Patents by Inventor Todd Otis

Todd Otis 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).

  • Systems and methods for recommended content platform
    Patent number: 10528637
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presentation of content, or a title or link to content or presentation to a user on webpages of a website are provided. In one embodiment, a recommended content platform optimizes the links displayed on web pages based on a portfolio of content sources which determine which links are displayed in a given page view. The algorithms may or may not utilize data relating to user interaction with webpages and may produce different sets of links depending on the content of a webpage and a position on a webpage where the links are to be displayed. A given webpage may present links from multiple content sources displayed using multiple user interface elements distributed throughout the webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LEAF GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Kevin Fink, Todd Otis
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDED CONTENT PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20180011943
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presentation of content, or a title or link to content or presentation to a user on webpages of a website are provided. In one embodiment, a recommended content platform optimizes the links displayed on web pages based on a portfolio of content sources which determine which links are displayed in a given page view. The algorithms may or may not utilize data relating to user interaction with webpages and may produce different sets of links depending on the content of a webpage and a position on a webpage where the links are to be displayed. A given webpage may present links from multiple content sources displayed using multiple user interface elements distributed throughout the webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Fink, Todd Otis
  • Systems and methods for recommended content platform
    Patent number: 9721035
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presentation of content, or a title or link to content or presentation to a user on webpages of a website are provided. In one embodiment, a recommended content platform optimizes the links displayed on web pages based on a portfolio of content sources which determine which links are displayed in a given page view. The algorithms may or may not utilize data relating to user interaction with webpages and may produce different sets of links depending on the content of a webpage and a position on a webpage where the links are to be displayed. A given webpage may present links from multiple content sources displayed using multiple user interface elements distributed throughout the webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: LEAF GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Kevin Fink, Todd Otis
  • Systems and Methods for Recommended Content Platform
    Publication number: 20130036191
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presentation of content, or a title or link to content or presentation to a user on webpages of a website are provided. In one embodiment, a recommended content platform optimizes the links displayed on web pages based on a portfolio of content sources which determine which links are displayed in a given page view. The algorithms may or may not utilize data relating to user interaction with webpages and may produce different sets of links depending on the content of a webpage and a position on a webpage where the links are to be displayed. A given webpage may present links from multiple content sources displayed using multiple user interface elements distributed throughout the webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: DEMAND MEDIA, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Fink, Todd Otis