Patents by Inventor Joshua Michael Hofmann

Joshua Michael Hofmann 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: 10269024
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for identifying and measuring trends in consumer content demand within a vertical network of websites and related content. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving content from webpages in at least one vertical; receiving data associated with a plurality of selected keywords associated with the at least one vertical, wherein one or more associations between at least a portion of the plurality of selected keywords can be generated; receiving session data associated with a plurality of consumers accessing content in webpages in the at least one vertical; determining third party data associated with the plurality of consumers accessing at least a portion of webpages comprising at least one of the selected keywords; and aggregating, based at least in part on the third party data, session data associated with visits to the webpages comprising at least one of the selected keywords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Outbrain Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Edward Kaib, Brent Allen Walker, Joshua Michael Hofmann, Gregg Freishtat
  • Publication number: 20110040604
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing targeted content to a network user. In one embodiment, a method for providing targeted content to a consumer via a network during the consumer's viewing of a webpage can be provided. The method can include aggregating data from one or more of the following: crawled webpage data, vertical clickstream data, and previously stored webpage visitation data. The method can further include determining one or more trends associated with an industry vertical based at least in part on some of the aggregated data. Further, the method can include determining at least one content recommendation for the consumer based at least in part on one or more trends associated with an industry vertical. Moreover, the method can include outputting the at least one content recommendation to the consumer via the webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: VERTICAL ACUITY, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Edward Kaib, Brent Allen Walker, Joshua Michael Hofmann, Gregg S. Freishtat, Kevin Bryant Holcom
  • Publication number: 20090204478
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for identifying and measuring trends in consumer content demand within a vertical network of websites and related content. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving, from a crawler, content from a plurality of webpages in at least one vertical. The method can include receiving, from a processor, data associated with a plurality of selected keywords associated with the at least one vertical, wherein one or more associations between at least a portion of the plurality of selected keywords can be generated. In addition, the method can include receiving, from a processor, session data associated with a plurality of consumers accessing content in webpages in the at least one vertical. Furthermore, the method can include determining third party data associated with the plurality of consumers accessing at least a portion of webpages comprising at least one of the selected keywords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: VERTICAL ACUITY, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Edward Kaib, Brent Allen Walker, Joshua Michael Hofmann, Gregg Freishtat