Patents by Inventor Brian HAFER

Brian HAFER 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).

  • Method and apparatus for tracing users of online video web sites
    Patent number: 8577996
    Abstract: The method and/or apparatus monitors and records the times when a user interacts with a network video player, e.g. a web video player, while watching an online video clip. Specifically, a data collection agent (DCA) is loaded to the player or to a web page that displays the video clip. The DCA collects detailed viewing information and periodically sends this information to a central server. The viewing information is processed by the central server to generate at least one of: a viewership attention span report, a viewership demographics report, and a viewership geographic report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Tremor Video, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hughes, Tim Wang, Brian Hafer
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACING USERS OF ONLINE VIDEO WEB SITES
    Publication number: 20090083417
    Abstract: The method and/or apparatus monitors and records the times when a user interacts with a network video player, e.g. a web video player, while watching an online video clip. Specifically, a data collection agent (DCA) is loaded to the player or to a web page that displays the video clip. The DCA collects detailed viewing information and periodically sends this information to a central server. The viewing information is processed by the central server to generate at least one of: a viewership attention span report, a viewership demographics report, and a viewership geographic report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: John HUGHES, Tim WANG, Brian HAFER