ESTIMATING ON-LINE ADVERTISING INVENTORY VALUE BASED ON CONTRACT ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

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13969223

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Disclosed are apparatus and methods for apparatus and methods for pricing on-line advertisement inventory. In one embodiment, a method for pricing on-line advertisement inventory includes (i) receiving a request for a price of a new product, wherein the new product includes a plurality of specified characteristics of a type of on-line advertisement display, (ii) providing a sample of new impressions that are predicted to be delivered for such new product, (iii) for each new impression, determining which bookings could be served by such new impression so as to define a set of overlapping bookings, (iv) determining the price of each new impression based on a weighted average of a plurality of prices of such each new impression's corresponding overlapping bookings, (v) determining the price of the new product based on an average of the prices of the new impressions, and (vi) returning the price of the new product for use in a booking negotiation with a potential buyer of such new product.

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OATH INC770 BROADWAY NEW YORK NY 10003

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kantak, Darshan V Pasadena, US 16 393
Li, Sai-Ming Santa Clara, US 13 175
McAfee, R Preston San Marino, US 24 419
Schwarz, Michael A Berkeley, US 10 270
Xie, Jack Z San Francisco, US 8 86

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