Patents by Inventor Stephen Denis Kirkby

Stephen Denis Kirkby 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: 10891632
    Abstract: Metrics for online ads are captured by parsing web pages to identify ad beacons containing information identifying whether the online ads are for a particular client. These metrics are used to determine key performance indicators for auditing and competitor analysis for an online ad campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Peter Kellett, Matthew Figg, Jarred Holman
  • Patent number: 10417318
    Abstract: A content modification system includes a treatment controller which may be hosted at a web server. The treatment controller receives a request for content from a user. One example of a request is an HTTP request for a web page. The treatment controller determines a representation of the requested content and receives a modification instruction for modifying the requested content. The treatment controller is operable to modify the representation according to the instructions and render the representation to a predetermined format for delivery to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Claudio Natoli, Peter Kellett, Ronald Van Ryswyk, Stephanus Mark Van Schalkwyk
  • Patent number: 10332042
    Abstract: A method and system optimizes investments for each marketing channel of a multichannel marketing campaign. Past optimal investments are compared to current sales or profits for each marketing channel, and a new optimal investment is estimated for each marketing channel, which may be used as a marketing budget. A marketing dashboard is used to determine the new optimal investments for the marketing channels, and the new optimal investments are stored in a marketing database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew Symons, Anatoly Roytman, Stephen Denis Kirkby, Andris Umblijs, Janmesh Srivastava, Michael J Williams
  • Patent number: 10296961
    Abstract: A hybrid recommendation system uses offline testing and online testing to generate and optimize recommendation functions. The functions generate recommendations which may be presented online for product purchases. Indices are created from the recommendations. Lookups may be performed on the indices to select recommendations for a particular user. The selected recommendations may be filtered before presenting to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Theam Yong Chew, Christos Boukis, Georgios Passalis
  • Patent number: 10282746
    Abstract: A campaign management system may include a data collection subsystem to collect and store data from different sources that may be related to different marketing channels. The system may also include a map generation subsystem to generate a marketing campaign map that includes a visual representation of performance of the marketing channels. A performance metric adjustment factor may be determined for one or more performance metrics to determine an actual value performance metric for each metric. The actual value performance metrics may be aggregated and compared to benchmarks to generate a visual representation of the entire campaign performance across the marketing channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, David Walter Skinner, Robert Lawrence, Warren Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 10073919
    Abstract: A method of validating results of a host search engine (50), the method including the steps of scanning all data objects deliverable via a web interface with a scanning engine (25) and executing a matching engine (35) to generate a report set containing content missed by the host search engine (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Peter Kellett
  • Publication number: 20180060882
    Abstract: Metrics for online ads are captured by parsing web pages to identify ad beacons containing information identifying whether the online ads are for a particular client. These metrics are used to determine key performance indicators for auditing and competitor analysis for an online ad campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Denis KIRKBY, Peter Kellett, Matthew Figg, Jarred Holman
  • Patent number: 9842339
    Abstract: Metrics for online ads are captured by parsing web pages to identify ad beacons containing information identifying whether the online ads are for a particular client. These metrics are used to determine key performance indicators for auditing and competitor analysis for an online ad campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Peter Kellett, Matthew Figg, Jarred Holman
  • Publication number: 20170124628
    Abstract: A hybrid recommendation system uses offline testing and online testing to generate and optimize recommendation functions. The functions generate recommendations which may be presented online for product purchases. Indices are created from the recommendations. Lookups may be performed on the indices to select recommendations for a particular user. The selected recommendations may be filtered before presenting to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Denis KIRKBY, Theam Yong CHEW, Christos BOUKIS, Georgios PASSALIS
  • Publication number: 20170075871
    Abstract: A content modification system includes a treatment controller which may be hosted at a web server. The treatment controller receives a request for content from a user. One example of a request is an HTTP request for a web page. The treatment controller determines a representation of the requested content and receives a modification instruction for modifying the requested content. The treatment controller is operable to modify the representation according to the instructions and render the representation to a predetermined format for delivery to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Denis KIRKBY, Claudio Natoli, Peter Kellett, Ronald Van Ryswyk, Stephanus Mark Van Schalkwyk
  • Patent number: 9558285
    Abstract: A content modification system includes a treatment controller which may be hosted at a web server. The treatment controller receives a request for content from a user. One example of a request is an HTTP request for a web page. The treatment controller determines a representation of the requested content and receives a modification instruction for modifying the requested content. The treatment controller is operable to modify the representation according to the instructions and render the representation to a predetermined format for delivery to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Claudio Natoli, Peter Kellett, Ronald Van Ryswyk, Stephanus Mark Van Schalkwyk
  • Patent number: 9524522
    Abstract: A hybrid recommendation system uses offline testing and online testing to generate and optimize recommendation functions. The functions generate recommendations which may be presented online for product purchases. Indices are created from the recommendations. Lookups may be performed on the indices to select recommendations for a particular user. The selected recommendations may be filtered before presenting to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Theam Yong Chew, Christos Boukis, Georgios Passalis
  • Patent number: 9514240
    Abstract: A system to optimize a website for a search of a topic includes a processor, a memory, and instructions to cause the processor to receive at least one term related to the topic, and to receive web objects pertaining to the website to be optimized. The system is to calculate at least one metric pertaining to the at least one term and the web objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Alexandre Perry Kamel, Stephen Denis Kirkby, Peter Kellett, Hikaru Phillips, Amelia Jones, Kurt Vander Bogart, Judy A. Koonce
  • Patent number: 9449326
    Abstract: A web site accelerator system includes a web asset migrator storing web assets in a data repository according to categories specified in a predetermined schema. The system also includes a web asset configurer matching rules stored in the data repository with attributes associated with an online user. The rules each specify a condition and a web asset stored in the data repository to provide to the online visitor if the condition is satisfied. The system also includes a rules optimizer modifying the rules based on captured online behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Matthew Symons
  • Publication number: 20140067597
    Abstract: A hybrid recommendation system uses offline testing and online testing to generate and optimize recommendation functions. The functions generate recommendations which may be presented online for product purchases. Indices are created from the recommendations. Lookups may be performed on the indices to select recommendations for a particular user. The selected recommendations may be filtered before presenting to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Theam Yong Chew, Christos Boukis, Georgios Passalis
  • Patent number: 8583703
    Abstract: A content asset manager (CAM) system manages content to be developed. CAM includes a data repository storing static assets and page assets operable to be used in a web site developed in a code editing system. A web service interfaces the CAM system with the code editing system and provides the code editing system with access to at least some of the static assets stored in the data repository. A slot database includes a plurality of independent slots, and a slot stores data to be used for the web site at runtime. A content manager retrieves the code for the web site from the data repository and stores the code for the web site in the slot for the web site in the slot database. The web site may be deployed using data in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Thaddaeus J. Parker, Brian C. Vokoun, Gregory W. Inks, David Walter Maclean Skinner
  • Patent number: 8453059
    Abstract: A web traffic visualization system includes a generation module configured to generate a web map. The web map includes web objects and links connecting the web objects, where the web objects are for a web site. The web traffic visualization system also includes an acceptance module configured to assign a unique ID to a visitor of the web site and receive a visitor action performed by the visitor on a web object in the web site tagged with the unique ID. The web traffic visualization system is further configured to include a visualization module configured to generate and display the visitor action on the web map in response to receiving the visitor action tagged with the unique ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Peter Kellett
  • Patent number: 8396857
    Abstract: A system is configured to modify a website to optimize the website for an organic search of a topic. The system includes a data management module configured to receive search terms for the topic, receive related terms to the search terms for the topic, and receive website input data. The system also includes a scanning module configured to scan and index web pages and web objects in the website and identify a subset of web pages and web objects associated with the search terms and the related terms. The system also includes an optimizing module configured to process the subset of web pages and web objects from the website by prioritizing the subset of web pages and web objects or measuring a metric with respect to the subset of web pages and web objects. The search terms and related terms are deployed into the subset of web pages and web objects on the website based on the processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Alexandre Perry Kamel, Stephen Denis Kirkby, Peter Kellett, Hikaru Phillips, Amelia Jones, Kurt Vander Bogart, Judy A. Koonce
  • Patent number: 8386314
    Abstract: Metrics for online ads are captured by parsing web pages to identify ad beacons containing information identifying whether the online ads are for a particular client. These metrics are used to determine key performance indicators for auditing and competitor analysis for an online ad campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Peter Kellet, Matthew Figg, Jarred Holman
  • Publication number: 20120173961
    Abstract: A content modification system includes a treatment controller which may be hosted at a web server. The treatment controller receives a request for content from a user. One example of a request is an HTTP request for a web page. The treatment controller determines a representation of the requested content and receives a modification instruction for modifying the requested content. The treatment controller is operable to modify the representation according to the instructions and render the representation to a predetermined format for delivery to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Denis Kirkby, Claudio Natoli, Peter Kellett, Ronald Van Ryswyk, Stephanus Mark Van Schalkwyk