Patents by Inventor Angus G. K. Bankes

Angus G. K. Bankes 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISING IN A FEED OF CONTENT
    Publication number: 20110288916
    Abstract: A system and method is described for Controlling the provision of advertising presented to an end user in a feed of news content that is delivered from a publisher to an end user, wherein the system comprises: one or more advertisements which each possess a unique identifier that has been attributed by the publisher; reader software deployed in the system to analyse the delivered feed of news content and the one or more advertisements, wherein the reader software is adapted to ensure that any duplication of the one or more advertisements is identified by reference to the unique identifier of each advertisement; and wherein the reader software controls the presentation of news content and a predefined number of non-duplicate advertisements to the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: MOREOVER ACQUISITION CORPORATION
    Inventors: James E. Pitkow, Angus G.K. Bankes, Kenneth Buckley Smith
  • Systems and methods for providing advertising in a feed of content
    Patent number: 8001005
    Abstract: A system and method is described for controlling the provision of advertising presented to an end user in a feed of news content that is delivered from a publisher to an end user, wherein the system comprises: one or more advertisements which each possess a unique identifier that has been attributed by the publisher; reader software deployed in the system to analyse the delivered feed of news content and the one or more advertisements, wherein the reader software is adapted to ensure that any duplication of the one or more advertisements is identified by reference to the unique identifier of each advertisement; and wherein the reader software controls the presentation of news content and a predefined number of non-duplicate advertisements to the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Moreover Acquisition Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Pitkow, Angus G. K. Bankes, Kenneth Buckley Smith