Patents by Inventor Christopher Edgar Newell

Christopher Edgar Newell 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: 8706673
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards dynamically managing contextual recommendations that can be employed with content when provided to a channel. A test for a variable having at least two outcomes may be determined to be employed with selected content. Each outcome may correspond to a different contextual recommendation. An outcome to employ with the content may be randomly determined/selected such that each of the outcomes of the test is selected a substantially similar number of times. The content may be modified and/or provided to the channel based on contextual recommendations that correspond to the determined outcome. Actions associated with a plurality of content may be monitored and/or analyzed to determine metrics for each outcome of a test. A comparison of the metrics for each outcome may be utilized to determine a preferred outcome for the test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Wetpaint.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex David Weinstein, Bo Steven Finneman, Christopher Edgar Newell, Werner Koepf, Dmitry Frenkel
  • Patent number: 8612375
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards dynamically managing contextual recommendations that can be employed with content when provided to a channel. A test for a variable having at least two outcomes may be determined to be employed with selected content. Each outcome may correspond to a different contextual recommendation. An outcome to employ with the content may be randomly determined/selected such that each of the outcomes of the test is selected a substantially similar number of times. The content may be modified and/or provided to the channel based on contextual recommendations that correspond to the determined outcome. Actions associated with a plurality of content may be monitored and/or analyzed to determine metrics for each outcome of a test. A comparison of the metrics for each outcome may be utilized to determine a preferred outcome for the test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: WETPAINT.COM, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex David Weinstein, Bo Steven Finneman, Christopher Edgar Newell, Werner Koepf, Dmitry Frenkel