Spend based digital ad targeting and measurement

• US 9,607,308 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Original Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Inventors: Dedeoglu, Mehmet E., Fusillo, Iwao, Yelle, Danny M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stoltenberg, David
• Application Number:
  US13/172,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20130006766A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,099 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0243 Comparative campaigns
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0249 based upon budgets or funds
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements

Abstract

The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for spend based targeting and measurement. The method may comprise transmitting to a third party system a model and/or a measurement file associating a first party cookie ID with a model, and receiving, from the third party system, an updated model (and/or measurement) file associating a third party cookie ID with web-browsing data. The third party cookie ID may anonymously and uniquely correspond to the first party cookie ID, and the first party cookie ID may be stripped from the updated model (and/or measurement) file to de-identify a customer associated with the first party cookie ID. Moreover, the web-browsing data may be received by the third party system from a second party system.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a computer-based system and to a third party system, a measurement file that associates a customer with a first party cookie ID;

transmitting, by the computer-based system, the first party cookie ID and a third party cookie ID to a web client associated with a customer, in response to the web client browsing on a website associated with a first party,

wherein the first party cookie ID is associated with a model, and

wherein the model associates a market segment of interest to the customer with the first party cookie ID;

receiving, by the computer-based system and in response to the transmitting the first party cookie ID and the third party cookie ID, an updated model file associated with the model,

wherein the updated model file includes web browsing data associated with the third party cookie ID,

wherein the updated model file is stripped of a first party cookie ID;

receiving, by the computer-based system and in response to receiving the updated model file, an updated measurement file comprising exposed customer data associated with exposed customers and unexposed customer data associated with unexposed customers, both associated with the third party cookie ID, and wherein the first party cookie ID is disassociated from the exposed data and the unexposed data;

wherein the exposed customer data comprises data associated with targeted advertisements based upon the updated model file,

wherein the unexposed customer data comprises data associated with neutral advertisements,

wherein the neutral advertisements include content associated with the updated model file, but the updated model file is not included in creating the content,

wherein the web client transmits the first party cookie ID and the third party cookie ID to the third party system in association with web browsing data,

wherein a second party system provides a second party cookie ID to the web client,

wherein the second party system transmits the browsing data to the third party system,

wherein the browsing data is associated with at least one of the web client or the third party cookie ID,

wherein the third party system updates a model file such that the browsing data is associated with the third party cookie ID, and

wherein the third party system transmits the updated model file to the first party system;

declining, by the computer-based system and in response to the receiving the updated measurement file, to offer the targeted advertisements to the unexposed customers;

presenting, by the computer-based system and in response to the declining, the neutral advertisement to the unexposed customers while the unexposed customers are visiting a webpage,

wherein the unexposed customers fit a look alike model logic of the updated model file; and

measuring, by the computer-based system and in response to the presenting, the relevance to the unexposed customer of the neutral advertisement.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating, by the computer-based system, the model with the customer based upon a purchasing history of the customer, wherein the content of the targeted advertisements is based on the web-browsing data after a time period.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating, by the computer-based system and based upon the updated model file, the look alike model logic.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, by the computer-based system and to a second party system, the look alike model logic for targeting the targeted advertisements to at least one of the exposed customers or the unexposed customers.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the creation of the neutral advertisements is not based upon the updated model file, not based on the web-browsing data and not based on the updated measurement file.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing, by the computer-based system, exposed data indicating that the customer was exposed to a targeted advertisement to a first spending activity associated with the customer, wherein the exposed data comprises the measurement file;

comparing, by the computer-based system, unexposed data indicating that a second customer was exposed to a neutral advertisement to a second spending activity associated with the second customer, wherein the neutral advertisement is based on the second customer conforming to updated model logics; and

generating, by the computer-based system, a spend report based on the comparing the exposed data to the first spending activity and the comparing the unexposed data to the second spending activity.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, by the computer-based system and to a third party system, a model file associating the first party cookie ID with the model;

receiving, by the computer-based system and from the third party system, the updated model file associating the third party cookie ID with the web-browsing data, wherein the third party cookie ID anonymously and uniquely corresponds to the first party cookie ID; and

transmitting, by the computer-based system, a measurement file associating the first party cookie ID with spend data.

8. A system comprising:

a processor;

a tangible, non-transitory memory communicating with the processor for spend based targeting and measurement;

the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

transmitting, by the processor and to a third party system, a measurement file that associates a customer with a first party cookie ID;

transmitting, by the processor, the first party cookie ID and a third party cookie ID to a web client associated with a customer, in response to the web client browsing on a website associated with a first party,

wherein the first party cookie ID is associated with a model, and

wherein the model associates a market segment of interest to the customer with the first party cookie ID;

receiving, by the processor and in response to the transmitting the first party cookie ID and the third party cookie ID, an updated model file associated with the model,

wherein the updated model file includes web browsing data associated with the third party cookie ID,

wherein the updated model file is stripped of a first party cookie ID;

receiving, by the processor and in response to receiving the updated model file, an updated measurement file comprising exposed customer data associated with exposed customers and unexposed customer data associated with unexposed customers, both associated with the third party cookie ID, and wherein the first party cookie ID is disassociated from the exposed data and the unexposed data;

wherein the exposed customer data comprises data associated with targeted advertisements based upon the updated model file,

wherein the unexposed customer data comprises data associated with neutral advertisements,

wherein the neutral advertisements include content associated with the updated model file, but the updated model file is not included in creating the content,

wherein the web client transmits the first party cookie ID and the third party cookie ID to the third party system in association with web browsing data,

wherein a second party system provides a second party cookie ID to the web client,

wherein the second party system transmits the browsing data to the third party system,

wherein the browsing data is associated with at least one of the web client or the third party cookie ID,

wherein the third party system updates a model file such that the browsing data is associated with the third party cookie ID, and

wherein the third party system transmits the updated model file to the first party system;

declining, by the processor and in response to the receiving the updated measurement file, to offer the targeted advertisements to the unexposed customers;

presenting, by the processor and in response to the declining, the neutral advertisement to the unexposed customers while the unexposed customers are visiting a webpage,

wherein the unexposed customers fit a look alike model logic of the updated model file; and

measuring, by the processor and in response to the presenting, the relevance to the unexposed customer of the neutral advertisement.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising associating, by the processor, the model with the customer based upon a purchasing history of the customer, wherein the content of the targeted advertisements is based on the web-browsing data after a time period.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising generating, by the processor, the look alike model logic based upon the updated model file.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising transmitting, by the processor and to a second party system, the look alike model logic for targeting the targeted advertisements to at least one of the exposed customers or the unexposed customers.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the creation of the neutral advertisements is not based upon the updated model file, not based on the web-browsing data and not based on the updated measurement file.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

comparing, by the processor, exposed data indicating that the customer was exposed to a targeted advertisement to a first spending activity associated with the customer, wherein the exposed data comprises the measurement file;

comparing, by the processor, unexposed data indicating that a second customer was exposed to a neutral advertisement to a second spending activity associated with the second customer, wherein the neutral advertisement is based on the second customer conforming to updated model logics; and

generating, by the processor, a spend report based on the comparing the exposed data to the first spending activity and the comparing the unexposed data to the second spending activity.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting, by the processor and to a third party system, a model file associating the first party cookie ID with the model;

receiving, by the processor and from the third party system, the updated model file associating the third party cookie ID with the web-browsing data, wherein the third party cookie ID anonymously and uniquely corresponds to the first party cookie ID; and

transmitting, by the processor, a measurement file associating the first party cookie ID with spend data.

15. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computer-based system, cause the computer-based system to perform operations comprising:

transmitting, by the computer-based system and to a third party system, a measurement file that associates a customer with a first party cookie ID;

transmitting, by the computer-based system, the first party cookie ID and a third party cookie ID to a web client associated with a customer, in response to the web client browsing on a website associated with a first party,

wherein the first party cookie ID is associated with a model, and

wherein the model associates a market segment of interest to the customer with the first party cookie ID;

receiving, by the computer-based system and in response to the transmitting the first party cookie ID and the third party cookie ID, an updated model file associated with the model,

wherein the updated model file includes web browsing data associated with the third party cookie ID,

wherein the updated model file is stripped of a first party cookie ID;

receiving, by the computer-based system and in response to receiving the updated model file, an updated measurement file comprising exposed customer data associated with exposed customers and unexposed customer data associated with unexposed customers, both associated with the third party cookie ID, and wherein the first party cookie ID is disassociated from the exposed data and the unexposed data;

wherein the exposed customer data comprises data associated with targeted advertisements based upon the updated model file,

wherein the unexposed customer data comprises data associated with neutral advertisements,

wherein the neutral advertisements include content associated with the updated model file, but the updated model file is not included in creating the content,

wherein the web client transmits the first party cookie ID and the third party cookie ID to the third party system in association with web browsing data,

wherein a second party system provides a second party cookie ID to the web client,

wherein the second party system transmits the browsing data to the third party system,

wherein the browsing data is associated with at least one of the web client or the third party cookie ID,

wherein the third party system updates a model file such that the browsing data is associated with the third party cookie ID, and

wherein the third party system transmits the updated model file to the first party system;

declining, by the computer-based system and in response to the receiving the updated measurement file, to offer the targeted advertisements to the unexposed customers;

presenting, by the computer-based system and in response to the declining, the neutral advertisement to the unexposed customers while the unexposed customers are visiting a webpage,

wherein the unexposed customers fit a look alike model logic of the updated model file; and

measuring, by the computer-based system and in response to the presenting, the relevance to the unexposed customer of the neutral advertisement.

16. The article of claim 15, further comprising associating, by the computer-based system, the model with the customer based upon a purchasing history of the customer, wherein the content of the targeted advertisements is based on the web-browsing data after a time period.

17. The article of claim 15, further comprising generating, by the computer-based system, the look alike model logic based upon the updated model file.

18. The article of claim 15, further comprising transmitting, by the computer-based system and to a second party system, the look alike model logic for targeting the targeted advertisements to at least one of the exposed customers or the unexposed customers.

19. The article of claim 15, wherein the creation of the neutral advertisements is not based upon the updated model file, not based on the web-browsing data and not based on the updated measurement file.

20. The article of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting, by the computer-based system and to a third party system, a model file associating the first party cookie ID with the model;

receiving, by the computer-based system and from the third party system, the updated model file associating the third party cookie ID with the web-browsing data, wherein the third party cookie ID anonymously and uniquely corresponds to the first party cookie ID; and

transmitting, by the computer-based system, a measurement file associating the first party cookie ID with spend data.