PROMOTING, DELIVERING AND SELLING INFORMATION TO INTRANET USERS
First Claim
1. A method of managing a targeted placement of external content on an intranet, said method comprising:
- an internal computer system receiving content of an ad and parameter values previously received by an external computer system in a request from a publisher computer system to place said ad in an intranet owned by an enterprise, wherein said internal computer system resides inside said intranet, and wherein said external computer system and said publisher computer system reside outside said intranet;
said internal computer system identifying one or more users of a plurality of users of said intranet by matching said received parameter values to attributes of said one or more users, wherein said attributes and are retrieved from data repositories that are included in said intranet and that are not accessible by said publisher computer system; and
said internal computer system targeting said ad to said one or more identified users by placing said ad on a page of said intranet and initiating a display of said ad to said one or more identified users based on said attributes of said one more users matching said received parameter values, and not based on an any action performed by said one or more users in said intranet.
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Abstract
A method and system for managing targeted placement of content on an intranet. An ad server within the intranet collects statistics summarizing anonymized intranet user attributes and securely provides the statistics to a marketplace computer outside the intranet. The marketplace computer receives an ad, parameter values, and a bid from a publisher outside the intranet. The bid is based on the statistics. The ad server receives the ad, parameter values and bid and determines the ad is acceptable for placement on an intranet page. The ad server identifies intranet users to view the ad by matching the parameter values to user attributes retrieved from intranet data repositories that are not accessible to the publisher. The ad is placed on the intranet page displayed to the identified users. Clicks and/or impressions data associated with the ad are recorded and presented to the publisher.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of managing a targeted placement of external content on an intranet, said method comprising:
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an internal computer system receiving content of an ad and parameter values previously received by an external computer system in a request from a publisher computer system to place said ad in an intranet owned by an enterprise, wherein said internal computer system resides inside said intranet, and wherein said external computer system and said publisher computer system reside outside said intranet; said internal computer system identifying one or more users of a plurality of users of said intranet by matching said received parameter values to attributes of said one or more users, wherein said attributes and are retrieved from data repositories that are included in said intranet and that are not accessible by said publisher computer system; and said internal computer system targeting said ad to said one or more identified users by placing said ad on a page of said intranet and initiating a display of said ad to said one or more identified users based on said attributes of said one more users matching said received parameter values, and not based on an any action performed by said one or more users in said intranet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product, comprising a computer-readable, tangible storage device having a computer readable program code stored therein, said computer readable program code containing instructions that are carried out by a processor of an internal computer system to implement a method of managing a targeted placement of external content on an intranet, said method comprising:
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said internal computer system receiving content of an ad and parameter values previously received by an external computer system in a request from a publisher computer system to place said ad in an intranet owned by an enterprise, wherein said internal computer system resides inside said intranet, and wherein said external computer system and said publisher computer system reside outside said intranet; said internal computer system identifying one or more users of a plurality of users of said intranet by matching said received parameter values to attributes of said one or more users, wherein said attributes and are retrieved from data repositories that are included in said intranet and that are not accessible by said publisher computer system; and said internal computer system targeting said ad to said one or more identified users by placing said ad on a page of said intranet and initiating a display of said ad to said one or more identified users based on said attributes of said one more users matching said received parameter values, and not based on an any action performed by said one or more users in said intranet. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of managing a targeted placement of external content on an intranet, said method comprising:
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an external computer system receiving content of an ad and parameter values in a request from a publisher computer system to place an ad in an intranet owned by an enterprise, wherein said external computer system and said publisher computer system reside outside said intranet; said external computer system receiving a bid from said publisher computer system, wherein said bid is an amount of money offered to have said ad placed on said intranet and displayed to one or more users of said intranet; and said external computer system sending said content of said ad, said parameter values and said bid to an internal computer system that is inside said intranet, wherein a result of said sending said content of said ad, said parameter values and said bid is a determination that said ad is permitted to be placed on said intranet, an identification of said one or more users of said intranet based on attributes of said one or more users matching said parameter values, and a placement of said ad on a page of said intranet based on said attributes matching said parameter values. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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