Patents by Inventor Tuomas W. Sandholm

Tuomas W. Sandholm 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: 11743536
    Abstract: A method and system for managing digital media campaigns accesses a set of programming data that contains various attributes of media assets that a media service provider will present to users. A media advertising campaign manager receives various criteria for the inclusion of advertisements in a particular entity's advertising campaign. The system uses the attributes in the data set to develop an advertising campaign that satisfies the entity's criteria. In various embodiments, the method system may consider the entity's preferences, seller criteria, and campaign requests for other entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Tuomas W. Sandholm
  • Patent number: 11610680
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a treatment plan identifies a description of a sequential game. The game is associated with treatment of a medical condition by a course of treatment or drug design. The description may include one or more possible treatment actions that a treater can take to treat the medical condition, and one or more possible medical condition actions that the medical condition can take. The system will identify a model for the sequential game, wherein the model is a large game associated with a large state space. The system may solve the model to generate a treatment plan for the medical condition, wherein the treatment plan includes a set of possible treatment actions. To accommodate the large state space, the system may divide processing steps so that at least some of the model solving is done by a graphics processing unit, while performing other functions via a central processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Tuomas W. Sandholm
  • Patent number: 11589135
    Abstract: A system for automatically managing the delivery of media assets allocates the media assets to delivery slots of a media delivery servers so that consumers will receive the media assets when they consume digital media programming at times that correspond to the delivery slots. An example is the automated allocation of sponsored videos to television programs airing on a particular afternoon. The system includes data stores and a campaign manager system. The campaign manager system will automatically allocate digital media assets to delivery slots in a campaign to generate scheduling files that media servers will use to present the allocated media assets to consumers during the assigned delivery slots via media consumption devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: OPTIMIZED MARKETS, INC.
    Inventors: Tuomas W. Sandholm, Fei Peng, John P. Dickerson
  • Publication number: 20210385552
    Abstract: A system for automatically managing the delivery of media assets allocates the media assets to delivery slots of a media delivery servers so that consumers will receive the media assets when they consume digital media programming at times that correspond to the delivery slots. An example is the automated allocation of sponsored videos to television programs airing on a particular afternoon. The system includes data stores and a campaign manager system. The campaign manager system will automatically allocate digital media assets to delivery slots in a campaign to generate scheduling files that media servers will use to present the allocated media assets to consumers during the assigned delivery slots via media consumption devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Tuomas W. Sandholm, Fei Peng, John P. Dickerson
  • Publication number: 20210385528
    Abstract: A method and system for managing digital media campaigns accesses a set of programming data that contains various attributes of media assets that a media service provider will present to users. A media advertising campaign manager receives various criteria for the inclusion of advertisements in a particular entity's advertising campaign. The system uses the attributes in the data set to develop an advertising campaign that satisfies the entity's criteria. In various embodiments, the method system may consider the entity's preferences, seller criteria, and campaign requests for other entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Tuomas W. Sandholm
  • Patent number: 11102545
    Abstract: A method and system for managing digital media campaigns accesses a set of programming data that contains various attributes of media assets that a media service provider will present to users. A media advertising campaign manager receives various criteria for the inclusion of advertisements in a particular entity's advertising campaign. The system uses the attributes in the data set to develop an advertising campaign that satisfies the entity's criteria. In various embodiments, the method system may consider the entity's preferences, seller criteria, and campaign requests for other entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Tuomas W. Sandholm
  • Publication number: 20200279650
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a treatment plan identifies a description of a sequential game. The game is associated with treatment of a medical condition by a course of treatment or drug design. The description may include one or more possible treatment actions that a treater can take to treat the medical condition, and one or more possible medical condition actions that the medical condition can take. The system will identify a model for the sequential game, wherein the model is a large game associated with a large state space. The system may solve the model to generate a treatment plan for the medical condition, wherein the treatment plan includes a set of possible treatment actions. To accommodate the large state space, the system may divide processing steps so that at least some of the model solving is done by a graphics processing unit, while performing other functions via a central processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Tuomas W. Sandholm
  • Publication number: 20180091850
    Abstract: A method and system for managing digital media campaigns accesses a set of programming data that contains various attributes of media assets that a media service provider will present to users. A media advertising campaign manager receives various criteria for the inclusion of advertisements in a particular entity's advertising campaign. The system uses the attributes in the data set to develop an advertising campaign that satisfies the entity's criteria. In various embodiments, the method system may consider the entity's preferences, seller criteria, and campaign requests for other entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Tuomas W. Sandholm
  • Publication number: 20140297400
    Abstract: A method and system for managing media advertising campaigns accesses a set of programming data that contains various attributes of media assets that a media service provider will present to consumers. A media advertising campaign manager receives various buyer criteria for the inclusion of advertisements in a buyer's advertising campaign. The system uses the attributes in the data set to develop an advertising campaign that satisfies the buyer's criteria. In various embodiments, the method system may consider buyer preferences, seller criteria, and campaign requests for other buyer's so that the advertising campaign is developed in a manner that maximizes a revenue opportunity for the media service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Tuomas W. Sandholm
  • Publication number: 20140039913
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a treatment plan identifies a description of a sequential game. The game is associated with treatment of a medical condition by a course of treatment or drug design. The description may include one or more possible treatment actions that a treater can take to treat the medical condition, and one or more possible medical condition actions that the medical condition can take. The system may develop a model for the sequential game, wherein the model represents implementation of the possible treatment actions and the possible medical condition actions in one or more sequences. The system may solve the model to generate a treatment plan for the medical condition, wherein the treatment plan includes a set of possible treatment actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: Tuomas W. Sandholm