Patents by Inventor Darrick Paul Brown
Darrick Paul Brown 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).
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Patent number: 10726452Abstract: An embodiment is directed to a non-expanding advertisement that displays a video loop or a portion of a video within the advertisement. If the user interacts with the advertisement, the entire video is played within the advertisement without expanding. The user is not given the option to stop or pause the video. In addition, since the advertisement does not expand, the user is not given the option to close the video, ensuring that a complete view of the video is delivered to the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
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Patent number: 10134062Abstract: Systems and methods for a multi-state advertisement displayed at a fixed position on a primary display space of a display device, such as an electronic device with a display. The fixed position advertisement remains in its fixed position in view of the user as the user scrolls the web page in various directions. A plurality of events trigger a change in the state of the multi-state advertisement, with the change in state resulting in a change of the advertisement content, shape, size, style and appearance. An embodiment deploys an initial video in combination with a billboard. When the interstitial video ends, the fixed position advertisement is sized down to a less obtrusive size, with the billboard and the interstitial video replaced with a navigation bar.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Darrick Paul Brown, David Ross Lerman, Troy William Young, Matthew Allen Sanchez
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Publication number: 20180047068Abstract: An embodiment is directed to a non-expanding advertisement that displays a video loop or a portion of a video within the advertisement. If the user interacts with the advertisement, the entire video is played within the advertisement without expanding. The user is not given the option to stop or pause the video. In addition, since the advertisement does not expand, the user is not given the option to close the video, ensuring that a complete view of the video is delivered to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
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Patent number: 9760911Abstract: An embodiment is directed to a non-expanding advertisement that displays a video loop or a portion of a video within the advertisement. If the user interacts with the advertisement, the entire video is played within the advertisement without expanding. The user is not given the option to stop or pause the video. In addition, since the advertisement does not expand, the user is not given the option to close the video, ensuring that a complete view of the video is delivered to the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
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Patent number: 9607321Abstract: Computer-based systems and methods for an advertisement displayed on a fixed position on a web browser window displaying a visible portion of a web page. The fixed position advertisement remains in its fixed position in view of the user as the user scrolls the web page in various directions. The advertisement may be sized, shaped, or formatted based on the available space on the web page and on the content of the advertisement. The advertisement may include a variety of static and dynamic content, including interaction prompts and other elements, which may enable an engagement-based revenue generation model.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Darrick Paul Brown, David Ross Lerman, Troy William Young, Matthew Allen Sanchez
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Publication number: 20160078499Abstract: Computer-based systems and methods for a multi-state advertisement displayed at a fixed position on a primary display space of a display device. The fixed position advertisement remains in its fixed position in view of the user as the user scrolls the web page in various directions. A plurality of events trigger a change in the state of the multi-state advertisement, with the change in state resulting in a change of the advertisement content, shape, size, style and appearance. An embodiment deploys an initial video in combination with a billboard. When the interstitial video ends, the fixed position advertisement is sized down to a less obtrusive size, with the billboard and the interstitial video replaced with a navigation bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, David Ross Lerman, Troy William Young, Matthew Allen Sanchez
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Patent number: 9208500Abstract: Computer-based systems and methods for a multi-state advertisement displayed at a fixed position on a primary display space of a display device. The fixed position advertisement remains in its fixed position in view of the user as the user scrolls the web page in various directions. A plurality of events trigger a change in the state of the multi-state advertisement, with the change in state resulting in a change of the advertisement content, shape, size, style and appearance. An embodiment deploys an initial video in combination with a billboard. When the interstitial video ends, the fixed position advertisement is sized down to a less obtrusive size, with the billboard and the interstitial video replaced with a navigation bar.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Darrick Paul Brown, David Ross Lerman, Troy William Young, Matthew Allen Sanchez
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Publication number: 20140258834Abstract: Systems and methods for content display devices configured to display content with inline advertising zones in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a content display device includes a processor, a content display application, wherein the content display application configures the processor to receive web page data including a plurality of pieces of content data and at least one script, receive advertising content, generate an object model using the web page data, render the received web page data including displayable content and an inline advertising zone, display a portion of the rendered web page data, receive input, display a second portion of the rendered web page data, identify when the inline advertising zone is within the inline advertising zone threshold, modify the object model to include the advertising content in the displayed content based on the inline advertising zone, and re-render the received web page data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Say Media, Inc.Inventor: Darrick Paul Brown
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Publication number: 20140244407Abstract: An embodiment is directed to a non-expanding advertisement that displays a video loop or a portion of a video within the advertisement. If the user interacts with the advertisement, the entire video is played within the advertisement without expanding. The user is not given the option to stop or pause the video. In addition, since the advertisement does not expand, the user is not given the option to close the video, ensuring that a complete view of the video is delivered to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Say Media, Inc.Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
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Patent number: 8732019Abstract: An embodiment is directed to a non-expanding advertisement that displays a video loop or a portion of a video within the advertisement. If the user interacts with the advertisement, the entire video is played within the advertisement without expanding. The user is not given the option to stop or pause the video. In addition, since the advertisement does not expand, the user is not given the option to close the video, ensuring that a complete view of the video is delivered to the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Say Media, Inc.Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
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Publication number: 20110231265Abstract: An embodiment is directed to a non-expanding advertisement that displays a video loop or a portion of a video within the advertisement. If the user interacts with the advertisement, the entire video is played within the advertisement without expanding. The user is not given the option to stop or pause the video. In addition, since the advertisement does not expand, the user is not given the option to close the video, ensuring that a complete view of the video is delivered to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: SAY MEDIA, INC.Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
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Publication number: 20100198697Abstract: Computer-based systems and methods for an advertisement displayed on a fixed position on a web browser window displaying a visible portion of a web page. The fixed position advertisement remains in its fixed position in view of the user as the user scrolls the web page in various directions. The advertisement may be sized, shaped, or formatted based on the available space on the web page and on the content of the advertisement. The advertisement may include a variety of static and dynamic content, including interaction prompts and other elements, which may enable an engagement-based revenue generation model.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: VIDEOEGG, INC.Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, David Ross Lerman, Troy William Young, Matthew Allen Sanchez