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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2005
Colin M. Saunders, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Colin M. Saunders, Menlo Park, CA (US);
A9.com, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An advertising system automatically generates suggested ad campaign parameters for a business based on information obtained automatically from one or more sources, such as a corresponding business directory listing, a web site of the business, and/or a user account record associated with the business. The suggested ad campaign parameters, which may include suggested keyword strings for ad targeting, are presented to a user associated with the business via a partially or wholly pre-populated electronic form that can be submitted to create an active ad campaign for the business. In one embodiment, the pre-populated form is presented in response to the user selecting an ad solicitation object displayed on a web page. The ad solicitation object may be displayed in the format of an actual ad, and may include suggested ad text for use in the ad campaign.