Patents by Inventor Wayne Snow

Wayne Snow 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).

  • Method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for promoting television programs
    Patent number: 8069459
    Abstract: A method, which comprises: receiving from a provider of a first content stream an indication of a promotional time slot to be rendered available on the first content stream; accessing a program schedule indicative of television programs scheduled to begin airing on respective content streams at respective start times; consulting said schedule to identify at least one particular television program among those of said television programs scheduled to air on content streams provided by providers different from the provider of the first content stream and whose start times fall within a time window of acceptable viewability relative to the promotional time slot; and causing conveyance of an advertisement for the at least one particular television program during the promotional time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: BCE Inc.
    Inventors: Maarten Boudewijn Heilbron, Peter Werner Ratsch, Wayne Snow
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROMOTING TELEVISION PROGRAMS
    Publication number: 20090172725
    Abstract: A method, which comprises: receiving from a provider of a first content stream an indication of a promotional time slot to be rendered available on the first content stream; accessing a program schedule indicative of television programs scheduled to begin airing on respective content streams at respective start times; consulting said schedule to identify at least one particular television program among those of said television programs scheduled to air on content streams provided by providers different from the provider of the first content stream and whose start times fall within a time window of acceptable viewability relative to the promotional time slot; and causing conveyance of an advertisement for the at least one particular television program during the promotional time slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Maarten Boudewijn HEILBRON, Peter Werner Ratsch, Wayne Snow