Patents by Inventor Alex Johnston

Alex Johnston 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: 20260220669
    Abstract: One variation of the method includes: accessing an ad template, designated for presentation within a target webpage, including by a set of ad elements; accessing a set of style rules; accessing a set of style elements for the target webpage; generating a prompt to generate a set of ads by assembling the set of ad elements and the set of style elements and satisfying the set of style rules; receiving the set of ads; for each ad in the set of ads, calculating a style score representing adherence of the ad to the set of style rules; selecting a subset of ads from the set of ads in response to the subset of ads exhibiting style scores exceeding a threshold style; and, in response to selection of a first ad, in the subset of ads, queuing the first ad for insertion into a media player on the target webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: David Sebag, Sambit Patnaik, Craig Simmons, Alex Johnston, Eric Shiffman
  • Publication number: 20250373883
    Abstract: One variation of a method for modeling visual media consumption includes: receiving identification of a slot loaded within a webpage accessed by a computing device and remaining outside a first viewing window of the computing device; characterizing a set of features representative of the slot and comprising an address associated with the webpage; representing characteristics of the set of features in a feature container; characterizing a difference between the feature container and a group of feature containers representing target combinations of feature characteristics predicted to anticipate a target outcome, in a defined for a first campaign; and, based on the difference, serving a first visual media in the first campaign to the computing device for rendering within the slot prior to an event that locates the slot in the viewing window of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Mark McEachran, Sanzhar Murzakhmetov, Sergei Izrailev, Alan Krumholz, Alex Johnston, Mahdi Sadjadi
  • Patent number: 12373860
    Abstract: One variation of a method for modeling visual media consumption includes: receiving identification of a slot loaded within a webpage accessed by a computing device and remaining outside a first viewing window of the computing device; characterizing a set of features representative of the slot and comprising an address associated with the webpage; representing characteristics of the set of features in a feature container; characterizing a difference between the feature container and a group of feature containers representing target combinations of feature characteristics predicted to anticipate a target outcome, in a defined for a first campaign; and, based on the difference, serving a first visual media in the first campaign to the computing device for rendering within the slot prior to an event that locates the slot in the viewing window of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark McEachran, Sanzhar Murzakhmetov, Sergei Izrailev, Alan Krumholz, Alex Johnston, Mahdi Sadjadi
  • Publication number: 20250111405
    Abstract: One variation of a method for modeling visual media consumption includes: receiving identification of a slot loaded within a webpage accessed by a computing device and remaining outside a first viewing window of the computing device; characterizing a set of features representative of the slot and comprising an address associated with the webpage; representing characteristics of the set of features in a feature container; characterizing a difference between the feature container and a group of feature containers representing target combinations of feature characteristics predicted to anticipate a target outcome, in a defined for a first campaign; and, based on the difference, serving a first visual media in the first campaign to the computing device for rendering within the slot prior to an event that locates the slot in the viewing window of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Mark McEachran, Sanzhar Murzakhmetov, Sergei Izrailev, Alan Krumholz, Alex Johnston, Mahdi Sadjadi
  • Publication number: 20230316342
    Abstract: One variation of a method includes: receiving a request for advertising content from an ad slot loaded with a webpage rendered by a computing device; accessing a set of ad slot characteristics including an address of the webpage; extracting a set of visual assets, representing advertising content, from a digital advertisement selected for presentation within the ad slot; selecting a presentation layer, in a set of presentation layers, for pairing with the digital advertisement based on the set of visual assets and the set of ad slot characteristics, the presentation layer defining an interactive format and a layout of visual assets within the interactive format; transforming the digital advertisement into an interactive advertisement according to the presentation layer; and rendering the interactive advertisement within the ad slot responsive to an event that moves the ad slot within a viewing window of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: David Sebag, Jarrod Dowalter, Maziar Hosseinzadeh, RuiRui Yu, Sergei Izraelev, Alex Johnston