Systems and methods for assigning monetary values to search terms
First Claim
1. A computerized method for assigning a monetary value to a search term, the method comprising:
- electronically, via a processing device, providing at least one first search term to at least one advertiser;
electronically, via a processing device, receiving at least one bid from said advertiser on said first search term;
electronically, via a processing device, deriving a similarity function between said first term and at least one second term, the second term being a term that has not been bid on, wherein deriving said similarity function comprises;
selecting a first set of search engine results for said first term;
selecting a second set of search engine results for said second term;
comparing said first and second sets of search engine results;
selecting a third set of search engine results for a third term, the third term being a term that has been bid oncomparing said second and third sets of search engine results; and
associating said first term with said second term, in assigning the monetary value to the second term, based on a similarity of the first and second sets of search engine results as compared to a similarity between the second and third sets of search engine results, wherein each search engine result comprises a plurality of uniform resource locators and a similarity between sets of search engine results is determined based on matching at least one identifier associated with each of the uniform resource locators; and
electronically, via a processing device, assigning a monetary value to said second term based at least in part on said bid for said first term and said similarity function.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for associating an unbidded term with a bidded term and for pricing search terms. The method for associating an unbidded term with a bidded term comprises selecting a first set of search engine results for the unbidded term, selecting a second set of search engine results for the bidded second term, comparing the first and second sets, and associating the unbidded term with at least one bidded term based on the results of comparing. The method for assigning monetary values to search terms comprises receiving bids for a first term, deriving a similarity function between the first and second term and pricing the second term based upon the derived similarity function and the bid on the first term.
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24 Claims
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1. A computerized method for assigning a monetary value to a search term, the method comprising:
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electronically, via a processing device, providing at least one first search term to at least one advertiser; electronically, via a processing device, receiving at least one bid from said advertiser on said first search term; electronically, via a processing device, deriving a similarity function between said first term and at least one second term, the second term being a term that has not been bid on, wherein deriving said similarity function comprises; selecting a first set of search engine results for said first term; selecting a second set of search engine results for said second term; comparing said first and second sets of search engine results; selecting a third set of search engine results for a third term, the third term being a term that has been bid on comparing said second and third sets of search engine results; and associating said first term with said second term, in assigning the monetary value to the second term, based on a similarity of the first and second sets of search engine results as compared to a similarity between the second and third sets of search engine results, wherein each search engine result comprises a plurality of uniform resource locators and a similarity between sets of search engine results is determined based on matching at least one identifier associated with each of the uniform resource locators; and electronically, via a processing device, assigning a monetary value to said second term based at least in part on said bid for said first term and said similarity function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22)
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19. A computer readable medium including computer executable instructions stored thereon for assigning a monetary value to a search term, the instructions comprising:
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providing at least one first search term to at least one advertiser; receiving at least one bid from said advertiser on said first search term; deriving a similarity function between said first term and at least one second term, the second term being a term that has not been bid on, wherein deriving said similarity function comprises; selecting a first set of search engine results for said first term; selecting a second set of search engine results for said second term; comparing said first and second sets of search engine results; selecting a third set of search engine results for a third term, the third term being a term that has been bid on; comparing said second and third sets of search engine results; and associating said first term with said second term, in assigning the monetary value to the second term, based on a similarity of the first and second sets of search engine results as compared to a similarity between the second and third sets of search engine results, wherein each search engine result comprises a plurality of uniform resource locators and a similarity between sets of search engine results is determined based on matching at least one identifier associated with each of the uniform resource locators; and assigning a monetary value to said second term based at least in part on said bid for said first term and said similarity function.
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20. A system for assigning a monetary value to a search term, the system comprising:
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a computer interface effective to provide at least one first search term to at least one advertiser; a receiver effective to receive at least one bid from said advertiser on said first search term; and a processor connected to said receiver and effective to derive a similarity function between said first term and at least one second term, the second term being a term that has not been bid on, wherein to derive said similarity function comprises; to select a first set of search engine results for said first term; to select a second set of search engine results for said second term; to compare said first and second sets of search engine results; to select a third set of search engine results for a third term, the third term being a term that has been bid on; to compare said second and third sets of search engine results; and associate said first term with said second term, in assigning the monetary value to the second term, based on a similarity of the first and second sets of search engine results as compared to a similarity between the second and third sets of search engine results, wherein each search engine result comprises a plurality of uniform resource locators and a similarity between sets of search engine results is determined based on a match of at least one identifier associated with each of the uniform resource locators, and to assign a monetary value to said second term based at least in part on said bid for said first term and said similarity function.
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23. A computerized method for assigning a monetary value to a search term, the method comprising:
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electronically, via a processing device, providing at least one first search term to at least one advertiser; electronically, via a processing device, receiving at least one bid from said advertiser on said first search term; electronically, via a processing device, providing a plurality of terms that have been bid on in addition to the first term; electronically, via a processing device, selecting a topmost number of search terms of the plurality of terms that have been bid on, including the first term; electronically, via a processing device, comparing a set of search engine results of each of the selected topmost number of search terms with the set of search engine results of a second term that has not been bid on; electronically, via a processing device, determining a similarity between each of the sets of search engine results of each of the selected topmost number of search terms with the set of search engine results of the second term that has not been bid on; and electronically, via a processing device, associating the first term with the second term, in assigning the monetary value to the second term, based on the similarity of the first and second sets of search engine results being greater than a similarity between the second and each of the other selected topmost number of search terms sets, wherein each search engine result comprises a plurality of uniform resource locators. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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