Patents by Inventor Monty Alan McCollum

Monty Alan McCollum 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).

  • Zone signal targeting and analytics
    Patent number: 10536740
    Abstract: Systems and methods for targeting advertisements to particular zones within a content distribution region are disclosed. One or more zone signals may be generated and distributed by combining media content with a respective advertisement corresponding to each of the zones within the distribution region. In some example cases, the media content may be received from a broadcaster. The systems and methods may further include the capability to determine zone based and/or advertisement based viewing metrics for one or more of the zones within the content distribution region by polling client devices within the one or more zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Zeigler, Brian Davis, Monty Alan McCollum, Dorothy N. Buie, William F. Farina
  • Zone Signal Targeting and Analytics
    Publication number: 20150334433
    Abstract: Systems and methods for targeting advertisements to particular zones within a content distribution region are disclosed. One or more zone signals may be generated and distributed by combining media content with a respective advertisement corresponding to each of the zones within the distribution region. In some example cases, the media content may be received from a broadcaster. The systems and methods may further include the capability to determine zone based and/or advertisement based viewing metrics for one or more of the zones within the content distribution region by polling client devices within the one or more zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Michael R. Zeigler, Brian Davis, Monty Alan McCollum, Dorothy N. Buie, William F. Farina