Patents by Inventor Karen Emerson

Karen Emerson 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).

  • Television advertising automated billing system
    Patent number: 7039930
    Abstract: Advertising is marked with a code in a way which makes it difficult to fool the system. The advertising is marked with a code at the time the advertising is produced. Then, when the advertising is broadcast, the code on the advertising is analyzed. Different security measures can be used, including producing the code in the closed captioning so that many different people can see the code, or comparing codes in one part of the signal with a code in another part of the signal. Measures are taken to prevent the code from being used to detect commercials. According to another part of this system, a paradigm for a clearinghouse is disclosed in which the user signs up with the clearinghouse, obtains a line of credit, and the advertiser, the agency, and the ad producer also subscribe to the service. When the ad is actually aired, the payment can be automatically transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Rodney M. Goodman, Karen Emerson, Jeffery Dickson
  • Television advertising automated billing system
    Patent number: 6173271
    Abstract: Advertising is marked with a code in a way which makes it difficult to fool the system. The advertising is marked with a code at the time the advertising is produced. Then, when the advertising is broadcast, the code on the advertising is analyzed. Different security measures can be used, including producing the code in the closed captioning so that many different people can see the code, or comparing codes in one part of the signal with a code in another part of the signal. Measures are taken to prevent the code from being used to detect commercials. According to another part of this system, a paradigm for a clearinghouse is disclosed in which the user signs up with the clearinghouse, obtains a line of credit, and the advertiser, the agency, and the ad producer also subscribe to the service. When the ad is actually aired, the payment can be automatically transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Rodney M. Goodman, Karen Emerson, Jeffrey Dickson
  • Television advertising automated billing system
    Patent number: RE45044
    Abstract: Advertising is marked with a code in a way which makes it difficult to fool the system. The advertising is marked with a code at the time the advertising is produced. Then, when the advertising is broadcast, the code on the advertising is analyzed. Different security measures can be used, including producing the code in the closed captioning so that many different people can see the code, or comparing codes in one part of the signal with a code in another part of the signal. Measures are taken to prevent the code from being used to detect commercials. According to another part of this system, a paradigm for a clearinghouse is disclosed in which the user signs up with the clearinghouse, obtains a line of credit, and the advertiser, the agency, and the ad producer also subscribe to the service. When the ad is actually aired, the payment can be automatically transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 59 LLC
    Inventors: Rodney M. Goodman, Karen Emerson Hackett, Jeffrey Allen Dickson