1. A method for matching television advertisements to unused television advertising space comprising:
receiving, from an advertiser, a television advertisement, a price offered associated with the advertisement, and a first rate-determinative data;
receiving, from a television station, a time slot that has not yet been sold, an asking price associated with the time slot, and a second rate-determinative data;
matching the advertisement with the time slot based on a weighted budget based on the time slot, the offered price, the asking price, and a comparison between the first rate-determinative data and the second rate-determinative data; and
sending a confirmation to the advertiser and a traffic data to the television station comprising the advertisement and the time slot.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the confirmation comprises at least one of ratings information, show information, date andor time information related to running the commercial, price, length of commercial unit, or any combination thereof.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and second rate-determinative each comprise one or more of a number of impressions, a geographic location, a CPM value, a television show, a television channel, a television network, a day part, or any combination thereof.
4. A system for matching television advertisements to unused television advertising space comprising:
A first computer server configured to:
receive, from an advertiser, a television advertisement, a price offered associated with the advertisement, and a first rate-determinative data;
receive, from a television station, a time slot that has not yet been sold, an asking price associated with the time slot, and a second rate-determinative data;
match the advertisement with the time slot based on a weighted budget based on the time slot, the offered price, the asking price, and a comparison between the first rate-determinative data and the second rate-determinative data; and
send a conformation to the advertiser and a traffic data to the television station comprising the television advertisement and the time slot.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein confirmation comprises at least one of ratings information, show information, date andor time information related to running the commercial, price, length of commercial unit, or any combination thereof.
6. The system of claim 4 wherein the first and second rate-determinative each comprise one or more of a number of impressions, a geographic location, a CPM value, a television show, a television channel, a television network, a day part, or any combination thereof.
7. The system of claim 4 wherein the computer server is a plurality of computer servers.
8. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, for matching television advertisements to unused television advertising space, the product comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:
receive, from an advertiser, a television advertisement, a price offered associated with the advertisement, and a first demographic data;
receive, from a television station, a time slot that has not yet been sold, an asking price associated with the time slot, and a second demographic data;
match the advertisement with the time slot based on a weighted budget based on the time slot, the offered price, the asking price, and a comparison between the first rate-determinative data and the second rate-determinative data; and
send a conformation to the advertiser and a traffic data to the television station comprising the television advertisement and the time slot.
9. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein confirmation comprises at least one of ratings information, show information, date andor time information related to running the commercial, price, length of commercial unit, or any combination thereof.
10. A method for matching advertisement copy to unused advertising inventory of a television station comprising:
receiving a first parameter associated with the copy from an advertiser;
receiving a second parameter associated with the inventory;
determining a designated market area price check;
summarizing the inventory of the television station;
determining a budget associated with the copy based on the first parameter;
determining a first weighted value associated with the television station based on the second parameter;
determining a second weighted value associated with the television station based on the budget;
determining a third weighted value associated with the inventory based on the second weight; and
matching the copy with the inventory based on the first and third weighted values.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein the television station is at least one of a plurality of television stations, a regional operator, or a multi-system operator.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the matching step is performed iteratively and automatically for the television station.
13. The method of claim 10 wherein the first parameter is a price offered to display the copy at a particular time.
14. The method of claim 10 wherein the second parameter is a price requested to display the copy at a particular time.
15. A system for matching advertisement copy to unused advertising inventory of a television station comprising:
A computer server configured to:
receive a first parameter associated with the copy from an advertiser;
receive a second parameter associated with the inventory;
determine a designated market area price check;
summarize the inventory of the television station;
determine a budget associated with the copy based on the first parameter;
determine a first weighted value associated with the television station based on the second parameter;
determine a second weighted value associated with the television station based on the budget;
determine a third weighted value associated with the inventory based on the second weight; and
match the copy with the inventory based on the first and third weighted values.
16. The system of claim 15 wherein the computer server is a plurality of computer servers.
17. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, for matching advertisement copy to unused advertising inventory of a television station, the product comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:
receive a first parameter associated with the copy from an advertiser;
receive a second parameter associated with the inventory;
determine a designated market area price check;
summarize the inventory of the television station;
determine a budget associated with the copy based on the first parameter;
determine a first weighted value associated with the television station based on the second parameter;
determine a second weighted value associated with the television station based on the budget;
determine a third weighted value associated with the inventory based on the second weight; and
match the copy with the inventory based on the first and third weighted values.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for manufacturing a multi-piece head suspension, including:
providing a beam component including:
a beam carrier strip;
a beam region having edges with free portions and tab portions; and
one or more beam tabs connecting the beam carrier strip to the tab portions of the beam region edges;
providing a hinge component including:
a hinge carrier strip;
a hinge region having:
a spring component;
edges with tab portions; and
one or more hinge tabs connecting the hinge carrier strip to the tab portions of the hinge region edges;
forming rails on the free portions of the beam region edges of the beam component while the beam component is supported by the beam carrier strip;
attaching the beam region of the beam component to the spring component of the hinge region;
detabbing the beam tabs of the beam component from the beam carrier strip while the hinge component is supported by the hinge carrier strip; and
forming rails on the tab portions of the beam region edges of the beam component after detabbing the beam tabs and while the hinge component is supported by the hinge carrier strip.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein forming the rails on the tab portions includes forming rails on the tab portions that are contiguous with the rails on the free portions.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein forming rails on the free portions of the beam region edges includes forming transition regions between the tab portions and the rails on the free portions.
4. A method for manufacturing a multi-piece disk drive head suspension, including:
forming rails on a first portion of a beam region while the beam region is tabbed to a beam carrier strip;
attaching the beam region with rails on the first portion to a hinge tabbed to a hinge carrier strip;
detabbing the beam region from the beam carrier strip; and
forming rails on a second portion of the beam region after the beam region is detabbed from the beam carrier strip.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein:
forming rails on the first portion of a beam region includes forming rails on the first portion of the beam region while the beam region is supported by the beam carrier strip; and
forming rails on the second portion of the beam region includes forming rails on the second portion of the beam region while the beam region is supported by the hinge carrier strip.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein forming rails on the second portion of the beam region includes forming rails on a portion of the beam region detabbed from the beam carrier strip.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein forming rails on the first portion of the beam region includes forming transition regions between the second portion of the beam region and the rails on the first portion of the beam region.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein:
forming rails on the first portion of the beam region includes forming rails on a distal portion of the beam region while the beam region is tabbed to one or more sides of a distal portion of the beam region; and
forming rails on the second portion of the beam region includes forming rails on a proximal portion of the beam region.
9. The method of claim 4 wherein forming rails on the second portion includes forming rails on the second portion that are contiguous with the rails on the first portion.
10. A method for forming rails on a beam region of a disk drive head suspension, including:
forming rails on a first portion of the beam region while supporting the beam region at a first location; and
forming rails on a second portion of the beam region while supporting the beam region at a second location that is different than the first location and while the beam region is free of support at the first location.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein forming rails on the second portion of the beam region includes forming rails at the first location.
12. The method of claim 10 wherein forming rails on the second portion includes forming rails on the second portion that are contiguous with the rails on the first portion.
13. The method of claim 10 wherein forming rails on the first portion includes forming transition regions between the first location and the rails on the first portion.
14. A method for manufacturing a multi-piece disk drive head suspension, including:
forming rails on a first portion of a first suspension component while the first suspension component is tabbed to a carrier strip;
attaching the first suspension component to a second suspension component;
detabbing the first suspension component from the carrier strip; and
forming rails on a second portion of the first suspension component after detabbing the first suspension component from the carrier strip and while supporting the first suspension component by the second suspension component.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein forming rails on the second portion of the first suspension component includes forming rails at a location that the first suspension component was detabbed from the carrier strip.
16. The method of claim 14 wherein:
forming rails on the first portion of the first suspension component includes forming rails on a portion of the first suspension component that is spaced from a location where the first suspension component is tabbed to the carrier strip; and
forming rails on the second portion of the first suspension component includes forming rails on a portion of the first suspension component where the first suspension component was tabbed to the carrier strip.
17. The method of claim 16 wherein:
forming rails on the first suspension component includes forming rails on a load beam component; and
attaching the first suspension component to the second suspension component includes attaching the load beam component to a hinge component.
18. The method of claim 14 wherein forming rails on the second portion includes forming rails on the second portion that are contiguous with the rails on the first portion.
19. The method of claim 14 wherein forming rails on the first portion includes forming transition regions between the second portion and the rails on the first portion.