Patents by Inventor Erik Eugene Chelstad

Erik Eugene Chelstad 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: 11488182
    Abstract: An observation platform for coordinators, marketers, advertisers, merchants, retailers, and users to establish, utilize and fulfill an observation campaign suited to verify digital-world implementations surrounding observable, standards, objectives, conditions, rules, guidelines, and/or restrictions for media presentations. The observable data points may be part of an overall strategy in a digital observation campaign established by an observation campaign coordinator. One aspect of this method is determining, with some certainly, that an observed advertisement originated from an advertising campaign. Thus, the advertising observation platform is capable of surveying several media files (e.g., image files, sound files, video files) that are presented as ads within the context of web pages served to browsers of Internet content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Observa, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Patent number: 11488135
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, processes, methods, and operations for enabling an observation campaign to be defined and executed. As part of that design and execution, a user's or prospective user's rating may be accessed and used to decide whether to make a specific opportunity or set of opportunities available to a specific user, and/or to process the data received from a certain user in a certain way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Observa, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Publication number: 20220058672
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, processes, methods and operations for implementing and managing a data collection campaign for data regarding the observation of product or service related information. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to systems, apparatuses, processes, methods, and operations for enabling an observation campaign to be defined and executed. As part of that design and execution, a user's or prospective user's rating may be accessed and used to decide whether to make a specific opportunity or set of opportunities available to a specific user, and/or to process the data received from a certain user in a certain way. In some embodiments, a communication or instruction may be generated and provided to a user/observer participant in an observation campaign requesting that they alter some aspect of the setting or environment in which a product is being sold or offered for sale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Publication number: 20220044262
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for observing and collecting real-world data about conditions, standards, guidelines, rules and restrictions established by a coordinator of an observation campaign. One embodiment may include a user-based mobile autonomous device (e.g., a smart robot) configured to execute an observation application to coordinate observing and collecting of real-world data. Further, the mobile autonomous device may include a communication module configured to send collected real-world data to an observation server computer. Upon verification of the collected real-world data, the observation platform may coordinate compensation to a user of the mobile autonomous device in exchange for the successful observation and collection of the requested real-world data, Additional observation opportunities may be triggered for observers in response to a successful fulfillment of an opportunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Publication number: 20210326910
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for improving an observation campaign in response analytical data collected form observations. An observation campaign may be a set of campaign parameters designed to incentivize observers of real-world data to collect and send electronic communication of the collected real-world data to the observation platform. By analyzing the collected real-world data against one or more defined metrics, one or more parameters of the observation campaign may be changed in an effort to improve the collection of the real-world data. Further, the improved set of observation campaign parameters may be used to establish or improve observation campaign templates as well as improving similar bit unrelated observation campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Publication number: 20210295366
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for observing and collecting real-world data about conditions, standards, guidelines, rules and restrictions established by a coordinator of an observation campaign. One embodiment may include a user-based mobile computing device (e.g., a smart phone) configured to execute an observation application to coordinate observing and collecting of real-world data. Further, the system may include an observation server computer configured to send notifications that include one or more opportunities for observations of real-word data to the user-based mobile computing device and configured to receive real world data observed and collected by the user-based mobile computing device. Further yet, the system may include a coordinator-based computing device communicatively coupled to the observation server computer and configured to generate and control a campaign of opportunities sent by the observation server computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Publication number: 20210287237
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, processes, methods and operations for implementing and managing a data collection for data regarding the observation of product or service related information. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to systems, apparatuses, processes, methods, and operations for enabling an observation campaign to be evaluated, and if desired, modified, based on sales or other data obtained from a merchant or place of business. In some embodiments, a communication or instruction may be generated and provided to a user/observer participant in an observation campaign requesting that they alter some aspect of the setting or environment in which a product is being sold or offered for sale. In some embodiments, such a communication may be provided to a proprietor of a sales location or to a campaign coordinator so that they are aware of a problem with the way a product or service is being marketed or displayed and can take remedial actions if desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Patent number: 11093958
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, processes, methods and operations for implementing and managing a data collection campaign for data regarding the observation of product or service related information. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to systems, apparatuses, processes, methods, and operations for enabling an observation campaign to be defined and executed. As part of that design and execution, a user's or prospective user's rating may be accessed and used to decide whether to make a specific opportunity or set of opportunities available to a specific user, and/or to process the data received from a certain user in a certain way. In some embodiments, a communication or instruction may be generated and provided to a user/observer participant in an observation campaign requesting that they alter some aspect of the setting or environment in which a product is being sold or offered for sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Observa, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Publication number: 20210209622
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for observing and collecting real-world data about conditions, standards, guidelines, rules and restrictions established by a coordinator of an observation campaign. One embodiment may include a user-based mobile computing device (e.g., a smart phone) configured to execute an observation application to coordinate observing and collecting of real-world data. Further, the mobile computing device may include a communication module configured to send collected real-world data to an observation server computer. Upon verification of the collected real-world data, the observation platform may coordinate compensation to a user of the mobile computing device in exchange for the successful observation and collection of the requested real-world data. Additional observation opportunities may be triggered for observers in response to a successful fulfillment of an opportunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Patent number: 11004100
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for observing and collecting real-world data about conditions, standards, guidelines, rules and restrictions established by a coordinator of an observation campaign. One embodiment may include a user-based mobile computing device (e.g., a smart phone) configured to execute an observation application to coordinate observing and collecting of real-world data. Further, the system may include an observation server computer configured to send notifications that include one or more opportunities for observations of real-word data to the user-based mobile computing device and configured to receive real world data observed and collected by the user-based mobile computing device. Further yet, the system may include a coordinator-based computing device communicatively coupled to the observation server computer and configured to generate and control a campaign of opportunities sent by the observation server computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Observa, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Patent number: 10997616
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, processes, methods and operations for implementing and managing a data collection for data regarding the observation of product or service related information. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to systems, apparatuses, processes, methods, and operations for enabling an observation campaign to be evaluated, and if desired, modified, based on sales or other data obtained from a merchant or place of business. In some embodiments, a communication or instruction may be generated and provided to a user/observer participant in an observation campaign requesting that they alter some aspect of the setting or environment in which a product is being sold or offered for sale. In some embodiments, such a communication may be provided to a proprietor of a sales location or to a campaign coordinator so that they are aware of a problem with the way a product or service is being marketed or displayed and can take remedial actions if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Observa, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Patent number: 10990986
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for improving an observation campaign in response analytical data collected form observations. An observation campaign may be a set of campaign parameters designed to incentivize observers of real-world data to collect and send electronic communication of the collected real-world data to the observation platform. By analyzing the collected real-world data against one or more defined metrics, one or more parameters of the observation campaign may be changed in an effort to improve the collection of the real-world data. Further, the improved set of observation campaign parameters may be used to establish or improve observation campaign templates as well as improving similar bit unrelated observation campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Observa, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Patent number: 10902439
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for observing and collecting real-world data about conditions, standards, guidelines, rules and restrictions established by a coordinator of an observation campaign. One embodiment may include a user-based mobile computing device (e.g., a smart phone) configured to execute an observation application to coordinate observing and collecting of real-world data. Further, the mobile computing device may include a communication module configured to send collected real-world data to an observation server computer. Upon verification of the collected real-world data, the observation platform may coordinate compensation to a user of the mobile computing device in exchange for the successful observation and collection of the requested real-world data. Additional observation opportunities may be triggered for observers in response to a successful fulfillment of an opportunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Observa, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Publication number: 20190392459
    Abstract: An observation platform for coordinators, marketers, advertisers, merchants, retailers, and users to establish, utilize and fulfill an observation campaign suited to verify digital-world implementations surrounding observable, standards, objectives, conditions, rules, guidelines, and/or restrictions for media presentations. The observable data points may be part of an overall strategy in a digital observation campaign established by an observation campaign coordinator. One aspect of this method is determining, with some certainly, that an observed advertisement originated from an advertising campaign. Thus, the advertising observation platform is capable of surveying several media files (e.g., image files, sound files, video files) that are presented as ads within the context of web pages served to browsers of Internet content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: HUGH HOWARD HOLMAN, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Publication number: 20190392462
    Abstract: A computer-based method for compensating users for successful observation of digitally-presented data. The method includes sending an electronic communication corresponding to an opportunity to observe digitally-presented data at an observer computing device, the electronic communication sent to one or more remote computing devices of one or more users from a data observation computing platform. In order to facilitate various follow-on activities, the user of the observer computing device will have registered with the observation platform prior to the observation opportunity being presented. Thus, the one or more users are already registered users of the observation computing platform (e.g., established a pre-existing relationship with the observation platform). Upon verification of digitally-presented data using a hash function, additional demographic data and meta data may be presented to determine compliance with an online digital advertising campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: HUGH HOWARD HOLMAN, ERIK EUGENE CHELSTAD
  • Publication number: 20190392482
    Abstract: A digital observation platform for coordinators, merchants, retailers, and users to establish, utilize and fulfill an observation campaign suited to verify digital-world implementations surrounding observable standards, conditions, rules, guidelines, and/or restrictions of presentation data. The observable data points may be part of an overall strategy in a digital observation campaign established by an observation campaign coordinator. Such a strategy may often involve determining data points like specific product placement, product pricing, and product incentives at the website location. Verifiable parameters may include specific observable and verifiable digital-world data such as where a product ad is placed on a web page, timing of the display, demographics of who observes the display, the nature of the underlying content in which the ad is displayed, placement rate and count, and product differentiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: HUGH HOWARD HOLMAN, ERIK EUGENE CHELSTAD
  • Publication number: 20180197166
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, processes, methods, and operations for enabling an observation campaign to be defined and executed. As part of that design and execution, a user's or prospective user's rating may be accessed and used to decide whether to make a specific opportunity or set of opportunities available to a specific user, and/or to process the data received from a certain user in a certain way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Publication number: 20180144356
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, processes, methods and operations for implementing and managing a data collection campaign for data regarding the observation of product or service related information. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to systems, apparatuses, processes, methods, and operations for enabling an observation campaign to be defined and executed. As part of that design and execution, a user's or prospective user's rating may be accessed and used to decide whether to make a specific opportunity or set of opportunities available to a specific user, and/or to process the data received from a certain user in a certain way. In some embodiments, a communication or instruction may be generated and provided to a user/observer participant in an observation campaign requesting that they alter some aspect of the setting or environment in which a product is being sold or offered for sale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Publication number: 20180144355
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, processes, methods and operations for implementing and managing a data collection for data regarding the observation of product or service related information. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to systems, apparatuses, processes, methods, and operations for enabling an observation campaign to be evaluated, and if desired, modified, based on sales or other data obtained from a merchant or place of business. In some embodiments, a communication or instruction may be generated and provided to a user/observer participant in an observation campaign requesting that they alter some aspect of the setting or environment in which a product is being sold or offered for sale. In some embodiments, such a communication may be provided to a proprietor of a sales location or to a campaign coordinator so that they are aware of a problem with the way a product or service is being marketed or displayed and can take remedial actions if desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
  • Publication number: 20180053195
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for observing and collecting real-world data about conditions, standards, guidelines, rules and restrictions established by a coordinator of an observation campaign. One embodiment may include a user-based mobile computing device (e.g., a smart phone) configured to execute an observation application to coordinate observing and collecting of real-world data. Further, the mobile computing device may include a communication module configured to send collected real-world data to an observation server computer. Upon verification of the collected real-world data, the observation platform may coordinate compensation to a user of the mobile computing device in exchange for the successful observation and collection of the requested real-world data. Additional observation opportunities may be triggered for observers in response to a successful fulfillment of an opportunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad