Patents by Inventor Jeffery C. Beman

Jeffery C. Beman 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).

  • System and method for estimating available payload inventory
    Patent number: 8543449
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating available payload inventory are provided. An advertisement delivery system generates a set of atomic market segment arrays from target market criteria for one or more advertisement campaigns to be served. The set of arrays is incremented corresponding to advertisement requests matching the target market criteria. The atomic market segment is processed to select an advertisement and to predict future capacity and manage inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery C. Beman, Alan S. Geller, Ashis K. Roy, Lawrence A. Koch
  • System and method for estimating available payload inventory
    Publication number: 20030046139
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating available payload inventory are provided. An advertisement delivery system generates a set of atomic market segment arrays from target market criteria for one or more advertisement campaigns to be served. The set of arrays is incremented corresponding to advertisement requests matching the target market criteria. The atomic market segment is processed to select an advertisement and to predict future capacity and manage inventory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery C. Beman, Alan S. Geller, Ashis K. Roy, Lawrence A. Koch