ONLINE FIXED-POSITION ADVERTISEMENT RESERVATION AT FIXED PRICE AND DURATION
First Claim
1. A method for reservation of sponsored search listing positions, the method comprising:
- extending an offer to advertisers to purchase a fixed sponsored search listing position on a search results web page affiliated with a keyword, wherein a location of the fixed position is guaranteed to the advertisers for a fixed fee over a fixed duration during which the position will belong to a purchasing advertiser;
reserving the fixed position related to the keyword for the fixed duration for an advertiser;
receiving an advertisement from the advertiser to be positioned in the fixed position;
storing the advertisement in a database; and
serving the advertisement to the fixed position of the search results web page in response to a search query for the keyword each time the search query is executed for the keyword over a time period of the fixed duration.
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Abstract
A method for reservation of sponsored search listing positions, including extending an offer to advertisers to purchase a fixed sponsored search listing position on a search results web page affiliated with a keyword, wherein a location of the fixed position is guaranteed to the advertisers for a fixed fee over a fixed duration during which the position will belong to a purchasing advertiser; reserving the fixed position related to the keyword for the fixed duration for an advertiser; receiving an advertisement from the advertiser to be positioned in the fixed position; storing the advertisement in a database; and serving the advertisement to the fixed position of the search results web page in response to a search query for the keyword each time the search query is executed for the keyword over a time period of the fixed duration.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for reservation of sponsored search listing positions, the method comprising:
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extending an offer to advertisers to purchase a fixed sponsored search listing position on a search results web page affiliated with a keyword, wherein a location of the fixed position is guaranteed to the advertisers for a fixed fee over a fixed duration during which the position will belong to a purchasing advertiser; reserving the fixed position related to the keyword for the fixed duration for an advertiser; receiving an advertisement from the advertiser to be positioned in the fixed position; storing the advertisement in a database; and serving the advertisement to the fixed position of the search results web page in response to a search query for the keyword each time the search query is executed for the keyword over a time period of the fixed duration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for reservation of sponsored search listing positions, comprising:
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a fixed position offeror operable to extend an offer to advertisers to purchase a fixed sponsored search listing position on a search results web page affiliated with a keyword, wherein a location of the fixed position is guaranteed to the advertisers for a fixed fee over a pre-defined duration during which the position will belong to a purchasing advertiser; a database is operable to store a plurality of fixed position listings in addition to advertising content related thereto; a processor coupled with the fixed position offeror and the database, wherein the processor is operable to; reserve the fixed position related to the keyword for the pre-defined duration for the advertiser; receive an advertisement from the advertiser to be positioned in the fixed position; store the advertisement in the database; and serve the advertisement to the fixed position of the search results web page in response to a search query for the keyword each time the search query is executed for the keyword over a time period of the pre-defined duration. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for reservation of sponsored search listing positions, the method comprising:
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extending an offer to advertisers to purchase a predetermined number of fixed sponsored search listing positions on a search results web page affiliated with a keyword, wherein a location of each fixed position is guaranteed to the advertisers for a fixed fee over a pre-defined duration during which each position belongs to purchasing advertisers; reserving the fixed position related to the keyword for the fixed duration for an advertiser upon acceptance of the offer by the advertiser; receiving an advertisement from the advertiser to be positioned in the fixed position; and providing a call-back feature associated with the advertisement of at least a highest-ranked fixed position, wherein upon a user engaging the feature, causing a pop-up window in the web page to accept a contact phone number from the user for the advertiser to call as a way to follow up on a lead provided by the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for reservation of sponsored search listing positions, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from advertisers to purchase a fixed sponsored listing position within search listing categories for a pre-defined duration of time and a flat fee, wherein a plurality of related keywords are associated with each category, and wherein a plurality of fixed positions are available for each category; checking availability of a fixed position within a category for an interested advertiser; reserving the fixed position for the category, if available, for the advertiser for the pre-defined duration of time upon acceptance of the offer by the advertiser; receiving an advertisement from the advertiser to be located in the fixed position for each of at least some of the plurality of keywords; storing the advertisements in a database; and serving an advertisement to the fixed position on a search results web page in response to a search query for a keyword of the plurality of keywords each time the search query is executed during the pre-defined duration of time. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for reservation of sponsored search listing positions, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from advertisers to purchase a predetermined number of fixed advertisement positions available in conjunction with content match on a published web page for a fixed fee and for a pre-defined duration of time, wherein content match is the service of sponsored advertisements to a published web page related to the content of the published web page; checking position availability for a fixed position affiliated with desired content by an interested advertiser; reserving an available, fixed position related to content of interest to the advertiser for the pre-defined duration of time; receiving an advertisement from the advertiser to be positioned in the fixed position; storing the advertisement in a database; and serving the advertisement to the fixed position on the published web page containing related content each time a user browses to the published web page during the pre-defined duration of time. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A method for serving sponsored advertisements together with fixed-position advertisements, the method comprising:
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receiving data from an advertising server including a list of fixed-position, fixed-price, and fixed-duration sponsored advertisements reserved by advertisers for a given keyword, category of keywords, or combinations thereof; aggregating the list of fixed-position advertisements together with a plurality of sponsored search advertisements for the keyword, category of keywords, or combinations thereof such that the fixed-position advertisements will be served to the correct fixed positions among a plurality of sponsored search positions; receiving a query from a user for one of the keywords; and serving to a search results web page of the user the plurality of fixed-position sponsored advertisements to their respective fixed positions, and the plurality of search sponsored advertisements to one or more remaining available sponsored search positions. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A system for reservation of sponsored search listing positions, comprising:
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a fixed position offeror operable to extend an offer to advertisers to purchase a predetermined number of fixed sponsored search listing positions on a search results web page affiliated with a keyword, wherein a location of each fixed position is guaranteed to the advertisers for a fixed fee over a pre-defined duration during which each position belongs to advertisers that accept the offer; a database is operable to store a plurality of fixed position listings in addition to advertising content related thereto; a processor coupled with the fixed position offeror and the database, wherein the processor is operable to; reserve the fixed position related to the keyword for the pre-defined duration for an advertiser upon acceptance of the offer by the advertiser; receive an advertisement from the advertiser to be positioned in the fixed position; and provide a call-back feature associated with the advertisement of at least a highest-ranked fixed position, wherein upon a user engaging the feature, causes a pop-up window in the web page to accept a contact phone number fromrom the user for the advertiser to call as a way to follow up on a lead provided by the user. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A system for reservation of sponsored search listing positions, comprising:
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a fixed position offeror operable to receive a request from advertisers to reserve a fixed sponsored listing position within search listing categories for a pre-defined duration of time and a flat fee, wherein a plurality of related keywords are associated with each category, and wherein a plurality of fixed positions are available for each category; wherein the fixed position offeror is operable to check availability of a fixed position within a category for an interested advertiser, and to reserve the fixed position for the category, if available, for the advertiser for the pre-defined duration of time; a database operable to store a plurality of fixed position listings in addition to advertising content related thereto; and a processor coupled with the fixed position offeror and the database, wherein the processor is operable to; receive an advertisement from the advertiser to be located in the fixed position for each of at least some of the plurality of keywords; store the advertisements in the database; and serve an advertisement to the fixed position on a search results web page in response to a search query for a keyword of the plurality of keywords each time the search query is executed during the pre-defined duration of time. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. A system for serving sponsored advertisements together with fixed-position advertisements, the system comprising:
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a search engine operable to receive data from an advertising server including a list of fixed-position, fixed-price, and fixed-duration sponsored advertisements purchased by advertisers for a keyword, a category of keywords, or combinations thereof; a processor coupled with the search engine, the processor operable to aggregate the list of fixed-position advertisements together with a plurality of sponsored search advertisements for the keyword, category of keywords, or combinations thereof such that the fixed-position advertisements will be served to the correct fixed positions among a plurality of sponsored search positions; and a search results generator coupled with the search engine and the processor, the search results generator operable to receive a query from a user for one of the keywords and to serve to a search results web page of the user the plurality of fixed-position sponsored advertisements to their respective fixed positions, and to serve the plurality of search sponsored advertisements to one or more remaining available sponsored search positions.
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36. A system for serving sponsored advertisements together with fixed-position advertisements, the system comprising:
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means for receiving data from an advertising server including a list of fixed-position, fixed-price, and fixed-duration sponsored advertisements reserved by advertisers for a given keyword, category of keywords, or combinations thereof; means for aggregating the list of fixed-position advertisements together with a plurality of sponsored search advertisements for the keyword, category of keywords, or combinations thereof such that the fixed-position advertisements will be served to the correct fixed positions among a plurality of sponsored search positions; means for receiving a query from a user for one of the keywords; and means for serving to a search results web page of the user the plurality of fixed-position sponsored advertisements to their respective fixed positions, and the plurality of search sponsored advertisements to one or more remaining available sponsored search positions.
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