Systems and Methods For Media Planning, Ad Production, and Ad Placement
First Claim
1. A method of providing a media plan for an advertiser comprising:
- storing rate card information of a plurality of media properties;
storing information regarding audience reached by the media properties;
storing information regarding the advertiser;
generating a media plan based on the rate card information, information regarding audience, and the information regarding the advertiser; and
presenting the plan to the advertiser for purchase.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing a media plan for an advertiser. The approach may include storing rate card information of a plurality of media properties; storing information regarding audience reached by the media properties; storing information regarding the advertiser; generating a media plan based on the rate card information, information regarding audience, and the information regarding the advertiser; and presenting the plan to the advertiser for purchase. The media plan may include items such as: a set of media properties upon which advertisements will run; ranges of dates upon which the advertisements will run; parts of day at which the advertisements will run; and number of times the advertisements will run.
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46 Claims
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1. A method of providing a media plan for an advertiser comprising:
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storing rate card information of a plurality of media properties;
storing information regarding audience reached by the media properties;
storing information regarding the advertiser;
generating a media plan based on the rate card information, information regarding audience, and the information regarding the advertiser; and
presenting the plan to the advertiser for purchase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of providing a media plan for an advertiser comprising:
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in advance of receiving an advertiser'"'"'s request for a media plan, specifying cost of advertising at a plurality of media properties;
obtaining ratings of the media properties;
receiving from the advertiser an audience to which the media plan is targeted;
generating a media plan based on the cost, ratings, audience, and location; and
presenting the plan to the advertiser. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for providing a media plan for an advertiser comprising:
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a database of rate cards of a plurality of media properties;
a database of information regarding performance of the media properties for respective target markets;
an interface that prompts an advertiser for information regarding at least an audience targeted by the advertiser;
logic that generates a media plan based on the rate card, information regarding performance, the audience and the budget; and
an interface that presents the plan to the advertiser for purchase. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A method for providing a media plan for an advertiser comprising:
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receiving location data from the advertiser and, based on the location information and a database that associates location information, determining available markets;
receiving market selection from the advertiser and, based on a database including rate cards of media properties, determining viable media properties;
receiving selection of business category or target market, performing category matching, and determining a custom network hierarchy; and
receiving campaign parameters and, based on the campaign parameters, generating a media plan. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An electronic media system comprising:
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a web server that provides a web site to act as an interface for advertiser customers and receives a request from a web page from an advertiser for a media plan for the advertiser;
a media buying rules database that stores information regarding format for advertisements and manner of submitting advertisements for respective media properties;
a media placement database that associates location information with available markets;
an advertiser information database that stores information associated with respective advertisers;
logic that uses the media placement database to determine available markets for respective locations;
logic that generates a media plan based on data from media placement database and advertiser information database; and
logic that submits advertisements in the media plan to a media property in accordance with the format and manner of submitting advertisement as provided in the media buying rules database. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of serving an advertiser comprising:
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storing information regarding a plurality of media properties;
storing information regarding audience reached by the media properties;
storing information regarding the advertiser;
generating a media plan based on the rate card information, information regarding audience, and the information regarding the advertiser;
storing a set of templates of at least components of advertisements, the templates defining a set of media objects;
based on the information related to the advertiser, presenting to the advertiser, over the computer network, a list of a subset of the set of templates of at least components of advertisements;
receiving from the advertiser a selection of a template from the list of the subset of the set of templates;
prompting the advertiser to provide input to create a customized advertisement based on the selected template; and
creating a customized advertisement from the selected template and the input provided by the advertiser. - View Dependent Claims (46)
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