Methods and apparatuses for prioritizing advertisements for presentation
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1. A method implemented in a communication connection system to make and track connections for telephone communications, the method comprising:
- tracking, by the communication connection system, real-time communications responsive to each advertisement of a plurality of advertisements, the real-time communications facilitated at least in part by a telephone router of the communication connection system and at least in part by voice over Internet protocol connections established responsive to user selections corresponding to advertisements of the plurality of advertisements;
generating, by the communication connection system, statistical data related to the real-time communications, the statistical data generated based at least in part on the tracking the real-time communications and comprising tracked communication times;
determining, by the communication connection system, for each advertisement of the plurality of advertisements, a respective indicator of potential revenue to a presenting party, the respective indicator of potential revenue reflecting revenue that is expected to be generated from presentation of the respective advertisement partially based on at least some of the statistical data comprising the tracked communication times and indicating a respective performance of the respective advertisement, the at least some of the statistical data indicating a respective likelihood of generating telephone connections established to a respective advertiser corresponding to each advertisement of the plurality of advertisements via the respective advertisement;
wherein actual revenue generated from presentation of the respective advertisement is divided among a plurality of parties in a seller network, such that the presenting party receives a share of the actual revenue generated from presentation of the respective advertisement according to a respective party percentage of the presenting party,wherein the respective indicator of potential revenue is based, in part, on the respective party percentage of the presenting party, andwherein the respective indicator of potential revenue is based, in part, on a respective weight of a respective one category of a plurality of categories associated with the respective advertisement; and
selecting, by the communication connection system, at least one advertisement of the plurality of advertisements based at least partially on the respective indicator of potential revenue of the respective advertisement.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for sorting seller listings or advertisements of a seller network. One embodiment includes: determining an indicator of potential revenue that is expected to be generated from presentation of advertisements, based on statistical data indicating performance of the advertisements; and presenting one or more of the advertisements based at least partially on the indicator of potential revenue.
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1. A method implemented in a communication connection system to make and track connections for telephone communications, the method comprising:
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tracking, by the communication connection system, real-time communications responsive to each advertisement of a plurality of advertisements, the real-time communications facilitated at least in part by a telephone router of the communication connection system and at least in part by voice over Internet protocol connections established responsive to user selections corresponding to advertisements of the plurality of advertisements; generating, by the communication connection system, statistical data related to the real-time communications, the statistical data generated based at least in part on the tracking the real-time communications and comprising tracked communication times; determining, by the communication connection system, for each advertisement of the plurality of advertisements, a respective indicator of potential revenue to a presenting party, the respective indicator of potential revenue reflecting revenue that is expected to be generated from presentation of the respective advertisement partially based on at least some of the statistical data comprising the tracked communication times and indicating a respective performance of the respective advertisement, the at least some of the statistical data indicating a respective likelihood of generating telephone connections established to a respective advertiser corresponding to each advertisement of the plurality of advertisements via the respective advertisement; wherein actual revenue generated from presentation of the respective advertisement is divided among a plurality of parties in a seller network, such that the presenting party receives a share of the actual revenue generated from presentation of the respective advertisement according to a respective party percentage of the presenting party, wherein the respective indicator of potential revenue is based, in part, on the respective party percentage of the presenting party, and wherein the respective indicator of potential revenue is based, in part, on a respective weight of a respective one category of a plurality of categories associated with the respective advertisement; and selecting, by the communication connection system, at least one advertisement of the plurality of advertisements based at least partially on the respective indicator of potential revenue of the respective advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions which when executed by one or more processors of a communication connection system cause the one or more processors to perform a method, comprising:
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tracking real-time communications responsive to each advertisement of a plurality of advertisements, the real-time communications facilitated at least in part by a telephone router of the communication connection system and at least in part by voice over Internet protocol connections established responsive to user selections corresponding to advertisements of the plurality of advertisements; generating statistical data related to the real-time communications, the statistical data generated based at least in part on the tracking the real-time communications and comprising tracked communication times; determining, for each advertisement of the plurality of advertisements, a respective indicator of potential revenue to a presenting party, the respective indicator of potential revenue reflecting revenue that is expected to be generated from presentation of the respective advertisement partially based on at least some of the statistical data comprising the tracked communication times and indicating a respective performance of the respective advertisement, the at least some of the statistical data indicating a respective likelihood of generating telephone connections established to a respective advertiser of corresponding to each advertisement the plurality of advertisements via the respective advertisement; wherein actual revenue generated from presentation of the respective advertisement is divided among a plurality of parties in a seller network, such that the presenting party receives a share of the actual revenue generated from presentation of the respective advertisement according to a respective party percentage of the presenting party, wherein the respective indicator of potential revenue is based, in part, on the respective party percentage of the presenting party, and wherein the respective indicator of potential revenue is based, in part, on a respective weight of a respective one category of a plurality of categories associated with the respective advertisement; and selecting at least one advertisement of the plurality of advertisements based at least partially on the respective indicator of potential revenue of the respective advertisement.
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14. A communication connection system to make and track connections for telephone communications, the communication connection system comprising:
one or more servers coupled to one or more network interfaces to facilitate access to a communication network, and memory coupled to the one or more servers and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more servers, cause the system to; track real-time communications responsive to each advertisement of a plurality of advertisements, the real-time communications facilitated at least in part by a telephone router of the communication connection system and at least in part by voice over Internet protocol connections established responsive to user selections corresponding to advertisements of the plurality of advertisements; generate statistical data related to the real-time communications, the statistical data generated based at least in part on the tracking the real-time communications and comprising tracked communication times; determine, for each advertisement of the plurality of advertisements, a respective indicator of potential revenue to a presenting party, the respective indicator of potential revenue reflecting revenue that is expected to be generated from presentation of the respective advertisement partially based on at least some of the statistical data comprising the tracked communication times and indicating a respective performance of the respective advertisement, the at least some of the statistical data indicating a respective likelihood of generating telephone connections established to a respective advertiser corresponding to each advertisement of the plurality of advertisements via the respective advertisement; wherein actual revenue generated from presentation of the respective advertisement is divided among a plurality of parties in a seller network, such that the presenting party receives a share of the actual revenue generated from presentation of the respective advertisement according to a respective party percentage of the presenting party, wherein the respective indicator of potential revenue is based, in-part, on the respective party percentage of the presenting party, and wherein the respective indicator of potential revenue is based, in-part, on a respective weight of a respective one category of a plurality of categories associated with the respective advertisement; and select, at least one advertisement of the plurality of advertisements based at least partially on the respective indicator of potential revenue of the respective advertisement.
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