Patents by Inventor Robert Allen Main

Robert Allen Main 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: 8060416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing advertising inventory information. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for providing advertising inventory information in response to demographic inquiries. In an exemplary embodiment, a server responds to a demographic query. Based on the query, the server queries an advertising inventory database and a contract database to retrieve relevant information. Using the relevant information, the total inventory and the total sold inventory are obtained. Using the now obtained total inventory and the total sold inventory information, the server then provides an estimation of the total available inventory matching the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Main, Dz-Mou Jung, Wendy Krehbiel, David Leger
  • Publication number: 20040138956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing advertising inventory information. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for providing advertising inventory information in response to demographic inquiries. In an exemplary embodiment, a server responds to a demographic query. Based on the query, the server queries an advertising inventory database and a contract database to retrieve relevant information. Using the relevant information, the total inventory and the total sold inventory are obtained. Using the now obtained total inventory and the total sold inventory information, the server then provides an estimation of the total available inventory matching the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Allen Main, Dz-Mou Jung, Wendy Krehbiel, David Leger
  • Publication number: 20020133399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to managing advertising inventory. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for managing advertising inventory so as to enhance total ad revenue. In a preferred embodiment, one or more restrictions are selectively applied to limit the respective availability levels of one or more selected categories of advertisements within the advertising inventory. Typically, the selected categories of advertisements which are subject to the restrictions are at the lowest end of the pricing levels. By limiting the respective availability levels of selected categories of advertisements, unnecessary displacements of other categories of advertisements which are priced at the higher end of the pricing levels are reduced, thereby enhancing the total ad revenue that can be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: Robert Allen Main