IP Library Granted Patent US 12,026,727
Granted Patent B2
US 12,026,727 · App. 18/136,839 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Systems and methods for managing and modifying web content

Inventors: Serguei Martchenko (Duivendrecht, NL); Marvin Smit (Almere, NL); Rick Pannekoek (Amsterdam, NL); Erik de Voogd (Moordrecht, NL); Renze A. de Vries (Amsterdam, NL)
Assignee: SDL Netherlands B.V.
G06Q30/02G06Q30/0255
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Patent No.
US 12,026,727
App. No.
18/136,839
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, and media for managing and modifying web content are provided. An exemplary method may include the steps of providing a web content management application via a web site, the web content management application adapted to maintain a global marketing framework; generating a web marketing campaign from at least a portion of the global marketing framework, wherein the data included in the web content is generated by the web content management application according to a predetermined format of rendering engines; gathering marketing data from at least one of the web server associated with the web marketing campaign and consumer devices accessing the web marketing campaign, the marketing data including information indicative of interests of consumers; storing the marketing data in a database; analyzing the marketing data; and periodically or continually modifying the content of a web marketing campaign to substantially correspond to the interests of the consumers.

Claims (54)

1. A method for managing and modifying web content, comprising:

providing a web content management application via a web site, the web content management application coupled to a web server associated with the web site, the web content management application adapted to maintain a global marketing framework indicative of a marketing campaign;

generating a web marketing campaign from at least a portion of the global marketing framework, wherein data included in the web content is generated by the web content management application according to a predetermined format of rendering engines, rather than from data formats utilized by standard web applications;

gathering, via the web server, marketing data from at least one of the web server associated with the web marketing campaign and consumer devices accessing the web marketing campaign, the marketing data including information indicative of interests of consumers;

storing the marketing data in a database;

analyzing the marketing data; and

based upon the analysis of the marketing data, periodically or continually modifying the content of a web marketing campaign to substantially correspond to the interests of the consumers.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the marketing data includes at least one of a consumer name, a consumer identification, an address, a postal code, a telephone number, a credit card number, a social networking profile, an Internet protocol address, a media access control (MAC) address, visitation duration, visitation frequency, and combinations thereof.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the marketing data is gathered from at least one of a cookie, a web form associated with the web marketing campaign, a query string embedded in a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the web marketing campaign, window.name information associated with a web browser session, hyper text transfer protocol authentication information, and combinations thereof.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising integrating the web content management application with a third party application by way of a data exchange adapter.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the consumer devices interface with the third party application via the data exchange adapter.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the data exchange adapter is adapted to at least one of:

convert data received from the third party application to an extensible markup language data format utilized by the web content management application; and

provide marketing data to the third party application by converting the marketing data from the extensible markup language data format utilized by the web content management application to a data format utilized by the third party application.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the data exchange adapter is adapted to utilize simple object access protocol.

8. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising integrating the web content management application with the third party application by way of an enterprise application integration broker.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein generating further includes:

determining a configuration of a mobile consumer device requesting the web marketing campaign; and

providing a compatible version of the web marketing campaign to the mobile consumer device.

10. A system for managing and modifying web content, comprising:

a web server associated with a web site;

the web site having a web content management application associated therewith, the web content management application coupled to the web server associated with the web site, the web content management application including computer-readable instructions comprising:

a content manager module adapted to:

maintain a global marketing framework indicative of a marketing campaign; and

generate a web marketing campaign from at least a portion of the global marketing framework;

a visitor intelligence module adapted to:

gather, via the web server, marketing data from at least one of the web server associated with the web marketing campaign and consumer devices accessing the web marketing campaign, the marketing data including information indicative of interests of consumers;

the web content management application utilizing a dynamic rendering engine and a dynamic rendering engine data format that allow for conversion of the marketing data gathered by the visitor intelligence module to a data format utilized by one or more third-party applications;

a content porter module for storing the marketing data in a database; and

a dynamic broker module adapted to:

analyze the marketing data; and

based on the analysis of the marketing data, periodically or continually modify the web content of a web marketing campaign to substantially correspond to the interests of the consumers.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the marketing data includes at least one of a consumer name, a consumer identification, an address, a postal code, a telephone number, a credit card number, a social networking profile, an Internet protocol address, a media access control (MAC) address, visitation duration, visitation frequency, and combinations thereof.

12. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the visitor intelligence module is adapted to gather the marketing data from at least one of a cookie, a web form associated with a presentation server hosting the web marketing campaign, a query string embedded in a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the presentation server hosting the web marketing campaign, window.name information associated with a web browser session, hyper text transfer protocol authentication information, and combinations thereof.

13. The system according to claim 10 , further comprising a business connector module adapted to interface the web content management application with a third party application by way of a data exchange adapter.

14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the data exchange adapter is adapted to utilize simple object access protocol.

15. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the business connector module is further adapted to interface the web content management application with the third party application by way of an enterprise application integration broker.

16. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the data exchange adapter facilitates exchange of data between the third party application and the web content management application by:

determining a data format utilized by the third party application; and

converting data received from the third party application to a data format utilized by the web content management application.

17. The system according to claim 16 , wherein the data exchange adapter is further adapted to convert at least one of the marketing data gathered by the visitor intelligence module and one or more consumer groups created by the visitor intelligence module to the data format utilized by the web content management application.

18. The system according to claim 16 , wherein the data format utilized by the web content management application includes extensible markup language format.

19. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the business connector module is further adapted to receiving data from the third party application.

20. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the dynamic broker module is further adapted to:

determine a configuration of a mobile consumer device requesting the web marketing campaign; and

provide a compatible version of the web marketing campaign to the mobile consumer device.

21. The system according to claim 20 , wherein the configuration of the mobile consumer device includes at least one of an operating system version and an international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI).

22. A system for managing and modifying web content, comprising:

means for providing a web content management application via a web site, the web content management application coupled to a web server associated with the web site, the web content management application adapted to maintain a global marketing framework indicative of a marketing campaign;

means for generating a web marketing campaign from at least a portion of the global marketing framework, wherein data included in the web content is generated by the web content management application according to a predetermined format of rendering engines, rather than from data formats utilized by standard web applications;

means for gathering, via the web server, marketing data from at least one of the web server associated with the web marketing campaign and consumer devices accessing the web marketing campaign, the marketing data including information indicative of interests of consumers;

means for storing the marketing data in a database;

means for analyzing the marketing data; and

based upon the analysis of the marketing data, means for periodically or continually modifying the web content of the web marketing campaign to substantially correspond to the interests of the consumers.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 22, 2023
From: SDL TRIDION DEVELOPMENT B.V.
To: SDL NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 064663/0220 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2023
From: MARTCHENKO, SERGUEI; SMIT, MARVIN; PANNEKOEK, RICK; DE VOOGD, ERIK; DE VRIES, RENZE A.
To: SDL TRIDION DEVELOPMENT B.V.
Reel/Frame 063399/0407 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17546029 · Dec 8, 2021
Continuation 16742689 · Jan 14, 2020
Continuation 13016989 · Jan 29, 2011
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