发明名称 Targeted advertising
摘要 A distribution system of programs and ads includes transmitting one or more ad channels to user devices. An ad channel includes ads and ratings that indicate a likelihood of interest of a user for an ad. The ratings are calculated based on ad profiles and user profiles. A user device selects ads to play during an ad insertion period of a program based on the rating.
申请公布号 US9241200(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.01.19
申请号 US201113270468 申请日期 2011.10.11
申请人 VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. 发明人 Chen Ming
分类号 H04N7/10;H04N5/445;G06F3/00;G06F13/00;H04N21/845;H04N21/258;H04N21/433;H04N21/434;H04N21/44;H04N21/45;H04N21/81;H04N21/84;G06Q30/02 主分类号 H04N7/10
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主权项 1. A method comprising: storing ads with ratings pertaining to the ads, wherein the ads are provisioned for insertion between programs of a television service, and wherein each rating indicates a likelihood of interest of a user for each ad; storing ad profiles of the ads, wherein the ad profiles each include a locale descriptor that indicates a geographic area applicable to an ad and a popularity index that indicates a degree of popularity of a thing advertised in the ad in relation to the locale descriptor; storing a user profile of the user that includes demographic data, viewership data, and locale data pertaining to the user; storing reinforcement values pertaining to the ads, wherein the ads were previously provided to the user, wherein each reinforcement value indicates the user's interest in one of the previously provided ads or the user's lack of interest in one of the previously provided ads based on a tracking of the user's viewing of the ad when the ad was to be viewed; calculating replacement ratings for the ads based on the ad profiles, the user profile, and the reinforcement values, wherein each replacement rating indicates a likelihood of interest to the user for an ad previously provided to the user; generating one or more ad channels including the ads and the replacement ratings; and transmitting the one or more ad channels to a receiving device associated with the user.
地址 Basking Ridge NJ US