Patents by Inventor Tian-Ming Bu

Tian-Ming Bu 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: 8335717
    Abstract: Methods for gaining profit of a sponsored keyword auctioneer are described herein. The method begins with holding a local keyword auction, and receiving bids for it, wherein each bid is for the right to display one advertisement associated with the bid in response to the bid being allocated along with one keyword. Bid for the same keyword at other auctions are placed. Once the bidders of the local keyword auction to adjust bids, the bid at the external auction is changed by utilizing a forward looking Nash equilibrium response function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Xiaotie Deng, Tian-Ming Bu, Qi Qi
  • Patent number: 7996267
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating more efficient bidding in an ad-words auction are described herein. An auctioning component can employ a forward-looking Nash equilibrium to facilitate an ad-words auction. A bidding component can enable bidding agents to place bids in the ad-words auction as a function of dynamically considering at least existing strategies of other bidding agents and future responses of the other bidding agents. Bidding agents associated with bids comprising higher true private values can obtain advertisement slots within the ad-words auction that are associated with a higher order of attractiveness to viewers—a bidding agent's true private value can be based on, at least in part, the bidding agent's estimate of value that at least one user interested in a particular keyword places on the bidding agent's product(s) and/or service(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Inventors: Qi Qi, Tian-Ming Bu, Xiaotie Deng
  • Publication number: 20090281912
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating more efficient bidding in an ad-words auction are described herein. An auctioning component can employ a forward-looking Nash equilibrium to facilitate an ad-words auction. A bidding component can enable bidding agents to place bids in the ad-words auction as a function of dynamically considering at least existing strategies of other bidding agents and future responses of the other bidding agents. Bidding agents associated with bids comprising higher true private values can obtain advertisement slots within the ad-words auction that are associated with a higher order of attractiveness to viewers—a bidding agent's true private value can be based on, at least in part, the bidding agent's estimate of value that at least one user interested in a particular keyword places on the bidding agent's product(s) and/or service(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Qi Qi, Tian-Ming Bu, Xiaotie Deng
  • Publication number: 20090276310
    Abstract: Methods for gaining profit of a sponsored keyword auctioneer are described herein. The method begins with holding a local keyword auction, and receiving bids for it, wherein each bid is for the right to display one advertisement associated with the bid in response to the bid being allocated along with one keyword. Bid for the same keyword at other auctions are placed. Once the bidders of the local keyword auction to adjust bids, the bid at the external auction is changed by utilizing a forward looking Nash equilibrium response function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Xiaotie Deng, Tian-Ming Bu, Qi Qi