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Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018

Filed:

May. 17, 2013
Applicant:

Yahoo Holdings, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Allie K. Watfa, Urbana, IL (US);

Jonathan Kilroy, Champaign, IL (US);

Dale Nussel, Mahomet, IL (US);

Anupam Seth, Urbana, IL (US);

Assignee:

Yahoo Holdings, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for targeting advertising can include a communications interface and a processor. The communications interface can receive data associated with times of use of applications. The processor can be communicatively coupled to the communications interface and can categorize the applications by genres. The categorization is within a time of use group and is based on at least part of the retrieved data. The processor can also determine priority values associated with the genres based on levels of use of the applications during a period of time associated with the time of use group. The processor can also identify a current time and determine an advertisement according to at least one genre of the genres. The at least one genre can be associated with a highest priority value of the determined priority values. The period associated with the time of use group can correspond to the identified current time.


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