Patent ID: 9525898
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for assessing billing information related to advertisements, the method being implemented on a machine having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform, the method comprising: receiving, from a user device, information regarding one or more delivery conditions of an advertisement that is served at the user device, wherein the information regarding the one or more delivery conditions comprise information specifying throttle events invoked at the user device, and the throttle events correspond to different portions of the advertisement that are presented at the same time so that each of the throttle events correspond to at least one of the different advertisement portions; determining, based on the throttle events, which of the different advertisement portions presented at the same time are viewable to a user of the user device; estimating viewing quality of the advertisement based on the determination of which of the different advertisement portions presented at the same time are viewable to the user; receiving information regarding one or more advertising pricing parameters related to the advertisement; and providing the viewing quality of the advertisement and the one or more advertising pricing parameters.