System and method for forecasting the performance of advertisements using fuzzy systems
First Claim
1. A method for forecasting the performance of an advertisement through the utilization of a fuzzy system, the method comprising:
- calculating a ranking score for an advertisement;
mapping the advertisement to at least one query using a bidded search term;
retrieving analytics data for at least one advertisement associated with the mapped query to construct at least one fuzzy set;
identifying a fuzzy membership function and at least one rule associated with the fuzzy membership function;
calculating a truth level for at least one rank for the advertisement through the use of the ranking score; and
calculating at least one average forecasted advertising metric value for the advertisement.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to forecasting the performance of advertisements using fuzzy systems. The method according to one embodiment comprises calculating a ranking score for an advertisement, mapping the advertisement to at least one query using a bidded search term and retrieving analytics data for at least one advertisement associated with the mapped query to construct at least one fuzzy set. A fuzzy membership function and at least one rule associated with the fuzzy membership function is identified and a truth level for at least one rank for the advertisement is calculated through the use of the ranking score. At least one average forecasted advertising metric value for the advertisement is calculated, which may be on the basis of one or more of the ranking score, fuzzy set, fuzzy membership function and truth level.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for forecasting the performance of an advertisement through the utilization of a fuzzy system, the method comprising:
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calculating a ranking score for an advertisement; mapping the advertisement to at least one query using a bidded search term; retrieving analytics data for at least one advertisement associated with the mapped query to construct at least one fuzzy set; identifying a fuzzy membership function and at least one rule associated with the fuzzy membership function; calculating a truth level for at least one rank for the advertisement through the use of the ranking score; and calculating at least one average forecasted advertising metric value for the advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13)
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11. A method for generating a fuzzy system through the use of analytics data to forecast the performance of at least one advertisement, the method comprising:
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identifying at least one query associated with a bidded search term; retrieving analytics data for one or more advertisements displayed in response to the query, the analytics data including at least one rank at which the advertisements were displayed; identifying a range of ranking scores associated with at least one rank for the query; identifying at least one average advertising metric value obtained at the rank; and generating a fuzzy system with a fuzzy set that corresponds to the rank. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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12. A method for generating a forecast of the performance of an advertisement with respect to a given advertising metric through the use of a fuzzy system, the method comprising:
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selecting an advertising metric and a rank for an advertisement; generating a truth value for the rank using a ranking score for the advertisement for storage as a first value in a truth value register; calculating an average for the advertising metric at the rank for storage as a second value in an advertising metric register; and generating a forecast on the basis of the quotient of the first value and the second value.
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