Patents by Inventor Adam Leader

Adam Leader 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).

  • Publication number: 20080294516
    Abstract: An electronic tearsheet is received at a receipt time from a publisher confirming placement at a placement time of a print ad in a publication according to specified terms between the publisher and an advertiser. The specified terms include a bid amount. The bid amount is collected from the advertiser. The publisher is provided a publisher's share of the bid amount. The publisher's share includes a base amount and a bonus. The bonus is based on a period of time between the receipt time and the placement time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Adam Leader, Spencer Spinnell
  • Publication number: 20080294549
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes receiving an offer to pay for advertising to be run in a printed publication according to offer parameters that include a publication time; receiving an acceptance to run the advertising according to the offer parameters; receiving, at a submission time, an electronic tearsheet, the submission time being after the publication time of the advertising; and charging a corresponding advertiser a first amount and paying a corresponding publisher a second amount when the submission time is within a first predetermined period of time of the publication time and when a challenge to the electronic tearsheet has not been received from the advertiser within a second predetermined time after the submission time. The electronic tearsheet can evidence publication parameters associated with the advertising that was run in the printed publication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventor: Adam Leader