CONDUCTING AN AUCTION OF SERVICES RESPONSIVE TO POSITIONAL SELECTION
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1. A method that facilitates provision of content to a user, the method comprising:
- receiving positional information from a client computing device, wherein the positional information indicates a position on a web page that has been selected by the user at the client computing device, and wherein the positional information is received from an entity other than the web page; and
causing graphical data pertaining to content corresponding to the position on the web page to be transmitted to the client computing device for display thereon based at least in part upon the positional information received from the client computing device.
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Abstract
Various technologies pertaining to provision of graphical data to a client computing device responsive to receipt of a positional selection on a web page by a user of a client computing device are described herein. A computer-executable application executing on the client computing device detects that the user has selected a certain position on the web page, wherein this application is not called by code of the web page. The position is transmitted to an ad server, which conducts an auction for display space on the client computing device based at least in part upon the detection of the certain position.
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20 Claims
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1. A method that facilitates provision of content to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving positional information from a client computing device, wherein the positional information indicates a position on a web page that has been selected by the user at the client computing device, and wherein the positional information is received from an entity other than the web page; and causing graphical data pertaining to content corresponding to the position on the web page to be transmitted to the client computing device for display thereon based at least in part upon the positional information received from the client computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising a plurality of components that are executable by a processor, the components comprising:
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a receiver component that receives positional information from a client computing device, wherein the positional information is indicative of a position selected by a user on a web page being viewed at the client computing device, and wherein the positional information is received from an entity other than the web page; and a content provider component that causes graphical data to be transmitted to the client computing device for display in graphical relation to the position selected by the user on the web page, wherein the content provider selects the graphical data for transmittal to the client computing device based at least in part upon the positional information received from the client computing device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
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receiving positional information from an application executing on a client computing device, wherein the positional information identifies a position on a web page selected by a user of the client computing device, wherein the positional information is received by an application executing on the client computing device other than a web browser that is employed to load the web page on the client computing device; subsequent to receiving the positional information, receiving a plurality of bids from a respective plurality of advertisers that desire to cause at least one advertisement to be displayed in graphical relation to the position on the web page selected by the user of the client computing device; responsive to receiving the positional information, inferring content on the web page that corresponds to the position on the web page selected by the user; subsequent to receiving the plurality of bids and inferring the content on the web page, computing a relevancy score that, for each prospective advertisement, is indicative of relevance of an advertisement to the content that is inferred to be on the web page; selecting an advertisement from amongst a plurality of advertisements based at least in part upon amounts of the bids and the relevancy score; and transmitting the advertisement to the client computing device for display thereon.
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