Methods for controlling an advertising campaign
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1. A method for controlling an advertising campaign, comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, input data related to a desired behavior of the advertising campaign;
monitoring, by the controller, campaign data related to the advertising campaign, including a volume of impressions and a revenue generated during at least a part of the advertising campaign;
evaluating, by the controller, an actual behavior of the advertising campaign-relative to the desired behavior, based on the monitored campaign data, to determine a feedback value;
generating, by the controller, a control value corresponding to the feedback value and at least one aspect of the advertising campaign; and
outputting, by the controller, the control value to adjust the actual behavior of the advertising campaign.
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Abstract
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention enable the control of aspects of an advertising campaign, such as revenue expenditure, by comparing actual and desired behavior and incorporating feedback and feed-forward error correction to continuously adjust the campaign'"'"'s behavior. In certain embodiments, this control is achieved without considering individual advertisement requests or ad placements, thus bypassing the lowest-level details and instead adjusting behavior on a campaign-wide level using an adaptive control system.
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1. A method for controlling an advertising campaign, comprising:
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receiving, by a controller, input data related to a desired behavior of the advertising campaign; monitoring, by the controller, campaign data related to the advertising campaign, including a volume of impressions and a revenue generated during at least a part of the advertising campaign; evaluating, by the controller, an actual behavior of the advertising campaign-relative to the desired behavior, based on the monitored campaign data, to determine a feedback value; generating, by the controller, a control value corresponding to the feedback value and at least one aspect of the advertising campaign; and outputting, by the controller, the control value to adjust the actual behavior of the advertising campaign. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for controlling an advertising campaign, comprising:
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receiving, by a controller, input data representing a desired behavior of the advertising campaign; receiving, by the controller, an estimated parameter representing an aspect of the advertising campaign; filtering, by the controller, the input data representing the desired behavior according to the estimated parameter; monitoring, by the controller, an actual behavior of the advertising campaign; calculating, by the controller, a predicted revenue of the advertising campaign based on the estimated parameter and the actual behavior of the advertising campaign; comparing, by the controller, the filtered input data representing the desired behavior and the predicted revenue to identify a tracking error in the advertising campaign; calculating, by the controller, a feedback value to correct the tracking error; and generating, by the controller, a control value based on the feedback value to control the actual behavior of the advertising campaign relative to the desired behavior of the advertising campaign. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for controlling an advertising campaign based on a reference value that represents a desired behavior of the advertising campaign and an estimated parameter that represents an aspect of the advertising campaign, comprising:
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filtering, by a controller, the reference value according to the estimated parameter using a pre-shape filter; receiving, by the controller, monitoring data related to an actual behavior of the advertising campaign; calculating, by the controller, a predicted revenue of the advertising campaign based on the monitoring data and the estimated parameter; comparing, by the controller, the filtered reference value and the predicted revenue; identifying, by the controller, a tracking error in the advertising campaign; calculating, by the controller, a feedback value to correct the tracking error; determining, by the controller, a feed-forward value that represents a preemptive control action based on the desired behavior and the estimated parameter; and integrating, by the controller, the feedback value and the feed-forward value to generate a control value that adjusts the actual behavior of the advertising campaign relative to the desired behavior of the advertising campaign. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for controlling an advertising campaign, comprising:
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receiving, by a controller, input data related to a desired behavior of the advertising campaign; monitoring, by the controller, actual campaign data related to the advertising campaign to determine an actual behavior of the advertising campaign, wherein aspects of the actual behavior include at least one of a budget expenditure during the advertising campaign, an apparent value of an advertisement in the advertising campaign, a revenue generated during the advertising campaign, volume of impressions placed during the advertising campaign, a bid price during the advertising campaign, and a bid allocation during the advertising campaign; determining, by the controller, a feedback value based on the actual behavior of the advertising campaign relative to the desired behavior; and adjusting, by the controller, one or more of the aspects of the actual behavior of the advertising campaign based on the feedback value. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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