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).
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Patent number: 11488182Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Observa, Inc.Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Patent number: 11488135Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Observa, Inc.Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Publication number: 20220058672Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Publication number: 20220044262Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Publication number: 20210326910Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Publication number: 20210295366Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Publication number: 20210287237Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Patent number: 11093958Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Observa, Inc.Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Publication number: 20210209622Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Patent number: 11004100Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Observa, Inc.Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Patent number: 10997616Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Observa, Inc.Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Patent number: 10990986Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Observa, Inc.Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Patent number: 10902439Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Observa, Inc.Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Publication number: 20190392459Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: HUGH HOWARD HOLMAN, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Publication number: 20190392462Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: HUGH HOWARD HOLMAN, ERIK EUGENE CHELSTAD
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Publication number: 20190392482Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: HUGH HOWARD HOLMAN, ERIK EUGENE CHELSTAD
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Publication number: 20180197166Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Publication number: 20180144356Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Publication number: 20180144355Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad
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Publication number: 20180053195Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Hugh Howard Holman, Erik Eugene Chelstad