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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2023
Yahoo Ad Tech Llc, Dulles, VA (US);
Michael J. Grebeck, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ali Nasiri Amini, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aaron E. Flores, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jose Carlos Garcia Franco, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hans Marius Holtan, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Alden Luenberger, Los Altos, CA (US);
Yahoo Ad Tech LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for determining a bid value for placing an advertisement onto advertising space available through an electronic marketplace. A method is used for calculating the option value of maintaining the advertisement in the advertising space during one or more periods of time. The option value may be based on expected profits and the estimated future value of maintaining the advertisement. The option value may then be used to calculate the bid price for placing the advertisement.