Patents by Inventor Robert Rudelius

Robert Rudelius 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: 20090037257
    Abstract: A system that utilizes peer influences to help advertisers to reach target audiences. This system used peer recommendations through Widgets and comments to influence consumer behavior. This is a system for placing advertising on Influencer websites or pages includes determining the audience of the Influencer and setting tags to characterize the audience. An advertiser chooses tags to characterize an advertising campaign or offer and the system determines which of the influences provide matches or partial matches to the advertising campaigns or offers. Influencers pick which campaigns they wish to offer to their audience and install a Widget on their website or page(s) that is used to display ads and process click-throughs. Influencers are rewarded with payments or reward incentives for placing the campaigns or offers and/or if the campaigns are successful. A web system is configured to provide the necessary functions to support the ad placement and rewards process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Brian Stuckey, Jennifer Katz, Robert Rudelius, Steven W. Lundberg
  • Patent number: 6253189
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for completing advertising time slot transactions. A time slot exchange server receives an offer to sell a time slot along with time slot information relevant to making an buying decision with respect to the time slot. The time slot exchange server makes available time slot offer and marketing and valuation data to assist a buyer to identify and properly value a time slot that meets the buyer's requirements. The time slot exchange server receives time slot bids and transfers the ownership of a time slot from a seller to a buyer when a bid meets or exceeds the terms of the time slot's offer to sell. The time slot exchange server also ensures that a broadcaster has a correct copy of an advertisement to be shown in a time slot, and sends verification data to an advertiser indicating whether, when and how an advertisement intended to be shown in a time slot was actually seen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: James Thomas Feezell, Robert Rudelius