System and method for improving the performance of electronic media advertising campaigns through multi-attribute analysis and optimization
First Claim
1. A method of identifying a relative performance of a set of creatives, wherein a given creative has associated therewith two or more attributes, and each attribute has two or more values, comprising:
- defining a set of multiattribute data structures and assigning the creatives to the set such that each creative is assigned to one and only one multiattribute data structure;
receiving data indicative of a performance of the creatives; and
using the performance data, estimating a set of multiattribute parameters β
mjk for every attribute m and pair of attribute values j and k, such that if h and i are any pair of creatives, then, identifying β
mjj=0 for every attribute m and attribute value j, the equation f(π
h)−
f(π
i)=Σ
mβ
mh(m)i(m) either holds as a given or defines an expectation of a difference f(π
h)−
f(π
i);
wherein at least one or more of the steps are performed by one or more electronic processing devices.
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Abstract
Automated system, methods, algorithms, procedures, and computer software programs and computer program products for improving and optimizing the performance of messaging campaigns, particularly for marketing campaigns in which advertisements or other messages are distributed over an interactive measurable medium such as the Internet. Analysis and Optimization method and procedure, an automated system, and system and method that exploit the underlying multi-attribute structure, as well as other features and advantages. Optimization procedures allocate the ad alternatives or other message to the customer population to optimize business objectives such as maximizing the number of positive responses received. Procedure for generating message allocations that improve and attempt to optimize the campaign performance. Methods ensure that campaign constraints are not violated. Methods can be implemented on a computer that is programmed to retrieve message performance information and to generate recommended message allocations for each stage in a multi-stage messaging campaign to achieve messaging goals.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of identifying a relative performance of a set of creatives, wherein a given creative has associated therewith two or more attributes, and each attribute has two or more values, comprising:
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defining a set of multiattribute data structures and assigning the creatives to the set such that each creative is assigned to one and only one multiattribute data structure; receiving data indicative of a performance of the creatives; and using the performance data, estimating a set of multiattribute parameters β
mjk for every attribute m and pair of attribute values j and k, such that if h and i are any pair of creatives, then, identifying β
mjj=0 for every attribute m and attribute value j, the equation f(π
h)−
f(π
i)=Σ
mβ
mh(m)i(m) either holds as a given or defines an expectation of a difference f(π
h)−
f(π
i);wherein at least one or more of the steps are performed by one or more electronic processing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of multiattribute analysis for providing automated measurements and reporting of an importance of attributes and attribute values of message alternatives, comprising:
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generating a set of message alternatives, wherein each message alternative may be described in terms of the attributes and the attribute values, wherein an attribute is a component of a message alternative and an attribute value is a particular instantiation of the attribute, wherein a given message alternative includes two or more attributes each of which may be assigned two or more attribute values; providing the message alternatives in response to requests; determining an importance of the attributes and the attribute values to performance of the message alternatives provided in response to the requests; providing one or more reports describing the performance of the message alternatives; wherein at least one or more of the steps are performed by one or more electronic processing devices. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of identifying a relative performance of a set of creatives, wherein a given creative has associated therewith two or more attributes, and each attribute has two or more values, comprising:
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defining a set of multiattribute data structures and assigning the creatives to the set such that each creative is assigned to one and only one multiattribute data structure; receiving data indicative of a performance of the creatives; and using the performance data, estimating values of a set of multiattribute parameters for each of the multiattribute data structures, wherein the values of the set of multiattribute parameters define relative impact of the attribute values on performance of the creatives; wherein at least one or more of the steps are performed by one or more electronic processing devices. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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