System for selecting ad inventory with a clickable map interface
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1. In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for displaying geographic specific advertisement inventory, the storage medium comprising instructions for:
- identifying a geographic location for which an advertisement is displayed;
receiving a category for the advertisement to be displayed;
displaying, on an interactive map of the geographic location, an inventory of advertisement listings within the geographic location, wherein the advertisement listings are related to the category and each listing comprises an advertisement slot available for purchase;
receiving a selection of at least one of the advertisement listings from the displayed inventory; and
displaying an advertisement for the selected advertisement listing.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for providing advertising content for display in a page over a network. Ad inventory is identified and/or organized based on a category and a geographic region. The ad inventory may be displayed on an interactive map that is used for selecting from the inventory based on the geographic location.
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1. In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for displaying geographic specific advertisement inventory, the storage medium comprising instructions for:
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identifying a geographic location for which an advertisement is displayed; receiving a category for the advertisement to be displayed; displaying, on an interactive map of the geographic location, an inventory of advertisement listings within the geographic location, wherein the advertisement listings are related to the category and each listing comprises an advertisement slot available for purchase; receiving a selection of at least one of the advertisement listings from the displayed inventory; and displaying an advertisement for the selected advertisement listing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for displaying advertisement inventory, the storage medium comprising instructions for:
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receiving a category for an advertisement; receiving a selection for a geographic region; displaying an interactive map of the selected geographic region; displaying ad inventory on the map that is related to the category, wherein the inventory includes available inventory, unavailable inventory, purchased inventory, and an ad location; and displaying details of the inventory on the interactive map at respective locations of the inventory within the geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computerized method for providing an advertiser interface comprising:
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receiving a request for ad inventory including a category and geographic region, wherein the ad inventory comprises a listing of available slots for advertisements; providing a map of the geographic region; identifying, with at least one processor, available ad inventory based on the category, wherein the available ad inventory is associated with the geographic region; displaying the available ad inventory within the geographic region including a price and location for each of the available ads in the available ad inventory; and receiving a selection from the map of at least one of the available ads from the available ad inventory. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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