Visual inventory rules building system

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor associated with a computing device, performs a method, the method comprising:

• generating a rule conditions section of a graphical user interface (GUI) that is configured to display online advertising space inventory distribution rule information, the GUI configured to display a plurality of parameters of a rule condition of a plurality of rule conditions of a rule of a plurality of rules,
• each displayed parameter of the rule condition being graphically represented by a basic shape in the GUI,
• each basic shape of the rule condition being labeled in the GUI with an alphanumerical indication of the graphically represented parameter and being clustered together in the GUI such that each basic shape of the rule condition is connected graphically with at least one other basic shape of the rule condition, and
• each basic shape of the rule condition is individually movable to a different part of the cluster in the GUI, and movement of one basic shape graphically representing a parameter causes a change in priority of the parameter relative to at least one other parameter of the plurality of parameters;
• generating a rule summary section of the GUI that is configured to display a plurality of rule conditions of a rule of the plurality of rules,
• the rule summary section comprising a set of controls, each control corresponding to a rule condition category and being selectable by a user of the GUI to navigate to the rule conditions section of the GUI to view at least one rule condition comprising one or more parameters associated with the rule condition category corresponding to a selected control of the set of controls,
• the displaying of the plurality of rule conditions comprises displaying at least some of the parameters of each rule condition of the plurality of rule conditions;
• and
• generating a rules list section of the GUI that is configured to display at least some of the plurality of rules,
• the displaying of the at least some of the plurality of rules comprises displaying at least some of the plurality of rules conditions of each rule displayed.

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
• executable logic for generating a rule conditions section of a graphical user interface (GUI) that is configured to display online advertising space inventory distribution rule information, the GUI configured to display a plurality of parameters of a rule condition of a plurality of rule conditions of a rule of a plurality of rules,
• each displayed parameter of the rule condition being graphically represented by a basic shape in the GUI,
• each basic shape of the rule condition being labeled in the GUI with an alphanumerical indication of the graphically represented parameter and being clustered together in the GUI such that each basic shape of the rule condition is connected graphically with at least one other basic shape of the rule condition, and
• each basic shape of the rule condition is individually movable to a different part of the cluster in the GUI, and movement of one basic shape graphically representing a parameter causes a change in priority of the parameter relative to at least one other parameter of the plurality of parameters;
• executable logic for generating a rule summary section of the GUI that is configured to display a plurality of rule conditions of a rule of the plurality of rules,
• the rule summary section comprising a set of controls, each control corresponding to a rule condition category and being selectable by a user of the GUI to navigate to the rule conditions section of the GUI to view at least one rule condition comprising one or more parameters associated with the rule condition category corresponding to a selected control of the set of controls,
• the displaying of the plurality of rule conditions comprises displaying at least some of parameters of each rule condition of the plurality of rule conditions;
• and
• executable logic for generating a rules list section of the GUI that is configured to display at least some of the plurality of rules,
• the displaying of the at least some of the plurality of rules comprises displaying at least some of the plurality of rules conditions of each rule displayed.