Patents by Inventor Timothy Charles Vanderhook

Timothy Charles Vanderhook 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: 10607261
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to bid for an advertising impression. Via input from an advertising purchaser, a publisher specification is defined. The publisher specification provides impression information regarding impressions desired by the advertising purchaser. An auction is conducted by receiving one or more bids (that comply with the specification) from one or more publishers. A determination is made regarding which of the one or more publishers has provided a successful bid. The advertising purchaser is enabled to provide one or more advertisements to the one or more successful bidding publishers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: VIANT TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Jason J. A. Knapp, Timothy Charles Vanderhook
  • Publication number: 20150066662
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to bid for an advertising impression. Via input from an advertising purchaser, a publisher specification is defined. The publisher specification provides impression information regarding impressions desired by the advertising purchaser. An auction is conducted by receiving one or more bids (that comply with the specification) from one or more publishers. A determination is made regarding which of the one or more publishers has provided a successful bid. The advertising purchaser is enabled to provide one or more advertisements to the one or more successful bidding publishers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: VINDICO LLC
    Inventors: Jason J. A. Knapp, Timothy Charles Vanderhook
  • Publication number: 20140025688
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for displaying top fan status information relating to selected content in a social network. An item of content is selected in a social network application. An engagement score is determined for each of one or more first users. Each engagement score is based on interactions of each of the one or more first users with the selected item of content. A subset of the one or more first users that has interacted with the item of social content the most is identified and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: MYSPACE, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Scott Andler, Thomas Barraud Werz, III, Eric Juhyun Kim, James Andrew Beaupre, Timothy Charles Vanderhook