Patent classifications
G06Q30/0263
USING ON-LINE AND OFF-LINE PROJECTIONS TO CONTROL INFORMATION DELIVERY TO MOBILE DEVICES
A system for processing information requests associated with mobile devices comprises an evaluation module configured to determine at least one performance measure for each of a plurality of information documents using at least data in one or both of a requests database and events database. The at least one performance measure includes at least one of an impression-based performance measure, a click/call-based performance measure, and an off-line site-visit-based performance measure. The system further comprises an information server configured to select a first information document for transmitting to a first mobile device to fulfill a first request. The information server includes a volume control unit configured to derive an off-line site visit projection in response to the first document being selected based at least in part on an off-line site-visit-based performance measure and having been impressed on the first mobile device, and to adjust a budget associated with the first document using the off-line site visit projection.
Methods, systems, and media for identifying automatically refreshed advertisements
Methods, systems, and media for identifying automatically refreshed advertisements are provided. In some embodiments, a method for modifying advertisement spending is provided, the method comprising: receiving advertisement delivery information associated with a plurality of advertisements displayed on a web page; generating a distribution of an amount of time that the plurality of advertisements were displayed on the web page using the advertisement delivery information; identifying a deviation in the generated distribution; determining whether the deviation correlates to an automatic refresh command performed by one or more browser applications; and providing an indication corresponding to the plurality of advertisements that were displayed on the web page in response to the automatic refresh command based on the determination.
Social platform promotion system and method
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a social platform inquiry from a client; analyzing a current responsibility score associated with the client; defining one or more score conditions of the client based, at least in part, upon the current responsibility score; and recommending one or more social platforms based, at least in part, upon the one or more score conditions.
Resource hubs for heterogeneous groups
An invention is disclosed for systems, methods, processes, and products, including but not limited to, one that provides for user communication and interaction with as well as access to resources available on or via a computing device. An embodiment of the invention includes providing a digital resource gathering and dissemination system, method, or process that can accommodate digital resources of interest for heterogeneous groups and communities of online users for the same topic, demographic, or some other categories as provided by a particular classification scheme. Such a system, method, or process also provides a more reliable or otherwise representative selection of digital resources of interest to the population as a whole.
Playback Updates
Embodiments are described herein that involve receiving, by a social-media computing system from a media playback system, playback data indicating media that is being played back by the media playback system, where the playback data comprises an indication of at least one zone of the media playback system in which the media is being played back; and based on the received playback data, updating social-media data in a social-media account, where the updated social-media data comprises an indication of the at least one zone in which the media is currently being played back.
Social platform promotion system and method
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a social platform inquiry from a client; executing the social platform inquiry on a social platform pool to generate a result set; and providing the result set to the client.
Social platform promotion system and method
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a contribution for a social platform from a client; producing promotional material for the client concerning their contribution to the social platform, wherein this promotional material is configured to positively impact a current responsibility score associated with the client; and publishing the promotional material.
Method and apparatus for managing multimedia files
A system for locating, segmenting, annotating and retrieving multimedia files, provides a database of metadata relating to multimedia files, a database manager, and a database client for accessing the data contained within the database. The database client, together with the metadata database and database manager provide a variety of different functionalities, namely a deep linking functionality, a segmentation functionality, a metadata annotation functionality, a retrieval functionality, and an access functionality. The user, through database client annotates the multimedia file or segment of multimedia file with metadata which is saved in the database. When the user desires to locate a multimedia file, the metadata is searched or browsed to locate the database entry associated with the multimedia file in question. The system further provides the ability for the user to load, open and start the playing of a multimedia file from a point intermediate to its start and end point, and without the user having to experience the portion between the start point and the intermediate point, break down larger files into shorter segments or individual frames (or still images) or regions within frames (or still images) without creating additional copies of the selected segments of the multimedia files of interest, thereby avoiding copyright issues from arising.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVERTISING ON CONTENT-SCREENED WEB PAGES
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method is provided for advertising on a content-screened web page. The method includes receiving an impression request for a URL for which an advertising impression is desired; screening HTML content of a web page identified by the URL; generating a rating for the URL based on the HTML content of the web page; assigning the rating to the impression request; and serving an advertising impression on the web page based on the rating.
AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF ELECTRONIC ADVERTISING MESSAGES CONTAINING ONE OR MORE AUTOMATICALLY SELECTED STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY IMAGES
A facility for constructing an advertising message in connection with a web page is described. The facility obtains text associated with the web page, and uses the obtained text to generate a query. The facility uses the generated query to select a stock photography image, and generates an advertising message that incorporates the selected stock photography image.