Method and apparatus for allocating a campaign budget among publishers for a marketing campaign
First Claim
1. A method for allocating a campaign budget among a plurality of electronic publishers for performing a marketing campaign on behalf of an advertiser having an associated computer in communication with a data network, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a budget amount for the marketing campaign;
providing a plurality of parameters defining the marketing campaign, the parameters including;
i) marketing campaign parameters associated with the marketing campaign, and ii) publisher parameters associated with the electronic publishers, the publisher parameters including a minimum campaign spend amount and a maximum campaign spend amount for each electronic publisher;
selecting ones of the electronic publishers based on the provided marketing campaign parameters;
allocating, using the provided marketing campaign parameters and the publisher parameters, the budget amount among the selected electronic publishers according to at least one of a plurality of allocation rules, to define an allocated budget;
determining whether the allocated budget is within the minimum campaign spend amount and the maximum campaign spend amount for each of the selected electronic publishers; and
reallocating the allocated budget, when the allocated budget is not within the minimum campaign spend amount and the maximum campaign spend amount for one or more of the selected electronic publishers, among other ones of the selected electronic publishers according to at least one of a plurality of reallocation rules to define a reallocated budget.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for allocating a campaign budget among a plurality of electronic publishers for performing a marketing campaign on behalf of an advertiser. The advertiser has an associated computer in communication with a data network. In one aspect, the method includes providing a budget amount for the marketing campaign. A plurality of parameters defining the marketing campaign are also provided. These parameters include marketing campaign parameters associated with the marketing campaign, and publisher parameters associated with the electronic publishers. The publisher parameters include a minimum campaign spend amount and a maximum campaign spend amount for each electronic publisher. Certain ones of the electronic publishers are selected. The budget amount is allocated among the electronic publishers according to at least one of a plurality of allocation rules, to define an allocated budget. When the allocated budget is not within the minimum campaign spend amount and the maximum campaign spend amount for each of the selected electronic publishers, the allocated budget is reallocated according to at least one of a plurality of reallocation rules.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for allocating a campaign budget among a plurality of electronic publishers for performing a marketing campaign on behalf of an advertiser having an associated computer in communication with a data network, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a budget amount for the marketing campaign;
providing a plurality of parameters defining the marketing campaign, the parameters including;
i) marketing campaign parameters associated with the marketing campaign, and ii) publisher parameters associated with the electronic publishers, the publisher parameters including a minimum campaign spend amount and a maximum campaign spend amount for each electronic publisher;
selecting ones of the electronic publishers based on the provided marketing campaign parameters;
allocating, using the provided marketing campaign parameters and the publisher parameters, the budget amount among the selected electronic publishers according to at least one of a plurality of allocation rules, to define an allocated budget;
determining whether the allocated budget is within the minimum campaign spend amount and the maximum campaign spend amount for each of the selected electronic publishers; and
reallocating the allocated budget, when the allocated budget is not within the minimum campaign spend amount and the maximum campaign spend amount for one or more of the selected electronic publishers, among other ones of the selected electronic publishers according to at least one of a plurality of reallocation rules to define a reallocated budget. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41)
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40. A computer program product, stored on a processor readable medium, comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform a method for allocating a campaign budget among a plurality of electronic publishers for performing a marketing campaign on behalf of an advertiser having an associated computer in communication with a data network, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a budget amount for the marketing campaign;
providing a plurality of parameters defining the marketing campaign, the parameters including;
i) marketing campaign parameters associated with the marketing campaign, and ii) publisher parameters associated with the electronic publishers, the publisher parameters including a minimum campaign spend amount and a maximum campaign spend amount for each electronic publisher;
selecting ones of the electronic publishers based on the provided marketing campaign parameters;
allocating, using the provided marketing campaign parameters and the publisher parameters, the budget amount among the selected electronic publishers according to at least one of a plurality of allocation rules, to define an allocated budget;
determining whether the allocated budget is within the minimum campaign spend amount and the maximum campaign spend amount for each of the selected electronic publishers; and
reallocating the allocated budget, when the allocated budget is not within the minimum campaign spend amount and the maximum campaign spend amount for one or more of the selected electronic publishers, among other ones of the selected electronic publishers according to at least one of a plurality of reallocation rules to define a reallocated budget.
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