Patents Assigned to Merkle, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240070722
    Abstract: Systems and methods for targeted advertising to specific consumers are disclosed. A system may include a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive, over a network, consumer data from a client device; identify a plurality of client-provided consumers from the consumer data; obtain a plurality of unique consumer identifiers corresponding to the plurality of client-provided consumers; and identify at least one first overlapping unique consumer identifier by matching at least one of the plurality of client-provided consumers with at least one publisher-provided consumer provided by a first publisher device of a plurality of publisher devices, the first publisher device having a highest priority among the plurality of publisher devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter RANDAZZO, John GAJEWSKI, John LEE, Nicholas A. ILLOBRE, Dionisio ESPINAL, Gerald Matthew BAVARO, Matthew SCHULTZ, Michael JOYCE, David Michael YONCHAK, Kelly Renee LEGER
  • Publication number: 20240005347
    Abstract: A system including a processor may filter a population to identify a group having members, and deliver, over an electronic network, a survey to members of the group to determine value preferences and value gaps. The survey may be made according to a set of paired comparisons or other related techniques. The system may generate vectors according to the determined value preferences and value gaps for members of the group, which may have lengths equal to numbers of determined values for the members. The system may cluster members of the group into segments by calculating patterns of differences between generated vectors. Results of this process enable the creation of a predictive model to estimate segment membership, which can be used in the generation of a promotion for display corresponding to a clustered segment, and deliver the promotion to a client device associated for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lee WOOD, Futoshi YUMOTO, Thomas D. LACKI
  • Patent number: 11810137
    Abstract: A system including a processor may filter a population to identify a group having members, and deliver, over an electronic network, a survey to members of the group to determine value preferences and value gaps. The survey may be made according to a set of paired comparisons or other related techniques. The system may generate vectors according to the determined value preferences and value gaps for members of the group, which may have lengths equal to numbers of determined values for the members. The system may cluster members of the group into segments by calculating patterns of differences between generated vectors. Results of this process enable the creation of a predictive model to estimate segment membership, which can be used in the generation of a promotion for display corresponding to a clustered segment, and deliver the promotion to a client device associated for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lee Wood, Futoshi Yumoto, Thomas D. Lacki
  • Patent number: 11783373
    Abstract: Systems and methods for targeted advertising to specific consumers are disclosed. A system may include a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive, over a network, consumer data from a client device; identify a plurality of client-provided consumers from the consumer data; obtain a plurality of unique consumer identifiers corresponding to the plurality of client-provided consumers; and identify at least one first overlapping unique consumer identifier by matching at least one of the plurality of client-provided consumers with at least one publisher-provided consumer provided by a first publisher device of a plurality of publisher devices, the first publisher device having a highest priority among the plurality of publisher devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MERKLE, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Randazzo, John Gajewski, John Lee, Nicholas A. Illobre, Dionisio Espinal, Jr., Gerald Matthew Bavaro, Matthew Schultz, Michael Joyce, David Michael Yonchak, Kelly Renee Leger
  • Publication number: 20210201360
    Abstract: Systems and methods for targeted advertising to specific consumers are disclosed. A system may include a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive, over a network, consumer data from a client device; identify a plurality of client-provided consumers from the consumer data; obtain a plurality of unique consumer identifiers corresponding to the plurality of client-provided consumers; and identify at least one first overlapping unique consumer identifier by matching at least one of the plurality of client-provided consumers with at least one publisher-provided consumer provided by a first publisher device of a plurality of publisher devices, the first publisher device having a highest priority among the plurality of publisher devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter RANDAZZO, John GAJEWSKI, John LEE, Nicholas A. ILLOBRE, Dionisio ESPINAL, Jr., Gerald Matthew BAVARO, Matthew SCHULTZ, Michael JOYCE, David Michael YONCHAK, Kelly Renee LEGER
  • Patent number: 10956943
    Abstract: Systems and methods for targeted advertising to specific consumers are disclosed. A system may include a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instruction to: receive, over a network, client-provided data from a client device; identify at least one consumer by comparing the client-provided data against consumer data recorded in an electronic consumer database; obtain at least one unique consumer identifier for the identified at least one consumer, the at least one unique consumer identifier not including personal identifiable information; generate a target audience pool based on the at least one unique consumer identifier; and deliver, over a network, the target audience pool to the client device to facilitate targeted advertising to specific consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Randazzo, John Gajewski, John Lee, Nicholas Illobre, Dionisio Espinal, Gerald Matthew Bavaro, David Michael Yonchak, Kelly Renee Leger
  • Publication number: 20200286110
    Abstract: A system including a processor may filter a population to identify a group having members, and deliver, over an electronic network, a survey to members of the group to determine value preferences and value gaps. The survey may be made according to a set of paired comparisons or other related techniques. The system may generate vectors according to the determined value preferences and value gaps for members of the group, which may have lengths equal to numbers of determined values for the members. The system may cluster members of the group into segments by calculating patterns of differences between generated vectors. Results of this process enable the creation of a predictive model to estimate segment membership, which can be used in the generation of a promotion for display corresponding to a clustered segment, and deliver the promotion to a client device associated for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lee WOOD, Futoshi YUMOTO, Thomas D. LACKI
  • Patent number: 10664854
    Abstract: A system including a processor may filter a population to identify a group having members, and deliver, over an electronic network, a survey to members of the group to determine value preferences and value gaps. The survey may be made according to a set of paired comparisons or other related techniques. The system may generate vectors according to the determined value preferences and value gaps for members of the group, which may have lengths equal to numbers of determined values for the members. The system may cluster members of the group into segments by calculating patterns of differences between generated vectors. Results of this process enable the creation of a predictive model to estimate segment membership, which can be used in the generation of a promotion for display corresponding to a clustered segment, and deliver the promotion to a client device associated for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lee Wood, Futoshi Yumoto, Thomas D. Lacki
  • Publication number: 20190114674
    Abstract: Systems and methods for targeted advertising to specific consumers are disclosed. A system may include a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instruction to: receive, over a network, client-provided data from a client device; identify at least one consumer by comparing the client-provided data against consumer data recorded in an electronic consumer database; obtain at least one unique consumer identifier for the identified at least one consumer, the at least one unique consumer identifier not including personal identifiable information; generate a target audience pool based on the at least one unique consumer identifier; and deliver, over a network, the target audience pool to the client device to facilitate targeted advertising to specific consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter RANDAZZO, John Gajewski, John Lee, Nicholas Illobre, Dionisio Espinal, Gerald Matthew Bavaro, David Michael Yonchak, Kelly Renee Leger
  • Patent number: 10181136
    Abstract: Systems and methods for targeted advertising to specific consumers are disclosed. A system may include a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instruction to: receive, over a network, client-provided data from a client device; identify at least one consumer by comparing the client-provided data against consumer data recorded in an electronic consumer database; obtain at least one unique consumer identifier for the identified at least one consumer, the at least one unique consumer identifier not including personal identifiable information; generate a target audience pool based on the at least one unique consumer identifier; and deliver, over a network, the target audience pool to the client device to facilitate targeted advertising to specific consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Randazzo, John Gajewski, John Lee, Nicholas Illobre, Dionisio Espinal, Gerald Matthew Bavaro, David Michael Yonchak, Kelly Renee Leger
  • Publication number: 20180108046
    Abstract: Systems and methods for targeted advertising to specific consumers are disclosed. A system may include a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instruction to: receive, over a network, client-provided data from a client device; identify at least one consumer by comparing the client-provided data against consumer data recorded in an electronic consumer database; obtain at least one unique consumer identifier for the identified at least one consumer, the at least one unique consumer identifier not including personal identifiable information; generate a target audience pool based on the at least one unique consumer identifier; and deliver, over a network, the target audience pool to the client device to facilitate targeted advertising to specific consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Randazzo, John Gajewski, John Lee, Nicholas Illobre, Dionisio Espinal, Gerald Matthew Bavaro, David Michael Yonchak, Kelly Renee Leger
  • Patent number: 9741047
    Abstract: A system including a processor may filter a population to identify a group having members, and deliver, over an electronic network, a survey to members of the group to determine value preferences and value gaps. The survey may be made according to a set of paired comparisons or other related techniques. The system may generate vectors according to the determined value preferences and value gaps for members of the group, which may have lengths equal to numbers of determined values for the members. The system may cluster members of the group into segments by calculating patterns of differences between generated vectors. Results of this process enable the creation of a predictive model to estimate segment membership, which can be used in the generation of a promotion for display corresponding to a clustered segment, and deliver the promotion to a client device associated for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lee Wood, Futoshi Yumoto, Thomas D. Lacki
  • Publication number: 20100228595
    Abstract: Various implementations of the invention relate to systems and methods for scoring a plurality of prospective target lists to facilitate an analytic approach, rather than conventional subjective approaches, to selecting one or more of the prospective target lists for purposes of advertising. A plurality of representations representative of one or more desired targeted advertising groups may be created. The prospective target lists may be evaluated against the created representations to develop one or more scores for each prospective target list. Based on the developed scores, one or more target lists from among the plurality of prospective target lists may be recommended and/or selected for advertising purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Merkle, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig E. Dempster, Alptekin Ozgur Dogan, Marc C. Fanelli