Patents by Inventor Jim Hanifen

Jim Hanifen 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: 11341527
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining the efficacy of digital assets provided to an audience. One embodiment is a system that includes a brand management server. The brand management server includes a memory that stores assets comprising digital media. The brand management server also includes a controller. The controller distributes the assets for consumption by members of an audience at remote devices. The controller also selects one of the assets, determines a look-back period, acquires metrics indicating at least two different types of consumption of the asset by the audience during the look-back period, and calculates an asset score for the asset that indicates a popularity of the asset and is based on the metrics indicating the at least two different types of consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Brandfolder, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Logan Sears, Jim Hanifen, Brett Nekolny, Luke Butterfield Beatty
  • Publication number: 20210350408
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining the efficacy of digital assets provided to an audience. One embodiment is a system that includes a brand management server. The brand management server includes a memory that stores assets comprising digital media. The brand management server also includes a controller. The controller distributes the assets for consumption by members of an audience at remote devices. The controller also selects one of the assets, determines a look-back period, acquires metrics indicating at least two different types of consumption of the asset by the audience during the look-back period, and calculates an asset score for the asset that indicates a popularity of the asset and is based on the metrics indicating the at least two different types of consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Logan Sears, Jim Hanifen, Brett Nekolny, Luke Butterfield Beatty
  • Patent number: 11107113
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining the efficacy of digital assets provided to an audience. One embodiment is a system that includes a brand management server. The brand management server includes a memory that stores assets comprising digital media. The brand management server also includes a controller. The controller distributes the assets for consumption by members of an audience at remote devices. The controller also selects one of the assets, determines a look-back period, acquires metrics indicating at least two different types of consumption of the asset by the audience during the look-back period, and calculates an asset score for the asset that indicates a popularity of the asset and is based on the metrics indicating the at least two different types of consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Brandfolder, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Logan Sears, Jim Hanifen, Brett Nekolny, Luke Butterfield Beatty
  • Patent number: 10986088
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for enabling a plurality of applications running on a user device or in communication therewith to share data. In one exemplary embodiment, a single user device is configured to run a plurality of heath-monitoring applications which collect data from a respective plurality of health-monitoring devices and/or via user entry. According to the present disclosure, once the applications are linked, the user accesses, views, and analyzes the plurality of health-related data from the plurality of applications at a single application. Moreover, once the applications are linked, the user may sign-in to one application and be automatically signed into the other applications. In this manner, the user's activity and updated information entered, sensed, or otherwise collected into or by one application may be accessible at the other applications for analysis and display therein as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MyFitnessPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Hanifen, Louise Killeen-Ewing, Eric Wood, Thomas Ryon Day, Karlo Berket
  • Patent number: 10798156
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for distributing content. One embodiment includes a content management server. The content management server includes a memory that stores a library of assets comprising digital media, and that further stores scores that indicate popularity of the assets in the library. The content management server also includes an interface that receives a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request that is sourced by a device remote from the content management server, and a controller that identifies a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) within the HTTP request, selects a group of assets for the URL from the library, identifies an asset that has a highest score within the group, and provides the asset in response to the HTTP request. The controller alters scores for assets in the library over time as assets in the library are provided, and selects different groups of assets for the URL over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BRANDFOLDER, INC.
    Inventors: Jim Hanifen, Logan Sears, Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Brett Nekolny, Luke Butterfield Beatty
  • Publication number: 20200204616
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for distributing content. One embodiment includes a content management server. The content management server includes a memory that stores a library of assets comprising digital media, and that further stores scores that indicate popularity of the assets in the library. The content management server also includes an interface that receives a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request that is sourced by a device remote from the content management server, and a controller that identifies a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) within the HTTP request, selects a group of assets for the URL from the library, identifies an asset that has a highest score within the group, and provides the asset in response to the HTTP request. The controller alters scores for assets in the library over time as assets in the library are provided, and selects different groups of assets for the URL over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Jim Hanifen, Logan Sears, Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Brett Nekolny, Luke Butterfield Beatty
  • Patent number: 10623483
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for distributing content. One embodiment includes a content management server. The content management server includes a memory that stores a library of assets comprising digital media, and that further stores scores that indicate popularity of the assets in the library. The content management server also includes an interface that receives a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request that is sourced by a device remote from the content management server, and a controller that identifies a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) within the HTTP request, selects a group of assets for the URL from the library, identifies an asset that has a highest score within the group, and provides the asset in response to the HTTP request. The controller alters scores for assets in the library over time as assets in the library are provided, and selects different groups of assets for the URL over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Brandfolder, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Hanifen, Logan Sears, Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Brett Nekolny, Luke Butterfield Beatty
  • Publication number: 20200092356
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for distributing content. One embodiment includes a content management server. The content management server includes a memory that stores a library of assets comprising digital media, and that further stores scores that indicate popularity of the assets in the library. The content management server also includes an interface that receives a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request that is sourced by a device remote from the content management server, and a controller that identifies a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) within the HTTP request, selects a group of assets for the URL from the library, identifies an asset that has a highest score within the group, and provides the asset in response to the HTTP request. The controller alters scores for assets in the library over time as assets in the library are provided, and selects different groups of assets for the URL over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jim Hanifen, Logan Sears, Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Brett Nekolny, Luke Butterfield Beatty
  • Publication number: 20200082431
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining the efficacy of digital assets provided to an audience. One embodiment is a system that includes a brand management server. The brand management server includes a memory that stores assets comprising digital media. The brand management server also includes a controller. The controller distributes the assets for consumption by members of an audience at remote devices. The controller also selects one of the assets, determines a look-back period, acquires metrics indicating at least two different types of consumption of the asset by the audience during the look-back period, and calculates an asset score for the asset that indicates a popularity of the asset and is based on the metrics indicating the at least two different types of consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Logan Sears, Jim Hanifen, Brett Nekolny, Luke Butterfield Beatty
  • Publication number: 20200021642
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for distributing content. One embodiment includes a content management server. The content management server includes a memory that stores a library of assets comprising digital media, and that further stores scores that indicate popularity of the assets in the library. The content management server also includes an interface that receives a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request that is sourced by a device remote from the content management server, and a controller that identifies a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) within the HTTP request, selects a group of assets for the URL from the library, identifies an asset that has a highest score within the group, and provides the asset in response to the HTTP request. The controller alters scores for assets in the library over time as assets in the library are provided, and selects different groups of assets for the URL over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jim Hanifen, Logan Sears, Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Brett Nekolny, Luke Butterfield Beatty
  • Patent number: 10523742
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for distributing content. One embodiment includes a content management server. The content management server includes a memory that stores a library of assets comprising digital media, and that further stores scores that indicate popularity of the assets in the library. The content management server also includes an interface that receives a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request that is sourced by a device remote from the content management server, and a controller that identifies a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) within the HTTP request, selects a group of assets for the URL from the library, identifies an asset that has a highest score within the group, and provides the asset in response to the HTTP request. The controller alters scores for assets in the library over time as assets in the library are provided, and selects different groups of assets for the URL over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Brandfolder, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Hanifen, Logan Sears, Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Brett Nekolny, Luke Butterfield Beatty
  • Publication number: 20190075104
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for enabling a plurality of applications running on a user device or in communication therewith to share data. In one exemplary embodiment, a single user device is configured to run a plurality of heath-monitoring applications which collect data from a respective plurality of health-monitoring devices and/or via user entry. According to the present disclosure, once the applications are linked, the user accesses, views, and analyzes the plurality of health-related data from the plurality of applications at a single application. Moreover, once the applications are linked, the user may sign-in to one application and be automatically signed into the other applications. In this manner, the user's activity and updated information entered, sensed, or otherwise collected into or by one application may be accessible at the other applications for analysis and display therein as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Jim Hanifen, Louise Killeen-Ewing, Eric Wood, Thomas Ryon Day, Karlo Berket
  • Patent number: 10158632
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for enabling a plurality of applications running on a user device or in communication therewith to share data. In one exemplary embodiment, a single user device is configured to run a plurality of heath-monitoring applications which collect data from a respective plurality of health-monitoring devices and/or via user entry. According to the present disclosure, once the applications are linked, the user accesses, views, and analyzes the plurality of health-related data from the plurality of applications at a single application. Moreover, once the applications are linked, the user may sign-in to one application and be automatically signed into the other applications. In this manner, the user's activity and updated information entered, sensed, or otherwise collected into or by one application may be accessible at the other applications for analysis and display therein as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Hanifen, Louise Killeen-Ewing, Eric Wood, Thomas Ryon Day, Karlo Berket
  • Publication number: 20170208060
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for enabling a plurality of applications running on a user device or in communication therewith to share data. In one exemplary embodiment, a single user device is configured to run a plurality of heath-monitoring applications which collect data from a respective plurality of health-monitoring devices and/or via user entry. According to the present disclosure, once the applications are linked, the user accesses, views, and analyzes the plurality of health-related data from the plurality of applications at a single application. Moreover, once the applications are linked, the user may sign-in to one application and be automatically signed into the other applications. In this manner, the user's activity and updated information entered, sensed, or otherwise collected into or by one application may be accessible at the other applications for analysis and display therein as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Jim Hanifen, Louise Killeen-Ewing, Eric Wood, Thomas Ryon Day, Karlo Berket