NEWS COMMENT RELATED ONLINE ADVERTISING

• US 20120109745A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bhamidipati, Narayan L.
• Application Number:
  US12/916,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20120109745A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.49
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements

Abstract

Techniques are provided relating to online advertising in connection with news comments. Information may be obtained indicating that an online user is engaged in news comment viewing or interaction activity, including interacting one or more comments, such as user comments, following or displayed below a news article on a Web page. An online advertisement may be targeted to the online user based at least in part on the activity, such as by being targeted based on a topic or opinion associated with the one or more news comments, or of a reply or other action of the online user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

using one or more computers, obtaining information indicating that an online user is engaged in news comment viewing or interaction activity, wherein the activity includes interacting with one or more comments following or displayed below a news article on a Web page;

using one or more computers targeting the online user with an online advertisement based at least in part on the activity; and

using one or more computers, facilitating serving of the online advertisement to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising serving the online advertisement to the online user.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising serving the online advertisement to the online user while the online user is engaged in the activity.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising obtaining information indicating that an online user is engaged in news comment viewing or interaction activity, wherein the information comprises scrolling information.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising obtaining information indicating that an online user is engaged in news comment viewing or interaction activity, wherein the activity includes reading one or more user comments.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity comprises interaction with a news comment.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity comprises interaction indicating a favorable or unfavorable response to a news comment.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity comprises a reply or comment n response to a news comment.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the targeting comprises utilizing a machine learning model.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising facilitating serving of the online advertisement to the online user, wherein the online advertisement is an informational advertisement providing information relating to the activity.

11. The method of claim 1, comprising facilitating serving of the online advertisement to the online user, wherein the online advertisement provides assistance to the online user associated with the activity.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the targeting relates at least in part to a topic or opinion associated with the activity or with a news comment associated with the activity.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the online advertisement is displayed after the Web page loaded and while the online user is engaged in the activity.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the online advertisement is displayed after the Web page is loaded and while the user is scrolled down the Web page so as to be viewing news comments.

15. A system comprising:

one or more server computers coupled to a network; and

one or more databases coupled to the one or more server computers;

wherein the one or more server computers are for;

using one or more computers, obtaining information indicating that an online user is engaged in news comment viewing or interaction activity, wherein the activity includes interacting with one or more comments following or displayed below a news article on a Web page;

using one or more computers, targeting the online user with an online advertisement based at least in part on the activity; and

using one or more computers, facilitating serving of the online advertisement to the user.

16. The system of claim 15, comprising serving the online advertisement to the online user.

17. The system of claim 15, comprising serving the online advertisement to the online user while the online user is engaged in the activity.

18. The system of claim 15, comprising serving the online advertisement to the online user after the Web page is loaded and while the online user is engaged in the activity.

19. The system of claim 15, comprising serving the online advertisement to the online user after the Web page is loaded and while the online user is scrolled down the Web page so as to be viewing news comments.

20. A computer readable medium or media containing instructions for executing a method comprising:

using one or more computers, obtaining information indicating that an online user is engaged in news comment viewing or interaction activity, wherein the activity includes interacting with one or more comments following or displayed below a news article on a Web page;

using one or more computers, targeting the online user with an online advertisement based at least in part on the activity; and

using one or more computers, facilitating serving of the online advertisement to the user after the Web page is loaded and while the online user is engaged in the activity.