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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Joseph S. Beda, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);
Craig I. Mcluckie, Sammamish, WA (US);
Joseph S. Beda, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Craig I. McLuckie, Sammamish, WA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an advertisement auction system. In one aspect, a method includes operating bidders on a data processing apparatus, each bidder executing in a distinct virtual machine, wherein a host operating system that executes on the data processing apparatus performs operations including: receiving an advertisement bid request from a requestor using a first communication protocol, the bid request identifying a bidder, the data processing apparatus and the ad exchange being on a same internal network; sending the advertisement bid request to the virtual machine of the identified bidder using a second communication protocol; receiving an advertisement bid response for the bid request from the identified bidder using the second communication protocol; and sending the advertisement bid response to the requestor using the first communication protocol.