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).

  • Patent number: 10726452
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
  • Patent number: 10134062
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, David Ross Lerman, Troy William Young, Matthew Allen Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20180047068
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
  • Patent number: 9760911
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
  • Patent number: 9607321
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, David Ross Lerman, Troy William Young, Matthew Allen Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20160078499
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, David Ross Lerman, Troy William Young, Matthew Allen Sanchez
  • Patent number: 9208500
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, David Ross Lerman, Troy William Young, Matthew Allen Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20140258834
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Say Media, Inc.
    Inventor: Darrick Paul Brown
  • Publication number: 20140244407
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Say Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
  • Patent number: 8732019
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Say Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
  • Publication number: 20110231265
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: SAY MEDIA, INC.
    Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
  • Publication number: 20100198697
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: VIDEOEGG, INC.
    Inventors: Darrick Paul Brown, David Ross Lerman, Troy William Young, Matthew Allen Sanchez