Targeted marketing with CPE buydown
First Claim
1. A method of presenting targeted advertisements to qualified customers while providing a scalable, discount-dependent cost structure to a vendor placing the advertisements, comprising:
- receiving offer parameters from a vendor;
accessing a cost-per-event (CPE) lookup table (LUT) that includes pricing information for each instance of a predefined event associated with an advertisement according to the offer parameters;
identifying qualified customers by matching key lifestyle indicators (KLIs) in an anonymized customer profile to target customer KLIs specified by the vendor in the offer parameters;
presenting the advertisement to qualified customers when the qualified customers log on to a predetermined website;
tallying the number of advertisement-associated events that occur within a predetermined time period; and
periodically generating an invoice comprising the tally of events, the CPE for the events, and a total cost of the advertisements;
wherein the CPE for the events is adjustable as a function of the size of an offer or discount presented in the advertisement and specified by the vendor in the offer parameters.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described that facilitate incentivizing vendors to give greater discounts on items or services offered or advertised to specific customers on a third-party website in exchange for reduced advertisement pricing. For instance, a vendor enters offer parameters (e.g., item or service for sale, price or discount amount, terms of the offer, a permitted number of acceptances of the offer such as 100, 1000, 5000, etc.) into a user interface (UI) along with target customer criteria (e.g., age, gender, minimum income, etc.). The target criteria is matched to customer profile data associated with or stored at the website (e.g., or a server associated therewith), and an advertisement generated using the offer parameter information is presented to customers whose profiles match the target criteria. In return for offering larger discounts, a cost per event (CPE) associated with the advertisement is reduced for the vendor. An invoice is generated and transmitted to the vendor, and upon receipt of payment, the advertisement provider remits a portion of the received payment to the website owner.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of presenting targeted advertisements to qualified customers while providing a scalable, discount-dependent cost structure to a vendor placing the advertisements, comprising:
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receiving offer parameters from a vendor; accessing a cost-per-event (CPE) lookup table (LUT) that includes pricing information for each instance of a predefined event associated with an advertisement according to the offer parameters; identifying qualified customers by matching key lifestyle indicators (KLIs) in an anonymized customer profile to target customer KLIs specified by the vendor in the offer parameters; presenting the advertisement to qualified customers when the qualified customers log on to a predetermined website; tallying the number of advertisement-associated events that occur within a predetermined time period; and periodically generating an invoice comprising the tally of events, the CPE for the events, and a total cost of the advertisements; wherein the CPE for the events is adjustable as a function of the size of an offer or discount presented in the advertisement and specified by the vendor in the offer parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system that facilitates presenting targeted advertisements to qualified customers while providing a scalable, discount-dependent cost structure to a vendor placing the advertisements, comprising:
a server that is coupled to each of a vendor user interface (UI), a third party website, and a customer user interface, and which includes a processor that executes, and a memory that stores, computer-executable instructions, the instructions including; receiving offer parameters from a vendor user interface (UI), the offer parameters including information related to an offer to be presented on the third party website; generating an advertisement describing the offer based on the offer parameters; matching customer profile key lifestyle indicators (KLIs) to target customer criteria specified in the offer parameters to identify qualified customers; presenting the advertisement on the third party website to the qualified customers when the qualified customers log on to the third party website; tallying a number of advertisement events that occur within a predetermined time period; determining a cost per event (CPE) related to advertisement presentations for the advertisement by performing a table lookup on a CPE lookup table (LUT) that correlates CPEs to discount values; and generating an invoice for the vendor that describes the tally of events for the advertisement, the CPE for the advertisement, and a total cost for the advertisement; wherein the CPE is adjustable as a function of the size of an offer or discount by the vendor for an item or service described in the offer parameters. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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