Patents by Inventor Michael Yavonditte

Michael Yavonditte 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: 11961125
    Abstract: One variation of a method for quantifying user engagement includes: serving a digital advertisement to a mobile device; recording a first proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on a display of the mobile device during a first sampling period; recording a second proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on the display of the mobile device during a second sampling period offset in time from the first sampling period; calculating a cumulative pixel exposure of the digital advertisement at the mobile device based on a combination of a first product of the first proportion of pixels and a duration of the first sampling period and a second product of the second proportion of pixels and a duration of the second sampling period; and storing the cumulative pixel exposure as an engagement metric for a user consuming the digital advertisement at the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Yavonditte, David Sebag, Indu Narayan, Rahul Rao, Elber Carneiro, Nook Harquail, David Cohen
  • Publication number: 20230237533
    Abstract: One variation of a method for quantifying user engagement includes: serving a digital advertisement to a mobile device; recording a first proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on a display of the mobile device during a first sampling period; recording a second proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on the display of the mobile device during a second sampling period offset in time from the first sampling period; calculating a cumulative pixel exposure of the digital advertisement at the mobile device based on a combination of a first product of the first proportion of pixels and a duration of the first sampling period and a second product of the second proportion of pixels and a duration of the second sampling period; and storing the cumulative pixel exposure as an engagement metric for a user consuming the digital advertisement at the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Yavonditte, David Sebag, Indu Narayan, Rahul Rao, Elber Carneiro, Nook Harquail, David Cohen
  • Patent number: 11645678
    Abstract: One variation of a method for quantifying user engagement includes: serving a digital advertisement to a mobile device; recording a first proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on a display of the mobile device during a first sampling period; recording a second proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on the display of the mobile device during a second sampling period offset in time from the first sampling period; calculating a cumulative pixel exposure of the digital advertisement at the mobile device based on a combination of a first product of the first proportion of pixels and a duration of the first sampling period and a second product of the second proportion of pixels and a duration of the second sampling period; and storing the cumulative pixel exposure as an engagement metric for a user consuming the digital advertisement at the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Yavonditte, David Sebag, Indu Narayan, Rahul Rao, Elber Carneiro, Nook Harquail, David Cohen
  • Publication number: 20220327578
    Abstract: One variation of a method for quantifying user engagement includes: serving a digital advertisement to a mobile device; recording a first proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on a display of the mobile device during a first sampling period; recording a second proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on the display of the mobile device during a second sampling period offset in time from the first sampling period; calculating a cumulative pixel exposure of the digital advertisement at the mobile device based on a combination of a first product of the first proportion of pixels and a duration of the first sampling period and a second product of the second proportion of pixels and a duration of the second sampling period; and storing the cumulative pixel exposure as an engagement metric for a user consuming the digital advertisement at the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Yavonditte, David Sebag, Indu Narayan, Rahul Rao, Elber Carneiro, Nook Harquail, David Cohen
  • Publication number: 20220277342
    Abstract: One variation of a method for selectively serving advertising content comprises: receiving identification of an advertisement slot loaded within a webpage; receiving a set of advertisement slot characteristics corresponding to the advertisement slot; accessing a model associating advertisement slot characteristics and user interactions with advertisements; for each target outcome, in a set of target outcomes, calculating an outcome score for the advertisement slot based on the set of advertisement slot characteristics and the model, the outcome score representing a probability of the user interacting with advertising content, presented within the advertisement slot, according to the target outcome; in response to a first outcome score, corresponding to a first target outcome, in the set of target outcomes, exceeding each other outcome score, assigning the first target outcome to the advertisement slot; and selecting a first advertisement, designating the first target outcome, for presentation within the adver
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Sergei Izrailev, Indu Narayan, Nathaniel Daly, Teddy Jawde, Maziar Hosseinzadeh, Ari Bernstein, Michael Yavonditte, Nisreen Al-Basha, Harsha Gorla
  • Patent number: 11410202
    Abstract: One variation of a method for quantifying user engagement includes: serving a digital advertisement to a mobile device; recording a first proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on a display of the mobile device during a first sampling period; recording a second proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on the display of the mobile device during a second sampling period offset in time from the first sampling period; calculating a cumulative pixel exposure of the digital advertisement at the mobile device based on a combination of a first product of the first proportion of pixels and a duration of the first sampling period and a second product of the second proportion of pixels and a duration of the second sampling period; and storing the cumulative pixel exposure as an engagement metric for a user consuming the digital advertisement at the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Yavonditte, David Sebag, Indu Narayan, Rahul Rao, Elber Carneiro, Nook Harquail, David Cohen
  • Patent number: 11367103
    Abstract: One variation of a method for selectively serving advertising content comprises: receiving identification of an advertisement slot loaded within a webpage; receiving a set of advertisement slot characteristics corresponding to the advertisement slot; accessing a model associating advertisement slot characteristics and user interactions with advertisements; for each target outcome, in a set of target outcomes, calculating an outcome score for the advertisement slot based on the set of advertisement slot characteristics and the model, the outcome score representing a probability of the user interacting with advertising content, presented within the advertisement slot, according to the target outcome; in response to a first outcome score, corresponding to a first target outcome, in the set of target outcomes, exceeding each other outcome score, assigning the first target outcome to the advertisement slot; and selecting a first advertisement, designating the first target outcome, for presentation within the adver
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergei Izrailev, Indu Narayan, Nathaniel Daly, Teddy Jawde, Maziar Hosseinzadeh, Ari Bernstein, Michael Yavonditte, Nisreen Al-Basha, Harsha Gorla
  • Publication number: 20210272155
    Abstract: One variation of a method for selectively serving advertising content comprises: receiving identification of an advertisement slot loaded within a webpage; receiving a set of advertisement slot characteristics corresponding to the advertisement slot; accessing a model associating advertisement slot characteristics and user interactions with advertisements; for each target outcome, in a set of target outcomes, calculating an outcome score for the advertisement slot based on the set of advertisement slot characteristics and the model, the outcome score representing a probability of the user interacting with advertising content, presented within the advertisement slot, according to the target outcome; in response to a first outcome score, corresponding to a first target outcome, in the set of target outcomes, exceeding each other outcome score, assigning the first target outcome to the advertisement slot; and selecting a first advertisement, designating the first target outcome, for presentation within the adver
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Sergei Izrailev, Indu Narayan, Nathaniel Daly, Teddy Jawde, Maziar Hosseinzadeh, Ari Bernstein, Michael Yavonditte, Nisreen Al-Basha, Harsha Gorla
  • Patent number: 10922724
    Abstract: One variation of a method for quantifying user engagement includes: serving a digital advertisement to a mobile device; recording a first proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on a display of the mobile device during a first sampling period; recording a second proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on the display of the mobile device during a second sampling period offset in time from the first sampling period; calculating a cumulative pixel exposure of the digital advertisement at the mobile device based on a combination of a first product of the first proportion of pixels and a duration of the first sampling period and a second product of the second proportion of pixels and a duration of the second sampling period; and storing the cumulative pixel exposure as an engagement metric for a user consuming the digital advertisement at the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Yavonditte, David Sebag, Indu Narayan, Rahul Rao, Elber Carneiro, Nook Harquail, David Cohen
  • Publication number: 20210012387
    Abstract: One variation of a method for quantifying user engagement includes: serving a digital advertisement to a mobile device; recording a first proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on a display of the mobile device during a first sampling period; recording a second proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on the display of the mobile device during a second sampling period offset in time from the first sampling period; calculating a cumulative pixel exposure of the digital advertisement at the mobile device based on a combination of a first product of the first proportion of pixels and a duration of the first sampling period and a second product of the second proportion of pixels and a duration of the second sampling period; and storing the cumulative pixel exposure as an engagement metric for a user consuming the digital advertisement at the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Yavonditte, David Sebag, Indu Narayan, Rahul Rao, Elber Carneiro, Nook Harquail, David Cohen
  • Publication number: 20200251144
    Abstract: One variation of a method for generating and distributing digital advertising content includes: accessing a static asset including a set of objects representing advertising content; extracting the set of objects from the static asset; generating a set of frames, an object in the set of objects inserted into each frame in the set of frames; defining an order for presenting the set of frames to a viewer; at a visual element loaded into a window of a first computing device, sequentially rendering the set of frames according to the order responsive to an interaction at the first computing device that moves the visual element within the window; and, based on the interaction, generating an engagement metric for a user interacting with the visual element at the first computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Connor Doherty, Farid Jawde, David Sebag, Michael Yavonditte
  • Patent number: 10692531
    Abstract: One variation of a method for generating and distributing digital advertising content includes: accessing a static asset including a set of objects representing advertising content; extracting the set of objects from the static asset; generating a set of frames, an object in the set of objects inserted into each frame in the set of frames; defining an order for presenting the set of frames to a viewer; at a visual element loaded into a window of a first computing device, sequentially rendering the set of frames according to the order responsive to an interaction at the first computing device that moves the visual element within the window; and, based on the interaction, generating an engagement metric for a user interacting with the visual element at the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Doherty, Farid Jawde, David Sebag, Michael Yavonditte
  • Publication number: 20190087867
    Abstract: One variation of a method for quantifying user engagement includes: serving a digital advertisement to a mobile device; recording a first proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on a display of the mobile device during a first sampling period; recording a second proportion of pixels of the digital advertisement rendered on the display of the mobile device during a second sampling period offset in time from the first sampling period; calculating a cumulative pixel exposure of the digital advertisement at the mobile device based on a combination of a first product of the first proportion of pixels and a duration of the first sampling period and a second product of the second proportion of pixels and a duration of the second sampling period; and storing the cumulative pixel exposure as an engagement metric for a user consuming the digital advertisement at the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Yavonditte, David Sebag, Indu Narayan, Rahul Rao, Elber Carneiro, Nook Harquail
  • Publication number: 20180197575
    Abstract: One variation of a method for generating and distributing digital advertising content includes: accessing a static asset including a set of objects representing advertising content; extracting the set of objects from the static asset; generating a set of frames, an object in the set of objects inserted into each frame in the set of frames; defining an order for presenting the set of frames to a viewer; at a visual element loaded into a window of a first computing device, sequentially rendering the set of frames according to the order responsive to an interaction at the first computing device that moves the visual element within the window; and, based on the interaction, generating an engagement metric for a user interacting with the visual element at the first computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Connor Doherty, Farid Jawde, David Sebag, Michael Yavonditte
  • Publication number: 20160247203
    Abstract: An advertising system and method is provided for use with advertisements on mobile devices. The advertisement is divided into segments and in the event that all of the segments are not displayed the first time the advertisement is displayed, the next time the advertisement will begin displaying with a segment other than the first segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Yavonditte, David Michael Goligorsky, Connor Francis Doherty
  • Patent number: 9135639
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selecting advertisements for display over a communications network and, more particularly, to systems and methods for selecting video advertisements for display within internet web pages based on relevance, bid price, past performance, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Advertising.com LLC
    Inventors: Martin Abbott, Michael Fisher, Michael Yavonditte, Yaron Galai
  • Publication number: 20150046268
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selecting advertisements for display over a communications network and, more particularly, to systems and methods for selecting video advertisements for display within internet web pages based on relevance, bid price, past performance, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Martin ABBOTT, Michael FISHER, Michael YAVONDITTE, Yaron GALAI
  • Patent number: 8874698
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selecting advertisements for display over a communications network and, more particularly, to systems and methods for selecting video advertisements for display within internet web pages based on relevance, bid price, past performance, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Advertising.com LLC
    Inventors: Martin Abbott, Michael Fisher, Michael Yavonditte, Yaron Galai
  • Publication number: 20130218665
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selecting advertisements for display over a communications network and, more particularly, to systems and methods for selecting video advertisements for display within internet web pages based on relevance, bid price, past performance, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Advertising.com LLC
    Inventors: Martin Abbott, Michael Fisher, Michael Yavonditte, Yaron Galai
  • Patent number: 8402114
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selecting advertisements for display over a communications network and, more particularly, to systems and methods for selecting video advertisements for display within internet web pages based on relevance, bid price, past performance, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Advertising.com LLC
    Inventors: Martin Abbott, Michael Fisher, Michael Yavonditte, Yaron Galai