Method and system for providing advertising through content specific nodes over the internet
First Claim
1. A method for receiving advertisement information from advertisers, the method implemented by a server system and comprising:
- sending, through a communication interface, a multi-level representation of at least a portion of a hierarchy of content nodes to a plurality of advertiser user systems to facilitate selection of one or more of the content nodes, each content node associated with at least one content topic, wherein each respective content node comprises a plurality of web pages from different web sites;
receiving, through the communication interface, advertisement listing information comprising a plurality of bids associated with an advertisement, the advertisement associated with one or more content topics, each bid associated with at least one content node of the hierarchy of content nodes that is associated with at least one of the one or more content topics; and
serving, using one or more data processors, the advertisement, for each content node, based on the bid associated with the respective content node relative to other bids associated with other advertisements for the respective content node for placement on the web pages of the respective content node.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing advertising content over the Internet through a hierarchical content-specific node structure and pricing advertising delivery over each node independently. Independent delivery and pricing allows an advertiser to pay more for advertisements delivered to a narrowly targeted audience likely to be interested in the goods or services offered by the advertising entity and to pay less for advertisements directed at a more general audience who may or may not have an interest in the goods or services offered. The less content specific the node is, the less targeted the advertisement will be, and therefore, the less valuable the advertisement will be to the advertising entity. Targeted advertising to multiple levels of content specific nodes is enabled.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for receiving advertisement information from advertisers, the method implemented by a server system and comprising:
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sending, through a communication interface, a multi-level representation of at least a portion of a hierarchy of content nodes to a plurality of advertiser user systems to facilitate selection of one or more of the content nodes, each content node associated with at least one content topic, wherein each respective content node comprises a plurality of web pages from different web sites; receiving, through the communication interface, advertisement listing information comprising a plurality of bids associated with an advertisement, the advertisement associated with one or more content topics, each bid associated with at least one content node of the hierarchy of content nodes that is associated with at least one of the one or more content topics; and serving, using one or more data processors, the advertisement, for each content node, based on the bid associated with the respective content node relative to other bids associated with other advertisements for the respective content node for placement on the web pages of the respective content node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An advertising system for receiving advertisement information from advertisers for publication through a multi-node hierarchical content-based system, the system comprising:
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a communication interface for; sending, through the communication interface, a multi-level representation of at least a portion of a hierarchy of content nodes to a plurality of advertiser user systems to facilitate selection of one or more of the content nodes, each content node associated with at least one content topic, wherein each respective content node comprises a plurality of web pages from different web sites; receiving, through the communication interface, advertisement listing information comprising a plurality of bids associated with an advertisement, the advertisement associated with one or more content topics, each bid associated with at least one content node of the hierarchy of content nodes that is associated with at least one of the one or more content topics; and serving, using one or more data processors, the advertisement, for each content node, based on the bid associated with the respective content node relative to other bids associated with other advertisements for the respective content node for placement on the web pages of the respective content node. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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