US20020111898A1 - Advertisement space auction method, apparatus and storage medium - Google Patents

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US20020111898A1
US20020111898A1 US10/052,962 US5296202A US2002111898A1 US 20020111898 A1 US20020111898 A1 US 20020111898A1 US 5296202 A US5296202 A US 5296202A US 2002111898 A1 US2002111898 A1 US 2002111898A1
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  • the present invention relates to an advertisement space auction method, an apparatus, and a storage medium thereof.
  • the preference and trend of the consumers thus extracted in the above cited advertisement auction method contain pieces of private information, the following constraints are attached for the purpose of privacy protection. Namely, when providing pieces of private information to an advertiser, it is requested to obtain a consent from an individual who is a proprietor thereof prior to provision of the private information, and no advertiser without acquisition of the consent from the individual is allowed to receive the information. As a result, the above cited advertisement auction method has a problem that a scope of advertisers who can participate in the auction is inevitably limited thereby preventing realization of a fully open transaction.
  • the above cited advertisement auction method has another problem that in order to prevent a leak of the private information, adoption of a special technique relating to security, for example, such as encryption technique becomes necessary.
  • an advertisement space auction method using a network comprises: storing of advertisement space information in a memory which can be accessed by a plurality of entities which are coupled to the network; receiving of bid data sent from at least one of the plurality of entities via the network for the advertisement space information stored in the memory; and determining of a winning bidder for an advertisement space corresponding to the advertisement space information on the basis of the bid data received.
  • an advertisement space auction apparatus using a network comprises: a memory storing advertisement space information which can be accessed by a plurality of entities coupled to the network; a bid data communication unit receiving bid data sent from at least one of the plurality of entities via the network for the advertisement space information stored in the memory; and a winning bidder determination unit determining a winning bidder for an advertisement space corresponding to the advertisement space information on the basis of the bid data received by the bid data communication unit.
  • a computer program and/or a storage medium storing the computer program are provided for realizing an advertisement space auction method using a network.
  • the advertisement space auction method using a network comprises: storing of advertisement space information in a memory which can be accessed by a plurality of entities coupled to the network; receiving of bid data sent from at least one of the plurality of entities via the network for the advertisement space information stored in the memory; and determining of a winning bidder for an advertisement space corresponding to the advertisement space information on the basis of the bid data received.
  • the advertisement space information is stored in the memory to which the plurality of entities connected via the network are allowed to access. Then, bid data sent from the plurality of entities via the network for the advertisement space information stored in the memory are received and used for determining a winning bidder for the advertisement space corresponding to the advertisement space information. Accordingly, it is enabled to execute an auction process of the advertisement space on the network that is fully open to the public.
  • the advertisement space may be posted for auctioning on the network such as the internet, there are such advantages that the number of advertisers who can take part in the auctioning is not limited, and that a more open transaction of the advertisement space can be executed.
  • an auction management server and an advertisement space information server may be provided for controlling bidding for the advertisement space auctioning and determining a winning bidder. Accordingly, there is such an advantage that the transaction of the advertisement space can be executed automatically.
  • a format data for entry of the auctioning bid information may be provided from an auction system to the bidders. Accordingly, there is such an advantage that any arbitrary bidder is allowed to participate in the advertisement space auctioning.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram indicating an auction system and an example of its configurations according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram indicating an exemplary construction of an auction management server and/or an advertisement space information management server of the invention
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart indicating an exemplary processing to be executed between a terminal apparatus of a bidder participating in the auctioning and an auction management server or an advertisement space information management server;
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an exemplary data structure of access information transmitted from the terminal apparatus of the bidder
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an exemplary data structure of advertisement space information
  • FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an exemplary data structure of a format for entry of bid information
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an example for inserting an advertisement space in the contents.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram indicating another example of configurations of the auction system of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of configurations of an auction system 10 according to an embodiment according to the present invention.
  • an auction management server 2 A and an advertisement space information management server 2 B function as servers for sellers in the auction, and are connected to a network 1 .
  • a transaction execution system 4 comprising, for example, a computer apparatus is connected to the network 1 .
  • An open network such as the internet can be used for the network 1 .
  • a plurality of terminal apparatuses 3 that are terminals on the side of auction bidders, comprise computers and are connected to the network 1 . Users who access to the network 1 using terminal apparatuses 3 , which are examples of entities existing on the network 1 , are allowed to participate in an advertisement space auction process to be provided by the auction system 10 and make bid offers.
  • the terminal apparatuses 3 connected to the network 1 may be assigned with a unique identification information, respectively. According to this unique identification information, the auction system 10 can identify each of the plurality of the terminal apparatuses 3 .
  • a storage section 21 comprising, for example, a hard disk drive
  • a processing section 22 comprising, for example, a CPU (central processing section)
  • a temporary storage section 23 comprising, for example, a memory
  • the bus 20 is connected to a network 3 via an I/F (interface) section 24 .
  • the I/F section 24 functions as an interface for controlling communication between the auction management server 2 A and the network 3 .
  • the storage section 21 may be built not only with a rewritable storage medium but also with an un-rewritable storage medium provided that information can be written in.
  • a hard disk, a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk and the like can be used to the storage section 21 .
  • the auction management server 2 A having the above-mentioned arrangement enables operation and control of the auction process on the basis of various pieces of information stored in its own storage section 21 of the auction management server 2 A and a plurality of bid information sent from the plurality of terminal apparatuses 3 via the network 1 .
  • the plurality of bid information sent from the terminal apparatuses 3 are tabulated, and bid status information for its advertisement space is generated on the basis of a result of the tabulation.
  • a winning bidder is determined for each advertisement space in accordance with a preset rule.
  • the preset rule for determining the winning bidder in the auction management server 2 A will be described in the following.
  • either one of the following three conditions (1) through (3) or any arbitrary combination of these three conditions can be used as the preset rule for determining the winning bidder.
  • a winning bidder is one who offers a highest bid price to an advertisement space posted on the internet auction within a bid submission period permitted therefor.
  • a winning bidder is one who has offered a highest bid price to an advertisement space provided that no more bid information is received after elapse of a predetermined period of time since the acceptance of the last bid information to the advertisement space.
  • a winning bidder is determined by extracting candidates from among bidders those who actually have paying capacity (ability to pay) of their offered prices to an advertisement space, and determining a winning bidder who offered the highest bid price to the advertisement space among the candidates.
  • the information on the paying capacity of the bidders is preferably stored in the auction system 10 .
  • the above-described bid status information and the winning bidder information indicative of the winning bidder thus determined on the basis of the preset rules are transmitted from the auction management server 2 A to each terminal apparatus 3 , the advertisement space information management server 2 B and the transaction execution system 4 via the network 1 .
  • advertisement space information management server 2 B various advertisement space information relating to its advertisement space to be posted on auction is stored in a database and managed.
  • this advertisement space information management server 2 B by means of this advertisement space information management server 2 B, each user who accessed from each terminal apparatus 3 is provided with the advertisement space information.
  • the transaction execution system 4 executes a transaction of the advertisement space with the winning bidder on the basis of a result of auctioning performed by the system.
  • a piece of advertisement information which is desired to be posted in the advertisement space is sent from the winning bidder via the terminal apparatus 3 to the transaction execution system 4 .
  • the advertisement information designated by the winning bidder is provided to the users of the contents by means of the transaction execution system 4 .
  • the transaction execution system 4 executes a charging and settlement of account processing with the winning bidder.
  • the above-mentioned auction system 10 can be constructed using, for example, an auction program which is stored in the storage medium.
  • the auction program embodying the present invention has an auction management section comprising a bid information tabulation module, a bid information generation module, a winning bidder determination module and a bid status information-providing module.
  • the auction program embodying the present embodiment has an advertisement space information management section comprising an advertisement space information storage module, an advertisement space information extraction module, an advertisement space information providing module, and a winning bid transaction module.
  • the auction management section is applied, for example, as the auction management server 2 A.
  • the advertisement space information management section is applied, for example, as the advertisement space information management server 2 B.
  • the auction program is store in advance in the storage section 21 .
  • the program is read out from the storage section 21 and stored once in a temporary storage section 23 , then read into the processing section 22 for its execution.
  • the bid information tabulation module enables the auction management server 2 A to function as a bid information tabulation means for tabulating the bid information entered via the I/F 24 .
  • the bid status information generation module enables the auction management server 2 A to function as a bid status information generation means for generating bid status information with respect to the advertisement space on the basis of the bid information tabulated.
  • the bid status information providing module enables the auction management server 2 A to function as a bid status information providing means for outputting the bid status information via the I/F 24 to the network 1 and forwarding the same to one or more addresses.
  • the one or more addresses of recipient addressees described above contain the address of an sender of the bid information.
  • the winning bidder determination module enables the auction management server 2 A to function as a winning bidder determination unit for determining a winning bidder with respect to each advertisement space on the basis of a result of tabulated bid information and in accordance with predetermined one or more rules.
  • a winning bidder determination unit for determining a winning bidder with respect to each advertisement space on the basis of a result of tabulated bid information and in accordance with predetermined one or more rules.
  • the winning bidder information providing module enables the auction management server 2 A to function as a winning bidder information providing means for outputting the winning bidder information from the I/F 24 to the network 1 and forwarding the same to the one or more addresses on the network.
  • the one or more addresses of the recipient addressees contain the address of the bid information sender.
  • the advertisement space information storage module enables the advertisement space information management server 2 B to function as an advertisement space information memory for storing a data base of the advertisement space information.
  • the advertisement space information extraction module enables the advertisement space information management server 2 B to function as an advertisement space information extraction means for extracting advertisement space information corresponding to access information entered via the I/F section 24 from the above-mentioned data base of the advertisement space information stored in the storage section 21 .
  • the advertisement space information providing module enables the advertisement space information management server 2 B to function as an advertisement space information providing means for outputting the advertisement space information which was extracted from the data base as well as the format data for entering the bid information via the I/F section 24 .
  • the winning bid transaction module enables the advertisement space information management server 2 B to function as a winning bid transaction means for executing a winning bid transaction and deleting the advertisement space information corresponding to the winning bid information entered via the I/F section 24 from the data base of the advertisement space information.
  • the auction program according to the present embodiment can be supplied as recorded in a predetermined storage medium which can be distributed such as a CD-ROM (compact disk-read only memory).
  • a predetermined storage medium which can be distributed such as a CD-ROM (compact disk-read only memory).
  • program data of the auction program is read from the storage medium by means of a record reader (not indicated), stored in the storage section 21 , and installed in the system.
  • the auction program according to the present embodiment can also be recorded in such a storage medium that is not intended for distribution as above.
  • the auction program can be installed in the servers 2 A and/or 2 B by downloading from the other computer apparatus (not indicated) via the network 1 .
  • the auction management section of the auction program is installed in the auction management server 2 A.
  • the advertisement space information management section of the auction program is installed in the advertisement space information management server 2 B. Further, in the advertisement space information server 2 B, the database of the advertisement space information and the format data of the bid information are stored. Through these installing steps, the auction system 10 is constructed for execution of the auction process of the present embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 a flowchart is shown to illustrate an example of processing to be executed among a terminal apparatus 3 of a user (bidder) who take part in the auction by submitting a bid, the auction management server 2 A and the advertisement space information management server 2 B.
  • an advertisement space auction process is performed by the auction management server 2 A and the advertisement space information management server 2 B.
  • the process of transaction of the advertisement space is executed upon completion of the auction process by settlement of accounts between the operator of the auction and the winning bidder, and by presenting the contents of the advertisement to the users designated by the winning bidder.
  • access information from a bidder is submitted from the terminal apparatus 3 to the advertisement space information management server 2 B.
  • the advertisement space information management server 2 B handles a plurality of access information submitted from the plurality of terminal apparatuses 3 .
  • FIG. 4 indicates an example of data structures of access information to be sent from these terminal apparatuses 3 .
  • the access information is comprised, for example, of an identification information uniquely assigned to each one of the terminal apparatuses 3 , an identification information of the advertisement space information management server 2 B to which the access information is addressed, and pieces of information indicating desirable conditions defined by the bidder for the advertisement space of his/her interest.
  • an exemplary instance for communicating with one terminal apparatus 3 and a transaction therewith will be described representatively.
  • the advertisement space information management server 2 B When the access information from a bidder is received by the advertisement space information management server 2 B, particular pieces of advertisement space information relating to one or more advertisement spaces corresponding to the access information received is specified in the advertisement space information management server 2 B. Here, it is assumed that the one or more advertisement space information is provided in advance in the database under control thereof.
  • the advertisement space information is comprised, for example, of an identification information of the terminal apparatus 3 of the bidder who is interested in the advertisement space, an identification information of the advertisement space information management server 2 B, an identification information of the advertisement space, current bid status information of the advertisement space, and information indicating winning bid terms and conditions for the advertisement space.
  • the identification information of the advertisement space may further include information relating to the advertisement space such as contents to be inserted in its advertisement, a type of insertion of the advertisement, a title of the advertisement space, a date and time for posting the advertisement, recipient addressees of the advertisement, and the like.
  • the current bid status information of the advertisement space includes information relating to the advertisement space such as the number of bidders, a highest bid price currently offered, and the like. Further, the terms and conditions requested for winning the bid on the advertisement space includes information relating to the advertisement space such as a lowest winning bid price, a bid submission date and time, a scheduled date and time for providing winning bid information, a method of transaction with a winning bidder and the like.
  • the advertisement space information stored in the data base as described above is searched and identified by the advertisement space information management server 2 B. For example, when the above-mentioned identification information of the advertisement space, the current bid status information on the advertisement space, the conditions requested for winning the bid on the advertisement space and the like are contained in the access information sent from the bidder together with his/her desired conditions for acquisition of the advertisement space, the data base is searched through on the basis of these information.
  • step S 3 the advertisement space information thus specified is forwarded from the advertisement space information management server 2 B to the terminal apparatus 3 of the corresponding bidder via the network 1 . Further, in step S 3 , a format data for entry of the bid information is sent from the advertisement space information management server 2 B to the terminal apparatus 3 of the corresponding bidder via the network 1 .
  • the format data for the bid information is comprised, for example, of an identification information of the auction management server 2 A, a format for entry of information relating to the bidder, and a format for entry of information relating to his/her bidding.
  • the format of information relating to the bidder further includes an identification information of the bidder, a contact address of the bidder, an identification information of a representative/agent of the bidder, and the like.
  • the identification information of the bidder may be the name of the bidder, or may be issued uniquely to the bidder who accessed to the advertisement space information management server 2 B.
  • the identification information of the representative/agent of the bidder may be omitted if they place no representative/agent.
  • the format of the bid information includes an identification information of the advertisement space for which to tender a bit, a bid price, a voucher to a transaction agreement and transaction method at the time of winning of the advertisement space, and the like.
  • the identification information of the advertisement space for which to tender the bit can be selected, for example, from those provided from the advertisement space information management server 2 B to the terminal apparatus 3 of the bidder when the bidder accessed to the advertisement space information management server 2 B.
  • the format for entry of the bid information is received at the terminal apparatus 3 of the bidder.
  • required information is filled in for preset items one by one until the bid information is completed.
  • the completed bid information is then sent from the terminal apparatus 3 of the bidder to the auction management server 2 A via the network 1 .
  • the completed bid information is received by the auction management server 2 A, and stored, for example, in storage section 21 .
  • original data of the bid status information is updated (step S 5 ).
  • the original data of the bid status information is stored in the auction management server 2 A.
  • new bid status information after updating is sent from the auction management server 2 A to the terminal apparatus 3 of the corresponding bidder via the network 1 .
  • step S 7 a bid contents update request information which contains renewed bid contents for updating is sent from the terminal apparatus 3 of the bidder to be received by the auction management server 2 A via the network 1 .
  • step S 8 on the basis of the bid contents update information received, the current bid information is corrected and also the bid status information is updated in the auction management server 2 A.
  • step S 9 the updated bid status information is sent to the terminal apparatus 3 of the bidder via the network 1 .
  • the steps S 7 through S 9 may be executed in repetition though not indicated.
  • the auction management server 2 A will close bidding of the auction at a predetermined timing (step S 10 ). For example, with respect to any advertisement space information, a predetermined period of time allowed for bidding until its closure is determined at the start of its auction. When the bidding is closed, winning bid information is generated on the basis of the result of bidding offered during the predetermined period of time allowed therefor. In step S 11 , the winning bid information thus generated is sent from the auction management server 2 A to the terminal apparatuses 3 of the bidders, the advertisement space information management server 2 B and the transaction execution system 4 via the network 1 .
  • the advertisement space information management server 2 B When the advertisement space information management server 2 B receives the winning bid information, it deletes the advertisement space information of which the winning bidder has been determined from the database of the advertisement space information.
  • the transaction execution system 10 when it receives the winning bid information, on the basis of the result of the auction performed by the auction system 10 , allows for the advertisement information designated by the winning bidder to be provided to contents users via the advertisement space thereof awarded to the winning bidder. Further, a process of settlement of accounts (the winning bid transaction) with the winning bidder for the advertisement space is executed by the transaction execution system 4 . This process of settlement of accounts can be executed prior to or after the provision of the advertisement information to the contents users via the advertisement space granted to the winning bidder.
  • the advertisement space information to be posted on the auction may include such an advertisement space that is provided in a state as directly inserted into the contents to be provided to the contents users.
  • FIG. 7 shows an example of advertisement spaces wherein a specific object designated by the bidder as the advertisement object is inserted or superimposed, for example, into a scene of a movie.
  • an object 41 is displayed as superimposed in one scene 40 of the movie as the advertisement space relating to the auctioning performed by the auction system 10 .
  • the advertisement is provided to the contents users in this manner as described above, the contents into which the advertisement object 41 is to be inserted or superimposed and the object 41 are carried separately in separate data streams 42 and 43 to the contents users.
  • the data stream 42 carrying the contents and the data stream 43 carrying the object 41 are reproduced in synchronism therebetween and displayed to the contents users by a reproducing terminal apparatus on the side of users receiving the contents.
  • address information of scheduled recipient addressees of the advertisement may be contained in the advertisement space information.
  • a group of addressee clusters may be formulated, which contains contents users having a common characteristic such as a common hobby, taste, preference or the like.
  • Each advertisement space may be set up corresponding to the group of addressee clusters respectively, and the information relating to the above-mentioned common characteristics may be contained in the advertisement space information.
  • information relating to an evaluation of the advertisement space may be contained in the advertisement space information
  • the information relating to the evaluation of the advertisement space refers to such information or items that have influences on the effect of its advertisement, for example, such as an advertisement distribution (broadcast) hour, distribution recipient addressees, a distribution method and the like.
  • various other constructions for enabling to specify the appropriate advertisement space can be adopted on the basis of, for example, the identification information of the bidder and the particularity information of the business the bidder is engaged or concerned with.
  • the present embodiment it becomes necessary to receive their business characteristic information from the bidders at the time of their accessing or in advance.
  • the business characteristic information unique to each bidder it becomes possible effectively to provide the advertisement space information which is more suitable to the business characteristic of each bidder.
  • this information is especially effective. Namely, if the above-mentioned arrangement of the present invention is adopted in the above case, and the information relating to the particular customer segment is included in the business characteristic information, it becomes possible selectively to provide an appropriate advertisement space which is to be scheduled for provision to the particular bidder.
  • the format data for entry of the bid information is provided from the auction system 10 to the terminal apparatuses 3 at the time of execution of the auction.
  • the bid information may be submitted in arbitrary format.
  • the format data for entry of the bid information may be provided to the terminal apparatuses 3 of the bidders in advance.
  • the present invention may be implemented also with such a construction that the functions of the auction management server 2 A and the advertisement space information management server 2 B are distributed and shared by a plurality of bidders' servers 30 .
  • a relationship between a group of the bidders' servers that share the function of the auction management server and a group of the bidders' servers that share the function of the advertisement space information management server may be either of all match, a partial match, all disparity, or one inclusive of the other.
  • the servers may have a redundant capability, one of the servers may be assigned with both the functions of the auction management server and the advertisement space information management server.
  • the auction system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described hereinabove that it has the auction management server and the advertisement space information management server, or that it has the plurality of servers to which the functions of the above-mentioned two types of servers are distributed to be shared therebetween.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the present invention can also be implemented as applied to a pier-to-pier type system in which direct data swapping among the respective apparatuses 3 is performed, or to a server-less system.
  • the advertisement space information of which the winning bidder is determined is deleted from the data base of the advertisement space information on the advertisement space information management server 2 B.
  • the present invention can also be implemented so as to have such an arrangement that allows for the advertisement space information of which the winning bidder is determined to be processed in other various ways, for example, such as consequently to record in the data base the fact that the advertisement space has been awarded to the winning bidder, or to transfer its advertisement space information to another data base provided for recording the advertisement space information the winning bidder of which has been determined.
  • the storage section 21 , the processing section 22 and the I/F section 24 are integrated in the servers 2 A and 2 B, it is not limited thereto.
  • the present invention can also be implemented by such an arrangement that all or part of the functions of the storage section 21 , the processing section 22 and the I/F section 24 are distributed and shared by a plurality of computers.
  • each identification information unique to each terminal apparatus 3 is assigned.
  • the present invention may adopt such an arrangement in which there is assigned each identification information unique to each participant who takes part in the auction. Thereby, the plurality of participants can take part in each step of the auction via different terminal apparatuses 3 .

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