Patents by Inventor Steven B. Swoboda

Steven B. Swoboda 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: 20130198013
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an electronic brokerage allowing consumer-initiated payment to skip electronic advertisements at publisher electronic content interfaces are provided. According to one embodiment, an electronic brokerage is designed to allow paid, consumer-initiated advertisement skipping, which involves providing secured electronic client code and processes that are placed on publisher electronic content interfaces that execute within consumer browsers to allow consumers to choose whether they wish to pay to skip specific electronic advertising opportunities. Electronic brokerage systems and processes allow publishers and consumers to securely register accounts with the brokerage that are used, respectively, to provide non-repudiated electronic advertising opportunity attestation and explicit consent/dissent to pay to skip those advertising opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Michael D. Shehan, J. Allen Dove, Steven B. Swoboda
  • Publication number: 20080281679
    Abstract: Systems, methods and business models for facilitating the syndication of broadband video commercials are provided. According to one embodiment, eligible broadband video commercials from an electronic marketplace are syndicated in real time via competitive fulfillment against an opportunity for an impression and its derived targeting vectors by self-regulating and self-adaptive dynamic spot markets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Michael D. Shehan, J. Allen Dove, Steven B. Swoboda