Control system based on viewable attention
Adaptive control of exposure. A proportional exposure cap is a maximum fraction applicable to a recipient's total viewable attention in a time window. The total viewable attention represents viewable area and exposure duration of all viewable advertising content which will be provided to the recipient. A notification of availability of an opportunity to expose a specified recipient to advertising content is received during the time window. The specified recipient's consumed viewable attention (representing viewable area and exposure duration of the advertising campaign's advertising content) is detected. The specified recipient's total viewable attention for the time window is predicted. Responsive to the maximum fraction of the specified recipient's predicted total viewable attention for the time window being greater than the consumed viewable attention of the specified recipient, the advertising campaign's advertising content is sent to the specified recipient and the consumed viewable attention is updated.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a proportional exposure cap corresponding to a content of an advertising campaign, the proportional exposure cap comprising a fraction;
responsive to receiving, from an advertising exchange, at a first receipt time after a beginning of a time window and before an end of the time window, a notification of availability of a first opportunity to expose a recipient to the content:
determining, with respect to a first period of time from the beginning of the time window to the first receipt time, a consumed viewable attention comprising a measure of viewable area and exposure duration of the content provided to the recipient;
determining a predicted total viewable attention for the time window, the predicted total viewable attention comprising an estimate of viewable area and exposure duration of all viewable advertising content which will be provided to the recipient in the time window;
determining a proportional predicted total viewable attention by multiplying the predicted total viewable attention by the proportional exposure cap; and
responsive to the proportional predicted total viewable attention being greater than the consumed viewable attention:
sending a first response to the advertising exchange comprising instructions instructing the recipient's browser to retrieve the content and provide the content to be viewed by the recipient; and
responsive to receiving, from the advertising exchange, at a second receipt time after the first receipt time and before the end of the time window, a notification of availability of a second opportunity to expose the recipient to the content:
determining, with respect to second period of time from the beginning of the time window to the second receipt time, an updated consumed viewable attention comprising a measure of viewable area and exposure duration of the content provided to the recipient;
determining an updated predicted total viewable attention for the time window, the updated predicted total viewable attention comprising the updated estimate of viewable area and exposure duration of all viewable content which will be provided to the recipient in the time window;
determining an updated proportional predicted total viewable attention by multiplying the updated predicted total viewable attention by the proportional exposure cap; and
responsive to the updated proportional predicted total viewable attention being less than the updated consumed viewable attention:
sending a second response to the advertising exchange comprising instructions instructing the recipient's browser to retrieve content of another advertising campaign and provide the content of the other advertising campaign to be viewed by the recipient.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein:
determining the predicted total viewable attention for the time window comprises predicting a measure of viewable area and exposure duration for all viewable advertising content which will be provided to the recipient through a plurality of exchanges.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the recipient is a browser instance.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the recipient is a mobile application.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the recipient is a device.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the recipient comprises two or more entities selected from the set of: an application, a mobile application, a device and a browser instance.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor-executable program instructions, that, when executed, cause a computer process to perform an adaptive control method, the method comprising:
receiving a proportional exposure cap corresponding to a content of an advertising campaign, the proportional exposure cap comprising a fraction;
responsive to receiving, from an advertising exchange, at a first receipt time after a beginning of a time window and before an end of the time window, a notification of availability of a first opportunity to expose a recipient to the content:
determining, with respect to a first period of time from the beginning of the time window to the first receipt time, a consumed viewable attention comprising a measure of viewable area and exposure duration of the content provided to the recipient;
determining a predicted total viewable attention for the time window, the predicted total viewable attention comprising an estimate of viewable area and exposure duration of all viewable advertising content which will be provided to the recipient in the time window;
determining a proportional predicted total viewable attention by multiplying the predicted total viewable attention by the proportional exposure cap; and
responsive to the proportional predicted total viewable attention being greater than the consumed viewable attention:
sending a first response to the advertising exchange comprising instructions instructing the recipient's browser to retrieve the content and provide the content to be viewed by the recipient; and
responsive to receiving, from the advertising exchange, at a second receipt time after the first receipt time and before the end of the time window, a notification of availability of a second opportunity to expose the recipient to the content:
determining, with respect to a second period of time from the beginning of the time window to the second receipt time, an updated consumed viewable attention comprising a measure of viewable area and exposure duration of the content provided to the recipient;
determining an updated predicted total viewable attention for the time window, the updated predicted total viewable attention comprising the updated estimate of viewable area and exposure duration of all viewable content which will be provided to the recipient in the time window;
determining an updated proportional predicted total viewable attention by multiplying the updated predicted total viewable attention by the proportional exposure cap; and
responsive to the updated proportional predicted total viewable attention being less than the updated consumed viewable attention:
sending a second response to the advertising exchange comprising instructions instructing the recipient's browser to retrieve content of another advertising campaign and provide the content of the other advertising campaign to be viewed by the recipient.
8. The medium of claim 7 , wherein:
determining the predicted total viewable attention for the time window comprises predicting a measure of viewable area and exposure duration for all viewable advertising content which will be provided to the respective recipient through a plurality of exchanges.
9. The medium of claim 7 , wherein:
the recipient is a browser instance.
10. The medium of claim 7 , wherein:
the recipient is a mobile application.
11. The medium of claim 7 , wherein:
the recipient is a device.
12. The medium of claim 7 , wherein:
the recipient comprises two or more entities selected from the set of: an application, a mobile application, a device and a browser instance.
13. A system comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor-executable computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer process to perform an adaptive control method, the method comprising:
receiving a proportional exposure cap corresponding to a content of an advertising campaign, the proportional exposure cap comprising a fraction;
responsive to receiving, from an advertising exchange, at a first receipt time after a beginning of a time window and before an end of the time window, a notification of availability of a first opportunity to expose a recipient to the content:
determining, with respect to a first period of time from the beginning of the time window to the first receipt time, a consumed viewable attention comprising a measure of viewable area and exposure duration of the content provided to the recipient;
determining a predicted total viewable attention for the time window, the predicted total viewable attention comprising an estimate of viewable area and exposure duration of all viewable advertising content which will be provided to the recipient in the time window;
determining a proportional predicted total viewable attention by multiplying the predicted total viewable attention by the proportional exposure cap; and
responsive to the proportional predicted total viewable attention being greater than the consumed viewable attention:
sending a first response to the advertising exchange comprising instructions instructing the recipient's browser to retrieve the content and provide the content to be viewed by the recipient; and
responsive to receiving, from the advertising exchange, at a second receipt time after the first receipt time and before the end of the time window, a notification of availability of a second opportunity to expose the recipient to the content:
determining, with respect to a second period of time from the beginning of the time window to the second receipt time, an updated consumed viewable attention comprising a measure of viewable area and exposure duration of the content provided to the recipient;
determining an updated predicted total viewable attention for the time window, the updated predicted total viewable attention comprising the updated estimate of viewable area and exposure duration of all viewable content which will be provided to the recipient in the time window;
determining an updated proportional predicted total viewable attention by multiplying the updated predicted total viewable attention by the proportional exposure cap; and
responsive to the updated proportional predicted total viewable attention being less than the updated consumed viewable attention:
sending a second response to the advertising exchange comprising instructions instructing the recipient's browser to retrieve content of another advertising campaign and provide the content of the other advertising campaign to be viewed by the recipient.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein:
determining the predicted total viewable attention for the time window comprises predicting a measure of viewable area and exposure duration for a all viewable advertising content which will be provided to the respective recipient through a plurality of exchanges.