Methods and apparatus for classifying an audience in a content distribution network
First Claim
1. A method of advertising management for use in a content distribution network, comprising:
- receiving first information regarding a weight or variance to be applied to at least one demographic criteria to be met by a first audience of an advertisement at an advertising management apparatus within said content distribution network;
receiving second information regarding at least one parameter relating a second audience to an opportunity for insertion of one or more advertisements at said advertising management apparatus;
utilizing said advertising management apparatus to generate first data related to a quality of a match between said first information and said second information;
said advertising management apparatus adjusting said weight or said variance to be applied to said at least one demographic criteria to be met by said first audience based at least in part on said first data related to said quality of said match; and
utilizing at least said adjusted weight or said adjusted variance to generate second data related to said quality of said match.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for identifying, distributing, and/or utilizing data regarding audience qualities within an advertisement management system. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus of the present invention provide a technique for classifying data collected about an audience, and creating and grouping qualifiers to those classifications. Methods and apparatus for managing an advertising inventory via a management system, and using the aforementioned audience data, are also disclosed. The inventory is defined in one variant by predicted secondary content insertion opportunities and a particular audience of the primary content associated with the insertion opportunity. Subscriber privacy and anonymity is also optionally maintained via e.g., hashing or encrypting data relating to the CPE and/or subscriber, thus ensuring that audience data is not traceable to a specific user account.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of advertising management for use in a content distribution network, comprising:
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receiving first information regarding a weight or variance to be applied to at least one demographic criteria to be met by a first audience of an advertisement at an advertising management apparatus within said content distribution network; receiving second information regarding at least one parameter relating a second audience to an opportunity for insertion of one or more advertisements at said advertising management apparatus; utilizing said advertising management apparatus to generate first data related to a quality of a match between said first information and said second information; said advertising management apparatus adjusting said weight or said variance to be applied to said at least one demographic criteria to be met by said first audience based at least in part on said first data related to said quality of said match; and utilizing at least said adjusted weight or said adjusted variance to generate second data related to said quality of said match. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An advertising management apparatus for use in a content delivery network, comprising:
computerized apparatus comprising a processor and at least one storage device in data communication therewith, said at least one storage device configured to store a computer program comprising a plurality of instructions configured to, when executed cause said advertising management apparatus to; access first data regarding one or more target audience qualities of an advertisement; access second data regarding one or more audiences at a plurality of insertion opportunities; generate data relating to a quality of a match between said first data and said second data; adjust a weight or a variance to be applied to at least one demographic criteria to be met by said one or more target audiences based at least in part on said generated data related to said quality of said match; utilize at least said adjusted weight or said adjusted variance to generate second data related to said quality of said match; and utilize said generated second data to determine whether a number of instances where said quality of said match would be sufficient to cause selection of said advertisement for insertion meets or exceeds a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of managing advertising within a network comprising:
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accessing first information regarding a plurality of placement opportunities for advertisements using a management entity of said network; accessing second information regarding an audience associated with individual ones of said plurality of placement opportunities using said management entity of said network; accessing third information identifying a target audience associated with one or more advertisements within a campaign using said management entity of said network; comparing a number of instances where said target audience matches said audience associated with individual ones of said plurality of placement opportunities to an advertiser provided threshold number; and when it is determined that said number of instances does not meet or exceed said threshold number, said management entity of said network adjusting one or more aspects of said target audience associated with said one or more advertisements within said campaign. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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