IP Library Granted Patent US 11,868,594
Granted Patent B2
US 11,868,594 · App. 18/092,006 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Methods, systems, and media for specifying different content management techniques across various publishing platforms

Inventors: Aubrey Bowser (Jersey City, NJ); Gustavo Magalhaes (Newark, NJ); Dhanush Kumar Soundarapandyan (Clifton, NJ); Micah Freedman (Sausalito, CA)
Assignee: Integral Ad Science, Inc.
G06F3/04842G06F3/0481H04L67/02
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Patent No.
US 11,868,594
App. No.
18/092,006
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for specifying different content management techniques across various publishing platforms are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving information about content placements; generating a user interface that includes the information and selectable content management options; receiving a selection of a first content management option for a first content placement; configuring a tag for the first content placement, wherein the tag is associated with instructions for executing the first content management option; receiving, from a web browser that loaded a web page including the first content placement, a request for the instructions for executing the first content management option; and sending the instructions to the web browser to execute the instructions and send information about the web page to a location indicated by the instructions.

Claims (49)

1. A method for managing content placement, the method comprising:

receiving, using a server that includes a hardware processor, information about a plurality of content placements each associated with one of a plurality of publishing platforms;

assigning, using the hardware processor, a preliminary content management technique based on the received information for each of the plurality of content placements, wherein the preliminary content management technique is selected from a passive content management technique and an active content management technique, wherein the passive content management technique monitors a web page in which the content placement appears and monitors other content placements on the web page and wherein the active content management technique monitors the web page in which the content placement appears and inhibits the content placement on the web page in response to detecting particular content on the web page;

receiving, using the hardware processor, from a first user device, a selection of a first content management option of a plurality of content management options that changes a first content placement of the plurality of content placements from the assigned preliminary content management technique to a different content management technique from the passive content management technique and the active content management technique;

configuring, using the hardware processor, a tag for association with the first content placement, wherein the tag is associated with instructions for executing the different content management technique associated with the first content management option; and

transmitting, using the hardware processor, the tag to the first user device in association with information about the first content placement.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular content on the web page comprises one or more of: objectionable content on the web page, competitor content on the web page, and an indication that more than a predetermined number of content placements have been presented to a user.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a user interface that includes at least a portion of the information for each of the plurality of content placements and a plurality of selectable content management options for each of the plurality of content placements, wherein each of the plurality of selectable content management options is initially set at an option that corresponds with the assigned preliminary content management technique; and

transmitting the generated user interface to the first user device for presentation.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the tag with the first content placement such that the tag is served in response to a request for content associated with the first content placement.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from a web browser being executed by a second user device that loaded the web page including the first content placement, a request for the instructions for executing the different content management technique associated with the first content management option; and

transmitting the instructions to the second user device such that the web browser executes the instructions and sends information about the web page to a location remote from the second user device indicated by the instructions.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the tag includes an address for requesting content, and wherein the request for the instructions is sent to the address.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the request for the instructions is associated with a request for content, and wherein the method further comprises blocking the content from being presented by the web browser based on the information about the web page.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein configuring the tag further comprises:

receiving tag information from the first user device; and

modifying the tag information based on the selection of the content management option.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting a content management option for each of the plurality of content placements without user intervention based on the information about the plurality of content placements, wherein the selection of the first content management option of the plurality of content management options for the first content placement is of a content management option other than the content management option selected without user intervention.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information about the plurality of content placements includes information identifying the size of each of the plurality of content placements.

11. A system for managing content placement, the system comprising:

a server that includes a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor is programmed to:

receive information about a plurality of content placements each associated with one of a plurality of publishing platforms;

assign a preliminary content management technique based on the received information for each of the plurality of content placements, wherein the preliminary content management technique is selected from a passive content management technique and an active content management technique, wherein the passive content management technique monitors a web page in which the content placement appears and monitors other content placements on the web page and wherein the active content management technique monitors the web page in which the content placement appears and inhibits the content placement on the web page in response to detecting particular content on the web page;

receive, from a first user device, a selection of a first content management option of a plurality of content management options that changes a first content placement of the plurality of content placements from the assigned preliminary content management technique to a different content management technique from the passive content management technique and the active content management technique;

configure a tag for association with the first content placement, wherein the tag is associated with instructions for executing the different content management technique associated with the first content management option; and

transmit the tag to the first user device in association with information about the first content placement.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the particular content on the web page comprises one or more of: objectionable content on the web page, competitor content on the web page, and an indication that more than a predetermined number of content placements have been presented to a user.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the hardware processor is further programmed to:

generate a user interface that includes at least a portion of the information for each of the plurality of content placements and a plurality of selectable content management options for each of the plurality of content placements, wherein each of the plurality of selectable content management options is initially set at an option that corresponds with the assigned preliminary content management technique; and

transmit the generated user interface to the first user device for presentation.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the hardware processor is further programmed to associate the tag with the first content placement such that the tag is served in response to a request for content associated with the first content placement.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the hardware processor is further programmed to:

receive, from a web browser being executed by a second user device that loaded the web page including the first content placement, a request for the instructions for executing the different content management technique associated with the first content management option; and

transmit the instructions to the second user device such that the web browser executes the instructions and sends information about the web page to a location remote from the second user device indicated by the instructions.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the tag includes an address for requesting content, and wherein the request for the instructions is sent to the address.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the request for the instructions is associated with a request for content, and wherein the hardware processor is further programmed to block the content from being presented by the web browser based on the information about the web page.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein configuring the tag further comprises:

receiving tag information from the first user device; and

modifying the tag information based on the selection of the content management option.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the hardware processor is further programmed to select a content management option for each of the plurality of content placements without user intervention based on the information about the plurality of content placements, wherein the selection of the first content management option of the plurality of content management options for the first content placement is of a content management option other than the content management option selected without user intervention.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the information about the plurality of content placements includes information identifying the size of each of the plurality of content placements.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for managing content placement, the method comprising:

receiving information about a plurality of content placements each associated with one of a plurality of publishing platforms;

assigning a preliminary content management technique based on the received information for each of the plurality of content placements, wherein the preliminary content management technique is selected from a passive content management technique and an active content management technique, wherein the passive content management technique monitors a web page in which the content placement appears and monitors other content placements on the web page and wherein the active content management technique monitors the web page in which the content placement appears and inhibits the content placement on the web page in response to detecting particular content on the web page;

receiving, from a first user device, a selection of a first content management option of a plurality of content management options that changes a first content placement of the plurality of content placements from the assigned preliminary content management technique to a different content management technique from the passive content management technique and the active content management technique;

configuring a tag for association with the first content placement, wherein the tag is associated with instructions for executing the different content management technique associated with the first content management option; and

transmitting the tag to the first user device in association with information about the first content placement.

Assignments (3)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 9, 2026
From: INTEGRAL AD SCIENCE, INC.
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 074280/0900 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL, RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 AT REEL/FRAME NO. 72916/0431 Recorded Jan 9, 2026
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: INTEGRAL AD SCIENCE, INC.
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 18, 2025
From: INTEGRAL AD SCIENCE, INC.
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 072916/0431 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17169156 · Feb 5, 2021
Continuation 15096195 · Apr 11, 2016
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