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Granted Patent B2
US 12,248,960 · App. 18/332,051 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Management of moving outdoor advertising

Inventors: Casey Mansel Binkley (Toronto, CA); Zachary Aaron Levy (Toronto, CA)
Assignee: HaulerAds Inc.
G06Q30/0246G06Q30/0266G09F21/04
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Patent No.
US 12,248,960
App. No.
18/332,051
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An advertising campaign may be carried out using moving outdoor advertising. Advertisers typically like to manage and track the success of their advertising campaigns. Aspects of the present application may be seen to assist with such management and tracking by providing impression analytics, location analytics, time analytics and frequency reports. Furthermore, aspects of the present application may be seen to provide an ability to augment a moving outdoor advertising campaign with a mobile device retargeting advertising campaign. Then, such metrics as return on investment, profit and gross profit may be tracked. In some aspects, Wi-Fi signals and Bluetooth signals may be collected from mobile devices that are in the range of a Moving Impression Analytics Tracking Device.

Claims (35)

1. A method of processing impression information from a vehicle having advertising displayed exterior to the vehicle, the method being performed by an analytics system and comprising:

receiving:

an identifier of a mobile communication device obtained from scanning radio frequencies using a radio scanner of the vehicle, and

vehicle location information determined from a global positioning module of the vehicle; and

determining that the vehicle was in proximity to the mobile communication device; and

when the vehicle was in the proximity to the mobile communication device, transmitting an advertising message to the mobile communication device through a website, wherein the advertising message is based on the vehicle location information and the advertising displayed external to the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the radio scanner includes a wireless local area network adapter operates according to a Wi-Fi standard or a Bluetooth standard, wherein the identifier includes a media access control (MAC) address associated with a wireless networking chipset for the mobile communication device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising performing analytics on the identifier and the vehicle location information, including processing the vehicle location information with a time that the identifier was collected, and the analytics including a frequency or a number of impressions of the advertising in association with the identifier of the mobile communication device.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the performing analytics includes associating the frequency or the number of impressions of the advertising in association with content of the advertising.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising performing analytics including associating the identifier of the mobile communication device with content of the advertising.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising performing analytics including performing time analytics on the identifier, the advertising, and the vehicle location information.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising performing analytics including determining return on investment of, or profit from, the advertising displayed exterior to the vehicle.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising performing analytics including determining effect of the frequency or the number of impressions on conversion to a paying customer.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising performing analytics including generating a heat map based on impressions of the advertising of scanned mobile communication devices from the radio scanner of the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising performing analytics including analyzing location, time, and frequency of impressions of the advertising of scanned mobile communication devices from the radio scanner of the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising performing analytics including determining a total number of the impressions which includes both i) the identifier of the mobile communication device, and ii) the transmitting the advertising message to the mobile communication device through the website.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the performing analytics includes determining a click-through rate (CTR) of a number of times the advertising message is clicked compared to the total number of impressions.

13. A system for processing impression information from a vehicle having advertising displayed exterior to the vehicle, comprising:

an analytics system configured to:

receive:

an identifier of a mobile communication device obtained from scanning radio frequencies using a radio scanner of the vehicle, and

vehicle location information determined from a global positioning module of the vehicle;

determine that the vehicle was in proximity to the mobile communication device; and

when the vehicle was in the proximity to the mobile communication device, transmit an advertising message to the mobile communication device through a website, wherein the advertising message is based on the vehicle location information and the advertising displayed external to the vehicle.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the radio scanner includes a wireless local area network adapter operates according to a Wi-Fi standard or a Bluetooth standard, wherein the identifier includes a media access control (MAC) address associated with a wireless networking chipset for the mobile communication device.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the analytics system is further configured to perform analytics on the identifier and the vehicle location information, including processing the vehicle location information with a time that the identifier was collected, and the analytics including a frequency or a number of impressions of the advertising in association with the identifier of the mobile communication device.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the analytics system is further configured to perform analytics including associating the frequency or the number of impressions of the advertising in association with content of the advertising.

17. The system of claim 13 wherein the analytics system is further configured to perform analytics including associating the identifier of the mobile communication device with content of the advertising.

18. The system of claim 13 wherein the analytics system is further configured to perform analytics including performing time analytics on the identifier, the advertising, and the vehicle location information.

19. The system of claim 13 wherein the analytics system is further configured to perform analytics including determining return on investment of, or profit from, the advertising displayed exterior to the vehicle.

20. The system of claim 13 wherein the analytics system is further configured to perform analytics including determining effect of the frequency or the number of impressions on conversion to a paying customer.

21. The system of claim 13 wherein the analytics system is further configured to perform analytics including generating a heat map based on impressions of the advertising of scanned mobile communication devices from the radio scanner of the vehicle.

22. The system of claim 13 wherein the analytics system is further configured to perform analytics including analyzing location, time, and frequency of impressions of the advertising of scanned mobile communication devices from the radio scanner of the vehicle.

23. The system of claim 13 wherein the analytics system is further configured to perform analytics including determining a total number of the impressions which includes both i) the identifier of the mobile communication device, and ii) the transmitting the advertising message to the mobile communication device through the website.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein the performing analytics includes determining a click-through rate (CTR) of a number of times the advertising message is clicked compared to the total number of impressions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2025
From: BINKLEY, CASEY MANSEL; LEVY, ZACHARY AARON
To: HAULERADS INC.
Reel/Frame 070034/0753 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17540922 · Dec 2, 2021
Continuation 16012278 · Jun 19, 2018
Provisional Application 62653894 · Apr 6, 2018
Related Publication 20230316326A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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