Weather analytics systems and methods

• US 8,799,404 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2011
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Smith, Kevin G., George, William Brandon, Aurigemma, Pearce
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Jr., Otis L
• Assistant Examiner(s): ULYSSE, JAEL M
• Application Number:
  US13/116,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20140012941A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,167 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0252 based on events or environment, e.g. weather or festivals

Abstract

Provided is a method for providing content. The method includes receiving, from a client computer system, a request for content to be provided to a user, determining a geographic location of the user, obtaining weather information corresponding to the geographic location of the user, identifying content to be provide in response to the request based at least in part on the weather information corresponding to the geographic location of the user, and providing, to the client computer system, the identified content.

Claims

1. A method for providing content, comprising:

determining a correlation between a previous weather condition and at least one previous interaction with a web site, the weather condition occurring at or near a time during which the previous sequence of pages was accessed during the website visit, wherein the correlation is indicative of the previous weather condition impacting the at least one previous interaction, wherein the at least one previous interaction comprises a previous sequence of pages accessed during a previous visit to the website;

determining that a client computer system visiting the website has accessed a sequence of pages that is similar to the previous sequence of pages;

obtaining weather information corresponding to a geographic location of the client computer system based on determining that the client computer system has accessed the sequence of pages similar to the previous sequence of pages, wherein the weather information describes a weather condition similar to the previous weather condition;

identifying content to be provided from the content provider in response to request for content from the client computer system based at least in part on the weather information corresponding to the geographic location of the client computer system and based on the correlation between the previous weather condition and the at least one previous interaction; and

providing, to the client computer system, the identified content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic location is determined based on an internet protocol address of the client computer system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic location comprises geographic coordinates.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the weather information comprises at least one of forecast weather conditions and current weather conditions during an interval in which the request for content is received, and wherein the geographic location is determined at the geographic location at or near a time of the request for content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining weather information corresponding to the geographic location of the client computer system comprises:

sending, to a weather information provider, a request for weather data corresponding to the geographic location; and

receiving, from the weather information provider, the weather data corresponding to the geographic location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining weather information corresponding to the geographic location of the client computer system comprises:

sending, to a weather information provider, a request for weather data corresponding to the geographic location;

receiving, from the weather information provider, the weather data corresponding to the geographic location;

storing the weather data received; and

retrieving the weather information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying content to be provided comprises:

determining a weather condition associated with the weather information obtained;

identifying first content in response to determining that the weather condition indicates a first type of weather and

identifying second content in response to determining that the weather condition indicates a second type of weather, wherein the second content is different from the first content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the content to be provided comprises a product advertisement.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying an additional interaction between the content provider and the client computer system resulting from providing the identified content to the client computer system;

identifying a weather type based on the weather information;

correlating the interaction with the weather type; and

storing an additional correlation of the additional interaction with the weather type.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving an additional request for content from an additional client computer system;

determining an additional geographic location associated with the additional client computer system;

obtaining additional weather information corresponding to the additional geographic location;

identifying additional content to be provided in response to the additional request for content based at least in part on the additional correlation of additional interaction between the content provider and the client computer system with the weather type; and

providing the additional content.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the correlation between the previous weather condition and the at least one previous interaction with the content provider comprises determining that the at least one previous interaction occurred during the previous weather condition, wherein the at least one previous interaction comprises a different client computer system obtaining content from the content provider.

12. The method of claim 1,

wherein receiving the request for content to be provided by the content provider comprises receiving the request from a first user;

wherein determining the correlation between the previous weather condition and the at least one previous interaction with the content provider comprises determining that the at least one previous interaction occurred during the previous weather condition, wherein the at least one previous interaction comprises a second user obtaining content from the content provider, wherein the second user is different from the first user.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer-executable program instructions, the program instructions comprising:

program instructions for determining a correlation between a previous weather condition and at least one previous interaction with a web site, wherein the correlation is indicative of the previous weather condition impacting the at least one previous interaction, the weather condition occurring at or near a time during which the previous sequence of pages was accessed during the website visit wherein the at least one previous interaction comprises a previous sequence of pages accessed during a previous visit to the website;

program instructions for determining that a client computer system visiting the website has accessed a sequence of pages that is similar to the previous sequence of pages;

program instructions for obtaining weather information corresponding to a geographic location of the client computer system based on determining that the client computer system has accessed the sequence of pages similar to the previous sequence of pages, wherein the weather information describes a weather condition similar to the previous weather condition;

program instructions for identifying content to be provided in response to request for content from the client computer system based at least in part on the weather information corresponding to the geographic location of the client computer system and based on the correlation between the previous weather condition and the at least one previous interaction; and

program instructions for providing the identified content to the client computer system.

14. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor, the non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a weather processing module executable by the processor to;

determine a correlation between a previous weather condition and at least one previous interaction with a web site, wherein the correlation is indicative of the previous weather condition impacting the at least one previous interaction, the weather condition occurring at or near a time during which the previous sequence of pages was accessed during the website visit wherein the at least one previous interaction comprises a previous sequence of pages accessed during a previous visit to the website;

determine that a client computer system visiting the website has accessed a sequence of pages that is similar to the previous sequence of pages,

obtain weather information corresponding to a geographic location of the client computer system based on determining that the client computer system has accessed the sequence of pages similar to the previous sequence of pages, wherein the weather information describes weather condition similar to the previous weather condition;

identify content to be provided in response to request for content from the client computer system based at least in part on the weather information corresponding to the geographic location of the client computer system and based on the correlation between the previous weather condition and the at least one previous interaction with the content provider; and

provide the identified content to the client computer system.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, by an analytics server, analytics data indicative of a plurality of interactions with a content site, wherein each of the plurality of interactions comprises a respective sequence of pages accessed during a respective visit to the website;

identifying, for each interaction of the plurality of interactions with at the content site;

a respective location of a respective client computer system involved in the interaction at or near the time of the interaction; and

a respective weather condition corresponding to the respective location at or near the time of the interaction;

identifying a weather correlation indicative of an impact of weather conditions on the plurality of interactions with the content site based at least in part on the plurality of interactions and corresponding weather conditions; and

storing the weather correlation.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the content site comprises a website.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving analytics data indicative of the plurality of interactions comprises receiving the web analytics data embedded within a web beacon request.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving, from a client computer system, a request for content to be provided to a client computer system;

determining a geographic location of the client computer system;

obtaining weather information corresponding to the geographic location of the client computer system;

identifying content to be provided in response to the request for content based at least in part on the weather correlation; and

providing to the client computer system the content identified in response to the request for content.