Patent Publication Number: US-8122018-B2

Title: System and method for generating creatives

Description:
FIELD 
     The system and methods described herein generally related to advertising systems. 
     BACKGROUND 
     An advertisement for a business or other entity may include a “creative” that includes text graphics and/or audio associated with the advertised service or product. This ad content of the creative is rendered or presented to an end user. The creatives may be published or disseminated through different media, such as radio, television, printed media, and the Internet. A very popular way of publishing a creative is through on-line advertising. For example, one or more creatives can be included in a content page that is delivered to a user through a browser. One specific example of such delivery can be in conjunction with the use of one or more tools, such as a search engine. Search engines, such as Google Web Search, may advertise various services and product when providing search results to a user. The advertisement typically are creatives associated with services or products that are relevant to the user&#39;s search. The creatives are often displayed in a delimited area of a web browser, such as to the side or along the top or bottom of the web browser window. 
     Generated creatives can be a daunting task, especially for the novice advertiser. The novice advertiser typically does not posses the skills and data to generate optimal creatives that may result in high click-through and conversion rates. 
     SUMMARY 
     Disclosed herein are system and methods for generating creatives. Attribute data regarding an entity, such as business entity, are identified. Thereafter, one or more creative templates are selected based on the attribute data related to the entity. Creatives for the entity are then generated from the creative templates and the entity attribute data. 
     In one aspect, a system is provided for generating creatives by identifying entity attribute data for an entity, selecting a creative template based on the entity attribute data, and generating a creative from the creative template and the entity attribute data. 
     In another aspect, a method for generating creatives includes determining an entity category, generating entity queries based on the entity category, determining entity characteristics based on responses to the entity queries, selecting a creative template based on the entity characteristics, and generating a creative from the creative template and entity characteristics. 
     In another aspect, a system for generating creatives includes a processing device and a data store. The data store stores attribute set data defining sets, attribute category data that associates categories with attribute sets, creative template data that defines creative templates, and program instructions. The processing device, upon executing the program instructions, cause the system to identify a corresponding category for an entity, access the category data and issue queries based on the association of attribute sets with the category, store the responses to the entity queries in entity campaign data, select a creative template based on the entity campaign data, and generate a creative form the creative template based on the entity campaign data. 
     The systems and methods disclosed herein facilitate the generation of creatives based on the attributes of an entity, and thus simplify the process of generating creatives, especially for the novice advertiser. Additionally, the creative templates may be based on creatives that have high performance rates, such as high conversion rates or click-through rates, thus increasing the likelihood that the creatives based on the creative templates may also have high performance rates. Also, the performance of the creatives generated by creative templates may be monitored so that creative template that produce creatives having high performance rates are selected more often, and those that produce creatives having low performance rates are selected less often. 
     The above aspects and advantages may be separately realized by one or more of the example implementations described below. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1A  is a block diagram of a creative generator system 
         FIG. 1B  is an entity relationship diagram for an example creative generator system and method. 
         FIG. 2A  is an example system in which the system and methods disclosed herein may be implemented. 
         FIG. 3  is an example process for generating a creative from a creative template. 
         FIG. 4  is an example process for identifying entity attribute data. 
         FIG. 5  is another example process for identifying entity attribute data. 
         FIG. 6  is an example process for evaluating the performance of creatives generated from a creative template. 
         FIG. 7  is a block diagram of an example creative template. 
         FIG. 8  is a block diagram of another example creative template. 
         FIG. 9  is an example process for generating creative templates from an identified set of creatives. 
         FIG. 10  is a block diagram of example sets of creatives for separate advertisement campaigns. 
         FIG. 11  is an example database structure for implementing a system for generating creatives. 
         FIG. 12  is an example domain model for generating creatives. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       FIG. 1A  is a block diagram of a creative generator system  50 , and  FIG. 1B  is an entity relationship diagram  100  for the example creative generator system  50  shown in  FIG. 1A . A creative generator  102  identifies the attributes of an entity  104 , e.g., using an attribute engine  52 . The entity  104  may be a business entity, an individual or other type of entity. The attributes of the entity  104  may relate to the kind of business in which the entity  104  is engaged, e.g., consulting, engineering, etc., the products or services the entity  104  offers, etc. 
     In one implementation, the attributes of the entity  104  are identified by issuing queries  106  to the entity  104 . A query engine  54 , for example, may be used to issue the queries  106 . The queries  106  may include a default set of questions. In a different implementation, the queries  104  may include a variable set of questions that are dependent on the responses provided by the entity  104 . For example, a first query may request the entity  104  to select a business category, such as a business vertical, e.g., Legal, Engineering, Software, etc. Additional queries  106  may then depend on the business category selected, and may further depend on the responses to the queries  106 . For example, if the creative generator  102  determines that the entity  104  is an on-line software retailer from responses to the first several questions, then the remaining queries  106  may be directed to sales, products, return policies, etc. 
     The queries  106  may include questions that require one response, many responses, or a textual response from the entity  104 . For example, a question having one response may be a question that requires the entity  104  to select one business vertical; a question having many responses may be a question that requires the entity  104  to select one or more products or services offered by the entity  104 ; and a question that requires a textual response may be a question that requires the entity  104  to type in a business name. 
     In a different implementation, the attributes of the entity  104  are identified by an entity data analysis process  108 . A analysis engine  56 , for example, may be used to perform the data analysis process  108 . The entity data analysis process  108  may include analyzing content of documents associated with the entity  104 , and identifying the entity attributes based on the content analysis. The documents may be machine-readable and machine-storable documents, such as web pages, word processing files, and the like. The documents may be provided by the entity  104  or may be provided by third parties. For example, the creative generator  102  may determine the business vertical of the entity  104  by accessing directory listing data provided by a third party, and may determine additional attributes by searching documents provided or published by the entity  104 . 
     The creative generator  102  generates attribute data  110  for the entity  104  and stores the attribute data  110  in a data, e.g., a data store  58 . One or more creative templates  112  are selected based on the attribute data  110 , as indicated by the single dashed arrow in  FIG. 1B , and as implemented in an example template selector  60  in  FIG. 1A . One or more creatives  114  are then created form the creative templates  112  and the attribute data  110 , as indicated by branched dashed arrows in  FIG. 1B , and as implemented in an example creative builder  62  in  FIG. 1A . For example, a selected creative template  112  may be as follows: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 {BusinessName} 
               
               
                   
                 Get information about {TypeOfLawFirm} law. 
               
               
                   
                 {Traits} lawyers fighting for you. 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In the example creative template above, attribute variables are surrounded by the braces. The attribute variables are replaced with the corresponding attribute values stored in the attribute data  110  to generate a creative  114 . Thus, the following creative  114  may be generated from the creative template  112 , and the attribute data  110 : 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 Smith Law Firm 
               
               
                   
                 Get information about Bankruptcy law. 
               
               
                   
                 Aggressive lawyers fighting for you. 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The example creative  114  shown above includes text data. Creatives  114  may also include other data, including image data, such as still images or video clips, and audio data, such as music or speech. The other data may also include a link to an advertisement “landing document” that contain further details about the advertised product or service. The link may be embedded in the creative  114  or may be appended to the creative  114  as a separate link. 
     The selection of creative templates  112  may be limited based on the category of the entity  104  and other attribute data  110 . For example, a first set of creative templates  112  may be eligible for selection for on-line booksellers, while a second set of creative templates  112  may be eligible for selection for realtors. Creative templates  112  may be common to two or more sets of creative templates, e.g., a particular creative template  112  may be used for both on-line booksellers and realtors. Alternatively, creative templates  112  may be limited to a single set of creative templates, e.g., a particular creative template  112  may be used only for realtors. Selection of the corresponding creative templates  112  may be likewise dependent on particular attribute data  110 , e.g., a particular creative template may be used only for real estate agents having listing in a particular county. 
     In one implementation, creative templates  112  may be generated form persons that are skilled in designing creatives. For example, persons with advertising experience may generate the creative template  112  that are used to generate the creatives  114 . 
     In another implementation, the creative templates  112  may be generated based on performance analysis of existing creatives  114 . For example, the click-through rates and conversion rates of existing creatives  114  may be analyzed and the creatives  112  having click-through rates and conversion rates that exceed a threshold may be used to generate one or more creative templates  114 . A “click-through” occurs when a user selects or “clicks” on an ad on a web page. The click-through rate is a performance metric that is obtained by dividing the number of users who clicked on the creative or link associated with the creative by the number of times the creatives was delivered. For example, if a creative is delivered 100 times, and three persons clicked on the creative, then the click-through rate for that creative is 3%. 
     A “conversion” occurs when a user consummates a transaction related to a previously served creative. What constitutes a conversion may vary from case to case and can be determined in a variety of ways. For example, a conversion may occur when a user clicks on a creative, is referred to the advertiser&#39;s Web page, and consummates a purchase there before leaving than Web page. Alternatively, a conversion may be defined as a user being shown an creative, and making a purchase on the advertiser&#39;s Web page within a predetermined time (e.g., seven days). In yet another alternative, a conversion may be defined by an advertiser to be any measurable/observable user action such as, for example, downloading a white paper, navigating to at least a given depth of a Website, viewing at least a certain number of Web pages, spending at least a predetermined amount of time on a Website or Web page, registering on a Website, dialing a telephone number, sending a product or service inquiry, etc. Often, if user action don&#39;t indicate a consummated purchase, they may indicate a sales lead, although user actions constituting a conversion are not limited to this. Indeed, many other definitions of what constitutes a conversion are possible. 
     The conversion rate may be defined as the ration of the number of conversions to the number of impressions of the creative (i.e., the number of times an creative is rendered) or the ratio of the number of conversions to the number of selections (or the number of some other earlier event). The type of conversion rate will be apparent from the context in which it is used. If a conversion is defined to be able to occur within a predetermined time since the serving of a creative, one possible definition of the conversion rate might only consider creatives that have been served more than the predetermined time in the past. 
     In the implementation in which the creative templates  112  are generated based on performance analysis of existing creatives  114 , the creative templates  112  may be further evaluated to ensure that the resulting creatives are distinct from the existing creatives  114 . In a variation of this implementation, the existing creatives  114  may include creatives authored by one or more entities  104 . One evaluation technique includes determining an edit distance between the resulting creative and the existing creatives  114 . For example, the resulting creative may be required to have a minimum number of keystroke differences from the existing creatives  114 , and/or a minimum number of line differences from existing creatives  114 . Such evaluations facilitate diversity in the creatives, and also ensures that creatives generative from the resulting creative templates  112  not inadvertent copies of existing creatives  114 . 
     After a creative  114  is generated, its performance may be monitored, and the creative template  112 , that generated the creative may be evaluated, for example by a monitoring engine  64 . Further selection of the creative template  112  may be based on the evaluation. In one example implementation, a performance metric is associated with the creative template  112 , and the performance of the creative  114  created from the creative template  112  is measured by the monitoring engine  64 . The performance metric may be stored in the data store  58  and is updated based on the evaluation, and further selection of the creative template  112  may be based in part on the performance metric. The performance metric may be a click-through rate, a conversion rate, or other performance measurement. 
     In another implementation, further monitoring of the creative templates  112  may be performed to ensure diversity of the creatives  114  that are generated. The diversity may be based on frequency of use and/or an entity frequency. Diversity based on frequency of use ensures that different creative templates  112  are selected according to a frequency determination. One example process for obtaining diversity based on frequency of use is to limit the use of a creative template  112  to a maximum percentage rate of creative generations. For example, if a creative template  112  is limited to a 0.5% rate of creative generations, the creative template  112  will be used no more than once for over 200 creatives generated. Other processes to ensure diversity based on frequency of use may also be used, such as ensuring that the same creative is not generated at an ad-serving time to prevent the same creatives being rendered in the same frame on a web page. 
     Diversity based on entity frequency ensures that different creative templates  112  are used to generate creatives  114  on a per-entity basis. One example process for obtaining diversity based on entity frequency is to limit the use of a creative template  112  to a maximum percentage rate of creative generations for an entity. For example, if a creative template  112  is limited to a 10% rate of creative generations for an entity, the creative template  112  will be used no more than once for every 10 creatives generated. Other processes to ensure diversity based on entity frequency may also be used. Additionally, other creative diversity schemes may also be used. 
     In another implementation, the creatives  114  are presented to the entity  104  for approval, modification, or rejection. The presentation and entity  104  input may be facilitated by a user interface  66 . The creative templates  112  may also be further evaluated on approval rates and modification rates, and the performance of creatives  114  that are modified by an entity  104  may be evaluated as described above. Based on the evaluation, the modified creative  114  may be used to generate a new creative template  112 . 
     The creative template  112  may be used to generate creatives  114  for different entities. In one implementation, the entity  104  is presented with an option for exclusive use of a creative  114  generated by a creative template  112 . If the entity  104  exercises the option for exclusive use of the creative  114 , then selection of the creative template  112  to generate creatives  114  for other entities is precluded. The exclusive use may be for a limited time period, e.g., a license period. Alternatively, the exclusive use may be permanent via a purchase of the creative  114  or the creative template  112 . 
       FIG. 2  is an example system  200  in which the systems and methods disclosed herein may be implemented. The system includes a server device  202 , a network  210 , and multiple client device  212 . The server device  202  may include a processor  204  coupled to a computer readable memory  206 , such as a RAM or other data store. The server device  202  may also include another data store  208 , such as a database. The server device  202  may include program instructions executable by the processor  204  to implement the creative generator  102 . Attribute data  110 , creative template  112  and creatives  114  may be stored in the memory  206  and data store  208 . Although depicted as a single computer system, the server device  202  may be implemented as a network of computers. 
     The server device  202  communicates with the client  212  via the network  210 . The network  210  may be a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), such as the Internet. Each client device  212  may be associated with an entity  104 , and may comprise a device capable of communicating over the network  210 , such as a computer, a mobile communication device, or other communication device. An entity  104  may provide response to queries and documents to the server device  202  via the client device  212 . 
       FIG. 3  is an example process  300  for generating a creative from a creative template. Stage  302  identifies entity attribute data for an entity. The entity attribute data may be generated based on responses to queries provided to the entity (e.g., by the query engine  54 ) or by analyzing documents form the entity or third parties (e.g., by the analysis engine  56 ). 
     Stage  304  selects a creative template based on the entity attribute data (e.g., by the template selector  60 ). The selection of the creative template may be based on the category of the entity and other attribute data. The section may be further based on the performance of creatives generated by the creative template (e.g., as determined by the monitoring engine  64 ). 
     Stage  306  generates a creative from the selected creative template (e.g., by the creative builder  62 ). The creative may include text data, image data, and audio data. The creative may also include attribute values form the attribute data. 
       FIG. 4  is an example process  320  for determining entity attribute data as implemented, for example, by the example attribute engine  52  utilizing the query engine  54  and the analysis engine  56 . Stage  322  identifies an entity category. The category may be identified from a response to a query (e.g., by using the attribute engine  52 ), or by analyzing documents provided by the entity or by a third party (e.g., by using the analysis engine  54 ). 
     Stage  324  issues entity queries based on the entity category (e.g., using the query engine  54 ). In one implementation, the entity queries comprise a default set of questions for the particular category. In a different implementation, the entity queries comprise a variable set of questions for the particular category, with each subsequent question being dependent on the responses to previous entity queries. 
     Stage  326  determines the entity attribute values based on the responses to the entity queries (e.g., using the attribute engine  52 ). The entity queries may include questions that require one response, many responses, or a textual response from the entity. Each response is stored as an attribute value. 
       FIG. 5  is another example process  340  for identifying entity attribute data. Stage  342  analyzes the content of documents associated with the entity (e.g., using the analysis engine  56 ). The documents may be provided by the entity or by a third party. 
     Stage  344  identifies the entity attributes based on the content analysis. For example, analysis of the documents may reveal that the entity provides on-line conferencing services, and specializes in video conferencing. The corresponding entity attribute values for the entity may be stored in the data entity attribute data stored in the data store  58 . 
       FIG. 6  is an example process  360  for evaluating the performance of creatives generated from a creative template. The example process  360  may be implemented, for example, in the monitoring engine  64 . Stage  362  associates a performance metric with the creative template. The performance metric may be a click-through rate, a conversion rate, or some other metric. 
     State  364  evaluates the performance of the creative created from the creative template. The evaluation is based on the performance metric. For example, if the performance metric is a click-through rate, then the click-through rate of the creative is evaluated. 
     Stage  366  updates the performance metric based on the evaluation, and stage  368  bases future selection of the creative template on the performance metric. For example, if the click-through rate is very high, then the creative template may be selected more frequently (e.g., by the template selector  60 ); conversely, if the click-through rate is very low, then the creative template may be selected less frequently or even discarded. 
     In a different implementation, multiple performance metrics may be associated with different business categories to evaluate the creative template for use in different categories. For example, a particular creative template may produce creatives with high click-through rates for on-line software retailers, but may produce creatives with very low click-through rates for pet supply retailers. Accordingly, the creative template may be selected with greater frequency for on-line software retailers, and may be selected with less frequency, or even be precluded from selection, for pet supply retailers. 
       FIG. 7  is a block diagram of an example creative template  400 . The creative template  400  may include variable data  402  and invariable data  404 . The variable data  402  may replaced by a corresponding attributed value. For example, in the following creative template, the variable data  402  is delimited by brackets, and the invariable data  404  is the remaining text data: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 {BusinessName} 
               
               
                   
                 Get information about {TypeOfLawFirm} law. 
               
               
                   
                 {Traits} lawyers fighting for you. 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The creative template  400  may be generated from persons that are skilled in designing creatives or based on a performance analysis of existing creatives. 
     While the above example creative template includes text data, the creative template may also include image data and/or audio data.  FIG. 8  is a block diagram of another example creative template  420  that includes variable text data  422 , variable image data  424 , and variable audio data  426 . The creative template  420  may be used to generate a creative having an image from the {BusinessImage} variable image data  424 , such as business logo, and audio from the {ServiceMarkAudio} variable audio data  426 , such as a tag line: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 {BusinessImage} 
               
               
                   
                 Get information about {TypeOfLawFirm} law. 
               
               
                   
                 {Traits} lawyers fighting for you. {ServiceMarkAudio} 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In a different implementation, the creative template  400  include only invariable data  404 . In another implementation, inclusion of variable data  402  may depend on the entity attribute data. For example, in the creative template above, the {BusinessImage} variable image data  424  may be excluded from the creative generated from the creative template for an entity if there is no image attribute data for the entity. 
     In another implementation, the creative template  400  may be used to generate creatives for delivery over other media, such as radio or print. The variable data  402  may also specify audio, text, or image characteristics, such as presentation characteristics. For example, the creative generated from the creative template  400  may be delivered as an advertisement read over a radio broadcast, and the variable data  401  may specify the gender of the person that is to read the creative. Likewise, the creative generated from the creative template  400  may include text that is to be published via a web page or in print media, and the variable data  402  may specify first font characteristics for the web page publication and second font characteristics for the print media publications. Similarly, the creative generated from the creative template  400  may include an image that is to be published via a web page, and the variable data may specify a frame size for a border around the image. 
       FIG. 9  is an example process  440  for generating creative templates form an identified set of creatives. The example process  440  may be used to generate creative templates  112  for an entity  104  that already has set of identified creatives. For example, an entity  104  may have developed its own creatives over a period of many years, and thus may have thousands of creatives. By evaluating the performance of the creatives, the example process  440  may generate creative templates for further generation of creatives for the entity  104 . 
     Stage  442  associates performance metrics with identified creatives. The identified creatives may be creatives authored by the entity  104  and associated with the entity. 
     Stage  444  evaluates creative performance of the identified creative. The evaluations may be performed as described above, e.g., the measuring of click-through rates, conversions, etc. 
     Stage  446  updates the performance metric based on the evaluation, and stage  448  determines whether a performance metric for identified creative exceeds a threshold value, Those creatives that have an associated performance metric that exceed a threshold value may be used to generate creative templates, as shown in stage  450 . 
     The generation of the creative templates may be based on one or more characteristics of the creatives having a performance metric that exceed a threshold value. For example, the creative templates may be based on the use of capitalization of particular letters in the creatives. Likewise, the creative templates may be based on particular phrases that are found to be common to many of the creatives whose performance exceeds the threshold. Also, the creative templates may be based on particular alliterations that are found to be common to the many of the creatives whose performance exceeds the threshold. Other processes of generating the creative templates  112  may also be used. 
     These creative templates  112  may then be used to generate creative only for the entity  104 . Alternatively, the creative template may ne licensed or sold to third parties. 
       FIG. 10  is a block diagram of example sets of creatives for separate advertisement campaigns  500  and  502 . Attribute values for an entity  104  may be stored in the entity attribute data  110  as a campaign. The campaign may encompass all of the advertisements for the entity  104 , or may instead encompass advertisement for separate campaigns. For example, a car dealership entity  104  may have a first campaign  500  directed to a particular brand of automobiles. Thus, a first set of creative templates  500  may be used to generate a first set of creative  504  for the particular automobile brand. The car dealership entity  104 , however, may have a second campaign  510  directed to a seasonal sale. Accordingly, a second set of creative templates  512  may be used to generate a second set of creatives  514  for the seasonal sale. 
       FIG. 11  is an example database structure  600  for implementing a system for generating creatives. An attributes table  602  stores N attributes associated with the entities. Example attributes are Business Name, Business Type. Offers Free Shipping, etc. These attributes are referenced by the variable data in the creative templates. The attributes can be common to most entities, but may also be specific to certain entity categories. Table 1 below shows an example attribute record in the attribute table  602 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
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                 AttributeID 
                 3421 
               
               
                   
                 MarkupPlaceHolder 
                 TypeOfLawFirm 
               
               
                   
                 Name 
                 Type of law firm 
               
               
                   
                 Prompt 
                 What kind(s) of law does your firm practice? 
               
               
                   
                 Description 
                 The kind(s) of law that your firm practices. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Choose the most specific kind(s) applicable. 
               
               
                   
                 ValueType 
                 ManyOfMany 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The AttributeID field stores an attribute identifier. The MarkupPlaceHolder field corresponds to the variable data used in the creative template as a placeholder for where an attribute value is inserted to generate a creative. The Name field stores a textual label that is displayed to an entity to review the attribute value. The Prompt field stores the query posed to the entity to elicit a response indicating the attribute value. The Description field stores a clarifying description that can be displayed to the entity, such as during a mouse over. The Value Type field indicates the value the attribute may have. 
     Example ValueTypes include OneOfMany, ManyOfMany, or TextEntry. OneOfMany refers to attributes in which the entity may select only value from a set of values. These value types may be implemented as radio buttons or drop-down menu selections. ManyOfMany refers to attributes in which the entity may select more than one value from a set of values. These value types may be implemented as a group of checkboxes or a multi-select list. TextEntry refers to attributes that have no pre-determined options, and require the entity to type in a value. 
     An attribute set table  604  stores P attribute sets. In the example database structure  600 , each attribute 0 . . . N−1 is a member of at least one attribute set 0 . . . P−1. The attribute sets may be used for various groupings, such as intrinsic attributes, category attributes, etc. An example set of intrinsic attributes would include a Business Name attribute, a Business Address attribute, and other attributes that are intrinsic to most entities. An example set of category attributes would be a set of Legal attributes, such as Types of Law, Bar Memberships, and other attributes that would typically be only application to legal practitioners. 
     A category table  606  stores Q category sets. The category sets define the relationships between attribute sets and categories. Once an entity selects a category, questions may be presented to the entity based on the related attribute sets. For example, if an entity is a law firm entity, then queries related to the intrinsic attribute set and the attribute set would be presented to the entity. 
     A value options table  608  stores M attribute value options for the N attributes. An attribute value option is a potential value the entity may choose for an attribute. Table 2 below shows an example value options record in the options table  608 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
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                 Value 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 ValueOptionID 
                 2314 
               
               
                   
                 AttributeID 
                 3421 
               
               
                   
                 Prompt 
                 Criminal 
               
               
                   
                 MarkupPlaceHolderSubstitutionText 
                 Criminal Law 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The ValueOptionID field stores an identifier for the attribute value option. The AttributeID field stores the attribute that the value option is associated with. In this example, the value is 3421, which corresponds to the TypeOfLawFirm attribute shown in Table 1. The Prompt field stores the text displayed to the entity to elicit a response indicating the attribute value. The MarkupPlaceHolderSubstitutionText stores the text that is inserted in place of the MarkupPlaceHolder in the creative template. In this example, the text “Criminal Law” would be inserted for the place holder “TypeOfLawFirm”. 
     While only one example value option record is shown, there may be multiple value option records corresponding to an attribute, depending on the ValueType of the corresponding attribute. For example, the value option in Table 2 above may be one many attribute value options for attribute “TypeOfLaw,” e.g., Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, etc. 
     A campaign table  612  stores X actual values chosen or entered by the entity for each application attribute. Thus the campaign table  610  stores a data set that is specific to the entity. 
     A creative template table  610  stores Y creative template. The creative templates may be selected based on responses to attribute queries as indicated in the campaign table  612 . An example creative template is shown in Table 3 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 3 
               
               
                   
               
               
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                 Value 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 CreativeTemplateID 
                 9788 
               
               
                 Status 
                 Active 
               
               
                 Markup 
                 {BusinessName}&lt;br&gt;Get information about 
               
               
                   
                 {TypeOfLawFirm} law.&lt;br&gt;{Traits} lawyers 
               
               
                   
                 fighting for you. 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The CreativeTemplateID field stores the identifier for the creative template. The Field stores the current status of the creative template. Example status values are Proposed Experimental, Active, and Inactive. A Proposed status is a status that may be assigned to a creative template that has yet to be evaluated. An Experimental status is a status that may be assigned to a creative template for initial evaluation of performance. An active status is a status that may be assigned to a creative template if the creative template has a successful evaluation. An Inactive status is status that may be assigned to creative template if the creative template is not to be selected. Additional status categories may also be used, e.g., Exclusively Licensed, Sold, etc. 
     Additional table may also used in the example database structure  610 . For example, table may be used to store creatives generated by the creative templates, evaluation metrics corresponding to the creatives, country codes, language codes, and the like. 
       FIG. 12  is an example domain model  700  for generating creatives. In this example domain model, an attribute set  702  determines the attributes  704  for which an entity may be queried or examined. The attributes  704 , in turn, determine which attribute value  708  define one or more campaigns  710 . Creative templates  712  are likewise selected based at least on the attributes  704  to generate creatives  714 . The creatives  714  incorporate the attribute value  708  as defined by the campaigns  710 . 
     The apparatus, methods, flow diagrams, and structure block diagrams described in this patent document may be implemented in computer processing system including program code comprising program instruction that are executable by the computer processing system. Other implementations may also be used. Additionally, the flow diagrams and structure block diagrams described in this patent document, which describe particular methods and/or corresponding acts in support of steps and corresponding functions in support of disclosed structural means, may also be utilized to implement corresponding software structures and algorithms, and equivalent thereof. 
     This written description sets forth the best mode of the invention and provides examples to describe the invention and to enable a person of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention. This written description does not limit the invention to the precise terms set forth. Thus, while the invention has been described in detail with reference to the example set forth above, those of ordinary skill in the art may effect alterations, modifications and variations to the examples without departing from the scope of the invention.