CPC G06Q 30/02 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0256 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0275 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. A computer program product for rendering advertisement content in an ad content display page, wherein the ad content display page includes (i) a predefined area configured to display advertisement content, the predefined area being a portion of the ad content display page, and (ii) page content displayed in other portions of the ad content display page, the page content being separate from the advertisement content, the ad content display page being scrollable to allow a portion of the ad content display page to appear in a visible area of a browser window of a browser that is configured to be operated by a remote computing device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable program instructions thereon that, when executed, cause one or more computing devices to:
(a) determine whether a predefined portion of the predefined area of the ad content display page is in the visible area of the browser window; and
(b) in response to a determination that the predefined portion of the predefined area of the ad content display page is in the visible area of the browser window, cause a communication to be sent from the remote computing device to one or more dispatcher servers,
wherein the one or more dispatcher servers include computer-executable program instructions thereon that, when executed:
(i) receive the communication, and
(ii) cause advertisement content to be served to the remote computing device,
wherein the browser is configured to render the advertisement content in the predefined area of the ad content display page, and
wherein the advertisement content first appears in the predefined area of the ad content display page only after the one or more dispatcher servers serve the advertisement content to the remote computing device and the browser renders the advertisement content in the predefined area of the ad content display page.
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