Patents by Inventor Tim Van Goethem

Tim Van Goethem 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: 20110161790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of providing advertisement images on mobile devices, and to mobile devices capable of performing such methods. In at least one embodiment, a method includes accessing graphical advertisement information pertaining to the advertisement image to be presented on a mobile device display, wherein the information includes at least one type of information, analyzing one or more of the at least one type of information, and selecting a position for the advertisement image to be displayed on the display. The method also includes determining whether a gap exists or will exist in relation to portion(s) of the advertisement image, and displaying the advertising image, where at least some pixels situated in the gap are set to a determined color that is based at least in part upon the analyzing. In additional embodiments, advertisement images are displayed during interface wait times, and/or for minimum impression times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Joao Loureiro Junior, Wesley Elias Ribeiro, Alexandre Novaes Olivieri, Tim Van Goethem