Patents by Inventor Trevor Norrington

Trevor Norrington 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: 20090216579
    Abstract: A user's online activity is tracked and offers associated with online advertisements presented to the user are identified. Information regarding these offers are provided to a payment service, which associates the information with an account for the user. When the user performs an activity using a payment card or other payment mechanism, the payment service may identify the activity as corresponding with an offer. Information regarding the completion of the activity for the offer may then be associated with information regarding the user's online activity. Additionally, a rebate and/or incentive may be provided to the user based on completion of the activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lee-Ming Zen, Zack Hilton, Trevor Norrington
  • Publication number: 20060069612
    Abstract: A system and related techniques host and serve selective, orchestrated advertising campaigns and other content to users depending on contributing advertisers' campaign strategies as well as use interests, prior history or experiences. According to embodiments, users may navigate to a Web or other network site which contains or invokes ads or other media or content. When ad or other content is called, according to the invention in one regard a user identifier may be checked, to determine whether the user has subscribed to or had a profile established with the orchestrated ad platform of the invention. If the user does have a unique identifier associated with them, an ad engine may perform a lookup of the identifier against potential ad campaigns or delivery modes, to deliver a more coherent or orchestrated stream of ads or other media to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hurt, Trevor Norrington, Kelvin Chan, Kenneth Tittle, Shawn Horwat