Online Ad Distribution Targeting Parameters and Bids

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to effectively match online ad bid requests with suitable ads and determine optimal bidding amounts, leading to inefficient ad placement and sub-optimal marketing campaign outcomes due to reliance on manual contextual associations and impractical real-time analysis.

Innovation Solution

A supervised approach that uses online test ads to track performance across various dimensions, automatically determining targeting parameters and bid values to maximize revenue by identifying high-performing ad request combinations and adapting to dynamic market conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If contextual analysis of web pages is performed in real-time to improve ad placement accuracy, then ad targeting precision is improved, but processing time increases beyond the 200ms response requirement

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvead targeting precisionVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs contextual analysis in advance during ad request collection, pre-processing web page content and extracting relevant features before the actual ad bidding decision is needed. This preliminary action allows the system to have ready-to-use contextual information when the 200ms response deadline arrives, eliminating the need for real-time analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The contextual analysis process is segmented into multiple stages: web page crawling and initial processing occur in advance, feature extraction is performed on collected requests, and only the essential processed information is used for rapid bidding decisions. This segmentation separates the time-consuming analysis from the time-critical decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If manual contextual associations are used to match ads with web pages, then implementation complexity is reduced, but ad placement effectiveness deteriorates due to reliance on intuition and assumptions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimplementation complexityVSAvoidad placement effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically performs contextual analysis on web pages and ad requests without requiring manual configuration or human expertise. The automated process includes web page crawling, feature extraction, and matching algorithms that operate independently, eliminating the need for manual contextual associations while maintaining high ad placement effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from manual, intuition-based contextual matching to automated parameter-driven matching using extracted web page features and request attributes. By changing from human judgment to systematic parameter analysis, the system achieves both simplicity in implementation and effectiveness in ad placement through consistent, data-driven decisions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If behavior models are created for single visitors based on user attributes to improve ad targeting, then targeting accuracy is improved, but data availability and reliability worsen due to sparse or changing data

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetargeting accuracyVSAvoiddata availability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of creating separate behavior models for each individual visitor, the system develops universal models that work across multiple visitors and contexts. These models process ad requests collectively, using aggregated data and shared features to generate targeting predictions, thereby achieving accurate targeting without relying on sparse or changing individual user data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates simplified representations or copies of visitor behavior patterns from aggregated data rather than attempting to model each individual's complete behavior history. This copying approach uses representative samples and statistical patterns to infer targeting probabilities, maintaining accuracy while being robust to data sparseness and changes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

4Measurement precision

If extensive crawling and natural language processing are performed on web pages to improve contextual matching, then ad relevance is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase making real-time response infeasible

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvead relevanceVSAvoidprocessing requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs extensive web page crawling and natural language processing in advance during the ad request collection phase, pre-extracting features and preparing contextual information before the real-time bidding decision is needed. This preliminary processing of large amounts of data eliminates the need for heavy computational operations during the time-critical response window.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The complex processing pipeline is segmented into distinct stages: comprehensive web page analysis occurs in advance during request collection, feature extraction and representation learning are performed on accumulated data, and only lightweight prediction models are applied during real-time bidding. This segmentation allows heavy processing to occur when time is not constrained.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10997634B2Methods for determining targeting parameters and bids for online ad distribution
Publication Date: 2021.05.04 ADOBE INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for distributing online ads with electronic content according to online ad request targeting parameters. One embodiment of this technique involves placing online test ads across multiple online ad request dimensions and tracking a performance metric for the online test ads. The performance of the online ad request dimensions is estimated based on the tracking of the performance metric for the online test ads and online ad request targeting parameters are established for spending a budget of a campaign to place online ads in response to online ad requests having particular online ad request dimensions. Online ads are then distributed based on using the online ad request targeting parameters to select online ad requests.