Advertisement Slot Configuration
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- identifying a plurality of slot configurations for a publication provided by a publisher, each slot configuration comprising one or more slots;
receiving a plurality of bids from a plurality of bidders for each slot configuration, each bid specifying a maximum amount that a bidder will pay for allocation of a slot in the corresponding slot configuration;
determining a cumulative value for each slot configuration based on the plurality of bids;
selecting the slot configuration having a maximum cumulative value as the optimal slot configuration; and
allocating the one or more slots in the optimal slot configuration to the bidders based on the plurality of bids for the optimal slot configuration.
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Abstract
A slot configuration that defines a manner in which content items are presented in slots in a publishers property are selected based on bids that are received from content providers. The bids represent a relative value of the slots in the slot configurations to the content providers. An auction subsystem identifies an optimal slot configuration as the slot configuration that optimizes a value of the slots to the content providers to which the slots are allocated. The slots in the optimal slot configuration are allocated to content providers based on the providers'"'"' bids. The price paid by each provider for allocation of a slot is based on a minimum pay property for the provider. The minimum pay property is the minimum price that the provider must bid to maintain the allocation of slots in the optimal slot configuration.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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identifying a plurality of slot configurations for a publication provided by a publisher, each slot configuration comprising one or more slots; receiving a plurality of bids from a plurality of bidders for each slot configuration, each bid specifying a maximum amount that a bidder will pay for allocation of a slot in the corresponding slot configuration; determining a cumulative value for each slot configuration based on the plurality of bids; selecting the slot configuration having a maximum cumulative value as the optimal slot configuration; and allocating the one or more slots in the optimal slot configuration to the bidders based on the plurality of bids for the optimal slot configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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an advertisement management system comprising one or more processors to receive advertisement information data from advertisers and advertisement slot configuration data from publishers, the advertisement information data specifying advertisements for presentation in advertisement slots and bids specifying a maximum amounts that advertisers will pay for presentation of the advertisement, the advertisement slot configuration data specifying a configuration of advertisement slots that are available on publishers'"'"' properties for presentation of advertisements; a data store coupled to the advertisement management system to store the advertisement information data and the advertisement slot configuration data; and an auction subsystem coupled to the advertisement management system and the data store, the auction subsystem operable to identify an optimal advertisement slot configuration for a publisher'"'"'s property based on the bids, the optimal advertisement slot configuration being an advertisement slot configuration that maximizes a cumulative value of the advertisement slots. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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