Patents by Inventor Bryan Schroeder

Bryan Schroeder 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: 20150339720
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for targeting users for content provision. In one method, the method receives at a server, one or more content objects and one or more ZIP+4 codes as targeting parameters for the one or more content objects. The method retrieves personal information of a plurality of users. The method then identifies one or more of the plurality of users located in geographic areas corresponding to the one or more ZIP+4 codes based, at least in part, on the personal information. Subsequently, the method targets a content object of the one or more content objects to the one or more of the plurality of users based on the identified geographic areas of the users and the ZIP+4 codes associated with corresponding ones of the one or more content objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Schroeder, Shane Wiley, Amir Cory
  • Patent number: 9135643
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for targeting users for content provision. In one method, the method receives at a server, one or more content objects and one or more ZIP+4 codes as targeting parameters for the one or more content objects. The method retrieves personal information of a plurality of users. The method then identifies one or more of the plurality of users located in geographic areas corresponding to the one or more ZIP+4 codes based, at least in part, on the personal information. Subsequently, the method targets a content object of the one or more content objects to the one or more of the plurality of users based on the identified geographic areas of the users and the ZIP+4 codes associated with corresponding ones of the one or more content objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Schroeder, Shane Wiley, Amir Cory
  • Publication number: 20110191185
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for targeting users for content provision. In one method, the method receives at a server, one or more content objects and one or more ZIP+4 codes as targeting parameters for the one or more content objects. The method retrieves personal information of a plurality of users. The method then identifies one or more of the plurality of users located in geographic areas corresponding to the one or more ZIP+4 codes based, at least in part, on the personal information. Subsequently, the method targets a content object of the one or more content objects to the one or more of the plurality of users based on the identified geographic areas of the users and the ZIP+4 codes associated with corresponding ones of the one or more content objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Schroeder, Shane Wiley, Amir Cory