Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for positioning sponsored content in a social network interface
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Application No.: US14170322Application Date: 2014-01-31
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Publication No.: US10445840B2Publication Date: 2019-10-15
- Inventor: Lihong Pei , Kai Wei , Nihar N. Mehta , Ashvin Kannan , Deepak Agarwal , Guangyu Dong
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q50/00 ; G06Q30/02 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A system and method optionally includes or utilizes a processor may receive a request for social network content for display in a position of a plurality of sponsored content positions in a newsfeed of a social network interface, each of the plurality of sponsored content positions having a position criterion, at least two of the plurality of sponsored content positions having a different position criterion and identify a sponsored content item of a plurality of sponsored content items stored on a database based, at least in part, on a characteristic of the sponsored content item meeting the position criterion and a bid associated with the sponsored content item. A transmitter may transmit the sponsored content item from the processor to a server for display on a user interface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150046278A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING SPONSORED CONTENT IN A SOCIAL NETWORK INTERFACE Public/Granted day:2015-02-12
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