INFERRING LEGITIMACY OF ADVERTISEMENT CALLS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving advertisement calls at a first computing system from a second computing system, the first computing system and a second computing system being in electronic communication through a network, each advertisement call being defined by one or more variable-value pairs;
extracting data from the advertisement calls, the extracted data including at least two sets of variable/value pairs, the first set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a first variable type, and the second set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a second variable type; and
performing one or more tests on the extracted data to infer a legitimacy of at least a first subset of the advertisement calls.
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Abstract
There are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for receiving advertisement calls at a first computing system from a second computing system, the first computing system and a second computing system being in electronic communication through a network, each advertisement call being defined by one or more variable-value pairs; extracting data from the advertisement calls, the extracted data including at least two sets of variable/value pairs, the first set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a first variable type, and the second set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a second variable type; and performing one or more tests on the extracted data to infer a legitimacy of at least a first subset of the advertisement calls.
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47 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving advertisement calls at a first computing system from a second computing system, the first computing system and a second computing system being in electronic communication through a network, each advertisement call being defined by one or more variable-value pairs; extracting data from the advertisement calls, the extracted data including at least two sets of variable/value pairs, the first set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a first variable type, and the second set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a second variable type; and performing one or more tests on the extracted data to infer a legitimacy of at least a first subset of the advertisement calls. - 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)
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37. A machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions to cause a machine to:
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receive advertisement calls at a first computing system from a second computing system, the first computing system and a second computing system being in electronic communication through a network, each advertisement call being defined by one or more variable-value pairs; extract data from the advertisement calls, the extracted data including at least two sets of variable/value pairs, the first set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a first variable type, and the second set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a second variable type; and perform one or more tests on the extracted data to infer a legitimacy of at least a first subset of the advertisement calls. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving advertisement calls for a slice of inventory on an advertisement exchange or an advertisement network, the advertisement call being received at a first computing system from a second computing system, the first computing system and a second computing system being in electronic communication through a network, each advertisement call being defined by one or more variable-value pairs; extracting data from the advertisement calls, the extracted data including at least two sets of variable/value pairs, the first set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a first variable type, and the second set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a second variable type; performing one or more tests on the extracted data to infer a legitimacy of at least a first subset of the advertisement calls; identifying non-cost-per-action-based items of inventory within the slice that are associated with the first subset of the advertisement calls; and based on the results of performing the one or more tests, suspending the identified non-cost-per-action-based items of inventory from being transacted on the advertisement exchange or an advertisement network.
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47. A machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions to cause a machine to:
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receive advertisement calls for a slice of inventory on an advertisement exchange or an advertisement network, the advertisement call being received at a first computing system from a second computing system, the first computing system and a second computing system being in electronic communication through a network, each advertisement call being defined by one or more variable-value pairs; extract data from the advertisement calls, the extracted data including at least two sets of variable/value pairs, the first set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a first variable type, and the second set of variable/value pairs including variable/value pairs of a second variable type; perform one or more tests on the extracted data to infer a legitimacy of at least a first subset of the advertisement calls; identify non-cost-per-action-based items of inventory within the slice that are associated with the first subset of the advertisement calls; and based on the results of the performance of the one or more tests, suspend the identified non-cost-per-action-based items of inventory from being transacted on the advertisement exchange or an advertisement network.
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