Patents Assigned to DSTILLERY, INC.
  • Patent number: 11921732
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes determining a position for a search query and a position for each audience record from multiple audience records in an embedding space. The method further includes receiving multiple device records, each associated with an audience record. The method further includes determining multiple keywords, each associated with an audience record and determining a position for each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a first distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each audience record in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a second distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes ranking each audience record based on the first distance and the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Melinda Han Williams, Peter Ernest Lenz, Jr., Yeming Shi, Patrick Joseph McCarthy, Amelia Grieve White
  • Publication number: 20230376493
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes determining a position for a search query and a position for each audience record from multiple audience records in an embedding space. The method further includes receiving multiple device records, each associated with an audience record. The method further includes determining multiple keywords, each associated with an audience record and determining a position for each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a first distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each audience record in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a second distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes ranking each audience record based on the first distance and the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Melinda Han WILLIAMS, Peter Ernest LENZ, JR., Yeming SHI, Patrick Joseph MCCARTHY, Amelia Grieve WHITE
  • Patent number: 11768844
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes determining a position for a search query and a position for each audience record from multiple audience records in an embedding space. The method further includes receiving multiple device records, each associated with an audience record. The method further includes determining multiple keywords, each associated with an audience record and determining a position for each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a first distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each audience record in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a second distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes ranking each audience record based on the first distance and the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Melinda Han Williams, Peter Ernest Lenz, Jr., Yeming Shi, Patrick Joseph McCarthy, Amelia Grieve White
  • Patent number: 11727313
    Abstract: Some embodiments described herein relate to a computer-implemented method that includes accessing behavioral data, such as web visitation data, of multiple users. A sparse behavioral vector can be defined for each user based on the behavioral data. Each element of each sparse behavioral vector can represent a different potential detectable behavior such that each sparse behavioral vector encodes the behavioral data for that user. Multiple supervised learning models to each sparse behavioral vector to densify the vectors, defining multiple dense behavioral vectors. An unsupervised machine learning technique can be applied to the dense behavioral vectors to cluster, or define subpopulations, based on similarities between the dense behavioral vectors. Delivery of targeted content to a user can be facilitated based on a dense behavioral vector associated with that user being associated with one or more of the clusters or subpopulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Melinda Han Williams, Reka Daniel-Weiner, Amelia Grieve White, Claudia Reisz
  • Patent number: 11699109
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method can facilitate delivery of targeted content to user devices in situations in which historic tracking data (e.g., cookie data) is generally unavailable and/or unreliable. A p-dimensional embedding of websites can be generated based on a group of user devices for whom tracking data is available. Conversion event data that indicates indicating whether that audience member performed a conversion action can be received. A machine learning model can be trained using the conversion event data and the positions of websites appearing in the conversion event data within the p-dimensional embedding to predict a likelihood of conversion and/or a type of content to provide given a position in the p-dimensional embedding. When an indication that a user device is accessing a website is received, a position of that website in the p-dimensional embedding can be determined and targeted content can be delivered to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Amelia Grieve White, Melinda Han Williams, Christopher Allen Jenness, Jason Jerard Kaufman, Evan Bard Hills, Mark Alan Jung
  • Publication number: 20230195736
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes determining a position for a search query and a position for each audience record from multiple audience records in an embedding space. The method further includes receiving multiple device records, each associated with an audience record. The method further includes determining multiple keywords, each associated with an audience record and determining a position for each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a first distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each audience record in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a second distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes ranking each audience record based on the first distance and the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Melinda Han WILLIAMS, Peter Ernest LENZ, JR., Yeming SHI, Patrick Joseph MCCARTHY, Amelia Grieve WHITE
  • Patent number: 11580117
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes determining a position for a search query and a position for each audience record from multiple audience records in an embedding space. The method further includes receiving multiple device records, each associated with an audience record. The method further includes determining multiple keywords, each associated with an audience record and determining a position for each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a first distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each audience record in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a second distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes ranking each audience record based on the first distance and the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Ernest Lenz, Jr., Yeming Shi, Amelia Grieve White, Patrick Joseph McCarthy, Melinda Han Williams
  • Publication number: 20220261674
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method can facilitate delivery of targeted content to user devices in situations in which historic tracking data (e.g., cookie data) is generally unavailable and/or unreliable. A p-dimensional embedding of websites can be generated based on a group of user devices for whom tracking data is available. Conversion event data that indicates indicating whether that audience member performed a conversion action can be received. A machine learning model can be trained using the conversion event data and the positions of websites appearing in the conversion event data within the p-dimensional embedding to predict a likelihood of conversion and/or a type of content to provide given a position in the p-dimensional embedding. When an indication that a user device is accessing a website is received, a position of that website in the p-dimensional embedding can be determined and targeted content can be delivered to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Amelia Grieve WHITE, Melinda Han WILLIAMS, Christopher Allen JENNESS, Jason Jerard KAUFMAN, Evan Bard HILLS, Mark Alan JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220129777
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method can facilitate delivery of targeted content to user devices in situations in which historic tracking data (e.g., cookie data) is generally unavailable and/or unreliable. A p-dimensional embedding of websites can be generated based on a group of user devices for whom tracking data is available. Conversion event data that indicates indicating whether that audience member performed a conversion action can be received. A machine learning model can be trained using the conversion event data and the positions of websites appearing in the conversion event data within the p-dimensional embedding to predict a likelihood of conversion and/or a type of content to provide given a position in the p-dimensional embedding. When an indication that a user device is accessing a website is received, a position of that website in the p-dimensional embedding can be determined and targeted content can be delivered to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Amelia Grieve WHITE, Melinda Han WILLIAMS, Christopher Allen JENNESS, Jason Jerard KAUFMAN
  • Publication number: 20220012614
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method can facilitate delivery of targeted content to user devices in situations in which historic tracking data (e.g., cookie data) is generally unavailable and/or unreliable. A p-dimensional embedding of websites can be generated based on a group of user devices for whom tracking data is available. Conversion event data that indicates indicating whether that audience member performed a conversion action can be received. A machine learning model can be trained using the conversion event data and the positions of websites appearing in the conversion event data within the p-dimensional embedding to predict a likelihood of conversion and/or a type of content to provide given a position in the p-dimensional embedding. When an indication that a user device is accessing a website is received, a position of that website in the p-dimensional embedding can be determined and targeted content can be delivered to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Amelia Grieve WHITE, Melinda Han WILLIAMS, Christopher Allen JENNESS, Jason Jerard KAUFMAN
  • Publication number: 20210319035
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes determining a position for a search query and a position for each audience record from multiple audience records in an embedding space. The method further includes receiving multiple device records, each associated with an audience record. The method further includes determining multiple keywords, each associated with an audience record and determining a position for each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a first distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each audience record in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a second distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes ranking each audience record based on the first distance and the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Ernest LENZ, JR., Yeming SHI, Patrick Joseph MCCARTHY, Amelia Grieve WHITE, Melinda Han WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: 11128722
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing media requests and evaluating the authenticity of geographic data associated with the media requests. A mobile device may use media requests to retrieve media items that are displayed to a user. A media request may include geographic data with latitude and longitude information and entity data identifying a user, application, mobile device, or combination thereof. The system may analyze the geographic data to identify locations and may analyze the entity information to identify user activity. The user activity may be internet activity of an application running on another device (e.g., user's desktop). The system may then correlate the user activity (e.g., accessing a venue web site) with the geographic locations (e.g., venue locations) to evaluate the authenticity of the geographic data associated with the mobile requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Melinda Han Williams, Ori M. Stitelman, Rodney Alan Hook
  • Patent number: 11068935
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method can facilitate delivery of targeted content to user devices in situations in which historic tracking data (e.g., cookie data) is generally unavailable and/or unreliable. A p-dimensional embedding of websites can be generated based on a group of user devices for whom tracking data is available. Conversion event data that indicates indicating whether that audience member performed a conversion action can be received. A machine learning model can be trained using the conversion event data and the positions of websites appearing in the conversion event data within the p-dimensional embedding to predict a likelihood of conversion and/or a type of content to provide given a position in the p-dimensional embedding. When an indication that a user device is accessing a website is received, a position of that website in the p-dimensional embedding can be determined and targeted content can be delivered to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Amelia Grieve White, Melinda Han Williams, Christopher Allen Jenness, Jason Jerard Kaufman
  • Publication number: 20210081392
    Abstract: Some embodiments described herein relate to receiving obfuscated location data associated with a first compute device, such as a mobile phone. A database including records of multiple compute devices, including a second compute device, associated with multiple obfuscated locations can be accessed and a link between the first compute device and the second compute device can be defined based, at least in part on the obfuscated location data associated with the first compute device matching a record for the second compute device. In some embodiments, the first compute device and/or the second compute device can receive content based, at least in part on the link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney HOOK, Brian DALESSANDRO, Kevin REILLY
  • Patent number: 10902009
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes determining a position for a search query and a position for each audience record from multiple audience records in an embedding space. The method further includes receiving multiple device records, each associated with an audience record. The method further includes determining multiple keywords, each associated with an audience record and determining a position for each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a first distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each audience record in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a second distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes ranking each audience record based on the first distance and the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Ernest Lenz, Jr., Yeming Shi, Patrick Joseph Mccarthy, Amelia Grieve White, Melinda Han Williams
  • Publication number: 20200186883
    Abstract: Some embodiments described herein relate to a method that includes surveying and/or passively monitoring content consumption by mobile communication devices. Each signal received from a mobile communication device can be associated with a common location. For example, an out-of-home device positioned at the location can be operable to receive requests from mobile communication devices that represent requests to access network locations. An audience profile for that common location can be defined based on a network location that is identified as being statistically overrepresented. Content targeted to the audience profile at the common location can then be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Ori M. STITELMAN, Blake ABER, Andrew PANCER, Rodney HOOK, Brian DALESSANDRO
  • Publication number: 20190182621
    Abstract: Privacy-sensitive methods, systems, and media for geo-social targeting are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Foster John PROVOST, Alan MURRAY
  • Patent number: 10282755
    Abstract: A method for mobile advertising conversion attribution can include receiving, for example, at a conversion tracking server, a signal from a user device indicating that a conversion tag has been received. The signal can include a segment identifier, and a user agent (UA) and/or an internet protocol (IP) address of the user device. A conversion identifier can be defined that is associated with the segment identifier, the UA, and/or the IP address. The conversion identifier can be stored in a first database along with an indication of when the conversion identifier was received. A second database can be searched for an advertisement identifier that matches the conversion identifier and was received within a predetermined period of time before the conversion identifier. If a match between the conversion identifier and an advertisement identifier is located, a signal indicating that an advertisement was converted can be sent to an advertiser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O'Reilly
  • Patent number: 10212239
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing media requests and evaluating the authenticity of geographic data associated with the media requests. A mobile device may use media requests to retrieve media items that are displayed to a user. A media request may include geographic data with latitude and longitude information and entity data identifying a user, application, mobile device, or combination thereof. The system may analyze the geographic data to identify locations and may analyze the entity information to identify user activity. The user activity may be internet activity of an application running on another device (e.g., user's desktop). The system may then correlate the user activity (e.g., accessing a venue web site) with the geographic locations (e.g., venue locations) to evaluate the authenticity of the geographic data associated with the mobile requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: DSTILLERY, INC.
    Inventors: Melinda Han Williams, Ori M. Stitelman, Rodney Alan Hook
  • Patent number: 10129595
    Abstract: Some embodiments described herein relate to a method that includes surveying and/or passively monitoring content consumption by mobile communication devices. Each signal received from a mobile communication device can be associated with a common location. For example, an out-of-home device positioned at the location can be operable to receive requests from mobile communication devices that represent requests to access network locations. An audience profile for that common location can be defined based on a network location that is identified as being statistically overrepresented. Content targeted to the audience profile at the common location can then be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.
    Inventors: Ori Stitelman, Blake Aber, Andrew Pancer, Rodney Hook, Brian Dalessandro