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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2015
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen Tsun, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jayavel Shanmugasundaram, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tao Xin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting a template for a content item. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a content item request that includes context data. A content item that is eligible to be presented in response to the content item request is identified. A determination is made that the content item includes a template variable that is resolved based on the context data. A template feed including a set of templates is identified based on the template variable. A template is selected from the template feed for the content item. The template can be selected based on the context data. The selected template is populated with content for the content item to create a formatted content item. The formatted content item is provided in response to the content item request.