Patents by Inventor Simon Chamberlain
Simon Chamberlain 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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Publication number: 20230336508Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer-readable media for recording, storing, and/or delivering machine-readable indicia-based messages are described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventor: Simon Chamberlain
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Patent number: 9595051Abstract: Embodiments facilitate confidential and secure sharing of anonymous user profile data to improve the delivery of customized content. Embodiments of the invention provide a data appliance to an entity such as a business to convert profile data about the business's customers into anonymous identifiers. A similar data appliance is provided to a content provider in one embodiment to generate identifiers for its user profile data. Because the anonymous identifiers are generated with the same anonymization method, identical identifiers are likely generated from profile data of the same users. Therefore, the identifiers can be used to anonymously match the customers of the business to the users of the content provider. Therefore, data can be shared to improve customized content such as advertisements that the business wishes to place with the content provider without requiring the business to disclose customer data in an unencrypted form, and any non-matched data can remain confidential.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Brian Stack, Andrew Lientz, Simon Chamberlain, Yacine Abdous, Ray Kahn
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Publication number: 20150262246Abstract: Embodiments facilitate confidential and secure sharing of anonymous user profile data to improve the delivery of customized content. Embodiments of the invention provide a data appliance to an entity such as a business to convert profile data about the business's customers into anonymous identifiers. A similar data appliance is provided to a content provider in one embodiment to generate identifiers for its user profile data. Because the anonymous identifiers are generated with the same anonymization method, identical identifiers are likely generated from profile data of the same users. Therefore, the identifiers can be used to anonymously match the customers of the business to the users of the content provider. Therefore, data can be shared to improve customized content such as advertisements that the business wishes to place with the content provider without requiring the business to disclose customer data in an unencrypted form, and any non-matched data can remain confidential.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Brian Stack, Andrew Lientz, Simon Chamberlain, Yacine Abdous, Ray Kahn
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Patent number: 9058340Abstract: A system is disclosed that maps user IDs (such as IP addresses) and geographic regions to particular categories or “segments” reflective of user profiles. The mappings may be based on behavioral data reflective of user browsing activities, offline data (e.g., survey data or demographic data), or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the mappings are generated using data collected by a plurality of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) regarding their subscribers. The system also includes a query interface that enables content providers to retrieve segment data associated with particular user IDs.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: EXPERIAN MARKETING SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Simon Chamberlain, Harley Giles, Andrew Lientz
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Patent number: 8966649Abstract: Embodiments facilitate confidential and secure sharing of anonymous user profile data to improve the delivery of customized content. Embodiments of the invention provide a data appliance to an entity such as a business to convert profile data about the business's customers into anonymous identifiers. A similar data appliance is provided to a content provider in one embodiment to generate identifiers for its user profile data. Because the anonymous identifiers are generated with the same anonymization method, identical identifiers are likely generated from profile data of the same users. Therefore, the identifiers can be used to anonymously match the customers of the business to the users of the content provider. Therefore, data can be shared to improve customized content such as advertisements that the business wishes to place with the content provider without requiring the business to disclose customer data in an unencrypted form, and any non-matched data can remain confidential.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Brian Stack, Andrew Lientz, Simon Chamberlain, Yacine Abdous, Ray Kahn
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Publication number: 20140201007Abstract: Embodiments facilitate confidential and secure sharing of anonymous user profile data to improve the delivery of customized content. Embodiments of the invention provide a data appliance to an entity such as a business to convert profile data about the business's customers into anonymous identifiers. A similar data appliance is provided to a content provider in one embodiment to generate identifiers for its user profile data. Because the anonymous identifiers are generated with the same anonymization method, identical identifiers are likely generated from profile data of the same users. Therefore, the identifiers can be used to anonymously match the customers of the business to the users of the content provider. Therefore, data can be shared to improve customized content such as advertisements that the business wishes to place with the content provider without requiring the business to disclose customer data in an unencrypted form, and any non-matched data can remain confidential.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Brian Stack, Andrew Lientz, Simon Chamberlain, Yacine Abdous, Ray Kahn
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Patent number: 8639920Abstract: Embodiments facilitate confidential and secure sharing of anonymous user profile data to improve the delivery of customized content. Embodiments of the invention provide a data appliance to an entity such as a business to convert profile data about the business's customers into anonymous identifiers. A similar data appliance is provided to a content provider in one embodiment to generate identifiers for its user profile data. Because the anonymous identifiers are generated with the same anonymization method, identical identifiers are likely generated from profile data of the same users. Therefore, the identifiers can be used to anonymously match the customers of the business to the users of the content provider. Therefore, data can be shared to improve customized content such as advertisements that the business wishes to place with the content provider without requiring the business to disclose customer data in an unencrypted form, and any non-matched data can remain confidential.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Brian Stack, Andrew Lientz, Simon Chamberlain, Yacine Abdous, Ray Kahn
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Patent number: 8533322Abstract: A system is disclosed that maps user IDs (such as IP addresses) and geographic regions to particular categories or “segments” reflective of user profiles. The mappings may be based on behavioral data reflective of user browsing activities, offline data (e.g., survey data or demographic data), or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the mappings are generated using data collected by a plurality of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) regarding their subscribers. The system also includes a query interface that enables content providers to retrieve segment data associated with particular user IDs.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Simon Chamberlain, Harley Giles, Andrew Lientz
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Publication number: 20120185503Abstract: A system is disclosed that maps user IDs (such as IP addresses) and geographic regions to particular categories or “segments” reflective of user profiles. The mappings may be based on behavioral data reflective of user browsing activities, offline data (e.g., survey data or demographic data), or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the mappings are generated using data collected by a plurality of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) regarding their subscribers. The system also includes a query interface that enables content providers to retrieve segment data associated with particular user IDs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Simon Chamberlain, Harley Giles, Andrew Lientz
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Patent number: 8145754Abstract: A system is disclosed that maps IP addresses and geographic regions to particular categories or “segments” reflective of user profiles. The mappings may be based on behavioral data reflective of user browsing activities, offline data (e.g., survey data or demographic data), or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the mappings are generated using data collected by a plurality of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) regarding their subscribers. The system also includes a query interface that enables content providers to retrieve segment data associated with particular IP addresses.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Simon Chamberlain, Harley Giles, Andrew Lientz
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Publication number: 20110289190Abstract: A system is disclosed that maps IP addresses and geographic regions to particular categories or “segments” reflective of user profiles. The mappings may be based on behavioral data reflective of user browsing activities, offline data (e.g., survey data or demographic data), or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the mappings are generated using data collected by a plurality of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) regarding their subscribers. The system also includes a query interface that enables content providers to retrieve segment data associated with particular IP addresses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: EXPERIAN MARKETING SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Simon Chamberlain, Harley Giles, Andrew Lientz
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Patent number: 7996521Abstract: A system is disclosed that uses behavioral data collected by ISPs to categorize particular ISP subscribers. The behavioral data may, for example, include the identities of particular web sites and/or web pages accessed by particular subscribers, the search queries used by the subscribers to conduct Internet searches, and/or other types of behavioral information. The ISP subscribers are assigned to particular behavioral categories or “segments” using a behavioral segmentation schema that maps particular subscriber behaviors to particular behavioral segments. The ISP subscribers may also be mapped to other segment types, such as demographic segments derived from off-line data about the subscribers. The subscriber-to-segment mappings are made available to content targeting entities via a query interface that, for example, supports queries of the form “what are the segments associated with IP address X?”.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Simon Chamberlain, Harley Giles, Andrew Lientz
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Publication number: 20110060905Abstract: Embodiments facilitate confidential and secure sharing of anonymous user profile data to improve the delivery of customized content. Embodiments of the invention provide a data appliance to an entity such as a business to convert profile data about the business's customers into anonymous identifiers. A similar data appliance is provided to a content provider in one embodiment to generate identifiers for its user profile data. Because the anonymous identifiers are generated with the same anonymization method, identical identifiers are likely generated from profile data of the same users. Therefore, the identifiers can be used to anonymously match the customers of the business to the users of the content provider. Therefore, data can be shared to improve customized content such as advertisements that the business wishes to place with the content provider without requiring the business to disclose customer data in an unencrypted form, and any non-matched data can remain confidential.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: EXPERIAN MARKETING SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Brian Stack, Andrew Lientz, Simon Chamberlain, Yacine Abdous, Ray Kahn
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Publication number: 20100094758Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods for enabling the matching of third party data with access providers' subscriber data in a privacy compliant manner, and then connecting an internet user to that third party data for use by marketers, content providers, or other interested parties in a manner that protects consumer privacy at all times. In one embodiment, an access provider such as an ISP sends its subscriber data to a double blind processor that generates an encrypted key for each subscriber. The key is then used to find matching consumer data, for example, consumer segments that represent previously collected or modeled consumer attitudinal, habit, or financial data. The key may be forwarded to a real time marketing bureau, which may use the matched data in subsequent real-time or substantially real-time operations to provide consumer or business data to advertisers, content providers, and other interested parties.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: EXPERIAN MARKETING SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Simon Chamberlain, Andrew Lientz, Brian Stack
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Publication number: 20090132559Abstract: A system is disclosed that uses behavioral data collected by ISPs to categorize particular ISP subscribers. The behavioral data may, for example, include the identities of particular web sites and/or web pages accessed by particular subscribers, the search queries used by the subscribers to conduct Internet searches, and/or other types of behavioral information. The ISP subscribers are assigned to particular behavioral categories or “segments” using a behavioral segmentation schema that maps particular subscriber behaviors to particular behavioral segments. The ISP subscribers may also be mapped to other segment types, such as demographic segments derived from off-line data about the subscribers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: Simon Chamberlain, Harley Giles, Andrew Lientz
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Publication number: 20090129377Abstract: A system is disclosed that uses behavioral data collected by ISPs to categorize particular ISP subscribers. The behavioral data may, for example, include the identities of particular web sites and/or web pages accessed by particular subscribers, the search queries used by the subscribers to conduct Internet searches, and/or other types of behavioral information. The ISP subscribers are assigned to particular behavioral categories or “segments” using a behavioral segmentation schema that maps particular subscriber behaviors to particular behavioral segments. The ISP subscribers may also be mapped to other segment types, such as demographic segments derived from off-line data about the subscribers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: Simon Chamberlain, Harley Giles, Andrew Lientz