Patents by Inventor David C. Sobotka

David C. Sobotka 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: 7813959
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for increasing user response to advertisements from advertisement suppliers obtained in response to keywords. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a base request from an advertisement requester; identifying a first and second keyword associated with the base request, the first and second keyword having both previously been used in advertisement requests to a first advertisement supplier; ranking the first keyword and the second keyword based on a user response history for each of the first keyword and second keyword; and identifying the higher ranked of the first keyword and the second keyword to be used to dynamically alter the base request to form an altered request to be sent to the first advertisement supplier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Sobotka, Aftab Zia, Sudhir Tonse, M. Sultan Khan
  • Patent number: 7809605
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for increasing user response to advertisements. Methods include identifying a base request from an advertisement requester, identifying a first keyword and a second keyword associated with the base request, ranking the first keyword and the second keyword based on a user response history associated with the first keyword and the second keyword, and identifying the higher ranked of the first keyword and the second keyword to be used to dynamically alter the base request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhir Tonse, Muhammad Mohsin Hussain, David C. Sobotka, Aftab Zia, Leejay Wu, M. Sultan Khan, Brock D. LaPorte, Mohan S. Rao
  • Patent number: 7593928
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing content to be displayed to a user in response to a search request. One embodiment of a method includes identifying a page recipe comprising one or more page properties and one or more content module definitions, each content module definition defining an amount of content to be displayed in a content module to be displayed on a results page, the location of the content module to be displayed on the results page, and a content source from which to obtain content to be displayed in the content module, and using the page recipe to generate a results page to be displayed on a search client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: AOL LLC
    Inventors: James Mark Canon, David C. Sobotka, David Pautler, Justin M. Law, Dimitre T. Piskyulev, Oliver Cahill, Martin Boyle, Ultan O'Carroll, Harmannus Vandermolen, Gregory Scott Pass, Abdur Chowdhury, Shawn C. Rose, John McClean, Amelia P. Williams
  • Publication number: 20080209350
    Abstract: A method for personalizing content for a particular user in a computing system comprising a user interface configured to display content. The method comprises identifying a long term profile having one or more features in a feature set and a long term level of importance associated with each term in the feature set, identifying a short term profile having one or more features in the feature set and a short term level of importance associated with each term in the feature set, identifying input related to the display of the one or more content items on the user interface, and using the input to modify the short term level of importance and the long term level of importance associated with each term in the feature set to form a modified user interest set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: AOL LLC
    Inventors: David C. Sobotka, Sudhir Tonse, Brock D. LaPorte, Mike Macadaan, David J. Liu
  • Publication number: 20080183672
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing content to be displayed to a user in response to a search request. One embodiment of a method includes identifying a page recipe comprising one or more page properties and one or more content module definitions, each content module definition defining an amount of content to be displayed in a content module to be displayed on a results page, the location of the content module to be displayed on the results page, and a content source from which to obtain content to be displayed in the content module, and using the page recipe to generate a results page to be displayed on a search client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: James Canon, David C. Sobotka, David S. Pautler, Justin M. Law, Dimitre Tomtchev Piskyulev, Oliver Cahill, Martin Boyle
  • Patent number: 7174517
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for generating and displaying a calendar containing user-selected events from user-selected categories. A plurality of categories of events are provided. The user can select which categories are of interest, and then select individual events within those categories. Events are overlaid on a calendar unique to the user. Calendars may also be shared among a number of selected users, if desired. Online purchasing and related actions can be associated with each event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: America Online, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore H. Barnett, Anthony A. Espinoza, Vengpui Louis Lao, David C. Sobotka, Andrew W. Zaeske
  • Publication number: 20020154178
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for generating and displaying a calendar containing user-selected events from user-selected categories. A plurality of categories of events are provided. The user can select which categories are of interest, and then select individual events within those categories. Events are overlaid on a calendar unique to the user. Calendars may also be shared among a number of selected users, if desired. Online purchasing and related actions can be associated with each event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Theodore H. Barnett, Anthony A. Espinoza, Vengpui Louis Lao, David C. Sobotka, Andrew W. Zaeske
  • Patent number: 6369840
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for generating and displaying a calendar containing user-selected events from user-selected categories. A plurality of categories of events are provided. The user can select which categories are of interest, and then select individual events within those categories. Events are overlaid on a calendar unique to the user. Calendars may also be shared among a number of selected users, if desired. Online purchasing and related actions can be associated with each event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: America Online, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore H. Barnett, Anthony A. Espinoza, Vengpui Louis Lao, David C. Sobotka, Andrew W. Zaeske