Methods for calculating advertisement effectiveness
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- posting an advertisement for a product to a social feed within a social networking system;
detecting, by at least one processor, that a user views the advertisement;
determining, by the at least one processor, that a mobile device associated with the user is within a threshold proximity of a physical store of a merchant;
in accordance with a privacy setting of the user, identifying personal data of the user from data stored in the social networking system, the personal data comprising an identity of the user and an interest of the user;
in response to the mobile device associated with the user being within the threshold proximity of the physical store and in accordance with the privacy setting of the user, transmitting the identified personal data to the physical store;
identifying a transaction between the user and the physical store;
in response to the mobile device associated with the user being within the threshold proximity of the physical store and to the transaction between the user and the physical store, determining an effectiveness of the advertisement based on a correlation between the transaction and the user viewing the advertisement; and
establishing a threshold number of times to post a future advertisement to the user via the social networking system based on the determined effectiveness of the advertisement and a number of times the user views the advertisement, wherein the established threshold number of times to post the future advertisement via the social networking system improves the effectiveness of advertisement placement on the social networking system.
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Abstract
One variation of a method for calculating advertisement effectiveness includes: posting an advertisement for a product to a social feed within a social networking system; tracking a view of the advertisement by a user; determining a proximity of the user to a store of a merchant; in accordance with a privacy setting of the user, selecting personal data of the user from data stored in the social networking system, the personal data including an identity of the user and an interest of the user; in response to the determined proximity of the user to the store, transmitting the selected personal data to the store; and, in response to a transaction between the user and the store, assessing an effectiveness of the advertisement according to a determined correlation between the transaction and the view of the advertisement by the user.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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posting an advertisement for a product to a social feed within a social networking system; detecting, by at least one processor, that a user views the advertisement; determining, by the at least one processor, that a mobile device associated with the user is within a threshold proximity of a physical store of a merchant; in accordance with a privacy setting of the user, identifying personal data of the user from data stored in the social networking system, the personal data comprising an identity of the user and an interest of the user; in response to the mobile device associated with the user being within the threshold proximity of the physical store and in accordance with the privacy setting of the user, transmitting the identified personal data to the physical store; identifying a transaction between the user and the physical store; in response to the mobile device associated with the user being within the threshold proximity of the physical store and to the transaction between the user and the physical store, determining an effectiveness of the advertisement based on a correlation between the transaction and the user viewing the advertisement; and establishing a threshold number of times to post a future advertisement to the user via the social networking system based on the determined effectiveness of the advertisement and a number of times the user views the advertisement, wherein the established threshold number of times to post the future advertisement via the social networking system improves the effectiveness of advertisement placement on the social networking system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computer system to:
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post an advertisement for a product to a social feed within a social networking system; detect that a user views the advertisement; determine that a mobile device associated with the user is within a threshold proximity of a physical store of a merchant; in accordance with a privacy setting of the user, identify personal data of the user from data stored in the social networking system, the personal data comprising an identity of the user and an interest of the user; in response to the mobile device associated with the user being within the threshold proximity of the physical store and in accordance with the privacy setting of the user, transmit the identified personal data to the physical store; identify a transaction between the user and the physical store; in response to the mobile device associated with the user being within the threshold proximity of the physical store and to the transaction between the user and the physical store, determine an effectiveness of the advertisement based on a correlation between the transaction and the user viewing the advertisement; and establish a threshold number of times to post a future advertisement to the user via the social networking system based on the determined effectiveness of the advertisement and a number of times the user views the advertisement, wherein the established threshold number of times to post the future advertisement via the social networking system improves the effectiveness of advertisement placement on the social networking system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least on processor, cause the system to; post an advertisement for a product to a social feed within a social networking system; detect that a user views the advertisement; determine that a mobile device associated with the user is within a threshold proximity of a physical store of a merchant; in accordance with a privacy setting of the user, identify personal data of the user from data stored in the social networking system, the personal data comprising an identity of the user and an interest of the user; in response to the mobile device associated with the user being within the threshold proximity of the physical store and in accordance with the privacy setting of the user, transmit the identified personal data to the physical store; identify a transaction between the user and the physical store; in response to the mobile device associated with the user being within the threshold proximity of the physical store and to the transaction between the user and the physical store, determine an effectiveness of the advertisement based on a correlation between the transaction and the user viewing the advertisement; and establish a threshold number of times to post a future advertisement to the user via the social networking system based on the determined effectiveness of the advertisement and a number of times the user views the advertisement, wherein the established threshold number of times to post the future advertisement via the social networking system improves the effectiveness of advertisement placement on the social networking system.
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