US 12,407,878 B2
Method and system for prefetching targeted content
Amit Agarwal, Mountain House, CA (US); Michael Chen, San Jose, CA (US); Abhishek Ghag, San Jose, CA (US); Sreekanth Mamidala, Mountain House, CA (US); Thomas Van Chung Ng, San Francisco, CA (US); and Nam Nguyen, Pleasant Hill, CA (US)
Assigned to YAHOO ASSETS LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by YAHOO ASSETS LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/298,822.
Prior Publication US 2024/0348841 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/2183 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/2183 (2013.01) [H04N 21/23106 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a primary content server, a prefetch request to prefetch a targeted content item to be presented prior to presenting a primary content item on a user device, the prefetch request including prefetch request parameters;
generating, a callback Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with the prefetch request;
transmitting, to the primary content server, the callback URL;
obtaining, from a targeted content mediation server, a targeted content configuration corresponding to the prefetch request parameters;
obtaining, from a targeted content server, the targeted content item based on the targeted content configuration;
receiving, from a client on the user device, a request to provide the targeted content item, the request including the callback URL; and
transmitting, to the client, the targeted content item.