Real-time online asset display campaign auditing system
AssigneeSteelWill Inc.
InventorJames M. Barton
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Abstract
An online content asset distribution system tracks content asset consumption and detects fraudulent attempts to access online content assets. The system also tracks online asset campaigns such as online political campaigns.
Claims20
A method for tracking the display of online political assets, comprising:
- receiving, by a server, a request for political online assets from an application program executing on a client device;
- authenticating, by the server, a publisher of the application program using the request;
- upon a successful authentication of the publisher:
- directing the application program to one or more online assets, the application program displays the one or more online assets to a user;
- receiving, by the server, an indication from the application program that the user has selected a displayed online asset of the one or more displayed online assets;
- recording, by the server, the selection of the displayed online asset;
- and
- directing, by the server, the application program to a response to the selection of the displayed online asset;
- and
- upon an unsuccessful authentication of the publisher:
- recording, by the server, an invalid request from the application program.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media, storing one or more sequences of instructions for tracking the display of online political assets, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform:
- receiving, by a server, a request for political online assets from an application program executing on a client device;
- authenticating, by the server, a publisher of the application program using the request;
- upon a successful authentication of the publisher:
- directing the application program to one or more online assets, the application program displays the one or more online assets to a user;
- receiving, by the server, an indication from the application program that the user has selected a displayed online asset of the one or more displayed online assets;
- recording, by the server, the selection of the displayed online asset;
- and
- directing, by the server, the application program to a response to the selection of the displayed online asset;
- and
- upon an unsuccessful authentication of the publisher:
- recording, by the server, an invalid request from the application program.
An apparatus for tracking the display of online political assets, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive a request for political online assets from an application program executing on a client device;
- authenticate a publisher of the application program using the request;
- upon a successful authentication of the publisher:
- direct the application program to one or more online assets, the application program displays the one or more online assets to a user;
- receive an indication from the application program that the user has selected a displayed online asset of the one or more displayed online assets;
- record the selection of the displayed online asset;
- and
- direct the application program to a response to the selection of the displayed online asset;
- and
- upon an unsuccessful authentication of the publisher:
- record an invalid request from the application program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.