Patents by Inventor Brian Pugh

Brian Pugh 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: 20130246148
    Abstract: A shopper reward server includes a communication module to receive purchase transaction data from a plurality of purchase interfaces of a retail enterprise, a database having stored therein a plurality of shopper purchase histories each including purchase transaction data for item purchases made over time by a different one of a corresponding plurality of shoppers, a transaction module to store purchase transaction data for each shopper in a corresponding shopper purchase history, and a shopper reward module to selectively generate for any of the shoppers at least one earn requirement, based on that shopper's purchase history, that must be satisfied by the shopper via at least one purchase made via any of the purchase interfaces in order to earn a corresponding discount reward redeemable against at least one specified item via any of the purchase interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth Ross, Lanny Curtis, Brian Pugh, Elmer I. Robinson, JR., David Scott Pallas, Nathan Wall Phelps
  • Publication number: 20120324101
    Abstract: Usage data representing the access of a set of resources on a network is accessed. The usage data is based at least in part on information received from client systems sent as a result of beacon instructions included with the set of resources. First and second sets of usage data representing access by client systems classified as a first type and a second type, respectively, are determined based on the accessed usage data. Counts of unique visitors accessing the network resources from each of the first and second types of client systems, based on the first and sets of usage data, respectively, are each determined. A total count of unique visitors accessing the network resources from the first and second types of client systems is determined based on data representing the usage overlap of devices of the first type with devices of the second type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: COMSCORE, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Pecjack, Brian Pugh, Ramzi Nasr, Balakrishnan Vinayak Nair, Kris Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110246641
    Abstract: A first set of usage data for a first set of resources on a network and a second set of usage data for a second set of resources on a network are accessed. The first set of resources were accessed by a first group of client systems and the first set of usage data is determined based on information received from the first group of client systems sent as a result of beacon instructions included with the first set of resources. The second set of usage data is determined based on information received from monitoring applications installed on a second group of client systems that accessed the second set of resources. Users of the second group of client systems are a sample of a larger group of users that use resources on the network. Initial usage measurement data for a third set of resources on the network is determined based on the first set of usage data. The third set includes one or more common resources that are included in the first set of resources and the second set of resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: COMSCORE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Pugh, Frank E. Pecjak
  • Publication number: 20110087780
    Abstract: In general, webpage or other resource accesses by client systems may be recorded, and those accesses may be analyzed to develop audience measurement reports. At times, it may be desirable to segment those reports according to classes of client systems (e.g., work vs. home client systems). A given client system can be classed into one of the reporting classes based on one or more classes of network service providers that provide the client with access to a network. The recorded resource accesses and classes of the client systems can then be used to generate audience measurement reports that are segmented according to one or more of the client system classes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: COMSCORE, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick McCann, Cameron S. Meierhoefer, Brian Pugh