Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks
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1. An apparatus for advertising, comprising:
- a processor;
a memory storing instructions for a derive profile process adapted to be executed by said processor to collect information based upon a plurality of advertisement requests received from a user node;
a database that stores said information;
a memory storing instructions for an advertisement server process adapted to be executed by said processor to select, in response to an advertisement request, an advertisement based upon said information collected by said derive profile process stored in said database, wherein said advertisement request is generated by the user node in response to processing a link received from a first affiliate node in response to a prior content request sent from said user node to said first affiliate node, and wherein said advertisement is associated with a second affiliate node;
a memory storing instructions for a management process adapted to be executed by said processor to update advertisements available to be selected by said advertisement server process; and
a memory storing instructions for a report process adapted to be executed by said processor to generate a report about the placement of advertisements.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
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1. An apparatus for advertising, comprising:
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a processor; a memory storing instructions for a derive profile process adapted to be executed by said processor to collect information based upon a plurality of advertisement requests received from a user node; a database that stores said information; a memory storing instructions for an advertisement server process adapted to be executed by said processor to select, in response to an advertisement request, an advertisement based upon said information collected by said derive profile process stored in said database, wherein said advertisement request is generated by the user node in response to processing a link received from a first affiliate node in response to a prior content request sent from said user node to said first affiliate node, and wherein said advertisement is associated with a second affiliate node; a memory storing instructions for a management process adapted to be executed by said processor to update advertisements available to be selected by said advertisement server process; and a memory storing instructions for a report process adapted to be executed by said processor to generate a report about the placement of advertisements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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7. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at an ad server computer, a plurality of advertisement requests from a user node, each advertisement request being generated by the user node in response to processing a link received from a first affiliate node in response to a prior content request sent from the user node to the first affiliate node; collecting information based on the advertisement requests; selecting, by the ad server computer in response to an advertisement request, an advertisement based upon the collected information, the advertisement being associated with a second affiliate node; and sending, by the ad server computer, the selected advertisement to the user node for display. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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