Patents by Inventor Donald Peppers
Donald Peppers 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: 8949342Abstract: A method of selecting a recipient of a message on the basis of data identifying access to previously transmitted messages, wherein each said message includes content data for display within a display area of a receiving terminal and control data including data indicative of a user selectable portion within the display area. The method includes receiving content data having one of a plurality of different types for use in creating said message, accessing tracking data corresponding to a previously transmitted message containing content data of a given type, the tracking data being indicative of selection of said user selectable portion upon display thereof at said receiving terminal, and selecting a recipient of the message on the basis of the received content data and the tracking data.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Timo Ahopelto, Donald Peppers, Kai Friman
-
Patent number: 8352320Abstract: Method and system for enabling advertisers to deliver advertisements to consumers in which a plurality of tiers of available advertisements are defined, each tier containing a number of advertisements, a price for allocation of an advertisement in each tier is set wherein a lowest tier has the lowest price and the price increases to a maximum at a highest tier, and advertisements are allocated to advertisers based on availability starting from a lowest tier with unallocated advertisements and progressing to higher tiers.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan MacDonald, Donald Peppers
-
Patent number: 8296282Abstract: In order to facilitate creation of a community without member-specific registration, one or more sibling identifiers with corresponding units to be distributed to other persons are allocated to a subscriber and the one or more sibling identifiers is associated with the subscriber's identifier. The subscriber may then give a unit to his/her friend and when the friend uses the unit, or more precisely a sibling identifier the unit relates to, the system will recognize that the subscriber and the friend belong to the same community on the basis of the association formed when sibling identifiers were allocated.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Timo Ahopelto, Donald Peppers, Kai Friman
-
Publication number: 20110202566Abstract: In order to facilitate creation of a community without member-specific registration, one or more sibling identifiers with corresponding units to be distributed to other persons are allocated to a subscriber and the one or more sibling identifiers is associated with the subscriber's identifier. The subscriber may then give a unit to his/her friend and when the friend uses the unit, or more precisely a sibling identifier the unit relates to, the system will recognize that the subscriber and the friend belong to the same community on the basis of the association formed when sibling identifiers were allocated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: CVON Innovations Ltd.Inventors: Timo AHOPELTO, Donald PEPPERS, Kai FRIMAN
-
Patent number: 7974941Abstract: In order to facilitate creation of a community without member-specific registration, one or more sibling identifiers with corresponding units to be distributed to other persons are allocated to a subscriber and the one or more sibling identifiers is associated with the subscriber's identifier. The subscriber may then give a unit to his/her friend and when the friend uses the unit, or more precisely a sibling identifier the unit relates to, the system will recognize that the subscriber and the friend belong to the same community on the basis of the association formed when sibling identifiers were allocated.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: CVON Innoventions LimitedInventors: Timo Ahopelto, Donald Peppers, Kai Friman
-
Patent number: 7702738Abstract: A method of selecting a recipient of a message on the basis of data identifying access to previously transmitted messages, wherein each said message includes content data for display within a display area of a receiving terminal and control data including data indicative of a user selectable portion within the display area. The method includes receiving content data having one of a plurality of different types for use in creating said message, accessing tracking data corresponding to a previously transmitted message containing content data of a given type, the tracking data being indicative of selection of said user selectable portion upon display thereof at said receiving terminal, and selecting a recipient of the message on the basis of the received content data and the tracking data.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: CVON Innovations LimitedInventors: Timo Ahopelto, Donald Peppers, Kai Friman
-
Patent number: 7660862Abstract: A method of selecting a recipient of a message on the basis of data identifying access to previously transmitted messages, wherein each said message includes content data for display within a display area of a receiving terminal and control data including data indicative of a user selectable portion within the display area. The method includes receiving content data having one of a plurality of different types for use in creating said message, accessing tracking data corresponding to a previously transmitted message containing content data of a given type, the tracking data being indicative of selection of said user selectable portion upon display thereof at said receiving terminal, and selecting a recipient of the message on the basis of the received content data and the tracking data.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: CVON Innovations LimitedInventors: Timo Ahopelto, Donald Peppers, Kai Friman
-
Publication number: 20080235341Abstract: A method of selecting a recipient of a message on the basis of data identifying access to previously transmitted messages, wherein each said message includes content data for display within a display area of a receiving terminal and control data including data indicative of a user selectable portion within the display area. The method includes receiving content data having one of a plurality of different types for use in creating said message, accessing tracking data corresponding to a previously transmitted message containing content data of a given type, the tracking data being indicative of selection of said user selectable portion upon display thereof at said receiving terminal, and selecting a recipient of the message on the basis of the received content data and the tracking data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: CVON Innovations Ltd.Inventors: Timo Ahopelto, Donald Peppers, Kai Friman
-
Publication number: 20080228893Abstract: Method and system for enabling advertisers to deliver advertisements to consumers in which a plurality of tiers of available advertisements are defined, each tier containing a number of advertisements, a price for allocation of an advertisement in each tier is set wherein a lowest tier has the lowest price and the price increases to a maximum at a highest tier, and advertisements are allocated to advertisers based on availability starting from a lowest tier with unallocated advertisements and progressing to higher tiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: CVON Innovations LimitedInventors: Jonathan MacDonald, Donald Peppers
-
Publication number: 20080228583Abstract: Method and system for enabling advertisers to deliver advertisements to consumers in which a plurality of tiers of available advertisements are defined, each tier containing a number of advertisements, a price for allocation of an advertisement in each tier is set wherein a lowest tier has the lowest price and the price increases to a maximum at a highest tier, and advertisements are allocated to advertisers based on availability starting from a lowest tier with unallocated advertisements and progressing to higher tiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: CVON Innovations LimitedInventors: Jonathan MacDonald, Donald Peppers
-
Publication number: 20080195751Abstract: A method of selecting a recipient of a message on the basis of data identifying access to previously transmitted messages, wherein each said message includes content data for display within a display area of a receiving terminal and control data including data indicative of a user selectable portion within the display area. The method includes receiving content data having one of a plurality of different types for use in creating said message, accessing tracking data corresponding to a previously transmitted message containing content data of a given type, the tracking data being indicative of selection of said user selectable portion upon display thereof at said receiving terminal, and selecting a recipient of the message on the basis of the received content data and the tracking data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: CVON Innovations Ltd.Inventors: Timo Ahopelto, Donald Peppers, Kai Friman
-
Publication number: 20080082617Abstract: A method of selecting a recipient of a message on the basis of data identifying access to previously transmitted messages, wherein each said message includes content data for display within a display area of a receiving terminal and control data including data indicative of a user selectable portion within the display area. The method includes receiving content data having one of a plurality of different types for use in creating said message, accessing tracking data corresponding to a previously transmitted message containing content data of a given type, the tracking data being indicative of selection of said user selectable portion upon display thereof at said receiving terminal, and selecting a recipient of the message on the basis of the received content data and the tracking data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2007Publication date: April 3, 2008Applicant: CVON Innovations Ltd.Inventors: Timo Ahopelto, Donald Peppers, Kai Friman
-
Publication number: 20080082550Abstract: In order to facilitate creation of a community without member-specific registration, one or more sibling identifiers with corresponding units to be distributed to other persons are allocated to a subscriber and the one or more sibling identifiers is associated with the subscriber's identifier. The subscriber may then give a unit to his/her friend and when the friend uses the unit, or more precisely a sibling identifier the unit relates to, the system will recognize that the subscriber and the friend belong to the same community on the basis of the association formed when sibling identifiers were allocated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2007Publication date: April 3, 2008Applicant: CVON Innovations Ltd.Inventors: Timo Ahopelto, Donald Peppers, Kai Friman