Patents by Inventor Kevin Flood

Kevin Flood 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: 20130246184
    Abstract: A method for displaying an advertisement includes storing, in a database, a plurality of keywords wherein each keyword in the plurality of keywords corresponds to a product or service, assigning a priority value to each keyword in the plurality of keywords, analyzing a webpage to identify a plurality of words displayed by the webpage. selecting a word in the plurality of words based on the assigned weight value, comparing the selected word to the plurality of keywords to obtain at least one matched keyword, selecting at least one keyword from the at least one matched keyword based on the assigned priority value, and modifying the webpage such that when a user of the webpage interacts with the selected word displayed by the webpage, an advertisement for the product or service corresponding to the at least one keyword is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: PowerLinks Media Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Flood, Michael Harty, Michael Duma
  • Publication number: 20040152511
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing a progressive. A method for providing a progressive jackpot includes receiving progressive payout information of a game system that includes a progressive jackpot. The information specifies a wager amount needed to be eligible to win the progressive jackpot, odds of winning the progressive jackpot, and an amount of a wager that is contributed to the progressive jackpot. The method includes changing one of the wager amount needed to be eligible to win the progressive jackpot, the odds of winning the progressive jackpot, and the amount of a wager that is contributed to the progressive jackpot so that the product of the wager amount needed to be eligible to win the progressive jackpot, the odds of winning the progressive jackpot, and the amount of a wager that is contributed to the progressive jackpot is equal to a number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Mark C. Nicely, Theodore Yuchiang Cheng, Kevin Flood, Tom Graumann, Michael Montagna, Ajit Kumar Sinha