Patents by Inventor Steve Dorner

Steve Dorner 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 for distributing advertisements to client devices using an obscured ad monitoring function
    Patent number: 8712848
    Abstract: Software for use on a client device that is configured for communications via a communications network instantiates a communications function that effects an advertisement download communication link between the client device and an advertisement distribution server system via the communications network, at selected advertisement download times, an advertisement download function that downloads advertisements identified in a playlist(s) generated by at least one playlist server, via the advertisement download communication link, at the selected advertisement download times, an advertisement storage function for storing the downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, and an advertisement display function that effects display of at least selected ones of the stored advertisements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steve Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John Sam Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David Jonathan Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
  • A SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ADVERTISEMENTS TO INFORMATIONAL CLIENT DEVICES USING A PLAYLIST
    Publication number: 20070038728
    Abstract: Software for use on a client device that is configured for communications via a communications network instantiates a communications function that effects an advertisement download communication link between the client device and an advertisement distribution server system via the communications network, at selected advertisement download times, an advertisement download function that downloads advertisements identified in a playlist(s) generated by at least one playlist server, via the advertisement download communication link, at the selected advertisement download times, an advertisement storage function for storing the downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, and an advertisement display function that effects display of at least selected ones of the stored advertisements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Paul JACOBS, Franklin Antonio, Steve Dorner, John Noerenberg, Jeffrey Belk, Benjamin Ogdon, Jeffrey Beckley, Alan Bird, John Boyd, John Purlia, William Rhodes, David Ross, Matthew Dudziak
  • METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING ADVERTISEMENTS TO CLIENT DEVICES HAVING E-MAIL SOFTWARE INSTALLED INCLUDING MULTIPLE ADVERTISEMENT OPERATIONAL MODES
    Publication number: 20070005428
    Abstract: Software for use on a client device that is configured for communications via a communications network instantiates a communications function that effects an advertisement download communication link between the client device and an advertisement distribution server system via the communications network, at selected advertisement download times, an advertisement download function that downloads advertisements identified in a playlist(s) generated by at least one playlist server, via the advertisement download communication link, at the selected advertisement download times, an advertisement storage function for storing the downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, and an advertisement display function that effects display of at least selected ones of the stored advertisements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Paul Jacobs, Franklin Antonio, Steve Dorner, John Noerenberg, Jeffrey Belk, Benjamin Ogdon, Jeffrey Beckley, Alan Bird, John Boyd, John Purlia, William Rhodes, David Ross, Matthew Dudziak