Patents by Inventor Joseph Epperson

Joseph Epperson 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).

  • Publication number: 20150073922
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a customized advertisement creative is herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a uniform resource locator of a web page, detecting a plurality of assets based on a web document that describes the web page specified by the uniform resource locator, where assets of the plurality of assets are of a common asset type, ranking the assets, providing layout template settings based on a suggested asset from the ranked assets, receiving configured layout template settings, and providing a creative based on the configured layout template settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: MAXPOINT INTERACTIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Epperson, Christopher Farmer, Kurt Carlson
  • Patent number: 8799062
    Abstract: A system for improving shape-based targeting by using interest level data is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes creating one or more trade zones, wherein creating a trade zone includes grouping a set of parameters to deliver custom shapes, clustering the custom shapes according to offline data and geographic distribution of IP addresses, and mapping clusters of the custom shapes to IP addresses. Data indicating consumption of a content source is received by one or more trade zones at a calculated rate and the calculated rate is analyzed to determine an interest associated with each trade zone. Targeting is based on a selected trade zone, wherein the selected trade zone is selected based upon a desired interest representative of a desired audience. A targeting request is transmitted including instructions or information associated with a target action, and the target action is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: MaxPoint Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Epperson, Kurt Carlson, Christopher Farmer, Mark Lowe, Robert Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 8296180
    Abstract: A system for improving shape-based targeting by using interest level data is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises creating one or more trade zones, wherein creating a trade zone comprises grouping a set of parameters to deliver custom shapes, clustering the custom shapes according to offline data and geographic distribution of IP addresses, and mapping clusters of the custom shapes to IP addresses. Data indicating consumption of a content source is received, the content source having a plurality of tokens. The plurality of tokens is organized according to the one or more trade zones, wherein the one or more trade zones consume the tokens at a calculated rate and the calculated rate is analyzed to determine an interest associated with each trade zone. Targeting is based on a selected trade zone, wherein the selected trade zone is selected based upon a desired interest representative of a desired audience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: MaxPoint Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Epperson, Kurt Carlson, Christopher Farmer, Mark Lowe, Robert Gonzalez