Patents by Inventor Dean Carignan

Dean Carignan 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).

  • Generation of contextual image-containing advertisements
    Patent number: 8417568
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the invention, an advertisement-generation system generates image-containing advertisements. The advertisement-generation system includes: at least one feature-selection guideline that specifies at least one recommended feature for image-containing advertisements based on advertiser inputs that specify at least one of advertisement-target-audience information, cost information, and advertiser-industry information; an image-clip library from which images are selected for inclusion in the image-containing advertisements; and at least one advertisement template that is based on the at least one feature-selection guideline; wherein the system automatically generates image-containing advertisements that contain one or more suggested colors that are automatically suggested based on one or more colors present on a web page that will host the image-containing advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shuzhen Nong, Ying Li, Tarek Najm, Li Li, Zheng Chen, Hua-Jun Zeng, Benyu Zhang, Yin Li, Dean Carignan, Ying-Qing Xu
  • Generation of contextual image-containing advertisements
    Publication number: 20070192164
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the invention, an advertisement-generation system generates image-containing advertisements. The advertisement-generation system includes: at least one feature-selection guideline that specifies at least one recommended feature for image-containing advertisements based on advertiser inputs that specify at least one of advertisement-target-audience information, cost information, and advertiser-industry information; an image-clip library from which images are selected for inclusion in the image-containing advertisements; and at least one advertisement template that is based on the at least one feature-selection guideline; wherein the system automatically generates image-containing advertisements that contain one or more suggested colors that are automatically suggested based on one or more colors present on a web page that will host the image-containing advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shuzhen Nong, Ying Li, Tarek Najm, Li Li, Zheng Chen, Hua-Jun Zeng, Benyu Zhang, Yin Li, Dean Carignan, Ying-Qing Xu