Patents by Inventor Arthur P. Rascon

Arthur P. Rascon 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).

  • Patent number: 8527869
    Abstract: The invention includes a method and system for personalizing displays of published Web pages provided by Web content providers to meet the interests of Web users accessing the pages, based on profiles of the users. The system preferably provides to the requesting user, through a proxy server, an edited version of the HTML file for the original published Web page that is served by a host Web server. The system uses user profiles that may include demographic and psychographic data to edit the requested Web page. The content of a Web page as published by a host Web server may be coded to correlate components of the Web page with demographic and psychographic data. The user profiles may then be used to filter the content of a coded Web page for delivery to a requesting user. The system may rearrange content on a published Web page so that content determined to be of higher interest to a user is more prominently featured or more easily or quickly accessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Devin F. Hosea, Richard Scott Zimmerman, Arthur P. Rascon, Anthony Scott Oddo, Nathaniel John Thurston
  • Patent number: 8108245
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for accurately and anonymously profiling Web users and for selectively delivering content such as advertisements to users based on their profiles. The system uses behavioral information preferably collected at the users' point of connection to the Internet to anonymously profile their interests and demographics. It accurately matches and delivers content to the users to which they will likely be most receptive. Advertisers can use the system to launch effective advertising campaigns delivering selected Web content to chosen target audiences. The system uses feedback from users to determine the effectiveness of an advertising campaign and allows dynamic modification of the advertising campaign by, e.g., altering the target audience, to optimize results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Devin F. Hosea, Arthur P. Rascon, Richard S. Zimmerman, Anthony Scott Oddo, Nathaniel Thurston
  • Patent number: 7979880
    Abstract: A method for profiling an iTV user. The method comprises gathering user-requested content information from iTV interactions, correlating content-associated profile information from a rating service with the user-requested content information, and developing a profile of the user based on the content-associated profile information correlated with the user-requested content information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Devin F. Hosea, Richard S. Zimmerman, Arthur P. Rascon, Anthony Scott Oddo, Nathaniel Thurston
  • Publication number: 20020138331
    Abstract: The invention includes a method and system for personalizing displays of published Web pages provided by Web content providers to meet the interests of Web users accessing the pages, based on profiles of the users. The system preferably provides to the requesting user, through a proxy server, an edited version of the HTML file for the original published Web page that is served by a host Web server. The system uses user profiles that may include demographic and psychographic data to edit the requested Web page. The content of a Web page as published by a host Web server may be coded to correlate components of the Web page with demographic and psychographic data. The user profiles may then be used to filter the content of a coded Web page for delivery to a requesting user. The system may rearrange content on a published Web page so that content determined to be of higher interest to a user is more prominently featured or more easily or quickly accessible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Devin F. Hosea, Richard Scott Zimmerman, Arthur P. Rascon, Anthony Scott Oddo, Nathaniel John Thurston
  • Publication number: 20020059094
    Abstract: A method for profiling an iTV user. The method comprises gathering user-requested content information from iTV interactions, correlating content-associated profile information from a rating service with the user-requested content information, and developing a profile of the user based on the content-associated profile information correlated with the user-requested content information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Devin F. Hosea, Richard S. Zimmerman, Arthur P. Rascon, Anthony Scott Oddo, Nathaniel Thurston