Patents by Inventor Dustin Barlow

Dustin Barlow 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: 9832155
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to monitor impressions of social media messages. An example method includes receiving at a server a request for media, the request addressed to a uniform resource locator, the request corresponding to a social media message to be presented with the media, and the request including a user identifier. The method also includes crediting the social media message with an impression based on the request being addressed to the uniform resource locator. The method also includes identifying that the impression corresponds to an original intended recipient of the social media message based on the user identifier matching a second user identifier stored in a list of subscribers that subscribe to receive messages from an original sender of the social media message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Steven Splaine, Stanley Woodruff, Ronan Heffernan, Alexandros Deliyannis, Dustin Barlow
  • Patent number: 9734514
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to monitor impressions of social media messages. An example method includes logging, at a server, a first impression for a first social media message based on a first universal resource locator corresponding to a first request requesting media, the first request sent in response to accessing the first social media message to be presented with the media. The method also includes logging, at the server, a second impression for a second social media message based on a second universal resource locator corresponding to a second request requesting the media, the second request sent in response to accessing the second social media message to be presented with the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ronan Heffernan, Stanley Woodruff, Steven Splaine, Alexandros Deliyannis, Dustin Barlow
  • Publication number: 20150269611
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to monitor impressions of social media messages. An example method includes logging, at a server, a first impression for a first social media message based on a first universal resource locator corresponding to a first request requesting media, the first request sent in response to accessing the first social media message to be presented with the media. The method also includes logging, at the server, a second impression for a second social media message based on a second universal resource locator corresponding to a second request requesting the media, the second request sent in response to accessing the second social media message to be presented with the media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Ronan Heffernan, Stanley Woodruff, Steven Splaine, Alexandros Deliyannis, Dustin Barlow
  • Patent number: 9055021
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to monitor impressions of social media messages. An example method includes receiving at a server a first request for first media, the first request addressed to a first uniform resource locator (URL), and the first request corresponding to a first social media message to be presented with the first media. The method also includes receiving at the server a second request for the first media, the second request addressed to a second URL different from the first URL, and the second request corresponding to a second social media message to be presented with the first media. The method also includes crediting the first social media message with a first impression based on the first request being addressed to the first URL, and crediting the second social media message with a second impression based on the second request being addressed to the second URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ronan Heffernan, Stanley Woodruff, Steven Splaine, Alexandros Deliyannis, Dustin Barlow
  • Publication number: 20140214978
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to monitor impressions of social media messages. An example method includes receiving at a server a request for media, the request addressed to a uniform resource locator, the request corresponding to a social media message to be presented with the media, and the request including a user identifier. The method also includes crediting the social media message with an impression based on the request being addressed to the uniform resource locator. The method also includes identifying that the impression corresponds to an original intended recipient of the social media message based on the user identifier matching a second user identifier stored in a list of subscribers that subscribe to receive messages from an original sender of the social media message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Steven Splaine, Stanley Woodruff, Ronan Heffernan, Alexandros Deliyannis, Dustin Barlow