Patents by Inventor Earl David Sacerdoti
Earl David Sacerdoti 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: 20170323306Abstract: A user of an interactive medium may select advertising for display on the user's avatar, property, or other user-associated environment. The invention presents one or more advertisements to the user and allows the user to select at least one advertisement to display. The user may also choose a location for displaying the selected advertisement. The invention presents the selected advertisement to other users of the interactive medium. The invention tracks these presentations or displays and rewards the original user based on the presentation. The tracking data may also be used to bill the advertiser or optimize the process of selecting and displaying advertisements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: CHEMTRON RESEARCH LLCInventors: Laura Lee KUSUMOTO, Earl David SACERDOTI, Leila Janine SIGLER, Sonya Lee SIGLER
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Patent number: 9589274Abstract: A user of an interactive medium may select advertising for display on the user's avatar, property, or other user-associated environment. The invention presents one or more advertisements to the user and allows the user to select at least one advertisement to display. The user may also choose a location for displaying the selected advertisement. The invention presents the selected advertisement to other users of the interactive medium. The invention tracks these presentations or displays and rewards the original user based on the presentation. The tracking data may also be used to bill the advertiser or optimize the process of selecting and displaying advertisements.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Chemtron Research LLCInventors: Laura Lee Kusumoto, Earl David Sacerdoti, Leila Janine Sigler, Sonya Lee Sigler
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Publication number: 20140058961Abstract: A technique for estimating the relative likelihood that specific parcels or groups thereof will sell within a selected time, possibly including such steps as: Responsive to location of each parcel with respect to other parcels that have recently sold, including receiving a 1st kind of information, associated with sales in a neighborhood for each parcel being examined, including a set of attributes. Deriving additional attributes for each parcel based on its attributes and others near it. Determining independently for each neighborhood which of those attributes are more important for estimating relative likelihood of sale. Determining a degree of similarity between each unsold parcel and each recently-sold parcel, in response to those sets of attributes, weighted in response to relative importance. Providing a 2nd kind of information, ordering parcels by a relative likelihood of sale within a selected time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: RealAgile, Inc.Inventors: Terrence Lee McDaniel, Bradley John McDaniel, John Phillip Norman, Michael LaMar Robbins, Earl David Sacerdoti
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Patent number: 8417535Abstract: Participants in an interactive environment implemented by computer networks and other media such as interactive television are recruited to advertise products and brands to the other participants and viewers that are users of the media. Each participant may select from a set of available advertisements, which can be displayed in association with the user's avatar, virtual space and virtual objects within or embodying the virtual world. Participants are given incentives to do this by the availability of rewards, such as coupons, real or virtual money or other resources, which are provided by the advertising sponsors, based on adoption of the advertising by the participant, as well as on factors such as exposure of the selected advertisements to other users. Allowing the users to exercise advertising choice, as participant or viewer, the invention also facilitates collection of data regarding consumer preferences.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Downing Place Limited Liability CompanyInventors: Laura Lee Kusumoto, Earl David Sacerdoti, Leila Janine Sigler, Sonya Lee Sigler
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Patent number: 8407086Abstract: A user of an interactive medium may select advertising for display on the user's avatar, property, or other user-associated environment. The invention presents one or more advertisements to the user and allows the user to select at least one advertisement to display. The user may also choose a location for displaying the selected advertisement. The invention presents the selected advertisement to other users of the interactive medium. The invention tracks these presentations or displays and rewards the original user based on the presentation. The tracking data may also be used to bill the advertiser or optimize the process of selecting and displaying advertisements.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Downing Place Limited Liability CompanyInventors: Laura Lee Kusumoto, Earl David Sacerdoti, Leila Janine Sigler, Sonya Lee Sigler
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Publication number: 20120221251Abstract: A system comprises a validation module and an analysis module. The validation module is configured to receive input data from an electronic device operated by a test-taker during a biopsychosocial assessment. The input data includes a plurality of input terms that describes a functioning of the test-taker. The validation module is configured to validate the plurality of input terms based on a plurality of pre-defined terms stored within the system. The analysis module is configured to generate a list of potential biopsychosocial-related issues associated with the test-taker based on the validated input terms, and to generate a recommendation of one or more tests to administer to the test-taker based on this list. The analysis module is further configured to transmit an output signal representing the recommendation to an electronic device such that the one or more recommended tests are presented at an electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: NEURON VALLEY NETWORKSInventors: Saul Rosenberg, Lawrence M. Fagan, Arthur M. Keller, Earl David Sacerdoti, Stanley E. Lieberson
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Publication number: 20120029987Abstract: A user of an interactive medium may select advertising for display on the user's avatar, property, or other user-associated environment. The invention presents one or more advertisements to the user and allows the user to select at least one advertisement to display. The user may also choose a location for displaying the selected advertisement. The invention presents the selected advertisement to other users of the interactive medium. The invention tracks these presentations or displays and rewards the original user based on the presentation. The tracking data may also be used to bill the advertiser or optimize the process of selecting and displaying advertisements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: Avatizing, LLCInventors: Laura Lee Kusumoto, Earl David Sacerdoti, Leila Janine Sigler, Sonya Lee Sigler
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Patent number: 7996264Abstract: A user of an interactive medium may select advertising for display on the user's avatar, property, or other user-associated environment. The invention presents one or more advertisements to the user and allows the user to select at least one advertisement to display. The user may also choose a location for displaying the selected advertisement. The invention presents the selected advertisement to other users of the interactive medium. The invention tracks these presentations or displays and rewards the original user based on the presentation. The tracking data may also be used to bill the advertiser or optimize the process of selecting and displaying advertisements.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Avatizing, LLCInventors: Laura Lee Kusumoto, Earl David Sacerdoti, Leila Janine Sigler, Sonya Lee Sigler
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Publication number: 20100293569Abstract: Participants in an interactive environment implemented by computer networks and other media such as interactive television are recruited to advertise products and brands to the other participants and viewers that are users of the media. Each participant may select from a set of available advertisements, which can be displayed in association with the user's avatar, virtual space and virtual objects within or embodying the virtual world. Participants are given incentives to do this by the availability of rewards, such as coupons, real or virtual money or other resources, which are provided by the advertising sponsors, based on adoption of the advertising by the participant, as well as on factors such as exposure of the selected advertisements to other users. Allowing the users to exercise advertising choice, as participant or viewer, the invention also facilitates collection of data regarding consumer preferences.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: Avatizing, LLCInventors: Laura Lee Kusumoto, Earl David Sacerdoti, Leila Janine Sigler, Sonya Lee Sigler
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Patent number: 7797168Abstract: Participants in an interactive environment implemented by computer networks and other media such as interactive television are recruited to advertise products and brands to the other participants and viewers that are users of the media. Each participant may select from a set of available advertisements, which can be displayed in association with the user's avatar, virtual space and virtual objects within or embodying the virtual world. Participants are given incentives to do this by the availability of rewards, such as coupons, real or virtual money or other resources, which are provided by the advertising sponsors, based on adoption of the advertising by the participant, as well as on factors such as exposure of the selected advertisements to other users. Allowing the users to exercise advertising choice, as participant or viewer, the invention also facilitates collection of data regarding consumer preferences.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2005Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Avatizing LLCInventors: Laura Lee Kusumoto, Earl David Sacerdoti, Leila Janine Sigler, Sonya Lee Sigler
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Publication number: 20090063283Abstract: A user of an interactive medium may select advertising for display on the user's avatar, property, or other user-associated environment. The invention presents one or more advertisements to the user and allows the user to select at least one advertisement to display. The user may also choose a location for displaying the selected advertisement. The invention presents the selected advertisement to other users of the interactive medium. The invention tracks these presentations or displays and rewards the original user based on the presentation. The tracking data may also be used to bill the advertiser or optimize the process of selecting and displaying advertisements.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: AVATIZING, LLCInventors: Laura Lee Kusumoto, Earl David Sacerdoti, Leila Janine Sigler, Sonya Lee Sigler
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Patent number: 6954728Abstract: Participants in a virtual world in an interactive, virtual environment implemented by computer networks and other interactive media such as interactive television are recruited to advertise products and brands to the other participants and viewers in the virtual world. Each user entering the virtual world may select from a set of available advertisements, which can be displayed in association with the user's avatar, virtual space and virtual objects in the virtual world. Users are incentivized to do this by the availability of rewards, such as coupons, real or virtual money or other resources, which are provided by the advertising sponsors, based on adoption of the advertising by the user, as well as on factors such as exposure of the selected advertisements to other users in the virtual world. Allowing the consumer to exercise advertising choice, this embodiment also facilitates collection of data regarding consumer preferences.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2000Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Avatizing, LLCInventors: Laura Lee Kusumoto, Earl David Sacerdoti, Leila Janine Sigler, Sonya Lee Sigler