METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING ADVERTISEMENT CONTENTS

• US 20110071902A1
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tan, Yinyan, Fu, Pei, Shao, Gang, Ren, Daqi
• Application Number:
  US12/957,134
• Publication Number:
  US 20110071902A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.49
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements

Abstract

A method, system, and device for selecting advertisement contents are provided. The method for selecting advertisement contents includes: receiving an advertisement request carrying advertisement request parameters; matching the advertisement request parameters with advertisement description information including a version field; and returning the matched advertisement description information, the matched version field in the advertisement description information, and an advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information. An advertisement includes multiple versions of advertisement description information, which enhances the flexibility in advertisement description and increases the opportunity of selecting and presenting the advertisement to users, thereby maximizing the benefit of the advertiser, saving the storage space, and reducing the amount of data transmission.

Claims

1. A method for selecting advertisement contents, the method comprising:

receiving an advertisement request carrying advertisement request parameters;

matching the advertisement request parameters with advertisement description information which comprises a version field; and

returning the matched advertisement description information, the matched version field in the advertisement description information, and an advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the advertisement content according to the matched version field in the advertisement description information.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

presenting, by a service server, the advertisement content according to the matched version field in the advertisement description information when providing an online service.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by a service client, the matched advertisement description information, the matched version field in the advertisement description information, and the advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information that are sent by a service server when the service server provides an offline service; and

presenting, by the service client, the advertisement content according to the matched version field in the advertisement description information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein when a service client sends the advertisement request, the matching the advertisement request parameters with the advertisement description information comprises:

matching, by an advertisement client, the advertisement request parameters with advertisement description information stored in the advertisement client.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the returning the matched advertisement description information, the matched version field in the advertisement description information, and the advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information comprises:

returning, by the advertisement client, the matched advertisement description information, the matched version field in the advertisement description information, and the advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information to the service client, when the advertisement client contains the advertisement description information matching with the advertisement request parameters.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

sending, by the advertisement client, the advertisement request to an advertisement server, and receiving and then returning, matched advertisement description information, a matched version field in the advertisement description information, and an advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information that are returned by the advertisement server, to the service client, when the advertisement client does not contain the advertisement description information matching with the advertisement request parameters, so that the service client presents the advertisement content according to the matched version field in the advertisement description information.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the advertisement request requests a video/audio advertisement, the version field in the advertisement description information comprises a version number, a length of time of a version of advertisement corresponding to the version number, and corresponding periods of time in the version of advertisement corresponding to the version number in an original advertisement.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the advertisement request requests a picture advertisement, the version field in the advertisement description information comprises a content size of the picture advertisement, a version number, and a corresponding position of a version of picture advertisement corresponding to the version number in an original advertisement or a scale of the version of picture advertisement corresponding to the version number relative to the original advertisement.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the advertisement request requests a text advertisement, the version field in the advertisement description information comprises a content length of the text advertisement, a version number, and a corresponding segment or position of a version of the text advertisement corresponding to the version number in an original advertisement.

11. A system for selecting advertisement contents, the system comprising:

a service server, configured to send an advertisement request carrying advertisement request parameters; and

an advertisement server, configured to receive the advertisement request sent by the service server, match the advertisement request parameters carried in the advertisement request with advertisement description information comprising a version field that is stored in the advertisement server, and return the matched advertisement description information, the matched version field in the advertisement description information, and an advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information to the service server, so that the service server presents the advertisement content according to the matched version field in the advertisement description information when providing an online service.

12. The system according to claim 11, further comprising:

a service client, configured to receive the matched advertisement description information, the matched version field in the advertisement description information, and the advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information that are sent by the service server, and presents the advertisement content according to the matched version field in the advertisement description information when the service server provides an offline service.

13. An advertisement server, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive an advertisement request carrying advertisement request parameters;

an advertisement description library, configured to store advertisement contents and various versions of advertisement description information comprising a version field;

an advertisement selection module, configured to match the advertisement request parameters carried in the advertisement request that is received by the receiving module with the advertisement description information stored in the advertisement description library; and

a return module, configured to return the advertisement description information matched by the advertisement selection module, the matched version field in the advertisement description information, and the advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information to a service server or an advertisement client.

14. An advertisement client, comprising:

a request receiving module, configured to receive an advertisement request carrying advertisement request parameters that is sent by a service client;

an advertisement description library, configured to store advertisement contents and advertisement description information comprising a version field;

an advertisement selection module, configured to match the advertisement request parameters carried in the advertisement request that is received by the request receiving module with the advertisement description information stored in the advertisement description library; and

a content return module, configured to return the matched advertisement description information, the matched version field in the advertisement description information, and the advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information to the service client when the advertisement selection module selects the advertisement description information matching with the advertisement request parameters.

15. The advertisement client according to claim 14, further comprising:

a request sending module, configured to send the advertisement request to an advertisement server when the advertisement selection module does not obtain by selection the advertisement description information matching with the advertisement request parameters; and

a content receiving module, configured to receive matched advertisement description information, a matched version field in the advertisement description information, and an advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information that are returned by the advertisement server, store the matched advertisement description information and the advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information in the advertisement description library, and meanwhile notify the content return module of returning the matched advertisement description information, the matched version field in the advertisement description information, and the advertisement content corresponding to the matched advertisement description information to the service client.