Patents by Inventor Brendan Kitts

Brendan Kitts has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11949936
    Abstract: A method of targeting of advertising content for a consumer product is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining consumer demographic data from a first server over a network, the consumer demographic data including a plurality of demographic attributes for each person among a plurality of persons; obtaining product purchaser data for a plurality of product purchasers of the consumer product from a second server over the network, each product purchaser among the plurality of product purchasers being among the plurality of persons; and enriching the purchaser data with the consumer demographic data. The method further comprises enriching viewing data with consumer demographic data; and selecting viewed media among the aggregated viewed media having the highest similarity to the product purchasers as target media for the advertising content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ADAP.TV, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Kitts, Dyng Au, Sih Huseyin Ulger
  • Publication number: 20230289662
    Abstract: Shaded bid values may be determined and/or submitted to one or more auction modules for participation in auctions. Auction information including at least one of impression indications associated with the auctions, sets of features associated with the auctions, the shaded bid values associated with the auctions, etc. may be stored in a database. A machine learning model may be trained using the auction information to generate a first machine learning model with feature parameters associated with features. A bid request, indicative of a second set of features, may be received. The first machine learning model may be used to determine win probabilities and/or expected bid surpluses associated with multiple shaded bid values based upon one or more feature parameters, of the feature parameters, associated with the second set of features. A shaded bid value for submission may be determined based upon the win probabilities and/or the expected bid surpluses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Shengjun Pan, Tian Zhou, Brendan Kitts, Hao He, Bharatbhushan Shetty, Djordje Gligorijevic, Junwei Pan, Tingyu Mao, San Guitekin, Balaji Srinivasa Rao Paladugu, Jianlong Zhang, Sneha Thomas, Aaron Flores
  • Publication number: 20230281512
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. Shaded bid values may be determined and/or submitted to one or more auction modules for participation in auctions. Auction information including at least one of minimum bid values to win associated with the auctions, sets of features associated with the auctions, the shaded bid values associated with the auctions, unshaded bid values associated with the auctions, etc. may be stored in a database. A machine learning model may be trained using a loss function and/or the auction information to generate a first machine learning model with feature parameters associated with features. A bid request, indicative of a second set of features, may be received. The first machine learning model may be used to determine a shaded bid value for submission based upon one or more first feature parameters, of the feature parameters, associated with the second set of features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Tian Zhou, Djoefje Gligorijevic, Bharatbhushan Shetty, Junwei Pan, Brendan kitts, Shengjun Pan, Balaji Srinivasa Rao Paladugu, Sneha Thomas, Aaron Flores
  • Publication number: 20230276089
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that measure web activity bursts after ad broadcasts that may be sent to multiple persons. One system uses a cookie-less/cookie-optional, anonymous/personal-identification-not-required, method for web-based conversion tracking that will work on broadcast media systems such as television, and could also be applied to measuring spikes from email, radio, and other forms of advertising where an episodic ad event is broadcast to multiple parties, and where responses occur in a batch after the broadcast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Brendan KITTS, Dyng AU, Michael BARDARO, Sawin LEE, Alfred LEE
  • Patent number: 11720916
    Abstract: This paper presents a practical method for measuring the impact of multiple marketing events on sales, including marketing events that are not traditionally trackable. The technique infers which of several competing media events are likely to have caused a given conversion. The method is tested using hold-out sets, and also a live media experiment for determining whether the method can accurately predict television-generated web conversions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ADAP.TV, INC.
    Inventors: Brendan Kitts, Brian Burdick, Dyng Au, Liang Wei, Amanda Powter
  • Publication number: 20230245168
    Abstract: This paper presents a practical method for measuring the impact of multiple marketing events on sales, including marketing events that are not traditionally trackable. The technique infers which of several competing media events are likely to have caused a given conversion. The method is tested using hold-out sets, and also a live media experiment for determining whether the method can accurately predict television-generated web conversions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Brendan KITTS, Brian Burdick, Dyng AU, Liang Wei, Amanda Powter
  • Patent number: 11683547
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that measure web activity bursts after ad broadcasts that may be sent to multiple persons. One system uses a cookie-less/cookie-optional, anonymous/personal-identification-not-required, method for web-based conversion tracking that will work on broadcast media systems such as television, and could also be applied to measuring spikes from email, radio, and other forms of advertising where an episodic ad event is broadcast to multiple parties, and where responses occur in a batch after the broadcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ADAP.TV, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Kitts, Dyng Au, Michael Bardaro, Sawin Lee, Alfred Lee
  • Patent number: 11657326
    Abstract: Shaded bid values may be determined and/or submitted to one or more auction modules for participation in auctions. Auction information including at least one of impression indications associated with the auctions, sets of features associated with the auctions, the shaded bid values associated with the auctions, etc. may be stored in a database. A machine learning model may be trained using the auction information to generate a first machine learning model with feature parameters associated with features. A bid request, indicative of a second set of features, may be received. The first machine learning model may be used to determine win probabilities and/or expected bid surpluses associated with multiple shaded bid values based upon one or more feature parameters, of the feature parameters, associated with the second set of features. A shaded bid value for submission may be determined based upon the win probabilities and/or the expected bid surpluses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: YAHOO AD TECH LLC
    Inventors: Shengjun Pan, Tian Zhou, Brendan Kitts, Hao He, Bharatbhushan Shetty, Djordje Gligorijevic, Junwei Pan, Tingyu Mao, San Gultekin, Balaji Srinivasa Rao Paladugu, Jianlong Zhang, Sneha Thomas, Aaron Flores
  • Patent number: 11651284
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. Shaded bid values may be determined and/or submitted to one or more auction modules for participation in auctions. Auction information including at least one of minimum bid values to win associated with the auctions, sets of features associated with the auctions, the shaded bid values associated with the auctions, unshaded bid values associated with the auctions, etc. may be stored in a database. A machine learning model may be trained using a loss function and/or the auction information to generate a first machine learning model with feature parameters associated with features. A bid request, indicative of a second set of features, may be received. The first machine learning model may be used to determine a shaded bid value for submission based upon one or more first feature parameters, of the feature parameters, associated with the second set of features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: YAHOO AD TECH LLC
    Inventors: Tian Zhou, Djordje Gligorijevic, Bharatbhushan Shetty, Junwei Pan, Brendan Kitts, Shengjun Pan, Balaji Srinivasa Rao Paladugu, Sneha Thomas, Aaron Flores
  • Publication number: 20230081575
    Abstract: This paper presents a practical method for measuring the impact of multiple marketing events on sales, including marketing events that are not traditionally trackable. The technique infers which of several competing media events are likely to have caused a given conversion. The method is tested using hold-out sets, and also a live media experiment for determining whether the method can accurately predict television-generated web conversions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Brendan KITTS, Brian BURDICK, Dyng AU, Liang WEI, Amanda POWTER
  • Patent number: 11601702
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for targeting of advertising content for a consumer product, by obtaining consumer demographic data, the consumer demographic data including a plurality of demographic attributes for each person; identifying a plurality of media slots; and obtaining program information for a respective identified program aired in each media slot among the plurality of media slots, the program information including viewing data of a plurality of viewing persons viewing the program and each viewing person being among the plurality of persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ADAP.TV, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Kitts, Dyng Au, Jon Borchardt
  • Publication number: 20230014859
    Abstract: Television is the largest advertising category in the United States with over 65 billion spent by advertisers per year. A variety of different targeting algorithms are compared, ranging from the traditional age-gender targeting methods employed based on Nielsen ratings, to new approaches that attempt to target high probability buyers using Set Top Box data. The performance of these different algorithms on a real television campaign is shown, and the advantages and limitations of each method are discussed. In contrast to other theoretical work, all methods presented herein are compatible with targeting the existing 115 million Television households in the United States and are implementable on current television delivery systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Brendan KITTS, Dyng AU, Alfred LEE
  • Patent number: 11514473
    Abstract: This paper presents a practical method for measuring the impact of multiple marketing events on sales, including marketing events that are not traditionally trackable. The technique infers which of several competing media events are likely to have caused a given conversion. The method is tested using hold-out sets, and also a live media experiment for determining whether the method can accurately predict television-generated web conversions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ADAP.TV, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Kitts, Brian Burdick, Dyng Au, Liang Wei, Amanda Powter
  • Patent number: 11470401
    Abstract: Television is the largest advertising category in the United States with over 65 billion spent by advertisers per year. A variety of different targeting algorithms are compared, ranging from the traditional age-gender targeting methods employed based on Nielsen ratings, to new approaches that attempt to target high probability buyers using Set Top Box data. The performance of these different algorithms on a real television campaign is shown, and the advantages and limitations of each method are discussed. In contrast to other theoretical work, all methods presented herein are compatible with targeting the existing 115 million Television households in the United States and are implementable on current television delivery systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: ADAP.TV, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Kitts, Dyng Au, Alfred Lee
  • Publication number: 20220321937
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that measure web activity bursts after ad broadcasts that may be sent to multiple persons. One system uses a cookie-less/cookie-optional, anonymous/personal-identification-not-required, method for web-based conversion tracking that will work on broadcast media systems such as television, and could also be applied to measuring spikes from email, radio, and other forms of advertising where an episodic ad event is broadcast to multiple parties, and where responses occur in a batch after the broadcast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Brendan KITTS, Dyng AU, Michael BARDARO, Sawin LEE, Alfred LEE
  • Patent number: 11395026
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that measure web activity bursts after ad broadcasts that may be sent to multiple persons. One system uses a cookie-less/cookie-optional, anonymous/personal-identification-not-required, method for web-based conversion tracking that will work on broadcast media systems such as television, and could also be applied to measuring spikes from email, radio, and other forms of advertising where an episodic ad event is broadcast to multiple parties, and where responses occur in a batch after the broadcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ADAP. TV, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Kitts, Dyng Au, Michael Bardaro, Sawin Lee, Alfred Lee
  • Publication number: 20220060772
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for targeting of advertising content for a consumer product, by obtaining consumer demographic data, the consumer demographic data including a plurality of demographic attributes for each person; identifying a plurality of media slots; and obtaining program information for a respective identified program aired in each media slot among the plurality of media slots, the program information including viewing data of a plurality of viewing persons viewing the program and each viewing person being among the plurality of persons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Brendan KITTS, Dyng AU, Jon BORCHARDT
  • Publication number: 20220051130
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. Shaded bid values may be determined and/or submitted to one or more auction modules for participation in auctions. Auction information including at least one of minimum bid values to win associated with the auctions, sets of features associated with the auctions, the shaded bid values associated with the auctions, unshaded bid values associated with the auctions, etc. may be stored in a database. A machine learning model may be trained using a loss function and/or the auction information to generate a first machine learning model with feature parameters associated with features. A bid request, indicative of a second set of features, may be received. The first machine learning model may be used to determine a shaded bid value for submission based upon one or more first feature parameters, of the feature parameters, associated with the second set of features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Tian Zhou, Djordje Gligorijevic, Bharatbhushan Shetty, Junwei Pan, Brendan Kitts, Shengjun Pan, Balaji Srinivasa Rao Paladugu, Sneha Thomas, Aaron Flores
  • Publication number: 20220051131
    Abstract: Shaded bid values may be determined and/or submitted to one or more auction modules for participation in auctions. Auction information including at least one of impression indications associated with the auctions, sets of features associated with the auctions, the shaded bid values associated with the auctions, etc. may be stored in a database. A machine learning model may be trained using the auction information to generate a first machine learning model with feature parameters associated with features. A bid request, indicative of a second set of features, may be received. The first machine learning model may be used to determine win probabilities and/or expected bid surpluses associated with multiple shaded bid values based upon one or more feature parameters, of the feature parameters, associated with the second set of features. A shaded bid value for submission may be determined based upon the win probabilities and/or the expected bid surpluses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shengjun Pan, Tian Zhou, Brendan Kitts, Hao He, Bharatbhushan Shetty, Djordje Gligorijevic, Junwei Pan, Tingyu Mao, San Gultekin, Balaji Srinivasa Rao Paladugu, Jianlong Zhang, Sneha Thomas, Aaron Flores
  • Patent number: 11232473
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for demographic prediction based on aggregated training data. The predictions are based on auditing aggregated data associated with identified properties of web requests. The audited information is based on a batch of prior web requests that have the same property and have been audited by a measurement company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ADAP.TV, INC.
    Inventors: Brendan Kitts, Garrett James Badeau, Davood Shamsi, Yongbo Zeng, Liang Wei, Andrew George Potter, Sergei Tolkachov