SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MARKETING OF REMINDERS

• US 20160078491A1
• Filed: 09/15/2015
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Kennewick, SR., Michael R., Carter, Daniel B.
• Application Number:
  US14/855,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20160078491A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0257 User requested
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0264 based upon schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute

Abstract

In certain implementations, advertisers may be enabled to determine in real-time whether to include their advertisements (or other content) with reminders. As an example, the advertisement opportunity may be provided to the advertisers upon creation of the reminder. The advertisement opportunity may, for instance, comprise an opportunity to purchase an ad placement associated with the reminder. Upon determining that an advertiser purchased the associated ad placement, the associated ad placement may be allocated for an advertisement associated with the advertiser so that an advertisement associated with the advertiser may be presented with the reminder upon a triggering event indicating that the reminder should be presented to the user. When the reminder is provided for presentation to the user, a particular advertisement associated with the advertiser may be presented to the user.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating purchase of ad placements associated with reminders, the method being implemented on a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:

identifying, by the computer system, one or more reminders associated with a user, wherein the one or more reminders comprise a first reminder for the user;

providing, by the computer system, an advertisement opportunity associated with the first reminder to one or more advertisers, wherein the advertisement opportunity comprises an opportunity to purchase an ad placement associated with the first reminder, and wherein the one or more advertisers comprise a first advertiser;

determining, by the computer system, that the first advertiser purchased an ad placement associated with the first reminder;

allocating, by the computer system, an ad placement associated with the first reminder for an advertisement associated with the first advertiser based on the determination that the first advertiser purchased an ad placement with the first reminder;

receiving, at the computer system, an indication to provide the first reminder for presentation to the user; and

providing, by the computer system, a first advertisement associated with the first advertiser with the first reminder for presentation to the user based on the received indication and the allocation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the advertisement opportunity comprises providing, without further user input after creation of the first reminder, the advertisement opportunity to the one or more advertisers.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein allocating an ad placement associated with the first reminder for an advertisement associated with the first advertiser comprises allocating, without further user input after the creation of the first reminder, an ad placement associated with the first reminder for an advertisement associated with the first advertiser.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first reminder is created based on a user request that specifies creating the first reminder.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the first reminder is created without a user request that specifies creating the first reminder.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving, at the computer system, a natural language utterance;

performing, by the computer system, speech recognition on the natural language utterance to recognize one or more words associated with the natural language utterance; and

creating, by the computer system, the first reminder for the user based on the one or more recognized words.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

determining, by the computer system, context information associated with the natural language utterance,

wherein creating the first reminder comprises creating the first reminder based on the one or more recognized words and the context information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the advertisement opportunity comprises providing the advertisement opportunity to the one or more advertisers based on one or more of a category associated with words of the reminder, a location associated with the reminder, a time associated with the reminder, or a device type of a device at which the reminder will potentially be presented to the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the first advertiser purchased an ad placement associated with the first reminder comprises determining that the first advertiser purchased an ad placement associated with the first reminder based on the first advertiser accepting a price associated with the advertisement opportunity.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the first advertiser purchased an ad placement associated with the first reminder comprises determining that the first advertiser purchased an ad placement associated with the first reminder based on the first advertiser placing a highest bid during an auction for an ad placement associated with the first reminder.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the advertisement opportunity comprises providing, to the one or more advertisers, an opportunity to purchase an ad placement associated with the first reminder in exchange for a price that is based on at least one of a length of time from the creation of the first reminder or a length of time from an end time associated with the reminder.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the advertisement opportunity comprises providing, to the one or more advertisers, an opportunity to purchase an ad placement associated with the first reminder in exchange for a price that is based on a number of remaining scheduled presentations of the first reminder to the user.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the advertisement opportunity comprises providing, to the one or more advertisers, an opportunity to purchase an ad placement that allows for placement of an advertisement for a predetermined duration less than a remaining time associated with the first reminder.

14. A system for facilitating purchase of ad placements associated with reminders, the system comprising:

one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more physical processors to;

identify one or more reminders associated with a user, wherein the one or more reminders comprise a first reminder for the user;

provide an advertisement opportunity associated with the first reminder to one or more advertisers, wherein the advertisement opportunity comprises an opportunity to purchase an ad placement associated with the first reminder, and wherein the one or more advertisers comprise the first advertiser;

determine that the first advertiser purchased an ad placement associated with the first reminder;

allocate an ad placement associated with the first reminder for an advertisement associated with the first advertiser based on the determination that the first advertiser purchased an ad placement associated with the first reminder;

receive an indication to provide the first reminder for presentation to the user; and

provide a first advertisement associated with the first advertiser with the first reminder for presentation to the user based on the received indication and the allocation.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein providing the advertisement opportunity comprises providing, without further user input after creation of the first reminder, the advertisement opportunity to the one or more advertisers.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein allocating an ad placement associated with the first reminder for an advertisement associated with the first advertiser comprises allocating, without further user input after the creation of the first reminder, an ad placement associated with the first reminder for an advertisement associated with the first advertiser.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

receive a natural language utterance;

perform speech recognition on the natural language utterance to recognize one or more words associated with the natural language utterance; and

create the first reminder for the user based on the one or more recognized words.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

determine context information associated with the natural language utterance,

wherein creating the first reminder comprises creating the first reminder based on the one or more recognized words and the context information.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein providing the advertisement opportunity comprises providing, to the one or more advertisers, an opportunity to purchase an ad placement associated with the first reminder in exchange for a price that is based on at least one of a length of time from the creation of the first reminder or a length of time from an end time associated with the reminder.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein providing the advertisement opportunity comprises providing, to the one or more advertisers, an opportunity to purchase an ad placement associated with the first reminder in exchange for a price that is based on a number of remaining scheduled presentations of the first reminder to the user.