Patents by Inventor Martin S. Cosgrove

Martin S. Cosgrove 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: 20020069404
    Abstract: A system for targeting promotions to one or more network device, such as set top boxes. The system includes a program manager server or scheduler which generates a promotion schedule for the display of promotions on individual network devices. The scheduler creates the schedule by matching a viewership profile of the network device with membership criteria describing a particular demographic, viewership history, or geographic location, for example. The system also includes a promotion agent which receives the schedule from the scheduler, and then processes the schedule information. The promotion agent may transmit the processed schedule information to a bulk manager agent which may receive the promotions from a bulk manager server. The bulk manager server may actually store the promotions prior to downloading them to the bulk manager agent, or may retrieve the promotions from a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Applicant: Navic Systems, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ian Copeman, Chaitanya Kanojia, Martin S. Cosgrove