Patents by Inventor Peter WILMOT

Peter WILMOT 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: 20190182559
    Abstract: A video advertising system, methods, and apparatus are disclosed, which may include an advertising system, including an advertising server and advertising console, and a user device, which may cooperate to select video advertising campaigns and display video advertisements. In an example embodiment, a method includes playing a video on a display, overlaying markings on the video while the video plays, at a first time while the video plays, measuring a first refresh rate of the video, at a second time while the video plays, performing a first operation on the markings, measuring a second refresh rate of the video at the second time, and determining an estimated area of the video displayed on the display based on the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate. In an example embodiment, a prediction model is trained to output a viewability inference for a video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: ENGINE MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Dominic Bennett, Peter Wilmot
  • Patent number: 10212489
    Abstract: A video advertising system, methods, and apparatus are disclosed, which may include an advertising system, including an advertising server and advertising console, and a user device, which may cooperate to select video advertising campaigns and display video advertisements. In an example embodiment, a method includes playing a video on a display, overlaying markings on the video while the video plays, at a first time while the video plays, measuring a first refresh rate of the video, at a second time while the video plays, performing a first operation on the markings, measuring a second refresh rate of the video at the second time, and determining an estimated area of the video displayed on the display based on the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate. In an example embodiment, a prediction model is trained to output a viewability inference for a video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: ENGINE MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Dominic Bennett, Peter Wilmot
  • Publication number: 20180288495
    Abstract: A video advertising system, methods, and apparatus are disclosed, which may include an advertising system, including an advertising server and advertising console, and a user device, which may cooperate to select video advertising campaigns and display video advertisements. In an example embodiment, a method includes playing a video on a display, overlaying markings on the video while the video plays, at a first time while the video plays, measuring a first refresh rate of the video, at a second time while the video plays, performing a first operation on the markings, measuring a second refresh rate of the video at the second time, and determining an estimated area of the video displayed on the display based on the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate. In an example embodiment, a prediction model is trained to output a viewability inference for a video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ENGINE MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Dominic Bennett, Peter Wilmot
  • Patent number: 9992553
    Abstract: A video advertising system, methods, and apparatus are disclosed, which may include an advertising system, including an advertising server and advertising console, and a user device, which may cooperate to select video advertising campaigns and display video advertisements. In an example embodiment, a method includes playing a video on a display, overlaying markings on the video while the video plays, at a first time while the video plays, measuring a first refresh rate of the video, at a second time while the video plays, performing a first operation on the markings, measuring a second refresh rate of the video at the second time, and determining an estimated area of the video displayed on the display based on the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate. In an example embodiment, a prediction model is trained to output a viewability inference for a video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: ENGINE MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Dominic Bennett, Peter Wilmot
  • Publication number: 20160227297
    Abstract: A video advertising system, methods, and apparatus are disclosed, which may include an advertising system, including an advertising server and advertising console, and a user device, which may cooperate to select video advertising campaigns and display video advertisements. In an example embodiment, a method includes playing a video on a display, overlaying markings on the video while the video plays, at a first time while the video plays, measuring a first refresh rate of the video, at a second time while the video plays, performing a first operation on the markings, measuring a second refresh rate of the video at the second time, and determining an estimated area of the video displayed on the display based on the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate. In an example embodiment, a prediction model is trained to output a viewability inference for a video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Dominic Bennett, Peter Wilmot
  • Publication number: 20140279074
    Abstract: A data management apparatus for digital advertising includes a data integration processor for collecting and storing data from providers, resolving heterogeneity of the data at schema and data levels, and performing validity checks of the data; an analytics processor for receiving validated data from the data integration processor and providing to users custom, nesting-aware, SQL-like query language and a library of data mining methods, machine learning models, and analytical user profiles (AUP); and an activation processor for encapsulating complex computations performed in real-time, segment evaluation, and online user classification using runtime user profiles (RUP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Songting CHEN, Ali DASDAN, Hazem ELMELEEGY, Santanu KOLAY, Yinan LI, Yan QI, Peter WILMOT, Mingxi WU