Patents by Inventor Michael A. Killaney

Michael A. Killaney 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).

  • Log processing to determine impression values using reliable durations
    Patent number: 8127325
    Abstract: Set top box logs are received from a television provider and processed to identify channel tunes and channel tune times. The channel tunes and channel tune times of the log data can be compared to expected air times of television advertisements on channels, and an impression values, e.g., projected viewers, can be generated for each television advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey R. Smith, Iain Merrick, Michael A. Killaney, John Alastair Hawkins, Greg Hecht, Simon Rowe