Patents by Inventor Thomas F. POTTJEGORT

Thomas F. POTTJEGORT 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).

  • Patent number: 10740118
    Abstract: A first image of a mobile device screen is recorded into memory of the mobile device. The first image includes at least one icon that represents an application installed on the mobile device. A second image of the mobile device screen is recorded into the memory of the mobile device. A graphical change in an area of the mobile device screen corresponding to a position of the icon is detected by comparing at least a portion of the second image to the first image. The graphical change results from a user selection of the icon to activate the application represented by the icon. In response to detecting the graphical change, determine an identifier of the application represented by the icon. Send a record of the user selection of the icon to a collection server. The record includes at least the identifier of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: comScore, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Pottjegort, Michael A. Brown
  • Patent number: 10397623
    Abstract: Techniques for measuring the visibility of video content presented within video players are presented. Initialization code is incorporated within a video player. The initialization code examines metadata associated with video content to determine whether to measure visibility information associated with the video content. If a measurement flag is encountered, the initialization code initializes measurement code to measure visibility information associated with the video content. The measurement code executes to measure visibility information associated with the video content and transmits the visibility information to a measurement server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: comScore, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Pottjegort
  • Publication number: 20180367828
    Abstract: Techniques for measuring the visibility of video content presented within video players are presented. Initialization code is incorporated within a video player. The initialization code examines metadata associated with video content to determine whether to measure visibility information associated with the video content. If a measurement flag is encountered, the initialization code initializes measurement code to measure visibility information associated with the video content. The measurement code executes to measure visibility information associated with the video content and transmits the visibility information to a measurement server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas F. Pottjegort
  • Patent number: 10063897
    Abstract: Techniques for measuring the visibility of video content presented within video players are presented. Initialization code is incorporated within a video player. The initialization code examines metadata associated with video content to determine whether to measure visibility information associated with the video content. If a measurement flag is encountered, the initialization code initializes measurement code to measure visibility information associated with the video content. The measurement code executes to measure visibility information associated with the video content and transmits the visibility information to a measurement server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: comScore, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Pottjegort
  • Patent number: 9865005
    Abstract: Techniques for measuring the visibility of video content are presented. The video content, such as a video advertisement, may be played or presented by a video player, for example as part of a web page. Initialization code may be incorporated within a video player. The initialization code may examine metadata associated with video content to determine whether to measure visibility information associated with the video content. If a measurement flag is encountered in the metadata, the initialization code may initialize measurement code designed to measure visibility information associated with the video content. The measurement code may execute to measure visibility information associated with the video content and transmit the visibility information to a measurement server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: comScore, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Pottjegort
  • Patent number: 9805377
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for determining the visibility of downloaded objects, such as electronic advertisements, on a client device screen comprise consulting one or more draw-count properties associated with the advertisement, such as screen-draw-count, window-draw-count, or document-draw-count properties; and determining whether the advertisement was likely visible based on the one or more draw-count properties. A plurality of objects, such as transparent pixel images may also be placed on or around the advertisement and their draw-counts compared. If only some of the transparent pixel images have non-zero draw-counts, then it may be inferred that only a portion of the advertisement was visible on the client device screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: comScore. Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Pottjegort
  • Publication number: 20130185164
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for determining the visibility of downloaded objects, such as electronic advertisements, on a client device screen comprise consulting one or more draw-count properties associated with the advertisement, such as screen-draw-count, window-draw-count, or document-draw-count properties; and determining whether the advertisement was likely visible based on the one or more draw-count properties. A plurality of objects, such as transparent pixel images may also be placed on or around the advertisement and their draw-counts compared. If only some of the transparent pixel images have non-zero draw-counts, then it may be inferred that only a portion of the advertisement was visible on the client device screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas F. POTTJEGORT