Patents by Inventor Robert Barr Thompson, JR.

Robert Barr Thompson, JR. 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: 20130174191
    Abstract: Systems and methods for incentivizing user interaction with promotional content on a secondary device are provided. The secondary device may be synchronized with the media content displayed on a primary device to provide promotional opportunities relevant to the displayed content. A promotional opportunity may allow a user to identify an object (which may be a product placement) embedded within the primary media content. For instance, the user may be prompted to select the object using a display screen on the secondary device. Alternatively, the user may use the secondary device to capture a photograph of the embedded object as displayed on the primary device. The user may then be rewarded for correctly identifying or photographing the embedded object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Barr Thompson, JR., Yulei Zhang