Publisher specified load time thresholds for online content items
First Claim
1. A content management computing device, comprising one or more processors communicatively coupled to a memory, said content management computing device communicatively coupled to a publisher computing device, a content provider computing device, and a given client computing device, said content management computing device performing operations comprising:
- receiving a parameter signal from the publisher computing device, the parameter signal including an associated load time threshold required by a publisher in association with a content slot in a publication served by the publisher, the load time threshold being a duration of time in which, for a content item to be eligible to be presented with the publication, the content item must load in the content slot of the publication when the content item is rendered in the content slot of the publication at client computing devices;
receiving a representation signal from the content provider computing device, the representation signal indicating that a first content item associated with the content provider computing device will load within a first time period when the first content item is rendered at the client computing devices;
receiving, from the given client computing device, a request signal requesting content for the content slot in the publication;
determining that the first time period is equal to or less than the load time threshold;
selecting the first content item for loading in the content slot based at least on the determination that the first time period is equal to or less than the load time threshold; and
transmitting an instruction signal to the given client computing device including an instruction to load the first content item in the content slot in the publication at the given client computing device.
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Abstract
A content management computing device for selecting an online content item for display on a client computing device is provided. Additionally, a method for selecting an online content item for display on a client computing device is provided. In addition, a computer-readable storage device having processor-executable instructions embodied thereon for selecting an online content item for display on a client computing device is provided.
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23 Claims
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1. A content management computing device, comprising one or more processors communicatively coupled to a memory, said content management computing device communicatively coupled to a publisher computing device, a content provider computing device, and a given client computing device, said content management computing device performing operations comprising:
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receiving a parameter signal from the publisher computing device, the parameter signal including an associated load time threshold required by a publisher in association with a content slot in a publication served by the publisher, the load time threshold being a duration of time in which, for a content item to be eligible to be presented with the publication, the content item must load in the content slot of the publication when the content item is rendered in the content slot of the publication at client computing devices; receiving a representation signal from the content provider computing device, the representation signal indicating that a first content item associated with the content provider computing device will load within a first time period when the first content item is rendered at the client computing devices; receiving, from the given client computing device, a request signal requesting content for the content slot in the publication; determining that the first time period is equal to or less than the load time threshold; selecting the first content item for loading in the content slot based at least on the determination that the first time period is equal to or less than the load time threshold; and transmitting an instruction signal to the given client computing device including an instruction to load the first content item in the content slot in the publication at the given client computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for selecting an online content item for display on a given client computing device, the method is implemented by a content management computing device that includes one or more processors communicatively coupled to a memory, the content management computing device is communicatively coupled to a publisher computing device, a content provider computing device, and the given client computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the content management computing device, a parameter signal from the publisher computing device, the parameter signal including and an associated load time threshold required by a publisher in association with a content slot in a publication served by the publisher, the load time threshold being a duration of time in which, for a content item to be eligible to be presented with the publication, the content item must load in the content slot of the publication when the content item is rendered in the content slot of the publication at client computing devices; receiving, by the content management computing device, a representation signal from the content provider computing device, the representation signal indicating that a first content item associated with the content provider computing device will load within a first time period when the first content item is rendered at the client computing devices; receiving, by the content management computing device and from the given client computing device, a request signal requesting content for the content slot in the publication; determining, by the content management computing device, that the first time period is equal to or less than the load time threshold; selecting, by the content management computing device, the first content item for loading in the content slot based at least on determining that the first time period is equal to or less than the load time threshold; and transmitting, by the content management computing device, an instruction signal to the given client computing device including an instruction to load the first content item in the content slot in the publication at the given client computing device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having processor-executable instructions embodied thereon, for selecting an online content item for display on a given client computing device, wherein when executed by a content management computing device communicatively coupled to a memory and to the client computing device, the processor-executable instructions cause the content management computing device to:
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receive a parameter signal from the publisher computing device, the parameter signal including an associated load time threshold required by a publisher in association with a content slot in a publication served by the publisher computing device and a geographic requirement that a content item selected for loading in the content slot be within a specified geographic area in which the client computing device is located, the load time threshold being a duration of time in which, for a content item to be eligible to be presented with the publication, the content item must load in the content slot of the publication when the content item is rendered in the content slot of the publication at client computing devices; receive a representation signal from the content provider computing device, the representation signal indicating that a first content item associated with the content provider computing device will load within a first time period when the first content item is rendered at the client computing device and that the first content item is located within the specified geographic area; receive, from the given client computing device, a request signal requesting content for the content slot in the publication; determine that the first time period is equal to or less than the load time threshold; select the first content item for loading in the content slot based at least on (i) the determination that the first time period is equal to or less than the load time threshold and (ii) the first content item being located within the specified geographic location; and transmit an instruction signal to the given client computing device including an instruction to load the first content item in the content slot in the publication at the given client computing device.
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