Efficacy Metric Generation for Online Ad Forecasting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional techniques for online advertising lack the ability to effectively or efficiently forecast the effectiveness of advertisements prior to implementation, often relying on guesswork and not providing real-time feedback, especially when dealing with large numbers of advertisements across multiple campaigns.

Innovation Solution

The system generates efficacy metrics for advertisement data objects by comparing targeting criteria and past performance data, using a weighted combination of scores to predict interaction probability with a target audience, and provides reports with recommendations for improvement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If traditional techniques are used for online advertising, then the advertising system is simple to operate, but the ability to forecast advertisement effectiveness is poor and lacks real-time feedback

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveforecast accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of advertisement data objects before campaign implementation by generating efficacy metrics that forecast expected performance. This allows advertisers to evaluate and optimize advertisements in advance, comparing predicted efficacy against actual campaign results to improve future forecasting accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback mechanism by comparing predicted efficacy metrics with actual campaign performance data. This feedback loop enables continuous improvement of forecasting models, allowing the system to learn from real-world results and refine its predictions for future advertisements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If efficacy metrics are generated for large numbers of advertisements, then forecasting capability is improved, but the processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveforecasting speedVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the advertisement evaluation process by analyzing individual advertisement data objects independently. Each advertisement is processed through the same efficacy metric generation pipeline, allowing for parallel processing and efficient handling of large volumes of advertisements without creating bottlenecks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically generates efficacy metrics for advertisements without requiring manual intervention. The automated process retrieves advertisement data, compares it against target audience characteristics, and produces forecast results independently, eliminating time-consuming manual analysis while maintaining high processing speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If detailed analysis of advertisement data objects is performed, then measurement precision is improved, but the complexity of the analysis process increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficacy measurement accuracyVSAvoidanalysis process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the most relevant features and characteristics from advertisement data objects for analysis. By focusing on key attributes that most strongly correlate with ad effectiveness, the system achieves high measurement precision without needing to analyze every detail of each advertisement, thereby simplifying the overall process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS10621616B2Systems, methods, and devices for generating metrics associated with advertisement data objects
Publication Date: 2020.04.14 AMOBEE
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AI summary

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices for generating efficacy metrics. Systems may include a data object aggregator configured to receive a plurality of advertisement data objects characterizing online advertising content associated with at least one online advertisement campaign. Systems may also include an efficacy metric generator configured to generate a plurality of efficacy metrics characterizing an estimate of a probability of at least some of the plurality of advertisement data objects interacting with a target audience, where the generating is based on one or more properties of the plurality of advertisement data objects. Systems may further include a report generator configured to generate at least one report based on the plurality of efficacy metrics.