Swappable content items

• US 9,405,425 B1
• Filed: 01/30/2013
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Weston, Daniel D., La, Charles, Wolfe, Jonathan, Reitsma, Paul Schelte, Hawkins, James D., Sharifzadeh, Mehdi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kells, Asher
• Application Number:
  US13/754,587
• Time in Patent Office: 1,280 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, for presenting content associated with a landing page. A method includes: receiving a request for content to be published along with third party content in a resource; identifying a content item responsive to the request, the content item including a link to a landing page and an indicator for designating the content item as a swappable content item, wherein a swappable content item enables navigation away from the resource to the landing page without losing state of the resource, the content item being configured to monitor interactions of the user and inhibit a direct loading of a landing page in favor of a simultaneous presentation of the content of the landing page in a container having an overlay that includes the resource; and providing the content item including the indicator responsive to the request.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for third party content to be presented along with content of a web page;

identifying an advertisement responsive to the request, the advertisement including a link to a landing page and an indicator for designating the advertisement as a swappable advertisement, wherein a swappable advertisement enables navigation away from the web page to the landing page associated with the advertisement by causing a browser on a client device to;

present, for display, the content of the landing page within a container of the web page responsive to detecting an interaction with the advertisement, the content of the web page and the advertisement initially displayed in a frame of the web page at a first size;

minimize the frame in which content of the web page is presented;

present a reduced size presentation of the web page including the advertisement and displayed within the frame at a second size along with the content of the landing page displayed within the container; and

responsive to receiving an action on an actionable item corresponding to the reduced size presentation of the web page, re-present the frame including the content of the web page at the first size; and

providing the advertisement including the indicator responsive to the request.

2. A method comprising:

sending a content request to a serving system for a advertisement to be presented along with content of a web page, the advertisement including a link to a landing page, the serving system different than a web server providing the web page;

receiving the advertisement from the serving system;

presenting the advertisement along with the content of the web page in a frame of the web page, the frame of the web page presented at a first size;

detecting an interaction with the advertisement to display content of the landing page;

presenting, for display, the content of the landing page within a container of the web page;

minimizing the frame in which content of the web page is presented;

presenting a reduced size presentation of the web page including the advertisement and displayed within the frame at a second size along with the content of the landing page displayed within the container; and

responsive to receiving an action on an actionable item corresponding to the reduced size presentation of the web page, re-presenting the frame including the content of the web page at the first size.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the container is an iFrame.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the reduced size presentation is a thumbnail.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein minimizing includes transitioning from a whole viewport presentation of the frame to the reduced size presentation over a predetermined time period while simultaneously enlarging the container to occupy substantially all of the viewport.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein detecting the interaction is detecting a click on the advertisement.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein re-presenting the frame includes expanding the frame to re-present the web page while minimizing the container.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein expanding the frame occurs while closing the container.

9. The method of claim 2 wherein, upon minimizing the frame, maintaining an address associated with the web page as a current page for the purposes of a browser that is used to present a combination of the web page and the landing page.

10. The method of claim 2 wherein, after minimizing the frame, and upon receipt of a refresh command in a browser, reloading the web page.

11. The method of claim 2 wherein minimizing the frame associated with the web page includes deactivating a first set of styles associated with the frame and activating a second set of styles associated with the reduced size presentation.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the activation and/or deactivation of styles is accompanied by one or more transitions, transforms, animations, or other visual clues serving to train the user to associate the interaction with the minimizing of the frame.

13. A method comprising:

identifying an advertisement for inclusion in a campaign, the advertisement including a link to a landing page, wherein the campaign controls presentation of the advertisement responsive to received requests for content based at least in part on selection criteria associated with the advertisement and a bid;

presenting a user interface to a content sponsor associated with the advertisement for receiving the selection criteria including receiving a selection of a advertisement type indicating a swappable advertisement presentation is requested; and

augmenting code associated with the advertisement to include code for presenting an indicator upon presentation of the advertisement in a web page that the advertisement is a swappable advertisement and code that;

detecting an interaction with the advertisement to display content of the landing page, the advertisement initially displayed with content of a web page in a frame of the web page at a first size;

presenting, for display, the content of the landing page within a container of the web page responsive to detecting the interaction with the advertisement;

minimizing the frame in which content of the web page is presented;

presenting a reduced size presentation of the web page including the advertisement and displayed within the frame at a second size along with the content of the landing page displayed within the container; and

responsive to receiving an action on an actionable item corresponding to the reduced size presentation of the web page, re-presenting the frame including the content of the web page at the first size.

14. A non-transitory computer program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable storage device and comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a request for third party content to be published along with content of a web page;

identify an advertisement responsive to the request, the advertisement including a link to a landing page and an indicator for designating the advertisement as a swappable advertisement, wherein a swappable advertisement enables navigation away from the web page to the landing page associated with the advertisement by causing a browser on a client device to;

present, for display, the content of the landing page within a container of the web page responsive to detecting an interaction with the advertisement, the content of the web page and the advertisement initially displayed in a frame of the web page at a first size;

minimize the frame in which content of the web page is presented;

present a reduced size presentation of the web page including the advertisement and displayed within the frame at a second size along with the content of the landing page displayed within the container; and

responsive to receiving an action on an actionable item corresponding to the reduced size presentation of the web page, re-presenting the frame including the content of the web page at the first size; and

provide the advertisement including the indicator responsive to the request.

15. The product of claim 14 wherein the container is an iFrame.

16. The product of claim 14 wherein the reduced size presentation is a thumbnail.

17. The product of claim 14 wherein minimizing includes transitioning from a whole viewport presentation of the frame to the reduced size presentation over a predetermined time period while simultaneously enlarging the container to occupy substantially all of the viewport.

18. The product of claim 14 wherein detecting the interaction is detecting a click on the advertisement.

19. The product of claim 14, wherein re-presenting the frame includes expanding the frame to re-present the web page while minimizing the container.

20. The product of claim 19 wherein expanding the frame occurs while closing the container.

21. The product of claim 14 wherein, upon minimizing the frame, maintaining an address associated with the web page as a current page for the purposes of a browser that is used to present a combination of the web page and the landing page.

22. The product of claim 14 wherein, after minimizing the frame, and upon receipt of a refresh command in a browser, reloading the web page.

23. The product of claim 14 wherein minimizing the frame associated with the web page includes deactivating a first set of styles associated with the frame and activating a second set of styles associated with the reduced size presentation.

24. The product of claim 23 wherein the activation and/or deactivation of styles is accompanied by one or more transitions, transforms, animations, or other visual clues serving to train the user to associate the interaction with the minimizing of the frame.

25. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing computer instructions;

wherein the computer instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the system-to;

send a content request to a serving system for an advertisement to be presented along with content of a web page, the advertisement including a link to a landing page, the serving system different than a web server providing the web page;

receive the advertisement from the serving system;

present the advertisement along with the content of the web page in a frame of the web page, the frame of the web page presented at a first size within the user interface;

detect an interaction with the advertisement to display content associated with the landing page;

present, for display, the content of the landing page within a container of the web page;

minimize the frame in which content of the web page is presented;

present a reduced size presentation of the web page including the advertisement and displayed within the frame at a second size along with the content of the landing page displayed within the container; and

responsive to receiving an action on an actionable item corresponding to the reduced size presentation of the web page, re-present the frame including the content of the web page at the first size.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein the container is an iFrame.

27. The system of claim 25 wherein the reduced size presentation is a thumbnail.

28. The system of claim 25 wherein minimizing includes transitioning from a whole viewport presentation of the frame to the reduced sized presentation over a predetermined time period while simultaneously enlarging the container to occupy substantially all of the viewport.

29. The system of claim 25 wherein detecting the interaction is detecting a click on the advertisement.

30. The system of claim 25, wherein re-presenting the frame includes expanding the frame to re-present the web page while minimizing the container.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein expanding the frame occurs while closing the container.

32. The system of claim 25 wherein, upon minimizing the frame, maintaining an address associated with the web page as a current page for the purposes of a browser that is used to present a combination of the web page and the landing page.