Google patent apps for targeting, personalization, and profiling
and filed March 31, 2004, was published on October 6, 2005 [20050222901].
The assignee is Google but the law firm is STRAUB & POKOTYLO of Tinton Falls, NJ.
The first claim states:
A method comprising: a) accepting a document identifier; b) using the accepted document identifier to obtain at least one of (A) one or more terms and (B) one or more phrases; and c) providing the obtained at least one of (A) one or more terms and (B) one or more phrases as ad information for an ad, wherein the ad has a landing page document, and wherein the landing page document corresponds to a document identified by the document identifier.
The summary of the invention states:
The present invention may be used to determine ad targeting keywords for an advertiser. The present invention may do so by storing selected document information to query information associations, aggregating such associations, and, for an ad associated with a selected document, providing popular terms and/or phrases (hereafter referred to as "terms/phrases") also associated with the selected document as ad targeting keywords for the ad.
Another published application is Results based personalization of advertisements in a search engine [20050222989].
The first claim states:
A computer implemented method for providing personalized advertisements in an online search engine, the method comprising: selecting a set of documents responsive to a user query and a user profile containing user interest information; and selecting an advertisement in response to a search profile derived from the set of documents.
Cross-reference information: This application is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/676,711, entitled "PERSONALIZATION OF WEB SEARCH". This application is also related to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/314,427, entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVING RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENTS" (herein, "Relevant Advertisements Application"), to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/676,571, entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING DOCUMENTS BASED ON CLUSTERS OF RELATED WORDS," (herein, "Clusters of Related Words Application"), and to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/646,331, entitled "IMPROVED METHODS FOR RANKING NODES IN LARGE DIRECTED GRAPHS," (herein "Ranking Nodes Application"). All of the above-identified applications are commonly owned with the instant application, and are incorporated by reference herein.
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