Patents by Inventor Philip Shi-Iung Yu

Philip Shi-Iung Yu 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).

  • Method and apparatus for facilitating display of an advertisement with software
    Publication number: 20020196275
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, and computer program code for facilitating the display of an advertisement with software. According to embodiments of the present invention, a method includes determining a portion of software; determining an advertisement; and establishing a relationship between said portion of software and said advertisement such that an interruption of use of said portion of software on a device can occur, said interruption of use associated with at least one display of said advertisement by said device. In some embodiments, a benefit may be associated with the advertisement that is based, at least in part, on display of the advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Barry E. Willner, David P. Greene, Edith H. Stern, Philip Shi-Iung Yu