Suggesting targeting information for ads, such as websites and/or categories of websites for example
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- a) accepting, a computer system having at least one computer in a network, one or more keywords input by an advertising user;
b) determining, by the computer system, a set of one or more vertical taxonomy categories using at least one of the one or more keywords, wherein each of the vertical taxonomy categories has at least one Web document associated with it, and wherein the at least one Web document participates in an advertising network;
c) presenting, by the computer system, at least one of the set of one or more determined vertical taxonomy categories to the advertising user as an ad targeting suggestion;
d) accepting, by the computer system, an advertiser selection of a suggested vertical taxonomy category; and
e) targeting, by the computer system, the serving of an ad of the advertiser to each of the at least one Web document associated with the selected suggested vertical taxonomy category.
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Abstract
One or more keywords and/or information about one or more properties may be accepted, and a set of one or more taxonomy categories may be determined using at least some of the keyword(s) and/or property information and perhaps term co-occurrence clusters. The determined taxonomy categories may be presented to an advertising user as an ad targeting suggestion. Each taxonomy category may have at least one associated property (e.g., Web document), that participates in an advertising network. An advertiser selection of a suggested taxonomy category may be accepted, and the serving of an ad of the advertiser may be targeted to each property associated with the selected suggested taxonomy category. Alternatively, such properties may be presented to an advertising user as an ad targeting suggestion.
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28 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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a) accepting, a computer system having at least one computer in a network, one or more keywords input by an advertising user; b) determining, by the computer system, a set of one or more vertical taxonomy categories using at least one of the one or more keywords, wherein each of the vertical taxonomy categories has at least one Web document associated with it, and wherein the at least one Web document participates in an advertising network; c) presenting, by the computer system, at least one of the set of one or more determined vertical taxonomy categories to the advertising user as an ad targeting suggestion; d) accepting, by the computer system, an advertiser selection of a suggested vertical taxonomy category; and e) targeting, by the computer system, the serving of an ad of the advertiser to each of the at least one Web document associated with the selected suggested vertical taxonomy category. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 11, 12, 13)
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4. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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a) accepting, by a computer system having at least one computer in a network, one or more keywords input by an advertising user; b) determining, by the computer system, a set of one or more taxonomy categories using at least one of the one or more keywords; c) determining, by the computer system, a set of one or more media properties using at least one of the determined one or more taxonomy categories; d) presenting, by the computer system, at least one of the set of one or more determined media properties to an advertising user as an ad targeting suggestion; e) accepting by the computer system, an advertiser selection of a suggested media property; and f) targeting, by the computer system, the serving of an ad of the advertiser with the selected suggested media property. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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14. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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a) accepting, by a computer system having at least one computer in a network, information about one or more media properties identified by an advertising user; b) determining, by the computer system, a set of one or more taxonomy categories using at least one of the information of the one or more media properties, wherein each of the taxonomy categories has at least one media property associated with it, and wherein the at least one media property participates in an advertising network; c) presenting, by the computer system, at least one of the set of one or more determined taxonomy categories to the advertising user as an ad targeting suggestion; d) accepting, by the computer system, an advertiser selection of a suggested taxonomy category; and e) targeting, by the computer system, the serving of an ad of the advertiser to each of the at least one media property associated with the selected suggested taxonomy category. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 24, 25, 26)
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17. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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a) accepting, by a computer system having at least one computer in a network, information about one or more media properties identified by an advertising user; b) determining, by the computer system, a set of one or more taxonomy categories using at least one of the information of the one or more media properties; c) determining, by the computer system, a set of one or more additional media properties using at least one of the determined one or more taxonomy categories; d) presenting, by the computer system, at least one of the set of one or more determined additional media properties to the advertising user as an ad targeting suggestion; e) accepting, by the computer system, an advertiser selection of a suggested additional media property; and f) targeting, by the computer system, the serving of an ad of the advertiser with the selected suggested additional media property. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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27. Apparatus comprising:
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a) one or more processors; b) at least one input device; c) at least one output device; and d) one or more storage devices storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, perform a method of 1) accepting one or more keywords input by an advertising user, 2) determining a set of one or more vertical taxonomy categories using at least one of the one or more keywords, wherein each of the vertical taxonomy categories has at least one Web document associated with it, and wherein the at least one Web document participates in an advertising network, 3) presenting at least one of the set of one or more determined vertical taxonomy categories to the advertising user as an ad targeting suggestion; 4) accepting an advertiser selection of a suggested vertical taxonomy category; and 5) targeting the serving of an ad of the advertiser to each of the at least one Web document associated with the selected suggested vertical taxonomy category.
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28. Apparatus comprising:
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a) one or more processors; b) at least one input device; c) at least one output device; and d) one or more storage devices storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, perform a method of 1) accepting information about one or more media properties identified by an advertising user, 2) determining a set of one or more taxonomy categories using at least one of the information of the one or more media properties, wherein each of the taxonomy categories has at least one media property associated with it, and wherein the at least one media property participates in an advertising network, 3) presenting at least one of the set of one or more determined taxonomy categories to the advertising user as an ad targeting suggestion; 4) accepting an advertiser selection of a suggested taxonomy category; and 5) targeting the serving of an ad of the advertiser to each of the at least one media property associated with the selected suggested taxonomy category.
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