Patents by Inventor Sara BORTHWICK

Sara BORTHWICK 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: 20120004983
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining effectiveness of content includes receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of attributes relating to rendered content, the plurality of attributes including at least one attribute that characterizes a consumer response to the rendered content and at least one attribute that characterizes a creative strength of the rendered content, generating, by a computing device, an index score indicative of an effectiveness of the content using a statistical analysis of the collected attributes, and storing the index score in memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventors: Sara Borthwick, Anne Claudio
  • Publication number: 20110106584
    Abstract: A system and method comprises monitoring online user activity of one or more customers with regard to a first consumer entity. The user activity represents the one or more customer's interest in the first consumer entity categorized in a first product category. The method comprises monitoring the online user activity of the one more customers with regard to a second consumer entity categorized in a second product category different than the first category. The method comprises recording the monitored activity information to a data storage device and mapping it to a relational customer interest profile that represents a level of the one or more customer's interest at one or more corresponding phases of a consumption cycle with respect to the first and second consumer entities. The method comprises processing at least the mapped activity information to formulate a forecast of future consumption of at least the first consumer entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Sara BORTHWICK, Elizabeth LIGHTFOOT