Patents by Inventor Arel Ives Lidow

Arel Ives Lidow 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: 20230096236
    Abstract: A method and system for capturing and reviewing advertisement information on a mobile device are provided. An advertisement is requested to be served to a user of an application on a user device and, in response to the request, the advertisement and metadata associated with the advertisement are received at the device. The application presents the received advertisement, and a visual representation of the advertisement is captured. Specifically, the visual representation depicts the advertisement as it was originally displayed to the user. The visual representation and associated metadata are stored on the user device for subsequent retrieval. Further, an interface control is provided that allows the user to ban a particular advertisement from being shown again across multiple devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Arel Ives Lidow
  • Patent number: 11544747
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a client device, an ad request for an ad space being for presentation in a user interface of an application on the client device, sending, to bidder systems, a bid request on the ad space, receiving bids from the bidder systems, selecting, from the received bids, a cost-per-view bid corresponding to a first creative and a cost-per-impression bid corresponding to a second creative, and sending a message to the client device wherein the message comprises respective identifiers of the first and second creatives, and wherein the client device is configured to obtain the first creative and present the first creative in the ad space if the ad space is in view one the client device within a specified time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Arel Ives Lidow, Charles Brian O'Kelley
  • Patent number: 11521229
    Abstract: A method and system for capturing and reviewing advertisement information on a mobile device are provided. An advertisement is requested to be served to a user of an application on a user device and, in response to the request, the advertisement and metadata associated with the advertisement are received at the device. The application presents the received advertisement, and a visual representation of the advertisement is captured. Specifically, the visual representation depicts the advertisement as it was originally displayed to the user. The visual representation and associated metadata are stored on the user device for subsequent retrieval. Further, an interface control is provided that allows the user to ban a particular advertisement from being shown again across multiple devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Xandr Inc.
    Inventor: Arel Ives Lidow
  • Publication number: 20210365997
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a client device, a first notification of an ad space from a seller, identifying ad conditions corresponding to an ad space inventory to which the ad space belongs comprising a first condition that identifies an allowed creative media type for the ad space inventory, sending a second notification requesting a bid on the ad space to bidders, each bidder representing a respective buyer, receiving bids from the bidders, each bid corresponding to a respective bid price, buyer, and a creative, determining that a first bid of the bids corresponds to a first creative having a media type different from the allowed creative media type, and identifying a preexisting arrangement between the buyer corresponding to the first bid and the seller and, based thereon, allowing the first creative to be served to the ad space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Xandr Inc.
    Inventors: Arel Ives Lidow, Scott Daniel Menzer, Michael William Stevenson McNeeley
  • Patent number: 11113729
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a client device, a first notification of an ad space from a seller, identifying ad conditions corresponding to an ad space inventory to which the ad space belongs comprising a first condition that identifies an allowed creative media type for the ad space inventory, sending a second notification requesting a bid on the ad space to bidders, each bidder representing a respective buyer, receiving bids from the bidders, each bid corresponding to a respective bid price, buyer, and a creative, determining that a first bid of the bids corresponds to a first creative having a media type different from the allowed creative media type, and identifying a preexisting arrangement between the buyer corresponding to the first bid and the seller and, based thereon, allowing the first creative to be served to the ad space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Xandr Inc.
    Inventors: Arel Ives Lidow, Scott Daniel Menzer, Michael William Stevenson McNeeley
  • Patent number: 10872355
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a client device of a user, an ad request for an ad space of a seller, the ad space being for presentation in a user interface of an application executing on the client device, creating a bid request for bidding on the ad space, sending the bid request to one or more bidders, the bidders representing one or more buyers, receiving one or more bids from one or more of the bidders, each bid corresponding to a respective buyer and a creative, selecting, from the received bids, a winning bid corresponding to a particular buyer and a particular creative, and identifying a visibility profile for the particular buyer and, based thereon, providing data associated with the user to the particular buyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Xandr Inc.
    Inventors: Arel Ives Lidow, Scott Daniel Menzer
  • Patent number: 10817906
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving bidder data identifying bidders for an instance of an advertising space and price data corresponding to prices offered by the bidders for the advertising space instance, identifying, based on the bidder data, line items matching the bidders, wherein the line items include dynamically alterable parameters, determining, based on the price data, values of the dynamically alterable parameters, selecting a line item from a plurality of line items, wherein the plurality of line items includes the identified line items, and wherein the selection of the line item is based on the values of the dynamically alterable parameters of the identified line items, obtaining creative data corresponding to the selected line item, and transmitting the creative data, wherein the creative data represent a creative compatible with the instance of the advertising space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Xandr Inc.
    Inventor: Arel Ives Lidow
  • Patent number: 10528986
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a client device of a user, a notification of an available ad space in a user interface of an application executing on the client device, identifying one or more advertising elements, each advertising element representing a respective buyer and comprising a respective bid price, one or more respective campaigns, and one or more respective creative elements, for a particular advertising element having a bid price based on, at least in part, past revenue generated from the buyer, determining an impression frequency from one or more of the creative elements of the particular advertising element, and adjusting the particular advertising element's bid price based on the impression frequency, after adjusting the particular advertising element's bid price, ranking the advertising elements based on, at least in part, the respective bid prices, and for a top-ranked advertising element, identifying a fi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Xandr Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Sierra Seljan, Arel Ives Lidow
  • Publication number: 20170061495
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving bidder data identifying bidders for an instance of an advertising space and price data corresponding to prices offered by the bidders for the advertising space instance, identifying, based on the bidder data, line items matching the bidders, wherein the line items include dynamically alterable parameters, determining, based on the price data, values of the dynamically alterable parameters, selecting a line item from a plurality of line items, wherein the plurality of line items includes the identified line items, and wherein the selection of the line item is based on the values of the dynamically alterable parameters of the identified line items, obtaining creative data corresponding to the selected line item, and transmitting the creative data, wherein the creative data represent a creative compatible with the instance of the advertising space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Arel Ives Lidow
  • Publication number: 20160371748
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a client device of a user, an ad request for an ad space of a seller, the ad space being for presentation in a user interface of an application executing on the client device, creating a bid request for bidding on the ad space, sending the bid request to one or more bidders, the bidders representing one or more buyers, receiving one or more bids from one or more of the bidders, each bid corresponding to a respective buyer and a creative, selecting, from the received bids, a winning bid corresponding to a particular buyer and a particular creative, and identifying a visibility profile for the particular buyer and, based thereon, providing data associated with the user to the particular buyer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Arel Ives Lidow, Scott Daniel Menzer
  • Publication number: 20160371747
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a notification of an ad space of a first seller, determining a first arrangement with the first seller for purchasing the ad space, determining a second arrangement with a second seller for purchasing a package comprising the ad space and data associated with the ad space, sending to bidders a bid request comprising a first identifier for the first arrangement and a second identifier for the second arrangement, receiving, from the bidders, bids in response to the bid request, each bid comprising a respective bid price and buyer, and at least one of the first and second identifiers, and selecting, from the received bids, a bid on the package as indicated by the second identifier of the selected bid and causing a creative from the selected bid's buyer to be served to the ad space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Arel Ives Lidow, Charles Brian O'Kelley
  • Publication number: 20160371745
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a client device, an ad request for an ad space being for presentation in a user interface of an application on the client device, sending, to bidder systems, a bid request on the ad space, receiving bids from the bidder systems, selecting, from the received bids, a cost-per-view bid corresponding to a first creative and a cost-per-impression bid corresponding to a second creative, and sending a message to the client device wherein the message comprises respective identifiers of the first and second creatives, and wherein the client device is configured to obtain the first creative and present the first creative in the ad space if the ad space is in view one the client device within a specified time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Arel Ives Lidow, Charles Brian O'Kelley
  • Publication number: 20160371746
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a client device, a first notification of an ad space from a seller, identifying ad conditions corresponding to an ad space inventory to which the ad space belongs comprising a first condition that identifies an allowed creative media type for the ad space inventory, sending a second notification requesting a bid on the ad space to bidders, each bidder representing a respective buyer, receiving bids from the bidders, each bid corresponding to a respective bid price, buyer, and a creative, determining that a first bid of the bids corresponds to a first creative having a media type different from the allowed creative media type, and identifying a preexisting arrangement between the buyer corresponding to the first bid and the seller and, based thereon, allowing the first creative to be served to the ad space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Arel Ives Lidow, Scott Daniel Menzer, Michael William Stevenson McNeeley
  • Publication number: 20160307236
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving from a client device a first notification of an ad space of an ad space inventory, the ad space included in a user interface of an application on the client device, sending to bidders a second notification requesting bids on the ad space, receiving bids from the bidders, identifying a first bid of the received bids corresponding to a first buyer and a first bid price of a cost-per-view price wherein the first buyer pays the first bid price only if the creative is viewed, adjusting the first bid price based on a historical viewing rate of ad spaces of the ad space inventory, ranking the bids according to respective bid prices wherein the first bid is ranked according to the adjusted first bid price, and selecting a top-ranked bid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Arel Ives Lidow
  • Publication number: 20160210671
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a client device of a user, a notification of an available ad space in a user interface of an application executing on the client device, identifying one or more advertising elements, each advertising element representing a respective buyer and comprising a respective bid price, one or more respective campaigns, and one or more respective creative elements, for a particular advertising element having a bid price based on, at least in part, past revenue generated from the buyer, determining an impression frequency from one or more of the creative elements of the particular advertising element, and adjusting the particular advertising element's bid price based on the impression frequency, after adjusting the particular advertising element's bid price, ranking the advertising elements based on, at least in part, the respective bid prices, and for a top-ranked advertising element, identifying a fi
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Samuel Sierra Seljan, Arel Ives Lidow