Patents by Inventor Nickolas James Heudecker
Nickolas James Heudecker 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: 8997143Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for managing audience data for advertisement placements is disclosed. A server receives a source signal stream comprising metadata and an advertisement space. The server extracts from the metadata a channel identifier, a private client identifier, and information about an intended audience of interest to advertisers. The server identifies a placement opportunity including an owner of the advertisement space based on the channel identifier. The server purges at least some of the extracted information about the intended audience when the owner of the advertisement space is identified as a national network. The server identifies an amount of information about the intended audience to purge and subsequently to fetch for the national network based on a business arrangement between the national network and a service provider, which the server enforces and enables.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: This Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Sherwin, Nickolas James Heudecker, John Raymond Mick, Jr.
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Patent number: 8949882Abstract: A computer implemented method for enabling content providers to identify and customize placement opportunities is disclosed, comprising the steps of processing instructions to customize a pre-existing at least one of an audio and video datastream comprising at least one predefined time interval for content, identifying at least one time interval for a placement opportunity in the at least one of an audio and video datastream; altering at least one characteristic of the at least one time interval for a placement opportunity in accordance with the instructions; assembling the altered at least one time interval for a placement opportunity and at least one time interval for content into a list that represents an altered at least one of an audio and video datastream; and delivering the list to a distribution system for playing the altered at least one of an audio and video datastream.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: This Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Sherwin, Carrie Leigh Shaw, Nickolas James Heudecker
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Patent number: 8776113Abstract: A server receives a source signal stream comprising metadata and an advertisement space. The server extracts from the metadata a channel identifier, a private client identifier, and personal identifiable information about an intended audience of interest to advertisers. The server identifies at least one anonymous statistic of a national market and a placement opportunity including an owner of the advertisement space, the at least one anonymous statistic of a national market based in part on the channel identifier and the personal identifiable information. The server purges the personal identifiable information about the intended audience when the owner of the advertisement space is identified as a national network. The server targets an advertisement decision to the intended audience based on the at least one anonymous statistic of a national market.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: This Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Sherwin, Nickolas James Heudecker, John Raymond Mick, Jr.
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Publication number: 20130276026Abstract: A server receives a source signal stream comprising metadata and an advertisement space. The server extracts from the metadata a channel identifier, a private client identifier, and personal identifiable information about an intended audience of interest to advertisers. The server identifies at least one anonymous statistic of a national market and a placement opportunity including an owner of the advertisement space, the at least one anonymous statistic of a national market based in part on the channel identifier and the personal identifiable information. The server purges the personal identifiable information about the intended audience when the owner of the advertisement space is identified as a national network. The server targets an advertisement decision to the intended audience based on the at least one anonymous statistic of a national market.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: THIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Sherwin, Nickolas James Heudecker, John Raymond Mick, Jr.
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Publication number: 20130276025Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for managing audience data for advertisement placements is disclosed. A server receives a source signal stream comprising metadata and an advertisement space. The server extracts from the metadata a channel identifier, a private client identifier, and information about an intended audience of interest to advertisers. The server identifies a placement opportunity including an owner of the advertisement space based on the channel identifier. The server purges at least some of the extracted information about the intended audience when the owner of the advertisement space is identified as a national network. The server identifies an amount of information about the intended audience to purge and subsequently to fetch for the national network based on a business arrangement between the national network and a service provider, which the server enforces and enables.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Jeffrey Sherwin, Nickolas James Heudecker, John Raymond Mick, JR.
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Publication number: 20130254041Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for enabling service providers to fairly distribute advertisement placement opportunities containing inventory splits is disclosed. A router receives a play list containing inventory split percentages of ownership of a number of placement opportunities. The router associates ownership of each of the placement opportunities at random, but weighted by the inventory split percentages. The router inserts the placement opportunities into designated time intervals of a stream. The router transmits the stream to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: Jeffrey Sherwin, Nickolas James Heudecker, Matthew Narrell
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Patent number: 8468563Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for managing redundant signals are disclosed. At least one server receives a first signal stream with an identifier, the first signal stream having a first time associated with a first signal point. The at least one server receives a second signal stream with the identifier, the second signal stream having a second time associated with a second signal point, wherein the second time is after the first time. The at least one server compares the first time associated with the first signal stream with the second time associated with the second signal stream. The at least one server terminates transmission of the second signal stream and transmits the first signal stream when the comparison is determined to be within a time range tolerance. Both signal streams are transmitted when the comparison is determined not to be within a time range tolerance.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: This Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Sherwin, Nickolas James Heudecker
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Publication number: 20090150930Abstract: A computer implemented method for enabling content providers to identify and customize placement opportunities is disclosed, comprising the steps of processing instructions to customize a pre-existing at least one of an audio and video datastream comprising at least one predefined time interval for content, identifying at least one time interval for a placement opportunity in the at least one of an audio and video datastream; altering at least one characteristic of the at least one time interval for a placement opportunity in accordance with tile instructions; assembling the altered at least one time interval for a placement opportunity and at least one time interval for content into a list that represents an altered at least one of an audio and video datastream; and delivering the list to a distribution system for playing the altered at least one of an audio and video datastream.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: Jeffrey Sherwin, Carrie Leigh Shaw, Nickolas James Heudecker
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Patent number: 7346552Abstract: A system and method for automatically storing and loading consumer information into commercial transaction pages facilitates electronic commerce in a content network. Consumer information can be stored through registration or through system interaction and is associated with tags from commercial participants which are stored based upon informational needs for consummating transactions. New commercial participants are easily integrated into the present system through storage and association of tags or target content markers. Commercial participant branding is maintained, and entry of consumer information is minimized and simplified.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2003Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Cauldron Solutions, LLCInventors: Steven Mark Salzinger, Jeffrey Charles Sherwin, Takeshi Leland Toyohara, Russell Ian Zack, Nickolas James Heudecker