Patents by Inventor STEVEN JOHN HANKS

STEVEN JOHN HANKS 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: 20130151334
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-readable storage media for modifying an advertising bid for delivering behaviorally-targeted advertising based on affinity scores are provided. A set of affinity scores associated with users belonging to a behavioral targeting segment is received. A bid adjustment factor is dynamically calculated based on a first affinity score of the set of affinity scores; the first affinity score is associated with a first user of the set of users. The bid adjustment factor is used to modify the advertising bid such that the bid reflects an affinity of the first user for the topic associated with the behavioral targeting segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: PAVEL Y. BERKHIN, STEVEN JOHN HANKS, ROBERT PAUL GORMAN, RACHNA VIJAY VARGIYA, MANDAR DEEPAK JOSHI, MOJDEH JALALI HERAVI