Method and system for creating, serving and tracking advertisements
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1. A method for providing an ad via a computer network, the method comprising:
- combining, at a server, an ad input file with a conduit file separate from the ad input file, the combining using a merge tool that automatically creates a single integrated ad file from the ad input file and the separate conduit file prior to the server serving the integrated ad file, the single integrated ad file having a single file extension and containing both the ad input file contents and the conduit file contents, wherein the ad input file identifies the content of the ad and the conduit file comprises computer code to identify tracking data for the ad; and
serving the single integrated ad file from the server to provide the ad.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing an ad is disclosed. The method of one embodiment comprises combining an ad input file with a conduit file to create an integrated ad file, wherein the ad input file identifies at least the content of the ad and the conduit file identifies at least the tracking data for the ad. The integrated ad file may then be served. According to a further embodiment, the method further includes effectuating a modification to the ad content by updating the ad input file, recombining the modified ad input file with the conduit file to create a modified integrate ad file and serving the modified integrated ad file.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for providing an ad via a computer network, the method comprising:
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combining, at a server, an ad input file with a conduit file separate from the ad input file, the combining using a merge tool that automatically creates a single integrated ad file from the ad input file and the separate conduit file prior to the server serving the integrated ad file, the single integrated ad file having a single file extension and containing both the ad input file contents and the conduit file contents, wherein the ad input file identifies the content of the ad and the conduit file comprises computer code to identify tracking data for the ad; and serving the single integrated ad file from the server to provide the ad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 31)
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11. A method of facilitating providing an ad by loading a single integrated ad file, the method comprising:
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identifying, at a server, a first file; identifying, at the server, a second file, the second file being separate from the first file; identifying, at the server, a placeholder in the first file; and electronically inserting, by the server, the second file into the placeholder to create the single integrated ad file having a single file extension, the single integrated ad file including an ad and computer code to identify tracking data for the ad. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of facilitating providing an ad by loading a single integrated ad file, the method comprising:
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identifying, at a server, a first file; identifying, at the server, a second file, the second file being separate from the first file; identifying, at the server, a third file, the third file being separate from the first and second files; identifying, at the server, a first placeholder and a second placeholder in the third file; and electronically inserting, by the server, the first file into the first placeholder and electronically inserting, by the server, the second file into the second placeholder to create the single integrated ad file having a single file extension, the single integrated ad file including an ad and the computer code to identify tracking data for the ad. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for performing a method of creating a single integrated ad file used in providing an ad, the method comprising:
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identifying, at a server, a first file; identifying, at the server, a second file, the second file being separate from the first file; identifying, at the server, a placeholder in the first file; and electronically inserting, at the server, the second file into the placeholder to create the single integrated ad file having a single file extension, the single integrated ad file containing computer code to identify tracking data for the ad. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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