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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2013
Yahoo Japan Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Takata, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Akashi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tajima, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Tsukamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Nari Woo, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Tanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichiro Sega, Tokyo, JP;
Rin Katou, Tokyo, JP;
YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An auction apparatus according to the application includes a plan receiving unit and a providing unit. The plan receiving unit gradually receives plan information indicating a plan of content from a content creator who creates the content a plurality of times. The providing unit additionally presents the plan information which is gradually received by the plan receiving unit and provides an auction service in which a bid target is a right to display an advertisement in an advertising space set to the content.