Patents by Inventor John D. Bartels

John D. Bartels 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 for analyzing television programs
    Patent number: 6295092
    Abstract: A system that automatically captures one or more local news program broadcasts and separates the broadcasts into the individual news stories or segments. The system then compares the stories to historical data concerning the competitive characteristics of the stories for each station and determines the topic (local, national, crime, etc.), talent (newscaster 1, newscaster 2, etc.) and production (live, studio, voice-over-tape, etc.) characteristics of the stories. Other characteristics that affect the popularity and therefor the competitive characteristics of the broadcasts can also be displayed, such as pacing, average story length, news-to-advertisement ratio, broadcast ordering (news then weather then news then sports, etc.), etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: CBS Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Hullinger, William J. Trosky, Alan F. Mandel, Robert Ross, John D. Bartels, Brian A. Schultz