Patents by Inventor Bryan Slavin

Bryan Slavin 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: 11936547
    Abstract: At times, it may be desirable to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content. One manner of making the determination may include accessing presentation time information that indicates the time(s) at which one or more client systems present particular dynamic content and accessing event time information indicating the time(s) at which one or more auditable events occur in the dynamic particular content. Based on the presentation time information and the event time information, it may be possible to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
    Inventors: G. Thomas Des Jardins, Jeffrey Dalton Porter, Vinayak Raghuvamshi, Bryan Slavin, Paul Miller
  • Patent number: 11132705
    Abstract: The amount of dynamic content consumed by an audience at one or more locations in one or more content sites may be determined. This information may then be used by an inventory management system to forecast or estimate the future available advertising inventory at the locations. When the entity receives an insertion order, the entity may use the forecasted advertising inventory to help determine the locations to which the campaign should be allocated and when the advertising campaign should be scheduled so that the requirements of the advertising campaign can be met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.
    Inventors: G. Thomas Des Jardins, Paul Miller, Jeffrey Dalton Porter, Bryan Slavin, Mark Westling
  • Publication number: 20210243102
    Abstract: At times, it may be desirable to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content. One manner of making the determination may include accessing presentation time information that indicates the time(s) at which one or more client systems present particular dynamic content and accessing event time information indicating the time(s) at which one or more auditable events occur in the dynamic particular content. Based on the presentation time information and the event time information, it may be possible to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: G. Thomas DES JARDINS, Jeffrey Dalton PORTER, Vinayak RAGHUVAMSHI, Bryan SLAVIN, Paul MILLER
  • Patent number: 11032182
    Abstract: At times, it may be desirable to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content. One manner of making the determination may include accessing presentation time information that indicates the time(s) at which one or more client systems present particular dynamic content and accessing event time information indicating the time(s) at which one or more auditable events occur in the dynamic particular content. Based on the presentation time information and the event time information, it may be possible to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.
    Inventors: G. Thomas Des Jardins, Jeffrey Dalton Porter, Vinayak Raghuvamshi, Bryan Slavin, Paul Miller
  • Publication number: 20190394112
    Abstract: At times, it may be desirable to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content. One manner of making the determination may include accessing presentation time information that indicates the time(s) at which one or more client systems present particular dynamic content and accessing event time information indicating the time(s) at which one or more auditable events occur in the dynamic particular content. Based on the presentation time information and the event time information, it may be possible to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: G. Thomas DES JARDINS, Jeffrey Dalton PORTER, Vinayak RAGHUVAMSHI, Bryan SLAVIN, Paul Miller
  • Patent number: 10447572
    Abstract: At times, it may be desirable to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content. One manner of making the determination may include accessing presentation time information that indicates the time(s) at which one or more client systems present particular dynamic content and accessing event time information indicating the time(s) at which one or more auditable events occur in the dynamic particular content. Based on the presentation time information and the event time information, it may be possible to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Oath (Americas) Inc.
    Inventors: G. Thomas Des Jardins, Jeffrey Dalton Porter, Vinayak Raghuvamshi, Bryan Slavin, Paul Miller
  • Publication number: 20150256437
    Abstract: At times, it may be desirable to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content. One manner of making the determination may include accessing presentation time information that indicates the time(s) at which one or more client systems present particular dynamic content and accessing event time information indicating the time(s) at which one or more auditable events occur in the dynamic particular content. Based on the presentation time information and the event time information, it may be possible to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: G. Thomas Des Jardins, Jeffrey Dalton Porter, Vinayak Raghuvamshi, Bryan Slavin, Paul Miller
  • Patent number: 9047624
    Abstract: At times, it may be desirable to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content. One manner of making the determination may include accessing presentation time information that indicates the time(s) at which one or more client systems present particular dynamic content and accessing event time information indicating the time(s) at which one or more auditable events occur in the dynamic particular content. Based on the presentation time information and the event time information, it may be possible to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Advertising.com LLC
    Inventors: G. Thomas Des Jardins, Jeffrey Dalton Porter, Vinayak Raghuvamshi, Bryan Slavin, Paul Miller
  • Publication number: 20140188603
    Abstract: A client-side advertising application may work with an advertising back-end and a content downloading system to perform one or more of the following functions: download advertising content, manage the downloaded advertising content, define the user experience, facilitate the dynamic insertion of the downloaded advertising content into or around downloaded programming content, and ensure auditing messages are sent to an auditing server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: ADVERTISING.COM LLC
    Inventors: G Thomas Des Jardins, Bryan Slavin, Mark Westling
  • Patent number: 8682722
    Abstract: A client-side advertising application may work with an advertising back-end and a content downloading system to perform one or more of the following functions: download advertising content, manage the downloaded advertising content, define the user experience, facilitate the dynamic insertion of the downloaded advertising content into or around downloaded programming content, and ensure auditing messages are sent to an auditing server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Advertising.com LLC
    Inventors: G. Thomas Des Jardins, Bryan Slavin, Mark Westling
  • Publication number: 20140019390
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for fingerprinting an audio signal utilizes programmed machine to identify overlapping windows in a time domain representation of the audio signal, establish a frequency domain representation of the overlapping windows, convolve a set of two-dimensional kernels with the frequency domain representation to thereby provide a convolutional layer as an output stage, reduce dimensionality of the convolution layer to provide one or more further output stages, and perform further processing so as to output a decision in regard to a plurality of the overlapping windows comprising either a specific content id that matches to the audio signal or a failure-to-match indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Aron Glennon, Eric Humphrey, Bryan Slavin, Scott Rosenberg
  • Publication number: 20130073353
    Abstract: Programming media and advertising media may be presented in a manner that approximates or equals a target ratio. In one implementation, a total temporal length of one or more programming media segments is accessed after the user has selected the programming media segments. One or more advertising media segments are then selected. The advertising media segments have a total length that is based on the total temporal length of the programming media segments and a target temporal ratio between programming media and advertising media. The client system may present the one or more selected advertising media segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: G. THOMAS DES JARDINS, JEFFREY DALTON PORTER, DAVID MARKLEY, BRYAN SLAVIN
  • Patent number: 8401901
    Abstract: Programming media and advertising media may be presented in a manner that approximates or equals a target ratio. In one implementation, a total temporal length of one or more programming media segments is accessed after the user has selected the programming media segments. One or more advertising media segments are then selected. The advertising media segments have a total length that is based on the total temporal length of the programming media segments and a target temporal ratio between programming media and advertising media. The client system may present the one or more selected advertising media segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: G. Thomas Des Jardins, Jeffrey Dalton Porter, David Markley, Bryan Slavin
  • Publication number: 20120191548
    Abstract: Programming media and advertising media may be presented in a manner that approximates or equals a target ratio. In one implementation, a total temporal length of one or more programming media segments is accessed after the user has selected the programming media segments. One or more advertising media segments are then selected. The advertising media segments have a total length that is based on the total temporal length of the programming media segments and a target temporal ratio between programming media and advertising media. The client system may present the one or more selected advertising media segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: G. Thomas DES JARDINS, Jeffrey Dalton Porter, David Markley, Bryan Slavin
  • Patent number: 8103546
    Abstract: Programming media and advertising media may be presented in a manner that approximates or equals a target ratio. In one implementation, a total temporal length of one or more programming media segments is accessed after the user has selected the programming media segments. One or more advertising media segments are then selected. The advertising media segments have a total length that is based on the total temporal length of the programming media segments and a target temporal ratio between programming media and advertising media. The client system may present the one or more selected advertising media segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Lightningcast LLC
    Inventors: G. Thomas Des Jardins, Jeffrey Dalton Porter, David Markley, Bryan Slavin
  • Patent number: 7213073
    Abstract: A computer system provides, via a network, at least one telephone feature to a telephone of a user. The computer system receives instructions regarding the telephone feature via the network from a graphical user interface operating on a computer of the user. The network may include a bi-directional protocol layer and a uni-directional protocol layer. The computer system may send a refresh request to the graphical user interface to prompt the computer to request an update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Broadsoft, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan A. Slavin
  • Publication number: 20060080171
    Abstract: The amount of dynamic content consumed by an audience at one or more locations in one or more content sites may be determined. This information may then be used by an inventory management system to forecast or estimate the future available advertising inventory at the locations. When the entity receives an insertion order, the entity may use the forecasted advertising inventory to help determine the locations to which the campaign should be allocated and when the advertising campaign should be scheduled so that the requirements of the advertising campaign can be met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: G. Jardins, Paul Miller, Jeffrey Porter, Bryan Slavin, Mark Westling