Patents by Inventor Dominic Bennett
Dominic Bennett 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).
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Publication number: 20190182559Abstract: A video advertising system, methods, and apparatus are disclosed, which may include an advertising system, including an advertising server and advertising console, and a user device, which may cooperate to select video advertising campaigns and display video advertisements. In an example embodiment, a method includes playing a video on a display, overlaying markings on the video while the video plays, at a first time while the video plays, measuring a first refresh rate of the video, at a second time while the video plays, performing a first operation on the markings, measuring a second refresh rate of the video at the second time, and determining an estimated area of the video displayed on the display based on the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate. In an example embodiment, a prediction model is trained to output a viewability inference for a video.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: ENGINE MEDIA, LLCInventors: Dominic Bennett, Peter Wilmot
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Patent number: 10212489Abstract: A video advertising system, methods, and apparatus are disclosed, which may include an advertising system, including an advertising server and advertising console, and a user device, which may cooperate to select video advertising campaigns and display video advertisements. In an example embodiment, a method includes playing a video on a display, overlaying markings on the video while the video plays, at a first time while the video plays, measuring a first refresh rate of the video, at a second time while the video plays, performing a first operation on the markings, measuring a second refresh rate of the video at the second time, and determining an estimated area of the video displayed on the display based on the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate. In an example embodiment, a prediction model is trained to output a viewability inference for a video.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: ENGINE MEDIA, LLCInventors: Dominic Bennett, Peter Wilmot
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Publication number: 20180330404Abstract: Real-time technographic advertisement is disclosed. For example, a network accessible device is selected to receive an advertisement, and a determination is made that the network accessible device is in use by a user. In response to determining that the network accessible device is in use by the user, a current state of operation of the network accessible device is determined based on a plurality of device attributes of the network accessible device, which are based on measureable physical characteristics of the network accessible device. In response to determining that the current state of operation is a first state, the advertisement is sent to the network accessible device. In response to determining that the current state of operation is a second state, either the current state of operation is reevaluated or the network accessible device is deselected for receiving the advertisement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Engine Media, LLCInventor: Dominic Bennett
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Publication number: 20180330408Abstract: Advertising based on real-time audience is disclosed. For example, first and second network accessible devices, associated with a common user attribute of a plurality of users is quantified. A first publisher is selected based on comparing inventory attributes of first and second publishers, to deliver the advertisement to a first user selected based on user attributes, including reserving a first advertisement slot used to send the advertisement. A determination is made whether a target audience size for the advertisement has been fulfilled. If the target audience size for the advertisement is fulfilled, a consumption result of the advertisement is reported. If the target audience size for the advertisement is unfulfilled, the first publisher is selected based on comparing inventory attributes of the first and second publishers to deliver the advertisement to a second user selected based on user attributes, including reserving a second advertisement slot used to send the advertisement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Engine Media, LLCInventor: Dominic Bennett
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Publication number: 20180288495Abstract: A video advertising system, methods, and apparatus are disclosed, which may include an advertising system, including an advertising server and advertising console, and a user device, which may cooperate to select video advertising campaigns and display video advertisements. In an example embodiment, a method includes playing a video on a display, overlaying markings on the video while the video plays, at a first time while the video plays, measuring a first refresh rate of the video, at a second time while the video plays, performing a first operation on the markings, measuring a second refresh rate of the video at the second time, and determining an estimated area of the video displayed on the display based on the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate. In an example embodiment, a prediction model is trained to output a viewability inference for a video.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: ENGINE MEDIA, LLCInventors: Dominic Bennett, Peter Wilmot
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Patent number: 9992553Abstract: A video advertising system, methods, and apparatus are disclosed, which may include an advertising system, including an advertising server and advertising console, and a user device, which may cooperate to select video advertising campaigns and display video advertisements. In an example embodiment, a method includes playing a video on a display, overlaying markings on the video while the video plays, at a first time while the video plays, measuring a first refresh rate of the video, at a second time while the video plays, performing a first operation on the markings, measuring a second refresh rate of the video at the second time, and determining an estimated area of the video displayed on the display based on the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate. In an example embodiment, a prediction model is trained to output a viewability inference for a video.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: ENGINE MEDIA, LLCInventors: Dominic Bennett, Peter Wilmot
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Publication number: 20160364746Abstract: A system for generating behavior segments and serving targeted ads. The system generates variables based on data from targeted users, incorporates recency, frequency, and velocity for the variables; optimizes the variables; converts the variables into behavior segments; and saves the behavior segments to a database. The system updates the behavior segments in real time. When a publisher requests an ad call, the system generates a score for advertisements based on the user profile, multiplies the score by the amount each advertiser is willing to pay for serving their ad, selects the highest value, and serves the ad.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: Turn Inc.Inventors: Quan Lu, Xuhui Shao, Goutham Kurra, Dominic Bennett
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Publication number: 20160227297Abstract: A video advertising system, methods, and apparatus are disclosed, which may include an advertising system, including an advertising server and advertising console, and a user device, which may cooperate to select video advertising campaigns and display video advertisements. In an example embodiment, a method includes playing a video on a display, overlaying markings on the video while the video plays, at a first time while the video plays, measuring a first refresh rate of the video, at a second time while the video plays, performing a first operation on the markings, measuring a second refresh rate of the video at the second time, and determining an estimated area of the video displayed on the display based on the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate. In an example embodiment, a prediction model is trained to output a viewability inference for a video.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Dominic Bennett, Peter Wilmot
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Patent number: 8959948Abstract: A receiver dryer for a motor vehicle air conditioning system includes an elongate housing, the housing having opposite ends and an external wall that extends between the ends, an inlet positioned in a first section of the housing for receiving condensed refrigerant from the condenser unit, an outlet positioned in a second section of the housing for providing dried condensed refrigerant to the condenser unit with a partition dividing the first section from the second section such that the second section is above the first section, a first chamber in the first section containing a desiccant for drying the refrigerant received from the inlet, a second chamber in the second section containing a filter for filtering the dried condensed refrigerant provided to the outlet, and a conduit.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Halla Visteon Climate Control CorporationInventors: Richard Armsden, Dominic Bennett, Leo Somhorst
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Patent number: 8689238Abstract: In one embodiment, an impression to be displayed in a placement of a web page is selected from candidate impressions that may be displayed in the placement. The candidate impression may be chosen based on behavioral data and a placement identifier particularly identifying the placement. The behavioral data may include categories of websites visited by an end-user on the client computer. The candidate impressions may be in learning modes, and the impression displayed in the placement may be selected based on its learning mode and revenue generation capability.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Carhamm Ltd., LLCInventors: David L. Goulden, Matthew A. Shevach, Dominic Bennett
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Publication number: 20120226563Abstract: A system for generating behavior segments and serving targeted ads. The system generates variables based on data from targeted users, incorporates recency, frequency, and velocity for the variables; optimizes the variables; converts the variables into behavior segments; and saves the behavior segments to a database. The system updates the behavior segments in real time. When a publisher requests an ad call, the system generates a score for advertisements based on the user profile, multiplies the score by the amount each advertiser is willing to pay for serving their ad, selects the highest value, and serves the ad.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventors: Quan LU, Xuhui Shao, Goutham Kurra, Dominic Bennett
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Patent number: 8255413Abstract: The present invention relates to an advanced search engine. The advanced search engine may include a client component for monitoring an end-user's browsing activity, a remote server (may comprise one or more computers) for storing and processing data received from the client component, and a module that process web pages and serves search results to end-users. The advanced search engine may collect web pages for keywords of proven interest, fetch web pages requested by end-users, generate snippets or abstracts of the web pages, eliminate duplicate web pages, rank the importance of the web pages, and provide relevant web pages or links to web pages in response to an end-user search request for information regarding one or more keywords, for example. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Carhamm Ltd., LLCInventors: Dominic Bennett, Remigiusz K. Paczkowski
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Publication number: 20120158491Abstract: In one embodiment, an impression to be displayed in a placement of a web page is selected from candidate impressions that may be displayed in the placement. The candidate impression may be chosen based on behavioral data and a placement identifier particularly identifying the placement. The behavioral data may include categories of websites visited by an end-user on the client computer. The candidate impressions may be in learning modes, and the impression displayed in the placement may be selected based on its learning mode and revenue generation capability.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: David L. Goulden, Matthew A. Shevach, Dominic Bennett
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Patent number: 8170912Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of analyzing online advertising information includes the steps of receiving consumer data from client computers, creating a database based on the consumer data, receiving user selected values from a front end, and extracting data from the database based on the user selected values. The front end may have a selection area with user selectable values that change depending on an initially selected value. In one embodiment, the database comprises an online analytical processing (OLAP) database.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Carhamm Ltd., LLCInventors: Dominic Bennett, Dan Hu
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Publication number: 20120060546Abstract: A receiver dryer for a motor vehicle air conditioning system includes an elongate housing, the housing having opposite ends and an external wall that extends between the ends, an inlet positioned in a first section of the housing for receiving condensed refrigerant from the condenser unit, an outlet positioned in a second section of the housing for providing dried condensed refrigerant to the condenser unit with a partition dividing the first section from the second section such that the second section is above the first section, a first chamber in the first section containing a desiccant for drying the refrigerant received from the inlet, a second chamber in the second section containing a filter for filtering the dried condensed refrigerant provided to the outlet, and a conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Richard Armsden, Dominic Bennett, Leo Somhorst
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Publication number: 20120046996Abstract: A unified data management platform creates audience segments by combining proprietary and third party data, assists in determining what data to buy and how to manage all aspects of third party purchased data, controls data permissions by client, tracks data utilization, and attributes and reports data cost. The platform provides solutions that address how to leverage custom audience segments across multiple demand side platforms (DSPs) and multiple media channels, such as display, video, mobile, digital TV, and digital-out-of-home, and provides approaches that allow management of all aspects of Internet advertising from a custom domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: Vishal Shah, Yi Mao, Songting Chen, Dominic Bennett, Xuhui Shao
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Patent number: 8086697Abstract: In one embodiment, an impression to be displayed in a placement of a web page is selected from candidate impressions that may be displayed in the placement. The candidate impression may be chosen based on behavioral data and a placement identifier particularly identifying the placement. The behavioral data may include categories of websites visited by an end-user on the client computer. The candidate impressions may be in learning modes, and the impression displayed in the placement may be selected based on its learning mode and revenue generation capability.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Claria Innovations, LLCInventors: David L. Goulden, Matthew A. Shevach, Dominic Bennett
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Patent number: 7836009Abstract: The present invention relates to an advanced search engine. The advanced search engine may include a client component for monitoring an end-user's browsing activity, a remote server (may comprise one or more computers) for storing and processing data received from the client component, and a module that process web pages and serves search results to end-users. The advanced search engine may collect web pages for keywords of proven interest, fetch web pages requested by end-users, generate snippets or abstracts of the web pages, eliminate duplicate web pages, rank the importance of the web pages, and provide relevant web pages or links to web pages in response to an end-user search request for information regarding one or more keywords, for example. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2005Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Claria CorporationInventors: Remigiusz K. Paczkowski, Matthew E. Westover, Dominic Bennett, Benjamin Lindsey, Scott Vandevelde, Jason Fairchild, Adam William Pingel
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Publication number: 20100088177Abstract: A system for generating behavior segments and serving targeted ads. The system generates variables based on data from targeted users, incorporates recency, frequency, and velocity for the variables; optimizes the variables; converts the variables into behavior segments; and saves the behavior segments to a database. The system updates the behavior segments in real time. When a publisher requests an ad call, the system generates a score for advertisements based on the user profile, multiplies the score by the amount each advertiser is willing to pay for serving their ad, selects the highest value, and serves the ad.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: TURN INC.Inventors: Quan LU, Xuhui SHAO, Goutham KURRA, Dominic BENNETT
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Publication number: 20100088152Abstract: A system for predicting user responses to advertisements comprises a data collection component, a segmentation component, a modeling component, a rule building component, and an ad scoring component. The data collection component receives data from cookies stored on each client and from other sources. The segmentation component organizes the data according to segments. The modeling component groups users according to segments and compares a user's actions to the models to predicts the user's future responses. The rule building component generates an ad campaign comprised of rules. The model or the rules are compared to a plurality of rules to generate a score. The ad with the highest combination of a score and a bid is displayed on the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventor: Dominic Bennett