Systems and Methods for Providing a Demand Side Platform
First Claim
1. A method for matching, by a demand side service, an advertisement with an impression of a plurality of impressions available across a plurality of impression opportunity providers, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving, by a demand side service executing on one or more servers, a request to bid for placement of an advertisement on one or more impression opportunities from a plurality of impression opportunities available across a plurality of impression opportunity providers;
(b) determining, by the demand side service, an impression opportunity from the plurality of impression opportunities to bid on;
(c) communicating, by the demand side service via a network, one or more bids via an interface to an impression opportunity provider of the plurality of impression opportunity providers; and
(d) completing, by the demand side service responsive to a winning bid from the one or more bids, a transaction to procure the impression opportunity from the impression opportunity provider.
13 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards methods and systems for matching, by a demand side service, an advertisement with an impression from a plurality of impressions available across a plurality of impression opportunity providers. A demand side service executing on one or more servers may receive a request to bid for placement of an advertisement on one or more impression opportunities available across a plurality of impression opportunity providers. The demand side service may further determine an impression opportunity from the plurality of impression opportunities to bid on. In addition, the demand side service may communicate, via a network, one or more bids via an interface to an impression opportunity provider of the plurality of impression opportunity providers. The demand side service may complete a transaction to procure the impression opportunity from the impression opportunity provider responsive to a winning bid from the one or more bids.
64 Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method for matching, by a demand side service, an advertisement with an impression of a plurality of impressions available across a plurality of impression opportunity providers, the method comprising:
-
(a) receiving, by a demand side service executing on one or more servers, a request to bid for placement of an advertisement on one or more impression opportunities from a plurality of impression opportunities available across a plurality of impression opportunity providers; (b) determining, by the demand side service, an impression opportunity from the plurality of impression opportunities to bid on; (c) communicating, by the demand side service via a network, one or more bids via an interface to an impression opportunity provider of the plurality of impression opportunity providers; and (d) completing, by the demand side service responsive to a winning bid from the one or more bids, a transaction to procure the impression opportunity from the impression opportunity provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A system for matching, by a demand side platform, an advertisement with an impression of a plurality of impressions available across a plurality of impression opportunity providers, the system comprising:
-
a demand side platform executing on one or more servers, the demand side platform matching advertisements with impressions from a plurality of impression opportunities offered by a plurality of impression opportunity providers; and a bidder of the demand side platform receiving a request to bid on placement of an advertisement for an advertiser to one or more impressions, and determining an impression opportunity of the plurality of impression opportunities to bid on; wherein the bidder communicates one or more bids via an interface to an impression opportunity provider of the plurality of impression opportunity providers and completes, responsive to a winning bid of the one or more bids, a transaction to procure the impression opportunity from the impression opportunity provider. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
Specification