Management of Ancillary Content Delivery and Presentation
First Claim
1. A method for managing ancillary content, the method comprising:
- receiving a control parameter concerning the ancillary content, the control parameter specifying a target classification of end-user client devices;
executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor;
determines that an end-user client device in a network possesses the specified target classification,generates an instruction concerning control of the ancillary content in accordance with the control parameter; and
sending the instruction to the end-user client device determined to be associated with the specified target classification, wherein execution of the instruction by a processor of the end-user client device results in control of the ancillary content in accordance with the control parameter.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address delivery of content, including advertising, in an online or networked digital environment. Undesirable content or content that needs to be removed from the digital environment may be eliminated through invocation of a ‘kill switch’ that terminates further delivery of the aforementioned content. The ‘kill switch’ may also eliminate certain instantiations of that content already delivered to end-user client devices. In order to lessen the need for termination of content following delivery to the digital environment, content developers and content providers may view content scheduled for delivery in digital environment ‘mock ups’ prior to actual delivery. Content developers and content providers, too, may control certain attributes related to content scheduled for delivery to further obviate post-delivery termination or modification.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for managing ancillary content, the method comprising:
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receiving a control parameter concerning the ancillary content, the control parameter specifying a target classification of end-user client devices; executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor; determines that an end-user client device in a network possesses the specified target classification, generates an instruction concerning control of the ancillary content in accordance with the control parameter; and sending the instruction to the end-user client device determined to be associated with the specified target classification, wherein execution of the instruction by a processor of the end-user client device results in control of the ancillary content in accordance with the control parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for managing ancillary content, the system comprising:
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one or more content servers, each content server hosting a store of ancillary content available to one or more end-user client devices in a network comprising a plurality of end-user client devices; and a mediation server that; receives a control parameter concerning ancillary content, the control parameter specifying a target classification of end-user client devices, determines that an end-user client device in the network possesses the specified target classification, generates an instruction concerning control of the ancillary content in accordance with the control parameter, and sends the instruction to the end-user client device determined to be associated with the specified target classification, wherein execution of the instruction by a processor of the end-user client device results in control of the ancillary content in accordance with the control parameter. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. The system of claim 19, the universe management server further:
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receives a request from an authorized entity specifying ancillary content; generates the control parameter based on the received request; and sends the control parameter to the mediation server.
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21-1. A computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program, the program including instructions executable to perform a method for managing ancillary content, the method comprising:
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receiving a control parameter concerning the ancillary content, the control parameter specifying a target classification of end-user client devices; determining that an end-user client device in a network possesses the specified target classification; generating an instruction concerning control of the ancillary content in accordance with the control parameter; and sending the instruction to the end-user client device determined to possess the specified target characteristic, wherein execution of the instruction by a processor of the end-user client device results in control of the ancillary content in accordance with the control parameter.
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