Method and system for optimum placement of advertisements on a webpage
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of displaying a plurality of advertisements on a page viewable by a user on a computer display, comprising:
- storing a plurality of advertisements, each advertisements including a link to information that is able to be invoked by a user identifying the advertisement by use of a computer pointing device;
calculating the probability that a user will invoke the link associated with an advertisement displayed to the user; and
displaying at least some of the advertisements to the user, where the advertisements are arranged relative to one another on the page in descending order as a function of the calculated probability that the user will invoke the link for each displayed advertisement and a price per click-through associated with each advertisement.
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Abstract
A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on that ad. The page includes positions for receipt of the object material. Data regarding the past performance of the objects is stored and updated as new data is received. A user requests a page from a server associated with system. The server uses the performance data to derive a prioritized arrangement of the objects on the page. The server performs a calculation regarding the likelihood that an event will occur for a given object, as displayed to a particular user. The objects are arranged according to this calculation and returned to the user on the requested page. The likelihood can also be multiplied by a weighting factor and the objects arranged according to this product.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of displaying a plurality of advertisements on a page viewable by a user on a computer display, comprising:
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storing a plurality of advertisements, each advertisements including a link to information that is able to be invoked by a user identifying the advertisement by use of a computer pointing device; calculating the probability that a user will invoke the link associated with an advertisement displayed to the user; and displaying at least some of the advertisements to the user, where the advertisements are arranged relative to one another on the page in descending order as a function of the calculated probability that the user will invoke the link for each displayed advertisement and a price per click-through associated with each advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of prioritizing the placement of objects displayed to a user on a computer display, comprising:
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storing a plurality of objects in a database, each object including at least one of graphics and text, having a link to information, and being associated with a client of a service for displaying objects; calculating a service revenue amount associated with each object; ordering at least some of the objects relative to one another using the calculated revenue amounts for the objects; and displaying a plurality of the ordered objects to a user; wherein the revenue amount for each object comprises the product of a click-through percentage and a cost-per-click, where the click-through percentage is an estimation of the probability that a user will click on the link for the displayed object and the cost-per-click is a monetary amount the client will pay the service if a user clicks on the link for the displayed object. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of displaying a plurality of graphical objects on a webpage accessible by a user over the Internet, comprising:
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storing a plurality of graphical objects, each graphical object including a link to further information on the Internet that can be invoked by a user, and having an associated click-through percentage and cost-per-click; and displaying at least some of the graphical objects on a webpage displayed to a user, wherein the graphical objects are arranged relative to one another using the product of the click-through percentage and the cost-per-click associated with the respective displayed graphical objects. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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