Patents by Inventor Dan Agronow

Dan Agronow 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).

  • Providing hard-to-block advertisements for display on a webpage
    Patent number: 9881323
    Abstract: Methods and systems of the invention provide advertisements or other content for a webpage. An example is providing portions of an advertisement as separate items in multiple formats, multiple positions, and/or from multiple locations so that at least some of the advertisement is still displayed to a requesting user even though advertisement-blocking mechanisms are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: TWC PATENT TRUST LLT
    Inventors: Dan Agronow, Lori Lodwick, Tom Cona
  • Website changes to scalability, capacity, server impact, bandwidth and end-user presentation based on a triggered event
    Patent number: 7529835
    Abstract: Methods for altering content on a Web site in accordance with triggering events. Normal and alternate versions of Web site content are created, where the alternate version is a less complex and computationally expense and utilizes a reduced amount of bandwidth to be transmitted to users. When an event occurs, all or portions of the Web site are switched from the normal version to their respective alternate versions to reduce server load and bandwidth requirements so a high number of users can be served the pages. The switch from normal to alternate versions may be for all visitors of selected classes of visitors, such as those from certain geographic regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: The Weather Channel, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Agronow, Todd Richards