Patents by Inventor Tim Whalen

Tim Whalen 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).

  • Controlling display layout of digital content
    Patent number: 12118589
    Abstract: A method of providing Internet commercialization services to a content owner may include obtaining rights from an owner of Web page contents on a Web page to commercialize the Web page contents, obtaining an ad from an advertiser for placement on the Web page, the advertiser agreeing to pay for placement of the ad, paying for traffic to the Web page based on a bid to a traffic partner and sharing profits with the owner of the Web page contents, if any, from payments by the advertiser above payment to the traffic partner for the traffic. The content owner may be a publisher of content on the Internet. The traffic partner may be a search engine. The method may include automatically providing Internet commercialization services to an Internet publisher. Various aspects of the method may be modified in a closed loop fashion to optimize profits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TABOOLA.COM LTD.
    Inventors: William Sears, David Hull, Warren Gibbons, Tim Whalen, William Gross, Thomas McGoven
  • Real-time display adaptation
    Patent number: 11526913
    Abstract: A method of providing Internet commercialization services to a content owner may include obtaining rights from an owner of Web page contents on a Web page to commercialize the Web page contents, obtaining an ad from an advertiser for placement on the Web page, the advertiser agreeing to pay for placement of the ad, paying for traffic to the Web page based on a bid to a traffic partner and sharing profits with the owner of the Web page contents, if any, from payments by the advertiser above payment to the traffic partner for the traffic. The content owner may be a publisher of content on the Internet. The traffic partner may be a search engine. The method may include automatically providing Internet commercialization services to an Internet publisher. Various aspects of the method may be modified in a closed loop fashion to optimize profits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TABOOLA.COM LTD.
    Inventors: William Sears, David Hull, Warren Gibbons, Tim Whalen, William Gross, Thomas McGoven
  • REAL-TIME DISPLAY ADAPTATION
    Publication number: 20200302484
    Abstract: A method of providing Internet commercialization services to a content owner may include obtaining rights from an owner of Web page contents on a Web page to commercialize the Web page contents, obtaining an ad from an advertiser for placement on the Web page, the advertiser agreeing to pay for placement of the ad, paying for traffic to the Web page based on a bid to a traffic partner and sharing profits with the owner of the Web page contents, if any, from payments by the advertiser above payment to the traffic partner for the traffic. The content owner may be a publisher of content on the Internet. The traffic partner may be a search engine. The method may include automatically providing Internet commercialization services to an Internet publisher. Various aspects of the method may be modified in a closed loop fashion to optimize profits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: William SEARS, David HULL, Warren GIBBONS, Tim WHALEN, William GROSS, Thomas MCGOVEN
  • CONTROLLING DISPLAY LAYOUT OF DIGITAL CONTENT
    Publication number: 20200302485
    Abstract: A method of providing Internet commercialization services to a content owner may include obtaining rights from an owner of Web page contents on a Web page to commercialize the Web page contents, obtaining an ad from an advertiser for placement on the Web page, the advertiser agreeing to pay for placement of the ad, paying for traffic to the Web page based on a bid to a traffic partner and sharing profits with the owner of the Web page contents, if any, from payments by the advertiser above payment to the traffic partner for the traffic. The content owner may be a publisher of content on the Internet. The traffic partner may be a search engine. The method may include automatically providing Internet commercialization services to an Internet publisher. Various aspects of the method may be modified in a closed loop fashion to optimize profits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: William SEARS, David HULL, Warren GIBBONS, Tim WHALEN, William GROSS, Thomas MCGOVEN
  • Internet content commercialization
    Patent number: 10719855
    Abstract: A method of providing Internet commercialization services to a content owner may include obtaining rights from an owner of Web page contents on a Web page to commercialize the Web page contents, obtaining an ad from an advertiser for placement on the Web page, the advertiser agreeing to pay for placement of the ad, paying for traffic to the Web page based on a bid to a traffic partner and sharing profits with the owner of the Web page contents, if any, from payments by the advertiser above payment to the traffic partner for the traffic. The content owner may be a publisher of content on the Internet. The traffic partner may be a search engine. The method may include automatically providing Internet commercialization services to an Internet publisher. Various aspects of the method may be modified in a closed loop fashion to optimize profits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: TABOOLA.COM LTD.
    Inventors: William Sears, David Hull, Warren Gibbons, Tim Whalen, William Gross, Thomas McGoven