Managing payment for sponsored content presented to mobile communication facilities

• US 8,195,513 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2011
• Issued: 06/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blue Hills Series 95 of Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Original Assignee: Jumptap Incorporated (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ramer, Jorey, Soroca, Adam, Doughty, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Eric T
• Application Number:
  US13/295,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20120059718A1
• Time in Patent Office: 206 Days
• Field of Search: 705/14.49
• US Class Current: 705/14.49
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0247 Calculate past, present or future revenues
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

A system and method for targeted delivery of advertising of a first or second sponsor to a plurality of cellular phones of a first or second type by way of a competitive bid auction process includes (a) receiving a mobile subscriber characteristic from a carrier; (b) presenting to the first and second sponsor data corresponding to (1) the mobile subscriber characteristic and (2) the first type and the second type of cellular phone; (c) receiving from each sponsor advertising associated with the mobile subscriber characteristic, wherein each advertising has a different rendering capability associated therewith; (d) attributing a priority to the delivery of the advertising based upon a resultant yield determination; and (e) transmitting the appropriate advertising to the types of cellular phones having the corresponding rendering capabilities of the advertising.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for targeted delivery of advertising of a first or second sponsor via a cellular telephony infrastructure provided by a carrier to a plurality of cellular phones of a first or second type by establishing a competitive bid auction process, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving a mobile subscriber characteristic from the carrier, wherein the mobile subscriber characteristic is associated with the plurality of cellular phones;

(b) presenting to the first and second sponsor data corresponding to;

(1) the mobile subscriber characteristic;

(2) the first type and the second type of cellular phone, wherein a rendering capability of the first type of cellular phone is different from a rendering capability of the second type of cellular phone;

(c) receiving a first advertising content associated with the mobile subscriber characteristic and a second advertising content associated with the mobile subscriber characteristic each from the first sponsor and the second sponsor, wherein the first advertising content requires the rendering capability of the first type of cellular phone to be rendered thereon and wherein the second advertising content requires the rendering capability of the second type of cellular phone to be rendered thereon, wherein the first advertising content is incompatible with the second type of cellular phone and the second advertising content is incompatible with the first type of cellular phone;

(d) receiving a bid from the first sponsor, wherein the bid includes;

(1) a selection by the first sponsor of the first type of cellular phone; and

(2) an amount offered for delivery of the advertising of the first sponsor to the plurality of cellular phones of the first type;

(e) receiving a bid from the second sponsor, wherein the bid includes;

(1) a selection by the second sponsor of the first type of cellular phone; and

(2) an amount offered for delivery of the advertising of the second sponsor to the plurality of cellular phones of the first type;

(f) attributing a priority to the delivery of the advertising of the first sponsor over the delivery of the advertising of the second sponsor based upon a determination that a resultant yield based on the amount of the first sponsor is greater than a resultant yield based on the amount of the second sponsor;

(g) receiving an advertising request associated with the first type of cellular phone;

(h) determining that the relevance to the advertising request of the first advertising content and second advertising content is the same;

(i) determining that the first type of cellular phone can render the first advertising content and cannot render the second advertising content; and

(j) transmitting via the cellular telephony infrastructure the first advertising content instead of the second advertising content to the plurality of cellular phones of the first type.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cellular telephony infrastructure uses an advanced mobile phone system (AMPS) protocol, a code division multiple access (CDMA) protocol, a wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) protocol, a global system for mobile communications (GSM) protocol, a universal mobile telecommunications system (UTMS) protocol, an integrated digital enhanced network (iDEN) protocol, a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol, or a mobile WiMax protocol.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the rendering capability is selected from the list consisting of:

(a) make of cellular phone;

(b) model of cellular phone;

(c) operating system of cellular phone;

(d) operating system version of cellular phone;

(e) MIDP support;

(f) polyphonic ringtone support;

(g) ringtone support;

(h) video download support;

(i) video streaming support;

(j) WAP push support;

(k) WML support;

(l) wallpaper support;

(m) XHTML support;

(n) touch screen support; and

(o) a display resolution.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile subscriber characteristic is a demographic associated with a respective user of the plurality of cellular phones, wherein the demographic is selected from the list consisting of:

(a) age, age-range, or birthdate of the user;

(b) gender of the user;

(c) race of the user;

(d) religion of the user;

(e) marital status of the user;

(f) zip code of the user;

(g) type of credit card the user uses to pay the carrier;

(h) birthplace of the user;

(i) employer of the user;

(j) employment position of the user;

(k) income bracket of the user; and

(l) current location of the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile subscriber characteristic is a transaction history associated with a respective user of the plurality of cellular phones, wherein the transaction history is selected from the list consisting of:

(a) types of content accessed by the user via the cellular phone;

(b) types of search queries previously entered by the user via the cellular phone; and

(c) types of items purchased by the user via the cellular phone.

6. A system for targeted delivery of advertising of a first or second sponsor via a cellular telephony infrastructure provided by a carrier to a plurality of cellular phones of a first or second type by establishing a competitive bid auction process, the system comprising one or more computers having computer readable mediums having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of the one or more computers, causes the system to perform the steps of:

(a) receiving a mobile subscriber characteristic from the carrier, wherein the mobile subscriber characteristic is associated with the plurality of cellular phones;

(b) presenting to the first and second sponsor data corresponding to;

(1) the mobile subscriber characteristic;

(2) the first type and the second type of cellular phone, wherein a rendering capability of the first type of cellular phone is different from a rendering capability of the second type of cellular phone;

(c) receiving a first advertising content associated with the mobile subscriber characteristic and a second advertising content associated with the mobile subscriber characteristic each from the first sponsor and the second sponsor, wherein the first advertising content requires the rendering capability of the first type of cellular phone to be rendered thereon and wherein the second advertising content requires the rendering capability of the second type of cellular phone to be rendered thereon, wherein the first advertising content is incompatible with the second type of cellular phone and the second advertising content is incompatible with the first type of cellular phone;

(d) receiving a bid from the first sponsor, wherein the bid includes;

(1) a selection by the first sponsor of the first type of cellular phone; and

(2) an amount offered for delivery of the advertising of the first sponsor to the plurality of cellular phones of the first type;

(e) receiving a bid from the second sponsor, wherein the bid includes;

(1) a selection by the second sponsor of the first type of cellular phone; and

(2) an amount offered for delivery of the advertising of the second sponsor to the plurality of cellular phones of the first type;

(f) attributing a priority to the delivery of the advertising of the first sponsor over the delivery of the advertising of the second sponsor based upon a determination that a resultant yield based on the amount of the first sponsor is greater than a resultant yield based on the amount of the second sponsor;

(g) receiving an advertising request associated with the first type of cellular phone;

(h) determining that the relevance to the advertising request of the first advertising content and second advertising content is the same;

(i) determining that the first type of cellular phone can render the first advertising content and cannot render the second advertising content; and

(j) transmitting via the cellular telephony infrastructure the first advertising content instead of the second advertising content to the plurality of cellular phones of the first type.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the cellular telephony infrastructure uses an advanced mobile phone system (AMPS) protocol, a code division multiple access (CDMA) protocol, a wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) protocol, a global system for mobile communications (GSM) protocol, a universal mobile telecommunications system (UTMS) protocol, an integrated digital enhanced network (iDEN) protocol, a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol, or a mobile WiMax protocol.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the rendering capability is selected from the list consisting of:

(a) make of cellular phone;

(b) model of cellular phone;

(c) operating system of cellular phone;

(d) operating system version of cellular phone;

(e) MIDP support;

(f) polyphonic ringtone support;

(g) ringtone support;

(h) video download support;

(i) video streaming support;

(j) WAP push support;

(k) WML support;

(l) wallpaper support;

(m) XHTML support;

(n) touch screen support; and

(o) a display resolution.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the mobile subscriber characteristic is a demographic associated with a respective user of the plurality of cellular phones, wherein the demographic is selected from the list consisting of:

(a) age, age-range, or birthdate of the user;

(b) gender of the user;

(c) race of the user;

(d) religion of the user;

(e) marital status of the user;

(f) zip code of the user;

(g) type of credit card the user uses to pay the carrier;

(h) birthplace of the user;

(i) employer of the user;

(j) employment position of the user;

(k) income bracket of the user; and

(l) current location of the user.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the mobile subscriber characteristic is a transaction history associated with a respective user of the plurality of cellular phones, wherein the transaction history is selected from the list consisting of:

(a) types of content accessed by the user via the cellular phone;

(b) types of search queries previously entered by the user via the cellular phone; and

(c) types of items purchased by the user via the cellular phone.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of one or more computers, causes the one or more processors to target delivery of advertising of a first or second sponsor via a cellular telephony infrastructure provided by a carrier to a plurality of cellular phones of a first or second type by establishing a competitive bid auction process, by performing the steps of:

(a) receiving a mobile subscriber characteristic from the carrier, wherein the mobile subscriber characteristic is associated with the plurality of cellular phones;

(b) presenting to the first and second sponsor data corresponding to;

(1) the mobile subscriber characteristic;

(2) the first type and the second type of cellular phone, wherein a rendering capability of the first type of cellular phone is different from a rendering capability of the second type of cellular phone;

(c) receiving a first advertising content associated with the mobile subscriber characteristic and a second advertising content associated with the mobile subscriber characteristic each from the first sponsor and the second sponsor, wherein the first advertising content requires the rendering capability of the first type of cellular phone to be rendered thereon and wherein the second advertising content requires the rendering capability of the second type of cellular phone to be rendered thereon, wherein the first advertising content is incompatible with the second type of cellular phone and the second advertising content is incompatible with the first type of cellular phone;

(d) receiving a bid from the first sponsor, wherein the bid includes;

(1) a selection by the first sponsor of the first type of cellular phone; and

(2) an amount offered for delivery of the advertising of the first sponsor to the plurality of cellular phones of the first type;

(e) receiving a bid from the second sponsor, wherein the bid includes;

(1) a selection by the second sponsor of the first type of cellular phone; and

(2) an amount offered for delivery of the advertising of the second sponsor to the plurality of cellular phones of the first type;

(f) attributing a priority to the delivery of the advertising of the first sponsor over the delivery of the advertising of the second sponsor based upon a determination that a resultant yield based on the amount of the first sponsor is greater than a resultant yield based on the amount of the second sponsor;

(g) receiving an advertising request associated with the first type of cellular phone;

(h) determining that the relevance to the advertising request of the first advertising content and second advertising content is the same;

(i) determining that the first type of cellular phone can render the first advertising content and cannot render the second advertising content; and

(j) transmitting via the cellular telephony infrastructure the first advertising content instead of the second advertising content to the plurality of cellular phones of the first type.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the cellular telephony infrastructure uses an advanced mobile phone system (AMPS) protocol, a code division multiple access (CDMA) protocol, a wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) protocol, a global system for mobile communications (GSM) protocol, a universal mobile telecommunications system (UTMS) protocol, an integrated digital enhanced network (iDEN) protocol, a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol, or a mobile WiMax protocol.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the rendering capability is selected from the list consisting of:

(a) make of cellular phone;

(b) model of cellular phone;

(c) operating system of cellular phone;

(d) operating system version of cellular phone;

(e) MIDP support;

(f) polyphonic ringtone support;

(g) ringtone support;

(h) video download support;

(i) video streaming support;

(j) WAP push support;

(k) WML support;

(l) wallpaper support;

(m) XHTML support;

(n) touch screen support; and

(o) a display resolution.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the mobile subscriber characteristic is a demographic associated with a respective user of the plurality of cellular phones, wherein the demographic is selected from the list consisting of:

(a) age, age-range, or birthdate of the user;

(b) gender of the user;

(c) race of the user;

(d) religion of the user;

(e) marital status of the user;

(f) zip code of the user;

(g) type of credit card the user uses to pay the carrier;

(h) birthplace of the user;

(i) employer of the user;

(j) employment position of the user;

(k) income bracket of the user; and

(l) current location of the user.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the mobile subscriber characteristic is a transaction history associated with a respective user of the plurality of cellular phones, wherein the transaction history is selected from the list consisting of:

(a) types of content accessed by the user via the cellular phone;

(b) types of search queries previously entered by the user via the cellular phone; and

(c) types of items purchased by the user via the cellular phone.