Ad Creative Type Suggestion System Using Historical Performance Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Advertisers face complexity in creating online content due to the numerous available ad formats, often unaware of effective creative types, leading to discouragement or the use of outdated formats due to familiarity rather than performance.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method and system that analyzes historical data to suggest creative types for advertisers, using a learning model that combines frequency of use, performance, and predefined suggestions, and modifies these suggestions based on past performance data to provide tailored recommendations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If advertisers are provided with many creative type options, then the variety and effectiveness of ad formats improve, but the complexity of the ad creation process increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevariety of ad formatsVSAvoidcomplexity of ad creation process
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically generates creative type suggestions by analyzing historical data and advertiser characteristics without requiring manual intervention. The model self-adjusts recommendations based on past performance, reducing the burden on advertisers to manually evaluate multiple ad formats.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback loops where historical suggestion performance data is used to continuously refine and improve future recommendations. This feedback mechanism helps the model learn from past successes and failures, optimizing suggestions over time while maintaining simplicity for users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Ease of operation

If advertisers use familiar creative types, then the ease of ad creation improves, but the performance and effectiveness of advertisements deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of ad creationVSAvoidadvertisement effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system acts as an intermediary between the advertiser's familiarity needs and performance optimization goals. It translates complex performance data into simple, actionable recommendations that balance ease of use with effectiveness, guiding advertisers toward optimal creative types without requiring deep expertise.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of historical data and advertiser characteristics before the advertiser needs to make a decision. By pre-processing this information and generating ready-to-use suggestions, the system eliminates the need for advertisers to manually research and evaluate multiple creative types, making the process both easy and effective.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If the system provides detailed creative type suggestions, then the precision of recommendations improves, but the complexity of the suggestion system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprecision of recommendationsVSAvoidcomplexity of suggestion system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the recommendation process into distinct components: historical data analysis, advertiser characteristic evaluation, and suggestion generation. This modular approach allows each component to be optimized independently, achieving high precision without overwhelming system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10521832B2Systems and methods for suggesting creative types for online content items to an advertiser
Publication Date: 2019.12.31 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

A computer-implemented method for generating creative type suggestions for an online content provider is provided. The method uses a computing device including a processor and a memory. The method includes training a first model with historical information including one or more of (i) serving performance of online advertisements and (ii) advertiser information. The method also includes computing a preliminary creative type suggestion using at least the first model. The method further includes modifying the preliminary creative type suggestion based at least in part on past suggestion performance to generate a final creative type suggestion. The method also includes presenting the final creative type suggestion to the online content provider.