Audience matching network with performance factoring and revenue allocation
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for performance based delivery of content to a client computer having access to a network domain and a plurality of audience member information collection domains, the method comprising:
- collecting profile data relating to the client computer from the plurality of audience member information collection domains;
managing audience segments corresponding to the audience member information collection domains;
determining that the client computer is a member of a network segment that includes client computers having a set of attributes corresponding to profile data collected from the plurality of audience member information collection domains, wherein the network segment is affiliated with the network domain;
transmitting a segment-targeting cookie, which includes a segment identifier for the network segment of client computers, to the client computer; and
accommodating the delivery of an advertisement to the client computer based upon the segment identifier in the segment-targeting cookie and performance criteria configured to benefit a publisher of content in which the advertisement is placed.
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Abstract
Performance based delivery of content to an audience member. A network of audience member information collection domains provide information about audience members. A profiled audience member may belong to a network segment. Delivery of an advertisement to the profiled audience member is accommodated based upon membership in the network segment and performance criteria. The performance criteria may be configured to benefit a publisher, such as by maximizing revenue. Allocating revenue based upon the collection of data used to target audience members is also provided.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for performance based delivery of content to a client computer having access to a network domain and a plurality of audience member information collection domains, the method comprising:
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collecting profile data relating to the client computer from the plurality of audience member information collection domains; managing audience segments corresponding to the audience member information collection domains; determining that the client computer is a member of a network segment that includes client computers having a set of attributes corresponding to profile data collected from the plurality of audience member information collection domains, wherein the network segment is affiliated with the network domain; transmitting a segment-targeting cookie, which includes a segment identifier for the network segment of client computers, to the client computer; and accommodating the delivery of an advertisement to the client computer based upon the segment identifier in the segment-targeting cookie and performance criteria configured to benefit a publisher of content in which the advertisement is placed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer implemented method for allocating revenue between two or more data providers, said revenue corresponding to the delivery of content to a client computer having access to a network domain and a plurality of audience member information collection domains, the method comprising:
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collecting profile data relating to the client computer from the plurality of audience member information collection domains, said audience member information collection domains being associated with the two or more data providers; managing audience segments corresponding to the audience member information collection domains; determining that the client computer is a member of a network segment that includes client computers having a set of attributes corresponding to the profile data collected from the plurality of audience member information collection domains; transmitting a segment-targeting cookie, which includes a segment identifier for the network segment of client computers, to the client computer; accommodating the delivery of an advertisement to the client computer based upon the segment identifier in the segment-targeting cookie; and allocating revenue corresponding to the delivery of the advertisement between said two or more data providers using said computer based upon participation of said two or more data providers as sources of the profile data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer implemented method for performance based delivery of content to a client computer having access to a network domain and a plurality of audience member information collection domains, the method comprising:
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assigning a domain cookie containing a unique identifier to the client computer; collecting profile data relating to the client computer from the plurality of audience member information collection domains; accessing the profile data for the client computer in response to identification of the unique identifier for the client computer; determining that the client computer is a member of a network segment that includes client computers having a set of attributes corresponding to profile data collected from the plurality of audience member information collection domains, wherein the network segment is affiliated with the network domain; transmitting a segment-targeting cookie, which includes a segment identifier for the network segment of client computers, to the client computer; and accommodating the delivery of an advertisement to the client computer based upon the segment identifier in the segment-targeting cookie and using performance criteria configured to benefit a publisher of content in which the advertisement is placed. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer implemented method for performance based delivery of targeted advertisements in an HTTP client-server computer system, the method comprising:
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managing audience segments of client computers corresponding to a network of audience member information collection domains; determining that a profiled client computer is a member of a network segment that includes client computers having a set of attributes corresponding to profile data collected in the network of audience member information collection domains; and accommodating the delivery of a targeted advertisement to the profiled client computer based upon membership in the network segment and performance criteria configured to benefit a publisher of content in which the targeted advertisement is placed, wherein accommodating the delivery of the advertisement includes; receiving a request for content from a client computer; transmitting the content to the client computer; receiving a first cookie having client computer identifier data; identifying the client computer from among a plurality of different client computers using the client computer identifier data included in the first cookie; receiving a second cookie having content segment identifier data based on the content requested by the client computer, the content segment identifier data of the second cookie being different from the client identifier data of the first cookie; classifying the client computer within at least one of a plurality of different client content segments based on the identification of the client computer using the client identifier data included in the first cookie and based on a plurality of client profile data stored in a database; identifying the targeted advertisement from among a plurality of advertisements based on the classification of the client computer within the at least one of the plurality of different client content segments; and transmitting the identified targeted advertisement to the client computer.
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