Patents by Inventor John Benjamin Compton

John Benjamin Compton 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: 7742944
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to automating the sending of campaign messages in computing environments. Campaign scores are determined for messaging campaigns and eligible recipients are assigned to campaigns with a higher score. More specifically, eligible recipients are assigned to a particular messaging campaign if the campaign is the “best” campaign for each eligible recipient based on the campaign score. Additionally, a portion of the eligible recipients are reserved as a control group for each campaign. After campaign messages have been sent out to assigned recipients, the behavior of the recipients who received campaign messages and the behavior of the control group members are differentiated to update the campaign's score. Continually updating campaign scores makes it possible to continually update which campaign is best for a particular recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Dicker, Andrew Harbick, John Benjamin Compton, Matt Round, Alexander Prater
  • Publication number: 20040204989
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to automating the sending of campaign messages in computing environments. Campaign scores are determined for messaging campaigns and eligible recipients are assigned to campaigns with a higher score. More specifically, eligible recipients are assigned to a particular messaging campaign if the campaign is the “best” campaign for each eligible recipient based on the campaign score. Additionally, a portion of the eligible recipients are reserved as a control group for each campaign. After campaign messages have been sent out to assigned recipients, the behavior of the recipients who received campaign messages and the behavior of the control group members are differentiated to update the campaign's score. Continually updating campaign scores makes it possible to continually update which campaign is best for a particular recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Russell Dicker, Andrew Harbick, John Benjamin Compton, Matt Round, Alexander Prater