Advertising Futures Marketplace Methods and Systems
First Claim
1. A computer system, comprising:
- a programmable processor;
a network interface coupled to the programmable processor and configured to enable the programmable processor to communicate via a network; and
a memory coupled to the programmable processor,wherein the programmable processor is configured with executable instructions to perform steps comprising;
receiving data summarizing a plurality of advertising placement transactions;
extracting values of advertising attributes from the captured advertising transaction data;
organizing the extracted advertising transaction attribute values according to a taxonomy; and
storing the values of the attributes according to the taxonomy.
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Abstract
Methods and systems provide information products relating to past, present and future advertising transactions (i.e., contracts to place advertisements in various media) to enable a marketplace in advertising products. Information regarding a plurality of advertising transactions are gathered. Data is analyzed to determine its attributes. Some attribute values are transformed and the attribute values are stored in a database. Attributes are organized or indexed according to a taxonomy of attributes to provide indexes to advertising transaction records. Indexes and benchmarks for various selected types of advertising transactions can be generated by selecting certain records from the database and aggregating the data or otherwise synthesizing information products, such as benchmarks and market entities for the selected types of advertising transactions. Information products may be published and syndicated as market indexes and benchmarks.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer system, comprising:
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a programmable processor; a network interface coupled to the programmable processor and configured to enable the programmable processor to communicate via a network; and a memory coupled to the programmable processor, wherein the programmable processor is configured with executable instructions to perform steps comprising; receiving data summarizing a plurality of advertising placement transactions; extracting values of advertising attributes from the captured advertising transaction data; organizing the extracted advertising transaction attribute values according to a taxonomy; and storing the values of the attributes according to the taxonomy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of aggregating advertising transactions, comprising:
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capturing in a computer system advertising transaction data from a stream of advertising transaction records received from a source of advertising transaction data; determining values of advertising transaction attributes within extracted advertising transactions; organizing the extracted advertising transactions into tiers according to a taxonomy of advertising transaction attributes; sampling a set of advertising transactions based upon at least one selected attribute value; synthesizing an advertising reference entity based upon and representative of the sampled set of advertising transactions; and generating an electronic display of the synthesized advertising reference entity. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of aggregating advertising transactions, comprising:
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capturing in a computer system advertising transaction data from a stream of advertising transaction records received via a network from a source of advertising transaction data; determining values of standard attributes within extracted advertising transactions; sampling a set of advertising transactions based upon the determined attribute values; calculating an advertising product composite price based on the sampled set of advertising transactions within an identified transaction timeframe; publishing the advertising product composite price to a marketplace on a timely and consistent basis; syndicating the publication of the advertising product composite price; and establishing the advertising product composite price as an advertising composite price benchmark for subsequent transactions. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A computer system, comprising:
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a programmable processor; a network interface coupled to the programmable processor and configured to enable the programmable processor to communicate via a network; and a memory coupled to the programmable processor, wherein the programmable processor is configured with executable instructions to perform steps comprising; receiving answers to survey questions from market participants in advertising markets wherein the survey questions are configured to solicit information about advertising activity levels in the advertising markets; transforming the received survey answers into at least one advertising activity level score; and indexing the advertising activity level score to establish an advertising activity level benchmark for a type of advertising activity, wherein the advertising activity levels are selected from the group consisting of purchasing activity levels, selling activity levels, viewing activity levels, marketing activity levels, inquiry activity levels, hiring activity levels, account visit activity levels, and request for proposal activity levels. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A computer system, comprising:
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a programmable processor; a network interface coupled to the programmable processor and configured to enable the programmable processor to communicate via a network; and a memory coupled to the programmable processor, wherein the programmable processor is configured with executable instructions to perform steps comprising; receiving answers to survey questions from market participants in advertising markets wherein the survey questions are configured to solicit information about future or proposed advertising activity levels in the advertising markets for a predetermined future time period; transforming survey answers into at least one future advertising activity level score; and indexing the future advertising activity level score to establish a future advertising activity level benchmark for a type of advertising activity, wherein the advertising activity levels are selected from the group consisting of purchasing activity levels, selling activity levels, viewing activity levels, marketing activity levels, inquiry activity levels, hiring activity levels, account visit activity levels, and request for proposal activity levels. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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