Advertisement Insertion Module and Advertisement Replacement Module

• US 20090144159A1
• Filed: 12/04/2008
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Original Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: Bashyam, Suresh
• Application Number:
  US12/328,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20090144159A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.550
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0257 User requested
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25833 involving client hardware characteristics, e.g. manufacturer, processing or storage capabilities allocation of resources considering hardware capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5044; allocation of resources considering software capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5055
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44016 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A computer-implemented method including receiving request data originating at a mobile device; obtaining a unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device based on the received request data; associating the unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device with the request data; and storing the associated data at a data storage device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving request data originating at a mobile device;

obtaining a unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device based on the received request data;

associating the unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device with the request data; and

storing the associated data at a data storage device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device is a telephone number of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device is a network access identifier.

5. A computer-implemented method for providing unlimited monitoring, comprising:

receiving request data originating at a mobile device, wherein the request data corresponds to unlimited web content;

obtaining an identifier of the mobile device based on the received request data;

associating the identifier of the mobile device with the unlimited web content; and

storing the associated data at a data storage device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the unlimited web content includes all types of web contents.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the identifier of the mobile device is a unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving the unlimited web content can occur without the use of HTTP cookies at the mobile device.

10. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving requested data from a mobile device, wherein the requested data includes a request for web content and characteristics of the mobile device;

receiving the web content from a content server;

configuring an off content advertisement campaign data for placing the off content advertisement campaign off the web content, wherein the off content advertisement campaign is provided based on the characteristics of the mobile device; and

transmitting the web content and the off content advertisement campaign to the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the off content advertisement campaign is from a local storage device, or from a remote storage device, or from a storage device hosted by a third party.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the off content advertisement campaign is placed on a header and/or a footer off the web content.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a request for an advertisement landing page from the mobile device, based on the off content advertisement campaign being selected;

providing the advertisement landing page; and

transmitting the advertisement landing page to the mobile device.

14. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving requested data from a mobile device, wherein the requested data includes a request for web content;

receiving the web content from a content server;

replacing an advertisement in the web content with an advertisement campaign, wherein the advertisement campaign is obtained based on user profiling data corresponding to the mobile device; and

transmitting the web content and the replaced advertisement campaign to the mobile device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the advertisement in the web content is a placeholder for an advertisement.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein replacing the advertisement in the web content with the advertisement campaign further comprises:

removing the advertisement in the web content; and

filling the place of the advertisement in the web content with the advertisement campaign.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein replacing the advertisement in the web content with the advertisement campaign further comprises:

removing the advertisement in the web content and the space for the advertisement in the web content;

removing markup language tags corresponding to the advertisement in the web content and markup language tags corresponding to the space for the advertisement in the web content; and

providing the advertisement campaign as an off web content advertisement campaign.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the off content advertisement campaign is placed on a header and/or a footer off the web content.

19. A system comprising:

a mobile device capable of transmitting request data; and

a proxy configured to receive the request data, to obtain a unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device based on the received request data, to associate the unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device with the request data, and to store the associated data at a data storage device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device is a telephone number of the mobile device.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device is a network access identifier.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the proxy obtains the unique and unchanging identifier from a gateway.

24. A system for providing unlimited monitoring, comprising:

a mobile device capable of transmitting request data, wherein the request data corresponds to unlimited web content; and

a proxy configured to receive the request data, to obtain an identifier of the mobile device based on the received request data, to associate the identifier of the mobile device with the unlimited web content, and to store the associated data at a data storage device.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the identifier of the mobile device is a unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein receiving the unlimited web content can occur without the use of HTTP cookies at the mobile device.

28. A system comprising:

a mobile device capable of transmitting request data that includes a request for web content and characteristics of the mobile device; and

a proxy configured to receive the web content from a content server, to configure an off content advertisement campaign for placing the off content advertisement campaign off the web content, and to transmit the web content and the off content advertisement campaign to the mobile device, wherein

the off content advertisement campaign is provided based on the characteristics of the mobile device.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the proxy further comprises:

a response monitor configured to receive the web content from the content server, to obtain the off content advertisement campaign, and to transmit the web content and the off content advertisement campaign to the mobile device.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein the off content advertisement campaign is placed on a header and/or a footer off the web content.

31. The system of claim 28, wherein the proxy is further configured:

to receive request for an advertisement landing page from the mobile device, based on the off content advertisement campaign being selected;

to provide the advertisement landing page; and

to transmit the advertisement landing page to the mobile device.

32. The system of claim 28, wherein the proxy further comprises:

a request monitor configured to intercept the request data transmitted by the mobile device and to obtain advertisement parameters of the mobile device based on the characteristics of the mobile device, wherein the advertisement parameters can be used for selecting the off content advertisement campaign.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the proxy further comprises:

an advertisement insertion module configured to receive the advertisement parameters of the mobile device, to obtain the off content advertisement campaign based on the advertisement parameters of the mobile device, and to configure the off content advertisement campaign for placing the off content advertisement campaign off the web content.

34. The system of claim 32 further comprising:

an advertisement server configured to receive the advertisement parameters, and to provide the off content advertisement campaign based on the advertisement parameters.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein the advertisement server is located in the proxy.

36. The system of claim 34, wherein the advertisement server is remote from proxy.

37. A system comprising:

a mobile device capable of transmitting request data that includes requested web content; and

a proxy configured to receive the web content from a content server, to replace an advertisement in the web content with an advertisement campaign, and to transmit the web content and the replaced advertisement campaign to the mobile device, wherein

the advertisement campaign is obtained based on user profiling data corresponding to the mobile device.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein the proxy further comprises:

a request monitor configured to intercept the request data transmitted by the mobile device and to obtain the user profiling data corresponding to the mobile device, wherein the user profiling data can be used for selecting the advertisement campaign to replace the advertisement in the web content.

39. The system of claim 37, wherein the proxy further comprises:

an advertisement insertion module configured to receive the web content, obtain the advertisement campaign based on the user profiling data corresponding to the mobile device, and to replace the advertisement in the web content with the advertisement campaign.

40. The system of claim 37, wherein the proxy further comprises:

a response monitor configured to receive the web content from the content server, to obtain the advertisement campaign for replacing the advertisement in the web content, and to transmit the web content and the replaced advertisement campaign to the mobile device.

41. The system of claim 37, wherein the advertisement in the web content is a placeholder for an advertisement.

42. The system of claim 37, wherein the proxy is further configured:

to remove the advertisement in the web content; and

to fill the place of the advertisement in the web content with the advertisement campaign.

43. The system of claim 37, wherein the proxy is further configured:

to remove the advertisement in the web content and the space for the advertisement in the web content;

to remove markup language tags corresponding to the advertisement in the web content and markup language tags corresponding to the space for the advertisement in the web content; and

to provide the advertisement campaign as an off web content advertisement campaign.

44. The system of claim 43, wherein the off content advertisement campaign is placed on a header and/or a footer off the web content.

45. The system of claim 37 further comprising:

an advertisement server configured to receive the user profiling data corresponding to the mobile device and to provide the advertisement campaign for replacing the advertisement in the web content, wherein the user profiling data is used for selecting the advertisement campaign.

46. The system of claim 45, wherein the advertisement server is located in the proxy.

47. The system of claim 45, wherein the advertisement server is remote from proxy.

48. A computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of associating a unique and unchanging identifier of a mobile device with request data requested by the mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving the request data originating at a mobile device;

obtaining the unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device based on the received request data;

associating the unique and unchanging identifier of the mobile device with the request data; and

storing the associated data at a data storage device.

49. A computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for providing unlimited monitoring of request data requested by a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving request data originating at the mobile device, wherein the request data corresponds to unlimited web content;

obtaining an identifier of the mobile device based on the received request data;

associating the identifier of the mobile device with the unlimited web content; and

storing the associated data at a data storage device.

50. A computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of providing an off content advertisement campaign based on characteristics of a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving requested data from the mobile device, wherein the requested data includes a request for web content and the characteristics of the mobile device;

receiving the web content from a content server;

configuring the off content advertisement campaign for placing the off content advertisement campaign off the web content, wherein the off content advertisement campaign is provided based on the characteristics of the mobile device; and

transmitting the web content and the off content advertisement campaign to the mobile device.

51. A computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of replacing an advertisement in web content requested by a mobile device with an advertisement campaign, the method comprising:

receiving requested data from the mobile device, wherein the requested data includes a request for web content;

receiving the web content from a content server;

replacing the advertisement in the web content with the advertisement campaign, wherein the advertisement campaign is obtained based on user profiling data corresponding to the mobile device; and

transmitting the web content and the replaced advertisement campaign to the mobile device.