Patents by Inventor Kevin Lee Penner

Kevin Lee Penner 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: 20240089531
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for selecting ads for a video. The program and method provide for receiving a request for an ad to insert into a video playing on a client device, the request including a first content identifier that identifies a first type of content included in the video; determining a set of content identifiers associated with the first content identifier, the set of content identifiers identifying second types of content to filter with respect to providing the ad in response to the request; selecting an ad from among plural ads, by filtering ads tagged with a second content identifier included in the set of content identifiers; and providing the selected ad as a response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: John Cain Blackwood, Chinmay Lonkar, David B. Lue, Kevin Lee Penner
  • Patent number: 11856255
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for selecting ads for a video. The program and method provide for receiving a request for an ad to insert into a video playing on a client device, the request including a first content identifier that identifies a first type of content included in the video; determining a set of content identifiers associated with the first content identifier, the set of content identifiers identifying second types of content to filter with respect to providing the ad in response to the request; selecting an ad from among plural ads, by filtering ads tagged with a second content identifier included in the set of content identifiers; and providing the selected ad as a response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: John Cain Blackwood, Chinmay Lonkar, David B. Lue, Kevin Lee Penner
  • Publication number: 20210201392
    Abstract: The subject technology identifies a first augmented reality content generator from a first merchant and a second augmented reality content generator from a second merchant. The subject technology receives a first bid amount from the first merchant and a second bid amount from the second merchant. The subject technology determines a highest bid amount among the first bid amount and the second bid amount. The subject technology provides the first augmented reality content generator or the second augmented reality content generator to a client device based on the determined highest bid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Nima Aghdaii, Riccardo Boscolo, Rodrigo B. Farnham, Jean Luo, Kevin Lee Penner, Vincent Sung
  • Patent number: 10915911
    Abstract: Disclosed, is a geo-fence valuation system to: access usage data at a server system, the usage data collected from a set of client devices located within a geo-fenced area, and wherein the usage data comprises data objects, wherein each data object includes at least a device identifier of a source device of the usage data, and location data; identify one or more data types of the location data, wherein the data types indicate a level of precision of the location data; determine a geodensity of the geo-fenced area based on the usage data, wherein the geodensity indicates at least a number of client devices located within the geo-fenced area; and augments the geodensity of the geo-fence based on the one or more data types of the location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Samir Ahmed, Farnaz Azmoodeh, Kevin Lee Penner
  • Publication number: 20180225687
    Abstract: Disclosed, is a geo-fence valuation system to: access usage data at a server system, the usage data collected from a set of client devices located within a geo-fenced area, and wherein the usage data comprises data objects, wherein each data object includes at least a device identifier of a source device of the usage data, and location data; identify one or more data types of the location data, wherein the data types indicate a level of precision of the location data; determine a geodensity of the geo-fenced area based on the usage data, wherein the geodensity indicates at least a number of client devices located within the geo-fenced area; and augments the geodensity of the geo-fence based on the one or more data types of the location data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Samir Ahmed, Farnaz Azmoodeh, Kevin Lee Penner