TECHNIQUE FOR PROCESSING DATA IN A NETWORK
Granted: January 16, 2014
Application Number:
20140019479
A technique for processing data in a network is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for processing data in a network having a plurality of network stations. The method comprises receiving a first representation of data at a first of the plurality of network stations, processing the first representation so as to generate a second representation of the data, and transmitting the second representation from the first network station to…
TARGETED SEARCH SUGGESTIONS
Granted: January 16, 2014
Application Number:
20140019460
Methods and systems for providing search suggestions are disclosed. A webpage is analyzed. Terms from the webpage are extracted based on analyzing the webpage. At least one suggestions is generated based on the extracted terms, wherein each of the at least one suggestion is actionable.
IMPRESSION-TREND TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING A DISPLAY ADVERTISING SUPPLY FORECAST
Granted: January 16, 2014
Application Number:
20140019232
Techniques are described herein for using an impression-trend technique to provide a display advertising supply forecast. A display advertising supply forecast is an estimate of a number of impressions, which are to occur in a future time period, that have specified attribute values. For example, the specified attribute values may be descriptive of impressions with respect to which an advertiser wishes to place ads. An impression-trend technique is a forecasting technique that uses…
METHOD, SYSTEM AND SERVER FOR SPEECH SYNTHESIS
Granted: January 16, 2014
Application Number:
20140019137
A speech synthesis system synthesizes speech using a reading text and a speech dictionary set, and includes a server apparatus. The server apparatus includes an interface unit open to the public; a speech input reception unit that receives an input of speech from an external terminal through the interface unit to generate a speech dictionary set; a registration information reception unit that receives registration information relating to a speech owner who inputs the speech from the…
RESPONSE COMPLETION IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Granted: January 16, 2014
Application Number:
20140019117
Embodiments are directed towards providing word-by-word message completion for an incomplete response message, wherein the response message is composed in response to a received stimulus message. The message completion is based on a Response Completion Model (RCM) that may model both the language used in the incomplete response message and the contextual information in the received stimulus message. The RCM may be determined based on conversational stimulus-response data including…
PROVIDING A REAL-WORLD REWARD BASED ON PERFORMANCE OF ACTION(S) INDICATED BY VIRTUAL CARD(S) IN AN ONLINE CARD GAME
Granted: January 16, 2014
Application Number:
20140018136
Techniques are described herein for providing a real-world reward based on performance of action(s) indicated by virtual card(s) in an online card game. For instance, online offer(s) may be provided to player(s) of the online card game. Each online offer offers a real-world reward to designated player(s) in return for the designated player(s) providing a set of virtual cards that is specified by the offer. Once a designated player performs action(s) that are associated with a virtual…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPARING ONLINE ADVERTISING PRODUCTS
Granted: January 9, 2014
Application Number:
20140012660
A method in a networked system for comparing advertising products includes a processor configured to sampling an impression inventory database to produce a first set of impression samples represented by a first product, and a second set of impression samples represented by a second product. The processor is also configured to determine the percentage of the first set of impression samples that are represented by a second product and also the percentage of the second set of impression…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALIZING PATTERNS DURING INTERNET BROWSING
Granted: January 9, 2014
Application Number:
20140013250
A computer-implemented method for visualizing patterns during internet browsing includes loading a web page in response to a user opening a browser. The web page includes web content. The computer-implemented method also includes initializing a marker corresponding to the web page, the marker implying beginning of a web session. Further, the computer-implemented method includes creating a visual pattern during the web session. The visual pattern includes the marker. Furthermore, the…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY RETRIEVING DATA SPECIFIC TO A REGION OF A LAYER
Granted: January 9, 2014
Application Number:
20140012873
A method for retrieving data from a data source by querying the data source with data points of a layer. The data points may be encompassed within a determined region of the layer. The steps of the method may include: determining the region of the layer, dynamically querying the data source with one or more data points of the layer encompassed within the region upon determining the region, and receiving the data from the data source.
METHOD OR SYSTEM FOR SEMANTIC CATEGORIZATION
Granted: January 9, 2014
Application Number:
20140012854
Methods and/or systems are provided that may be utilized to rank categories of an entity based at least in part on relevance.
FRAMEWORK FOR MARKETPLACE ANALYSIS
Granted: January 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140006073
A marketplace diagnostics framework for analyzing and managing online marketplaces.
System and Method to Enable Communication Group Identification
Granted: January 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140006523
Methods, system and computer readable medium for discovering social groups include extracting activity related data associated with a user's social interactions from a source. The activity related data identifies information related to social contacts used during the social interactions at the source. The activity related data of the user is analyzed to identify co-occurrences of the social contacts. The co-occurrences determine a set of related contacts. The set of related contacts…
ENTROPY-BASED MIXING AND PERSONALIZATION
Granted: January 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140006422
Techniques are provided for selecting a diverse mix of content items that may be displayed to a user. Content items such as user-generated events are received from a variety of sources. One or more content items are added to a set of content items based on a diversity of characteristics. The diversity of characteristics for the one or more content items may be calculated by measuring a diversity of characteristics of the set as if the one or more content items were added to the set.…
INDEX REPLICATION IN DISTRIBUTED SEARCH ENGINES
Granted: January 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140006349
Briefly, embodiments of methods or systems to replicate indexes in distributed search engines are described.
METHOD OF OFFLINE EXPERIMENTATION ENVIRONMENT AND APPARATUS CONDUCTING THE SAME
Granted: January 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140006171
The present application relates to systems and computer-implemented methods for calculating a suggested market variable associated with an auction of an online advertisement realization opportunity. In some implementations, an optimization procedure may be operated, wherein the optimization procedure may comprise sending an initial market variable associated with one or more auctions to bidding agents; receiving from each of the bidding agents a response market variable associated with…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TARGETING ADS BASED ON RISK BEHAVIOR METADATA
Granted: January 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140006164
The present invention provides techniques for use in providing advertisers and other entities with information relating to target audiences. Techniques are provided in which driving related statistical information such as speed, acceleration, etc. may be obtained from risk assessment devices. The collected information may be used to calculate a risk assessment score. Ads may be selected, generated, or modified based on one or more of the risk assessment score, location information, and…
EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF BINARY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
Granted: January 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140006145
Methods and apparatus are described for evaluating a binary classification system operable to classify each of a plurality of events as a first event type or a second event type. At least some of the events of the first event type are independently verifiable with reference to verification data. The binary classification system is susceptible to a first error type in which events of the first event type are classified as the second event type, and a second error type in which events of…
METHOD OF CALCULATING A RESERVE PRICE FOR AN AUCTION AND APPARATUS CONDUCTING THE SAME
Granted: January 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140006144
The present application relates to systems and computer-implemented methods for calculating a suggested reserve price associated with an opportunity to realize an online advertisement. In some implementations, data associated with historical online advertisement auctions are clustered based on a reference opportunity for realizing an online advertisement, wherein each historical online advertisement auction of the cluster is associated with a first bid price of higher value and a second…
METHODS INCORPORATING PACING CONSTRIANTS FOR BIDDING ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY AND APPARATUS CONDUCTING THE SAME
Granted: January 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140006141
The present application relates to systems and computer-implemented methods for determining a future bidding strategy regarding auctions associated with realization of an online advertisement. In some implementations, a server may be used to determine an optimized bid pacing parameter for an online advertisement based on a current bid pacing parameter associated with the online advertisement and an online advertisement supply information for a time period so that based on the optimized…
MULTISIDED AUDIENCE-RELATED HYBRID MEASUREMENTS
Granted: January 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140006105
The present invention provides techniques for use in audience-related measurements, including hybrid techniques which include use of panel-based audience-related measurement information and census-based audience-related measurement information. Techniques are provided in which panel-based audience-related measurement information is obtained from multiple providing entities, and census-based audience-related measurement information is obtained one or more providing entities. The obtained…
