Patents by Inventor Brian A. Ecker

Brian A. Ecker 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: 8737610
    Abstract: Supplemental content such as electronic advertisements may be previewed in situ. That is, supplemental content may be previewed in a context of a live and/or production environment along with the primary content available in that environment. In particular, electronic advertising that is still under development, that still requires testing and/or quality control, and/or electronic advertising that is unpublished may be incorporated into electronic pages by live and/or production electronic page generation computer systems. Furthermore, electronic advertising may be previewed in situ in a controlled and/or restricted manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: IMDB.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Carlson, Nicole A. Deflaux, Joseph C. Lee, Brian A. Ecker