Patents by Inventor Mike Van Flandern

Mike Van Flandern 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).

  • Publication number: 20090100362
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for allowing an advertiser or other user to create high-end advertisements via a plurality of software-based, predefined templates. The templates may be customized by a user to configure the appearance, flow, interactivity and other features of an advertisement. The present system further provides a user interface allowing a user to interact with and configure the templates, thus allowing the user to control the appearance, flow, interactivity, transitions, timers, etc. of the advertisement. In addition to controlling these parameters, the templates also allow a user to associate one or more content files, or assets, with an advertisement. Thus, an advertiser may easily incorporate a video or other content into an advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Sauve, Mike Van Flandern, Eddie Fusaro, John Elsbree, Chris Meyer, Daniel L. Poling, JR., Will Vong, Marc Oshiro, Gary Hebert, David Gardner, Robert Thrasher
  • Publication number: 20090100359
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for allowing an advertiser or other user to create high-end advertisements via a plurality of software-based, predefined templates. The templates may be customized by a user to configure the appearance, flow, interactivity and other features of an advertisement. The present system further provides a user interface allowing a user to interact with and configure the templates, thus allowing the user to control the appearance, flow, interactivity, transitions, timers, etc. of the advertisement. In addition to controlling these parameters, the templates also allow a user to associate one or more content files, or assets, with an advertisement. These assets may including audio files. Thus, an advertiser may easily incorporate music, songs, sounds, spoken text or other audio content into an advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Sauve, Mike Van Flandern, Eddie Fusaro, John Elsbree, Chris Meyer, Daniel L. Poling, JR., Will Vong, Marc Oshiro, David Gardner
  • Publication number: 20090100331
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for allowing an advertiser or other user to create high-end advertisements via a plurality of software-based, predefined templates. The templates may include a timer for counting down the temporal length of an advertisement. Upon countdown of the timer to zero, the advertisement may terminate and automatically flow-through to the underlying content. The present system further provides a user interface allowing a user to interact with and configure the templates, thus allowing the user to control the appearance, flow, interactivity, transitions, timer, etc. of the advertisement. In addition to controlling these parameters, the templates also allow a user to associate one or more content files, or assets, with an advertisement. Thus, an advertiser may easily incorporate a video or other content into an advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Sauve, Mike Van Flandern, Eddie Fusaro, John Elsbree, Chris Meyer, Daniel L. Poling, JR., Will Vong, Marc Oshiro, David Gardner