Patents by Inventor Matthew M. Saunders

Matthew M. Saunders 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: 8521593
    Abstract: Computer systems and methods for providing mobile advertising using data networks based on groupings associated with Internet-connectable devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, the computer systems and methods may comprise receiving and/or retrieving events; grouping the events into an events group; determining an audience value for a user of the Internet-connectable device based on the events group, wherein the audience value represents an audience segment comprising a subgroup of Internet-connectable device users defined based on at least one criterion; and transmitting an advertisement to the Internet-connectable device, wherein the advertisement is determined based on the audience value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Millennial Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Hemang N. Gadhia, Rishi Kumar, Hellmut Adolphs, Matthew M. Saunders
  • Publication number: 20130060639
    Abstract: Computer systems and methods for providing mobile advertising using data networks based on groupings associated with Internet-connectable devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, the computer systems and methods may comprise receiving and/or retrieving events; grouping the events into an events group; determining an audience value for a user of the Internet-connectable device based on the events group, wherein the audience value represents an audience segment comprising a subgroup of Internet-connectable device users defined based on at least one criterion; and transmitting an advertisement to the Internet-connectable device, wherein the advertisement is determined based on the audience value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hemang N. Gadhia, Rishi Kumar, Hellmut Adolphs, Matthew M. Saunders
  • Publication number: 20130060632
    Abstract: Computer systems and methods for providing mobile advertising using data networks based on intelligence data associated with Internet-connectable devices derived using graph data models are provided. In some embodiments, the computer systems and methods may comprise representing Internet-connectable device and associated data as nodes in a graph data model and relationships between the nodes as edges. In some embodiments, the nodes and edges may be traversed to help determine optimal ads to serve the Internet-connectable devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hemang N. Gadhia, Rishi Kumar, Hellmut Adolphs, Matthew M. Saunders
  • Publication number: 20130060640
    Abstract: Computer systems and methods for performing proximity-based targeting of advertisements to Internet-connectable devices and utilizing predicted locations of Internet-connectable devices using data networks are provided. In some embodiments, the computer systems and methods comprise receiving from an Internet-connectable device at least one location event captured by the Internet-connectable device; determining a latest location of the Internet-connectable device based on the at least one location event; determining a proximity of the Internet-connectable device to a campaign location based on the latest location of the Internet-connectable device; and transmitting an advertisement to the Internet-connectable device based on the proximity of the Internet-connectable device to the campaign location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hemang N. Gadhia, Rishi Kumar, Hellmut Adolphs, Matthew M. Saunders
  • Publication number: 20130060638
    Abstract: Computer systems and methods for providing mobile advertising using data networks based on intelligence data associated with Internet-connectable devices are provided. In some embodiments, the computer systems and methods may comprise determining an audience category associated with a user of an Internet-connectable device based on location and/or network events associated with the Internet-connectable device. In these embodiments, an audience value for the user of the Internet-connectable device may be determined based on at least the audience category associated with the user of the Internet-connectable device, wherein the audience value represents an audience segment comprising a subgroup of Internet-connectable device users defined based on at least one criterion. At least one advertisement may then be served to the Internet-connectable device, wherein the at least one advertisement is determined based on the audience value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hemang N. Gadhia, Rishi Kumar, Hellmut Adolphs, Matthew M. Saunders