Patents by Inventor Steven M. Gebert

Steven M. Gebert 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).

  • Method and system for including advertisements in output tasks
    Publication number: 20040225560
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for including advertisements in output tasks. In one aspect of the invention, merchant data is provided to the output device from a merchant, the merchant data including data describing at least one advertisement of the merchant to be available to be output by the output device. Data updates are provided that are received by the output device, where the data updates modify the advertisements or the parameters by which the advertisements are chosen to be output by the output device. The advertisements and information requested by a user can be output by the output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Harry R. Lewis, Steven M. Gebert