Patents by Inventor Tom Cona

Tom Cona 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).

  • Providing hard-to-block advertisements for display on a webpage
    Patent number: 9881323
    Abstract: Methods and systems of the invention provide advertisements or other content for a webpage. An example is providing portions of an advertisement as separate items in multiple formats, multiple positions, and/or from multiple locations so that at least some of the advertisement is still displayed to a requesting user even though advertisement-blocking mechanisms are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: TWC PATENT TRUST LLT
    Inventors: Dan Agronow, Lori Lodwick, Tom Cona
  • Wireless communication of context sensitive content, systems methods and computer program product
    Patent number: 7239871
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to systems, methods and computer program product that allows businesses, governments and other organizations to quickly and easily develop content in a customizable format that can be delivered within a wireless network. A wireless content delivery engine adapts content to a variety of formats suited to mobile and portable device platforms. More particularly, the present invention provides a structured content system which uses an array of wireless technologies to deliver context (time, location, and people) sensitive information to users in a defined geographic area through one or more wireless technologies including wireless fidelity and wireless telephony.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Shamp, Tom Cona, David Boardman
  • Wireless communication of context sensitive content, systems methods and computer program product
    Publication number: 20060046712
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to systems, methods and computer program product that allows businesses, governments and other organizations to quickly and easily develop content in a customizable format that can be delivered within a wireless network. A wireless content delivery engine adapts content to a variety of formats suited to mobile and portable device platforms. More particularly, the present invention provides a structured content system which uses an array of wireless technologies to deliver context (time, location, and people) sensitive information to users in a defined geographic area through one or more wireless technologies including wireless fidelity and wireless telephony.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Shamp, Tom Cona, David Boardman