Patents by Inventor Lucinda Stone

Lucinda Stone 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).

  • Patent number: 8401902
    Abstract: An electronic advertising system that provides self-serve control for the centralized automated creation and publication of customized advertising presentations to multiple electronic media venues. The customized advertising presentations are automatically created by the central controller from raw advertising information to comply with the criteria of each selected multiple electronic media venue. Self-serve interfaces are provided for sellers to input raw advertising information and information to select electronic media venues, and for media venues to input criteria for each electronic media venue. The criteria may include style, content, editorial, and design criteria. Information such as distribution factors, media venue layout, and price charged for publication may be used by the central controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Inventors: Lucinda Stone, Michael A. Dean
  • Patent number: 7249059
    Abstract: An internet advertising system and method that enables a third party professional to manage the creation, publication, and display of advertisements on internet media venues owned or controlled by entities other than the seller and other than the third party professional in a form automatically modified to comply with the media venues' presentation rules, which may include design or style standards for “look and feel,” editorial standards, and distribution factors. Self-serve, menu driven interfaces are provided for third party professionals to target internet media venues, and for internet media venues to enter their presentation rules. An ad modification engine processes or customizes the advertisement for publication and display on each internet media venue in compliance with the media venue's presentation rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventors: Michael A. Dean, Lucinda Stone
  • Patent number: 7240025
    Abstract: An internet advertising system and method that provides a seller self-serve control for creation, publication, and display of advertisements on internet media venues owned or controlled by entities other than the seller in a form automatically modified to comply with the media venues' presentation rules, which may include design or style standards for “look and feel,” editorial standards, and distribution factors. Self-serve, menu driven interfaces are provided for sellers to target internet media venues, and for internet media venues to enter their presentation rules. An ad modification engine processes or customizes the advertisement for publication and display on each internet media venue in compliance with the media venue's presentation rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventors: Lucinda Stone, Michael A. Dean
  • Publication number: 20070016486
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows competing as well as complementing suppliers, vendors, service providers, purveyors, and other types of sellers internal inventory management as well as controlled design and publication of presentations for external near real-time interactive access to buyer-centered presentation, sales, distribution, and confirmation systems as well as other traditional media advertising and outreach. The Automated Media Presentation Generator including a Publication and Placement Control Engine, integrates a Distributed Sales and Inventory Control structure with Processing and Communications Resource Saver, and further provides a Reservation, Access, and Verification System replacing traditional ticket and confirmation methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Lucinda Stone, Michael Dean
  • Patent number: 6873969
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus that automatically updates the presentation of available limited, fixed or time sensitive inventory, for sale or reservation, on a buyer interface in a time-sensitive and time-appropriate basis. The automatic two-way network communications method of the present invention provides the necessary coordination of inventory and sales between the seller interface and the buyer interface in either real time or near real time or as delayed or batch processing. This can take place by either manual or automatic means from the invention or from third party management or inventory control software. The invention allows for a substantial reduction of the communications and computer resources necessary to control and coordinate the availability, presentation, and sales of common, unique, or time-sensitive products, goods, and services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Inventors: Lucinda Stone, Michael A. Dean
  • Publication number: 20050044009
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows competing as well as complementing suppliers, vendors, service providers, purveyors, and other types of sellers internal inventory management as well as controlled design and publication of presentations for external near real-time interactive access to buyer-centered presentation, sales, distribution, and confirmation systems as well as other traditional media advertising and outreach. The Automated Media Presentation Generator including a Publication and Placement Control Engine, integrates a Distributed Sales and Inventory Control structure with Processing and Communications Resource Saver, and further provides a Reservation, Access, and Verification System replacing traditional ticket and confirmation methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Lucinda Stone, Michael Dean
  • Patent number: 6829587
    Abstract: “The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows individual competing, as well as complementing suppliers, vendors, service providers, purveyors, and other types of sellers as companies, individuals, or as any other entity, controlled design and publication of print media advertising and outreach. The present invention allows for standards or guidelines to be set by print media and then automatically applied in the creation of advertising or outreach presentations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Inventors: Lucinda Stone, Michael A. Dean
  • Patent number: 6738750
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows for the verification and substantiation of the purchase of access or admission to those facilities, sites, businesses, venues, sporting events, or reserved services that traditionally have controlled access by means of tickets, passes, admission documents, reservations, reservation confirmations, or other substantiation. The invention provides several methods for the buyer to provide an ID at the time of purchase, which is then transmitted electronically to the facility, site, business, venue, sporting event, or reserved service. That buyer ID is then confirmed by the facility, site, business, or venue by means of readers or scanners of the magnetic, smart, or optical ID cards or by other electronic means. This confirmation may automatically result in the printing of the tickets, passes, admission documents, reservation confirmations, or other documents required for admittance or automatic and immediate physical admittance of the buyer or ID holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventors: Lucinda Stone, Michael A. Dean
  • Publication number: 20030080999
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows competing as well as complementing suppliers, vendors, service providers, purveyors, and other types of sellers internal inventory management as well as controlled design and publication of presentations for external near real-time interactive access to buyer-centered presentation, sales, distribution, and confirmation systems as well as other traditional media advertising and outreach. The Automated Media Presentation Generator including a Publication and Placement Control Engine, integrates a Distributed Sales and Inventory Control structure with Processing and Communications Resource Saver, and further provides a Reservation, Access, and Verification System replacing traditional ticket and confirmation methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Lucinda Stone, Michael A. Dean
  • Publication number: 20020178093
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows competing as well as complementing suppliers, vendors, service providers, purveyors, and other types of sellers internal inventory management as well as controlled design and publication of presentations for external near real-time interactive access to buyer-centered presentation, sales, distribution, and confirmation systems as well as other traditional media advertising and outreach. The Automated Media Presentation Generator including a Publication and Placement Control Engine that allows the sellers a self serve interface accessing a plurality of Media Venues as well as Third Party Creative and Management Professionals, integrates a Distributed Sales and Inventory Control structure with Processing and Communications Resource Saver, and further provides a Reservation, Access, and Verification System replacing traditional ticket and confirmation methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Michael A. Dean, Lucinda Stone
  • Publication number: 20020169694
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows competing as well as complementing suppliers, vendors, service providers, purveyors, and other types of sellers internal inventory management as well as controlled design and publication of presentations for external near real-time interactive access to buyer-centered presentation, sales, distribution, and confirmation systems as well as other traditional media advertising and outreach. The Automated Media Presentation Generator including a Publication and Placement Control Engine, integrates a Distributed Sales and Inventory Control structure with Processing and Communications Resource Saver, and further provides a Reservation, Access, and Verification System replacing traditional ticket and confirmation methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Lucinda Stone, Michael A. Dean
  • Publication number: 20020156684
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows competing as well as complementing suppliers, vendors, service providers, purveyors, and other types of sellers internal inventory management as well as controlled design and publication of presentations for external near real-time interactive access to buyer-centered presentation, sales, distribution, and confirmation systems as well as other traditional media advertising and outreach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Lucinda Stone, Michael A. Dean
  • Patent number: 6446045
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows competing as well as complementing suppliers, vendors, service providers, purveyors, and other types of sellers internal inventory management as well as controlled design and publication of presentations for external near real-time interactive access to buyer-centered presentation, sales, distribution, and confirmation systems as well as other traditional media advertising and outreach. The Automated Media Presentation Generator including a Publication and Placement Control Engine, integrates a Distributed Sales and Inventory Control structure with Processing and Communications Resource Saver, and further provides a Reservation, Access, and Verification System replacing traditional ticket and confirmation methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Inventors: Lucinda Stone, Michael A. Dean