Patents by Inventor Mark H. Masterson

Mark H. Masterson 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: 8914824
    Abstract: Systems and methods for video ad delivery using configurable dynamic video ad policies are provided. A system for delivering video ads to a video client may include an ad platform service. The ad platform service may have a media registration module configured to receive input data including a video ad policy and associated metadata and digital video content from a digital video content client. The ad platform service may further include a registration database configured to store input data received from the media registration module. The ad platform service may further include a manifest service and an associated manifest generation engine, wherein the manifest service may be configured to receive an ad manifest request from a video client. In response, the manifest generation engine may be configured to generate a manifest instance based on input data received at the manifest service, the manifest service being configured to send the manifest instance to the video client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Braun, Mark H. Masterson, Ashish Gupta, Mark D. Schwesinger, Tianjun Shi, Xavier John Vetticappallil
  • Publication number: 20100175079
    Abstract: Systems and methods for video ad delivery using configurable dynamic video ad policies are provided. A system for delivering video ads to a video client may include an ad platform service. The ad platform service may have a media registration module configured to receive input data including a video ad policy and associated metadata and digital video content from a digital video content client. The ad platform service may further include a registration database configured to store input data received from the media registration module. The ad platform service may further include a manifest service and an associated manifest generation engine, wherein the manifest service may be configured to receive an ad manifest request from a video client. In response, the manifest generation engine may be configured to generate a manifest instance based on input data received at the manifest service, the manifest service being configured to send the manifest instance to the video client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David A. Braun, Mark H. Masterson, Ashish Gupta, Mark D. Schwesinger, Tianjun Shi, Xavier John Vetticappallil