Targeting online ads based on political demographics
First Claim
1. A method for targeting messages to voters comprising the steps of:
- receiving a plurality of first records for a first group of voters, each including political demographic information associated with a first voter;
determining the likely identity of the first voter browsing a first website;
creating a cookie that correlates a browser of the first voter to at least a subset of the political demographic information associated with the first voter using a processor;
sending the cookie to the browser of the first voter across the internet, wherein the cookie is configured to allow subsequent association of the political demographic information with the browser at a second website.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for facilitating and targeting of online ads to voters within a selected political demographic are presented. Audience targeting may be accomplished in several ways including: geo-targeting; contextual targeting; behavioral targeting; site placement; and targeted household television ads. This segment or neighborhood level targeting allows more granularity based upon, for example, hot topics and people interested in those topics based upon where populations of people live (i.e., the location of the household) and voter registration. In this manner, a candidate may delivery an ad in order to influence a select group of people in a particular location. In some embodiments, the ad is delivered by dropping and later reading a tracking cookie that associates the voter'"'"'s browser with political demographic information.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for targeting messages to voters comprising the steps of:
- receiving a plurality of first records for a first group of voters, each including political demographic information associated with a first voter;
determining the likely identity of the first voter browsing a first website;
creating a cookie that correlates a browser of the first voter to at least a subset of the political demographic information associated with the first voter using a processor;
sending the cookie to the browser of the first voter across the internet, wherein the cookie is configured to allow subsequent association of the political demographic information with the browser at a second website. - View Dependent Claims (2)
- receiving a plurality of first records for a first group of voters, each including political demographic information associated with a first voter;
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3. A system for displaying a plurality of messages to potential voters comprising:
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a data mining provider computer system receiving information from a first browser that includes a first cookie identifier, associated with a first cookie, that correlates a first user set of political demographic information associated with a likely identity of a first user of the first browser with the first browser; the data mining provider computer system receiving a first target set of political demographic information that includes information for targeting advertisements to potential voters; the data mining provider computer system comparing the first user and first target sets of political demographic information to determine a first dataset of responsive cookies that match the first target set of political demographic criteria; the data mining provider computer system transmitting the first dataset of responsive cookies to a digital service provider computer system; the digital service provider computer system receiving a first request to serve an advertisement impression; and the digital service provider computer system requesting, automatically using a processor, display of a first ad impression to the first browser if at least one of the first cookies is among the first dataset of responsive cookies. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-volatile computer readable medium having stored therein a plurality of instructions for targeting a message to selected potential voters comprising and
for causing one or more processors on a network device to execute the steps of: -
providing an electronic map interface configured to allow a user to select political demographic criteria to define a target group of voters; transmitting instructions to a data mining provider computer system to determine a subset of registered voters in a database, the subset of registered voters defining a part of the target group; selecting a message to display to the subset of voters; and transmitting instructions to a digital service provider computer system to automatically request electronic display of the message to users of a group of electronic devices who have a likely identity of one of the voters in the subset of voters. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for targeting a message to selected potential voters comprising:
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an advertising computer system receiving a request for displaying one or more advertisements to a group of individuals, the request including selected political demographic criteria to define the group; a data mining provider computer system determining, via a processor, a subset of electronic records of a database that match the selected political demographic criteria; a digital service provider computer system identifying at least one electronic device associated with the subset of electronic records; and the digital service provider computer system transmitting the one or more advertisements to the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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