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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Wendy R. Mckennon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bhavesh R. Mehta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dustin S. Jackson, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abhinay Sharma, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott S. Benson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrew E. Silverman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dan Siroker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Kniaz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas C. Fox, San Francisco, CA (US);
Markus Mock, Cupertino, CA (US);
James A. Gallagher, Mountain View, CA (US);
Benjamin A. Hardy, Pasadena, CA (US);
Mark K. Rose, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kai Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joerg Heilig, Los Altos, CA (US);
Wendy R. McKennon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bhavesh R. Mehta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dustin S. Jackson, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abhinay Sharma, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott S. Benson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrew E. Silverman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dan Siroker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Kniaz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas C. Fox, San Francisco, CA (US);
Markus Mock, Cupertino, CA (US);
James A. Gallagher, Mountain View, CA (US);
Benjamin A. Hardy, Pasadena, CA (US);
Mark K. Rose, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kai Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joerg Heilig, Los Altos, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, that can include receiving from an advertiser a request for billing based on a first measure of services, determining from quality data related to the advertiser whether the first measure of services can be converted with sufficient confidence to a second measure of services, providing services according to the first measure of services, monitoring stability data indicative of the stability of the relationship between the first measure of services and the second measure of services, and automatically switching from one to another mode of determining a price to be charged the customer for services provided.