Client mediation and integration to advertisement gateway

• US 9,836,771 B1
• Filed: 01/21/2014
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Burcham, Robert H., Delker, Jason R., Holmes, Geoffrey A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Munson, Patricia
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ware, Tia
• Application Number:
  US14/160,206
• Time in Patent Office: 1,414 Days
• Field of Search: 726 12, 713153
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

A method of client mediated advertisement selection comprises sending, by an electronic device, a request for an advertisement to an advertisement gateway, where the request comprises a request for an advertisement in a first format, receiving, from the advertisement gateway, a response message that comprises an indication that no advertisement is available in the first format, receiving, from the advertisement gateway, instructions for invoking a first media adapter of a plurality of media adapters on the electronic device based on the request for the advertisement in the first format, invoking, by the electronic device, the first media adapter based on the instructions, requesting, by the first media adapter, the advertisement in the first format from an advertisement provider, and receiving, at the electronic device, the advertisement in the first format.

Claims

1. A method of client mediated advertisement selection to alleviate load on an advertisement gateway, the method comprising:

sending, by an electronic device, a request for an advertisement to the advertisement gateway, wherein the request comprises a request for an advertisement in a first format;

in response to receiving the request for the advertisement in the first format, sending, by the advertisement gateway, and receiving, by the electronic device, a response message which includes an indication that no advertisement is available in the first format and instructions to invoke a first media adapter of a plurality of media adapters on the electronic device based on the request for the advertisement in the first format;

in response to receiving the response message, invoking, by the electronic device, the first media adapter based on the instructions;

in response to invoking the first media adapter, generating, by the electronic device executing the first media adapter, a request message for the advertisement in the first format and sending the advertisement request message directly from the electronic device to an advertisement provider server, whereby the advertisement gateway is bypassed and load on the advertisement gateway is alleviated; and

sending by the advertisement provider server and receiving directly at the electronic device the advertisement in the first format in response to the request message from the first media adapter executing on the electronic device, whereby the advertisement gateway is bypassed and load on advertisement gateway is alleviated.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request message comprises the first format of the advertisement.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the instructions comprise a list of a plurality of media adapters, and wherein the first media adapter is the first media adapter listed in the plurality of media adapters.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising;

receiving a second response message from the advertisement provider server, wherein the second response message indicates that no advertisement is available;

invoking, by the electronic device, a second media adapter of the plurality of media adapters; and

requesting, by the second media adapter, the advertisement in the first format from a second advertisement provider server based on the invoking the second media adapter.

5. A method of client mediated advertisement selection to alleviate load on an advertisement gateway, the method comprising:

sending, by an electronic device, a request for an advertisement to the advertisement gateway;

in response to sending the request for the advertisement to the advertisement gateway, receiving, by the electronic device from the advertisement gateway, a response message which includes an indication that no advertisement is available and instructions for invoking a first media adapter of a plurality of media adapters on the electronic device based on the request for the advertisement;

in response to receiving the response message, invoking, by the electronic device, the first media adapter based on the instructions;

in response to invoking the first media adapter, generating, by the electronic device executing the first media adapter, a request message for the advertisement and sending the request message directly from the electronic device to an advertisement provider server, whereby the advertisement gateway is bypassed and load on the advertisement gateway is alleviated; and

receiving, at the electronic device directly from the advertisement provider server, the advertisement in response to the request message from the first media adapter executing on the electronic device, whereby the advertisement gateway is bypassed and load on the advertisement gateway is alleviated.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the request comprises at least one of:

a type of advertisement requested, a format of the advertisement, a context in which the advertisement will be displayed, an operating system of the electronic device, or a display resolution of the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

rendering the advertisement on the electronic device.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein generating the request message comprises generating a header for the request message comprising the address of the advertisement provider server, wherein the first media adapter identifies the address of the advertisement provider server.

9. A client based advertisement mediation system operating on an electronic device to alleviate load on an advertisement gateway, the system comprising:

an electronic device, comprising;

a processor,

a non-transitory memory,

a plurality of media adapters, and a mediation application stored in the non-transitory memory, that when executed on the processor, configures the processor to;

generate a request for an advertisement from the advertisement gateway;

send the request to the advertisement gateway;

in response to the request for the advertisement, receive a response from the advertisement gateway, wherein the response includes an indication that no advertisement is available and instructions to invoke a first media adapter of the plurality of media adapters on the electronic device based on the request for the advertisement;

in response to the received response message, invoke the first advertisement media adapter from the plurality of media adapters based on the instructions;

in response to invocation of the first media adapter, generate a request message for the advertisement and send the request message directly to an advertisement provider server, whereby the advertisement gateway is bypassed and load on the advertisement gateway is alleviated; and

receive, directly from the advertisement provider server, the advertisement based on the invocation of the first advertisement media adapter, whereby the advertisement gateway is bypassed and load on the advertisement gateway is alleviated.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the response from the advertisement gateway comprises an identification of the first advertisement media adapter, and wherein the mediation application further configures the processor to invoke the first advertisement media adapter based on the response from the advertisement gateway.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the first advertisement media adapter is configured to request the advertisement from the advertisement provider server.