Patents by Inventor William F. Farina

William F. Farina 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: 10536740
    Abstract: Systems and methods for targeting advertisements to particular zones within a content distribution region are disclosed. One or more zone signals may be generated and distributed by combining media content with a respective advertisement corresponding to each of the zones within the distribution region. In some example cases, the media content may be received from a broadcaster. The systems and methods may further include the capability to determine zone based and/or advertisement based viewing metrics for one or more of the zones within the content distribution region by polling client devices within the one or more zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Zeigler, Brian Davis, Monty Alan McCollum, Dorothy N. Buie, William F. Farina
  • Publication number: 20150334433
    Abstract: Systems and methods for targeting advertisements to particular zones within a content distribution region are disclosed. One or more zone signals may be generated and distributed by combining media content with a respective advertisement corresponding to each of the zones within the distribution region. In some example cases, the media content may be received from a broadcaster. The systems and methods may further include the capability to determine zone based and/or advertisement based viewing metrics for one or more of the zones within the content distribution region by polling client devices within the one or more zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Michael R. Zeigler, Brian Davis, Monty Alan McCollum, Dorothy N. Buie, William F. Farina
  • Publication number: 20150120464
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating, selling, executing terms of ad demographic bins are disclosed. Ad demographic bins may be sold to ad buyer and may represent a variety of parameters and/or terms to which the ad demographic bin seller may have to perform. The ad demographic bins may specify a number of views, a targeted geography of those views, and/or a targeted demographic of those views. Once an ad demographic bin is sold, one or more ad avails, spots, and/or other ad assets may be acquired, such as from media and/or content providers for the purpose of rendering one or more ads on behalf of the ad buyer. The ad avails, spots, and/or other ad assets may be selected and/or acquired in a manner as to perform to the parameters of the ad demographic bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Zeigler, Dorothy N. Buie, Leslie H. Talansky, William F. Farina
  • Publication number: 20150120459
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selling unsold ad (advertisement) avails as individual ad avails or as bundled with other unsold ad avails in a demographic bin. Ad avails and ad demographic bins may be sold to an ad buyer and may represent a variety of parameters and/or terms to which the ad demographic bin seller may have to perform. The ad demographic bins may specify a number of views, a targeted geography of those views, and/or a targeted demographic of those views. The unsold ad avails may be offered for sale without indicating the content, content providers, or the time slot associated with the ad avail. These ad avails may be offered for sale if it is determined that the ad avails are about to expire, such as within a threshold number of days. In the cases, where the ad avails are sold as a demographic bin (i.e. bundled with other ad avails), the aggregate demographic parameters associated with the demographic bin may be indicated when offering the ad avails for sale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael R. Zeigler, Dorothy N. Buie, Leslie H. Talansky, William F. Farina