of possible instances of web pages for presentation eligibility at a position in a web page flow, each web page having possible feature variations;

access a current-visitor context of a current visitor to a web page in a current web-browsing session, the current-visitor context comprising data associated with the current visitor including background data about the current visitor, the web page including possible feature variations;

predict a plurality of responses of the current visitor to at least one of the possible instances of the web page based on the current visitor context, the possible feature variations of the possible instances of the landing page, one or more previous visitor contexts of one or more previous visitors to whom one or more previous actual instances of the landing page have been presented, each of the previous actual instances of the landing page having been constructed for one of the previous visitors based on one of the possible instances of the landing page selected for the one of the previous visitors, and one or more actual responses of the previous visitors to the previous actual instances of the landing page;

select based on the current-visitor context a particular one of the plurality of possible instances of the web page for presentation to the current visitor, the particular one of the plurality of possible instances of the web page being substantially most likely to generate a highest expected outcome from interaction with the web page by the current visitor as indicated by the current-visitor context including the background data about the current visitor; and

remove from presentation eligibility a particular one of the plurality of possible instances of the web page being substantially least likely to generate a highest expected outcome.

15. The media of claim 14 , wherein the current-visitor context comprises one or more of:

one or more demographic data of the current visitor;

one or more conditions of the current web-browsing session;

one or more network-access data of the current web-browsing session; or

one or more network-traffic data of the current web-browsing session.

16. The media of claim 14 , wherein the current-visitor context comprises one or more of:

one or more actions taken by the current visitor;

one or more responses of the current visitor to the web page; or

a traffic source from which the current visitor is accessing the web page.

17. The media of claim 14 , wherein:

the software is further operable when executed to access one or more previous-visitor contexts of one or more previous visitors to the web page in previous web-browsing sessions;

the particular one of the possible instances of the web page is selected based on the previous-visitor contexts in addition to the current-visitor context; and

the particular one of the possible instances of the web page is substantially most likely to generate a highest expected outcome from interaction with the web page by the current visitor as indicated by the previous-visitor context as well as the current-visitor context.

18. The media of claim 17 , wherein the previous web-browsing sessions are analogous to the current web-browsing sessions.

19. The media of claim 17 , wherein the previous-visitor contexts comprise one or more of:

one or more demographic data of the previous visitors;

one or more background data of the previous visitors;

one or more conditions of the previous web-browsing sessions;

one or more network-access data of the previous web-browsing sessions; or

one or more network-traffic data of the previous web-browsing sessions.

20. The media of claim 17 , wherein the previous-visitor contexts comprise one or more of:

one or more actions taken by the previous visitors;

one or more responses of the previous visitors to the web page; or

one or more traffic sources from which the previous visitors accessed the web page.

21. The media of claim 14 , wherein:

the web page has one or more web-page components that each have one or more possible feature variations; and

the plurality of possible instances of the web page result from different combinations of different ones of the possible feature variations of the web-page components.

22. The media of claim 21 , wherein the features are selected from the group consisting of background color, audio element, video element, text element, size, dimension, and web-page layout.

23. The media of claim 14 , wherein the web page is a landing page.

24. The media of claim 14 , wherein the web page comprises one or more advertisements.

25. The media of claim 24 , wherein one or more of the advertisements are banner advertisements.

26. The media of claim 24 , wherein one or more of the advertisements are text-based.

27. A system comprising:

one or more processors and a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

compiling a plurality of possible instances of web pages for presentation eligibility at a position in a web page flow, each web page having possible feature variations;

accessing a current-visitor context of a current visitor to a web page in a current web-browsing session, the current-visitor context comprising data associated with the current visitor including background data about the current visitor, the web page including possible feature variations;

predicting, by the one or more computer systems, a plurality of responses of the current visitor to at least one of the possible instances of the web page based on the current visitor context, the possible feature variations of the possible instances of the landing page, one or more previous visitor contexts of one or more previous visitors to whom one or more previous actual instances of the landing page have been presented, each of the previous actual instances of the landing page having been constructed for one of the previous visitors based on one of the possible instances of the landing page selected for the one of the previous visitors, and one or more actual responses of the previous visitors to the previous actual instances of the landing page;

selecting based on the current-visitor context a particular one of the plurality of possible instances of the web page for presentation to the current visitor, the particular one of the plurality of possible instances of the web page being substantially most likely to generate a highest expected outcome from interaction with the web page by the current visitor as indicated by the current-visitor context including the background data about the current visitor; and

removing from presentation eligibility a particular one of the plurality of possible instances of the web page being substantially least likely to generate a highest expected outcome.

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