Method and system for online conversion attribution
First Claim
1. A system for providing a quantifiable measure of the effectiveness of an advertisement displayed in an application for a social media platform executing on a mobile device, the system comprising:
- at least one computer processor; and
a memory configured to store instructions that are executable by the at least one computer processor to;
receive a social media descriptor from the mobile device, the social media descriptor including a social media identifier (ID) of a user of the application for the social media platform executing on the mobile device;
receive a short Uniform Resource Locator (URL) descriptor from the mobile device, the short URL descriptor including a short URL ID representing the advertisement displayed in the application for the social media platform executing on the mobile device, wherein the short URL descriptor is generated in response to the user selecting the advertisement in the application for the social media platform executing on the mobile device;
map the short URL ID to the social media ID using the short URL descriptor and the social media descriptor; and
attribute, responsive to receiving the short URL ID from the mobile device and using the mapping, a conversion on a website accessed using the mobile device.
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Abstract
A system for online conversion attribution. The system includes a short uniform resource locator (URL) service programmed to, in response to receiving a short URL from a device: provide a cookie that includes a short URL ID to the device, and provide a short URL descriptor including the short URL ID to a user mapping service. The system further includes the user mapping service programmed to receive the short URL descriptor, receive a social media descriptor including a social media ID, map the short URL ID to the social media ID using the short URL descriptor and the social media descriptor, and attribute, using the mapping, a conversion on a website accessed using the device based upon receipt of the short URL ID from the device.
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1. A system for providing a quantifiable measure of the effectiveness of an advertisement displayed in an application for a social media platform executing on a mobile device, the system comprising:
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at least one computer processor; and a memory configured to store instructions that are executable by the at least one computer processor to; receive a social media descriptor from the mobile device, the social media descriptor including a social media identifier (ID) of a user of the application for the social media platform executing on the mobile device; receive a short Uniform Resource Locator (URL) descriptor from the mobile device, the short URL descriptor including a short URL ID representing the advertisement displayed in the application for the social media platform executing on the mobile device, wherein the short URL descriptor is generated in response to the user selecting the advertisement in the application for the social media platform executing on the mobile device; map the short URL ID to the social media ID using the short URL descriptor and the social media descriptor; and attribute, responsive to receiving the short URL ID from the mobile device and using the mapping, a conversion on a website accessed using the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for providing a quantifiable measure of the effectiveness of an advertisement displayed in an application for a social media platform executing on a mobile device, the method comprising:
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receiving a social media descriptor from the mobile device, the social media descriptor including a social media identifier (ID) of a user of the application for the social media platform executing on the mobile device; receiving a short Uniform Resource Locator (URL) descriptor from the mobile device, the short URL descriptor including a short URL ID representing the advertisement displayed in the application for the social media platform, wherein the short URL descriptor is generated in response to the user selecting the advertisement in the application for the social media platform executing on the mobile device; mapping the short URL ID to the social media ID using the short URL descriptor and the social media descriptor; and attributing, responsive to receiving the short URL ID from the mobile device and using the mapping, a conversion on a website accessed using the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium for providing a quantifiable measure of the effectiveness of an advertisement displayed in an application for a social media platform executing on a mobile device encoded with instructions that, when executed, causes a processor to:
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receive a social media descriptor from the mobile device, the social media descriptor including a social media identifier (ID) of a user of the application for the social media platform executing on the mobile device; receive a short Uniform Resource Locator (URL) descriptor from the mobile device, the short URL descriptor including a short URL ID representing the advertisement displayed in the application for the social media platform, wherein the short URL descriptor is generated in response to the user selecting the advertisement in the application for the social media platform executing on the mobile device; map the short URL ID to the social media ID using the short URL descriptor and the social media descriptor; and attribute, responsive to receiving the short URL ID from the mobile device and using the mapping, a conversion on a website accessed using the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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