Presentation of Sponsored Content on Mobile Device Based on Transaction Event

Abstract

A system and computer-implemented method for positioning targeted sponsored content on a mobile communication facility includes the steps of: (a) receiving data corresponding to a transaction event having occurred via the interaction of a user with the mobile communication facility, wherein the transaction event includes transmission of data representative of a first product or a first service being purchased by the user and credit card information associated with a credit card of the user used to purchase the first product or first service; (b) selecting advertising content based at least upon a relevance between an advertisement for a second product or a second service and the credit card information, wherein the relevance is further based on information relating to compatibility of the advertising content, second product, or second service with the mobile communication facility; and (c) presenting the selected advertising content on a display of the mobile communication facility.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for targeting advertising content of a first or second sponsor to a plurality of mobile communication facilities, the system comprising one or more computers having computer readable mediums having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of the one or more computers, causes the system to perform the steps of:
 (a) receiving from a website publisher or an application provider respective requests for advertising content corresponding to the plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality of mobile communication facilities includes a first type of mobile communication facility and a second type of mobile communication facility, wherein a rendering capability of the first type of mobile communication facility is different from a rendering capability of the second type of mobile communication facility;   (b) receiving a user geography datum corresponding to the group of users;   (c) selecting respective advertising content from the first sponsor and the second sponsor based at least on a relevancy of each advertising content to the user geography datum, wherein each advertising content includes a first item and a second item, wherein the first item requires the rendering capability of the first type of mobile communication facility to be rendered thereon and wherein the second item requires the rendering capability of the second type of mobile communication facility to be rendered thereon, wherein the first item is incompatible with the second type of mobile communication facility and the second item is incompatible with the first type of mobile communication facility;   (d) receiving a bid from the first sponsor offered for delivery of the advertising content of the first sponsor to users associated with the user geography datum;   (e) receiving a bid from the second sponsor offered for delivery of the advertising content of the second sponsor to users associated with the user geography datum;   (f) attributing a priority to the delivery of the advertising content of the first sponsor over the delivery of the advertising content of the second sponsor to users associated with the user geography datum based upon a determination that a yield derived from the financial consideration of the first sponsor is greater than a yield derived from the financial consideration of the second sponsor; and   (g) transmitting the first item of the advertising content of the first sponsor instead of the first item of the advertising content of the second sponsor to the first type of mobile communication facility for display thereon and transmitting the second item of the advertising content of the first sponsor instead of the second item of the advertising content of the second sponsor to the second type of mobile communication facility for display thereon.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the user geography datum is provided at least by:
 (a) a carrier;   (b) a publisher;   (c) an application developer;   (d) a handset manufacturer;   (e) an advertiser; or   (f) a provider of offline data.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the item is:
 (a) audio;   (b) text;   (c) video;   (d) an image;   (e) a banner;   (f) a ringtone;   (g) an interactive application; or   (h) a game.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the group of users are identified via at least:
 (a) a cookie;   (b) a handset identification; or   (c) a private header.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the rendering capability comprises one or more hardware or software characteristics selected from the list consisting of:
 (a) make of mobile communication facility;   (b) model of mobile communication facility;   (c) operating system of the mobile communication facility;   (d) operating system version of the mobile communication facility;   (e) MIDP support;   (f) polyphonic ringtone support;   (g) ringtone support;   (h) video download support;   (i) video streaming support;   (j) WAP push support;   (k) WML support;   (l) wallpaper support;   (m) XHTML support;   (n) touch screen support;   (o) a display resolution;   (p) a screen size;   (q) processor type of the mobile communication facility;   (r) processing speed of the mobile communication facility;   (s) storage capability of the mobile communication facility; and   (t) memory capacity of the mobile communication facility.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each yield represents an expected revenue associated with the respective advertising content, wherein the expected revenue is expressed as one of:
 (a) a cost-per-thousand impression (CPM) of the respective advertising content on the plurality of mobile communication facilities;   (b) a cost-per-click (CPC) of the respective advertising content on the plurality of mobile communication facilities, where the yield takes into consideration a historical or expected clickthrough rate;   (c) a cost-per-action (CPA), where the yield takes into consideration a historical or expected action conversion rate; and   (d) a cost-per-engagement (CPE) of the respective advertising content on the plurality of mobile communication facilities.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each bid is determined at the time of the requests for the advertising content. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein a sponsor is competing for placement in a bidded competitive auction. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the geography includes a previous location. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the geography includes a current location. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the geography is determined according to geographic coordinates of a particular mobile communication facility. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the geographic coordinates are determined through GPS. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the geographic coordinates are determined through triangulation. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the geography is determined using WiFi. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the geography is determined by a user entered location. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the geography is a plurality of geographic regions. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the plurality of geographic regions include one or more states. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the plurality of geographic regions include one or more cities 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the geography is determined according to a distance from a specified location. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the advertising content from the first sponsor or from the second sponsor is modified based on the geography associated with the respective mobile communication facilities.