Patents by Inventor Paul Gorman

Paul Gorman 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: 20120066058
    Abstract: Content may be inserted at a duplicating device by inserting advertising content into a duplicated feed, and transmitting the duplicated feed to the terminal. The transmission of the duplicated feed is performed in response to a state of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Scott K. Brown, Bradley Paul Gorman, Brooke Lamont Patterson, Mark Lionel Filteau, Kevin Eugene Mason, Eric Adam Manchester
  • Publication number: 20110313807
    Abstract: Computer-readable media for determining whether to accept a candidate order from an advertiser, to display a particular number of advertisements within a specified time segment are provided. Initially, the content provider may include placement criteria that, among other things, identify a leaf supply node at which impressions of the advertisement are expected to be rendered. Generally, the leaf supply node refers to a location within a topic graph that describes inventory that is permissible to allocate to satisfy the candidate order. To perform the determination, the inventory of impressions available for accommodating the candidate order and a log of booked orders scheduled to be placed within the time segment are identified. Linear programs are then utilized to determine whether the estimated inventory that satisfies the placement criteria is available by predictively placing the booked orders at the estimated inventory. If estimated inventory remains available, the candidate order is accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: IZZET CAN ENVARLI, ROHAN BHATTACHARJEE, MANDAR DEEPAK JOSHI, R. PAUL GORMAN, SIMON ASSELIN
  • Patent number: 8028092
    Abstract: Content may be inserted at a duplicating device by inserting advertising content into a duplicated feed, and transmitting the duplicated feed to the terminal. The transmission of the duplicated feed is performed in response to a state of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Scott K. Brown, Bradley Paul Gorman, Brooke Lamont Patterson, Mark Lionel Filteau, Kevin Eugene Mason, Eric Adam Manchester
  • Publication number: 20100191558
    Abstract: Computer-readable media for determining whether to accept a candidate order from a content provider, or advertiser, to display a particular number of advertisements within a specified time segment are provided. Initially, the content provider may include placement criteria that, among other things, identify a leaf node at which impressions of the advertisement are expected to be rendered. Generally, the leaf node refers to a location within a topic graph that describes inventory that is permissible to allocate to satisfy the candidate order. To perform the determination, the inventory of impressions available for accommodating the candidate order and a log of booked orders scheduled to be placed within the time segment are identified. Linear programs are then utilized to determine whether the estimated inventory that satisfies the placement criteria is available by predictively placing the booked orders at the estimated inventory. If estimated inventory remains available, the candidate order is accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAVID MAX CHICKERING, MANAN SANGHI, ASHIS ROY, ROBERT PAUL GORMAN, IZZET CAN ENVARLI
  • Patent number: 7761346
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a package of advertising inventory items in response to a set of buyer requirements while optimizing both buyer preferences and a station's revenue objectives given an expected demand can include: selecting a set of candidate inventory items from an inventory of inventory items available for presenting advertising spots, where the set of candidate inventory items satisfy a set of buyer preferences; and scoring the set of candidate inventory items with an affinity score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Agentsmith, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael B. Cooper, R. Paul Gorman
  • Publication number: 20040093286
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a package of advertising inventory items in response to a set of buyer requirements while optimizing both buyer preferences and a station's revenue objectives given an expected demand can include: selecting a set of candidate inventory items from an inventory of inventory items available for presenting advertising spots, where the set of candidate inventory items satisfy a set of buyer preferences; and scoring the set of candidate inventory items with an affinity score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Agentsmith, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael B. Cooper, R. Paul Gorman
  • Publication number: 20040003118
    Abstract: Content may be inserted at a duplicating device by inserting advertising content into a duplicated feed, and transmitting the duplicated feed to the terminal. The transmission of the duplicated feed is performed in response to a state of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Scott K. Brown, Bradley Paul Gorman, Brooke Lamont Patterson, Mark Lionel Filteau, Kevin Eugene Mason, Eric Adam Manchester