Online media exchange
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1. A computer system configured to provide an online media exchange, the computer system comprising:
- a web server configured to provide a user interface to advertisers and publishers accessing the online media exchange;
one or more application servers configured to;
manage data objects associated with respective advertisers and publishers and further configured to manage online negotiations between advertisers and publishers regarding placement of advertiser ads on publisher websites; and
automatically match advertiser offers to publishers and rank the advertiser offers,wherein the one or more application servers are further configured to match the advertiser offers based on;
an effective cost-per-thousand impressions (ECPM), an intended ECPM, conversion rates, and return-on-investment calculations; and
to rank the advertiser offers based on the matching;
a database in communication with the one or more application servers, the database storing data including the data objects; and
one or more ad servers in communication with the database, the one or more ad servers configured to automatically serve data defining advertiser ads that match a contracting publisher'"'"'s websites, to an end-user when the end-user navigates to the publisher'"'"'s websites.
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Abstract
A data processing system enables a network of interconnected public access computers (250) to act as a continuous transactional exchange for electronic advertising. The system customizes paid advertising, enabling dynamic pricing and price discovery. The system provides extensive real-time tracking which supports a hybrid pay for performance model as well as a process for multi-stage optimization.
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1. A computer system configured to provide an online media exchange, the computer system comprising:
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a web server configured to provide a user interface to advertisers and publishers accessing the online media exchange; one or more application servers configured to; manage data objects associated with respective advertisers and publishers and further configured to manage online negotiations between advertisers and publishers regarding placement of advertiser ads on publisher websites; and automatically match advertiser offers to publishers and rank the advertiser offers, wherein the one or more application servers are further configured to match the advertiser offers based on;
an effective cost-per-thousand impressions (ECPM), an intended ECPM, conversion rates, and return-on-investment calculations; and
to rank the advertiser offers based on the matching;a database in communication with the one or more application servers, the database storing data including the data objects; and one or more ad servers in communication with the database, the one or more ad servers configured to automatically serve data defining advertiser ads that match a contracting publisher'"'"'s websites, to an end-user when the end-user navigates to the publisher'"'"'s websites. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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