System and method for determining internet advertising strategy
First Claim
1. A method of predicting the performance of an Internet advertising campaign comprising:
- collecting anonymous web-surfing data during the serving of Internet advertisements to determine a frequency characteristic of user visits for a set of web sites on which advertising is to be served;
collecting data about user population size for the web sites;
selecting a number of impressions to be served at each web site;
calculating a gross rating point ratio by dividing the number of impressions by the number of total users in the market;
calculating a reach value estimating the number of users expected to be reached by an advertisement.
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Abstract
A method of predicting the performance of an Internet advertising campaign includes collecting anonymous web-surfing data during the serving of past Internet advertisements to determine the number of impressions served to each user visiting a selected site during a selected interval. The users are grouped into subgroups based on the percentage of impressions served to each subgroup. The service of a selected number of advertisements is simulated by randomly assigning each simulated advertisement to a user based on the number of impressions served. A projected reach value is calculated by determining the number of users to which at least a selected number of simulated advertisements were served.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of predicting the performance of an Internet advertising campaign comprising:
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collecting anonymous web-surfing data during the serving of Internet advertisements to determine a frequency characteristic of user visits for a set of web sites on which advertising is to be served;
collecting data about user population size for the web sites;
selecting a number of impressions to be served at each web site;
calculating a gross rating point ratio by dividing the number of impressions by the number of total users in the market;
calculating a reach value estimating the number of users expected to be reached by an advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of predicting the performance of an Internet advertising campaign comprising:
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collecting anonymous web-surfing data during the serving of past Internet advertisements to determine the number of impressions served to each user visiting a selected site during a selected interval;
grouping the users into subgroups based on the percentage of impressions served to each subgroup;
simulating the service of a selected number of simulated advertisements by randomly assigning each simulated advertisement to a user based on the number of impressions served; and
calculating a projected reach value by determining the number of users to which at least a selected number of simulated advertisements were served. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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