IP Library Granted Patent US 8,402,482
Granted Patent B2
US 8,402,482 · App. 12/729,270 · Granted Mar 19, 2013

Distributing content

Inventors: Josh Woodward (Mountain View, CA); Nicholas S. Arini (Southampton, GB); Simon Birkenhead (London, GB)
Assignee: Google Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,402,482
App. No.
12/729,270
Granted
Mar 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Activity involving content distributed in a first content distribution channel, such as viewership of a content item, is used to determine how related content, such as another content item, should be distributed in a second content distribution channel. The determination can be made based on a model of the relationship between activity in the first content distribution channel and activity in the second content distribution channel. Distribution information regarding how the related content is to be distributed can be created or modified based on the determination, and the related content can be distributed according to the distribution information for the related content.

Claims (31)

1. A computer-implemented method for distributing content, the method comprising:

receiving advertisement scheduling information for a television advertisement;

receiving channel tune information regarding television viewing activity of television viewers;

determining a number of viewers who viewed an airing of the television advertisement based on the advertisement scheduling information and the channel tune information;

determining a number of search queries including one or more terms associated with the television advertisement, the number of search queries being generated based on a model of a relationship between the number of viewers who viewed the airing of the television advertisement and search query volume for searches that include one or more of the terms associated with the television advertisement;

determining a budget amount for a campaign for a search advertisement, the campaign including a bid for one or more of the terms associated with the television advertisement;

adjusting the budget amount for the campaign and the bid for the one or more of the terms associated with the television advertisement based on the number of search queries; and

distributing the search advertisement using the adjusted budget.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving information regarding the search query volume for the search queries including the one or more terms associated with the television advertisement, and modifying the model based on the information regarding the search query volume.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the channel tune information includes information regarding a selected channel and information regarding a time of the channel selection.

4. A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving advertisement scheduling information for a television advertisement;

receiving channel tune information regarding television viewing activity of television viewers;

determining a number of viewers who viewed an airing of the television advertisement based on the advertisement scheduling information and the channel tune information;

determining a number of search queries including one or more terms associated with the television advertisement, the number of search queries being generated based on a model of a relationship between the number of viewers who viewed the airing of the television advertisement and search query volume for searches that include one or more of the terms associated with the television advertisement;

determining a budget amount for a campaign for a search advertisement, the campaign including a bid for one or more of the terms associated with the television advertisement;

adjusting the budget amount for the campaign and the bid for the one or more of the terms associated with the television advertisement based on the number of search queries; and

distributing the search advertisement using the adjusted budget.

5. The system of claim 4 , the operations further comprising receiving information regarding the search query volume for the search queries including the one or more terms associated with the television advertisement, and modifying the model based on the information regarding the search query volume.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the channel tune information includes information regarding a selected channel and information regarding a time of the channel selection.

7. One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

receiving advertisement scheduling information for a television advertisement;

receiving channel tune information regarding television viewing activity of television viewers;

determining a number of viewers who viewed an airing of the television advertisement based on the advertisement scheduling information and the channel tune information;

determining a number of search queries including one or more terms associated with the television advertisement, the number of search queries being generated based on a model of a relationship between the number of viewers who viewed the airing of the television advertisement and search query volume for searches that include one or more of the terms associated with the television advertisement;

determining a budget amount for a campaign for a search advertisement, the campaign including a bid for one or more of the terms associated with the television advertisement;

adjusting the budget amount for the campaign and the bid for the one or more of the terms associated with the television advertisement based on the number of search queries; and

distributing the search advertisement using the adjusted budget.

8. The medium of claim 7 , the operations further comprising receiving information regarding the search query volume for the search queries including the one or more terms associated with the television advertisement, and modifying the model based on the information regarding the search query volume.

9. The medium of claim 7 , wherein the channel tune information includes information regarding a selected channel and information regarding a time of the channel selection.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044101/0299 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2010
From: WOODWARD, JOSH; ARINI, NICHOLAS S.; BIRKENHEAD, SIMON
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 024214/0578 →
Continuity (1)
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