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  • Adaptive bidding for networked advertising
    Patent number: 9996858
    Abstract: An adaptive bidder for networked advertising. A bid request is received from an exchange over a network. Each bid request represents the opportunity to bid on an advertising opportunity. A processing time limit is determined based at least in part on a network latency measurement, an exchange reported timeout and a bid response buffer. The network latency measurement may be required to meet a freshness standard. The bid response buffer represents the time allotted for the adaptive bidding system to generate a response based on one or more partial results. The exchange reported timeout value can be included in the bid request, and can vary from bid request to bid request. The execution of one or more tasks is initiated by the adaptive bidding system, and each task can make a partial result available. In some cases, a partial result is a cumulative result. A response is determined from one or more partial results which are available before the processing time limit expires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventors: Crispin Edward Harold Flowerday, Faraaz Aejaz Sareshwala, Damian John Reeves
  • Method and system for preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activities
    Patent number: 8561133
    Abstract: A method and system for preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activity. Source privacy zones are defined and associated with privacy standards. Privacy standards include frequency criteria governing the storage of datasets including information associated with networked media consumption activity collected from the source privacy zone. Transaction requests including a networking protocol address are received over a network from a client device. The source privacy zone associated with the client device is identified. Using the networking protocol address to access characteristics having characteristic value(s), a dataset can be created including associating the networked media consumption activity with the characteristic and characteristic value(s). The dataset is pre-processed to comply with the privacy standards. The networking protocol address is discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventor: Damian John Reeves
  • Preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activities
    Patent number: 9477840
    Abstract: Preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activity. Source privacy zones are defined and associated with privacy standards. Privacy standards include frequency criteria governing the storage of datasets including information associated with networked media consumption activity collected from the source privacy zone. Transaction requests including a networking protocol address are received over a network from a client device at a target location by a networked privacy system. The source privacy zone associated with the client device is identified. Using the networking protocol address to access characteristics having characteristic value(s), a dataset can be created including associating the networked media consumption activity with the characteristic and characteristic value(s). The dataset is pre-processed to comply with the privacy standards. The networking protocol address is discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventor: Damian John Reeves
  • Distributing data of multiple logically independent file systems in distributed storage systems including physically partitioned disks
    Patent number: 9792295
    Abstract: A distributed storage system maintains multiple logically independent file systems. Each file system includes a data set stored by a storage device of the distributed storage system. During operation, access pattern levels for the multiple logically independent file systems are determined. Thereafter, the data sets included in the multiple logically independent file systems are redistributed across multiple storage devices of the distributed storage. Redistribution of a particular data set is based at least in part on the particular file system including the particular data set and on the determined access pattern levels for the multiple logically independent file systems. In addition, each disk of a plurality of disks in the distributed storage includes a physically separated partition dedicated to storing the data of the file system that is most frequently accessed. The distribution of data is based at least in part on the presence of the physically separated partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventor: Silvius V. Rus
  • Preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activities
    Patent number: 10440061
    Abstract: Preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activity. Source privacy zones are defined and associated with privacy standards Privacy standards include frequency criteria governing the storage of datasets including information associated with networked media consumption activity collected from the source privacy zone. Transaction requests including a networking protocol address are received over a network from a client device at a target location by a networked privacy system. The source privacy zone associated with the client device is identified. Using the networking protocol address to access characteristics having characteristic value(s), a dataset can be created including associating the networked media consumption activity with the characteristic and characteristic value(s). The dataset is pre-processed to comply with the privacy standards. The networking protocol address is discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventor: Damian John Reeves
  • Preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activities
    Patent number: 9794296
    Abstract: Preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activity. Source privacy zones are defined and associated with privacy standards. Privacy standards include frequency criteria governing the storage of datasets including information associated with networked media consumption activity collected from the source privacy zone. Transaction requests including a networking protocol address are received over a network from a client device at a target location by a networked privacy system. The source privacy zone associated with the client device is identified. Using the networking protocol address to access characteristics having characteristic value(s), a dataset can be created including associating the networked media consumption activity with the characteristic and characteristic value(s). The dataset is pre-processed to comply with the privacy standards. The networking protocol address is discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventor: Damian John Reeves
  • Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to third-party privacy compliant target systems
    Patent number: 9479929
    Abstract: Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to a third-party privacy compliant target system. A privacy policy is configured for and mapped to each of a multiplicity of mobile application concerns, with each privacy policy comprising rules regulating the transmission of information to a third-party privacy compliant target system. Instrumentation instructions can be integrated with a mobile application and provided to a mobile device. The instrumentation instructions direct the mobile application to submit a privacy policy request comprising a mobile application identifier from the mobile device to a third-party privacy compliance system and enable sending information from the mobile device to the third-party privacy compliant target system, subject to the privacy policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventors: Crispin Edward Harold Flowerday, Michael F. Kamprath, Faraaz A. Sareshwala, Daniel Vogel Fernandez de Castro
  • Adaptive bidding for networked advertising
    Patent number: 10810632
    Abstract: An adaptive bidder for networked advertising. A bid request is received from an exchange over a network. Each bid request represents the opportunity to bid on an advertising opportunity. A processing time limit is determined based at least in part on a network latency measurement, an exchange reported timeout and a bid response buffer. The network latency measurement may be required to meet a freshness standard. The bid response buffer represents the time allotted for the adaptive bidding system to generate a response based on one or more partial results. The exchange reported timeout value can be included in the bid request, and can vary from bid request to bid request. The execution of one or more tasks is initiated by the adaptive bidding system, and each task can make a partial result available. In some cases, a partial result is a cumulative result. A response is determined from one or more partial results which are available before the processing time limit expires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventors: Crispin Edward Harold Flowerday, Faraaz Aejaz Sareshwala, Damian John Reeves
  • Preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activities
    Patent number: 9137266
    Abstract: A method and system for preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activity including: Source privacy zones are defined and associated with privacy standards. Privacy standards include frequency criteria governing the storage of datasets including information associated with networked media consumption activity collected from the source privacy zone. Transaction requests including a networking protocol address are received over a network from a client device at a target location by a networked privacy system. The source privacy zone associated with the client device is identified. Using the networking protocol address to access characteristics having characteristic value(s), a dataset can be created including associating the networked media consumption activity with the characteristic and characteristic value(s). The dataset is pre-processed to comply with the privacy standards. The networking protocol address is discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventor: Damian John Reeves
  • Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to third-party privacy compliant target systems
    Patent number: 9603011
    Abstract: Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to a third-party privacy compliant target system. A privacy policy is configured for and mapped to each of a multiplicity of mobile application concerns, with each privacy policy comprising rules regulating the transmission of information to a third-party privacy compliant target system. Instrumentation instructions can be integrated with a mobile application and provided to a mobile device. The instrumentation instructions direct the mobile application to submit a privacy policy request comprising a mobile application identifier from the mobile device to a third-party privacy compliance system and enable sending information from the mobile device to the third-party privacy compliant target system, subject to the privacy policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventors: Crispin Edward Harold Flowerday, Michael F. Kamprath, Faraaz Aejaz Sareshwala, Daniel Vogel Fernandez de Castro
  • Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to third-party privacy compliant target systems
    Patent number: 9979752
    Abstract: Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to a third-party privacy compliant target system. A privacy policy is configured for and mapped to each of a multiplicity of mobile application concerns, with each privacy policy comprising rules regulating the transmission of information to a third-party privacy compliant target system. Instrumentation instructions can be integrated with a mobile application and provided to a mobile device. The instrumentation instructions direct the mobile application to submit a privacy policy request comprising a mobile application identifier from the mobile device to a third-party privacy compliance system and enable sending information from the mobile device to the third-party privacy compliant target system, subject to the privacy policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventors: Crispin Edward Harold Flowerday, Michael F. Kamprath, Faraaz Aejaz Sareshwala, Daniel Vogel Fernandez de Castro
  • Method and system for preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activities
    Patent number: 8185931
    Abstract: A method and system for preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activity including: Source privacy zones are defined and associated with privacy standards. Privacy standards include frequency criteria governing the storage of datasets including information associated with networked media consumption activity collected from the source privacy zone. Transaction requests including a networking protocol address are received over a network from a client device at a target location by a networked privacy system. The source privacy zone associated with the client device is identified. Using the networking protocol address to access characteristics having characteristic value(s), a dataset can be created including associating the networked media consumption activity with the characteristic and characteristic value(s). The dataset is pre-processed to comply with the privacy standards. The networking protocol address is discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventor: Damian John Reeves
  • Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to third-party privacy complaint target systems
    Patent number: 9294912
    Abstract: Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to a third-party privacy compliant target system. A privacy policy is configured for and mapped to each of a multiplicity of mobile application concerns, with each privacy policy comprising rules regulating the transmission of information to a third-party privacy compliant target system. Instrumentation instructions can be integrated with a mobile application and provided to a mobile device. The instrumentation instructions direct the mobile application to submit a privacy policy request comprising a mobile application identifier from the mobile device to a third-party privacy compliance system and enable sending information from the mobile device to the third-party privacy compliant target system, subject to the privacy policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventors: Crispin Edward Harold Flowerday, Michael F. Kamprath, Faraaz Aejaz Shareshwala, Daniel Vogel Fernandez de Castro
  • Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to third-party privacy compliant target systems
    Patent number: 10200413
    Abstract: Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to a third-party privacy compliant target system. A privacy policy is configured for and mapped to each of a multiplicity of mobile application concerns, with each privacy policy comprising rules regulating the transmission of information to a third-party privacy compliant target system. Instrumentation instructions can be integrated with a mobile application and provided to a mobile device. The instrumentation instructions direct the mobile application to submit a privacy policy request comprising a mobile application identifier from the mobile device to a third-party privacy compliance system and enable sending information from the mobile device to the third-party privacy compliant target system, subject to the privacy policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventors: Crispin Edward Harold Flowerday, Michael F. Kamprath, Faraaz Aejaz Sareshwala, Daniel Vogel Fernandez de Castro
  • Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to third-party privacy compliant target systems
    Patent number: 10574704
    Abstract: Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to a third-party privacy compliant target system. A privacy policy is configured for and mapped to each of a multiplicity of mobile application concerns, with each privacy policy comprising rules regulating the transmission of information to a third-party privacy compliant target system. Instrumentation instructions can be integrated with a mobile application and provided to a mobile device. The instrumentation instructions direct the mobile application to submit a privacy policy request comprising a mobile application identifier from the mobile device to a third-party privacy compliance system and enable sending information from the mobile device to the third-party privacy compliant target system, subject to the privacy policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventors: Crispin Edward Harold Flowerday, Michael F. Kamprath, Faraaz Aejaz Sareshwala, Daniel Vogel Fernandez de Castro
  • Method and system for preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activities
    Patent number: 8839355
    Abstract: A method and system for preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activity including: Source privacy zones are defined and associated with privacy standards. Privacy standards include frequency criteria governing the storage of datasets including information associated with networked media consumption activity collected from the source privacy zone. Transaction requests including a networking protocol address are received over a network from a client device at a target location by a networked privacy system. The source privacy zone associated with the client device is identified. Using the networking protocol address to access characteristics having characteristic value(s), a dataset can be created including associating the networked media consumption activity with the characteristic and characteristic value(s). The dataset is pre-processed to comply with the privacy standards. The networking protocol address is discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventor: Damian John Reeves
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