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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2015
Applicant:

Invidi Technologies Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Michael Kouritzin, Edmonton, CA;

Surrey Kim, Edmonton, CA;

Jarett Hailes, Edmonton, CA;

Patrick M. Sheehan, Jamison, PA (US);

Alden Lloyd Peterson, New Providence, NJ (US);

Earl Cox, El Segundo, CA (US);

Assignee:

INVIDI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Princeton, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04H 60/45 (2008.01); H04H 20/10 (2008.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04H 60/63 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); H04H 20/106 (2013.01); H04H 60/45 (2013.01); H04N 21/252 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4661 (2013.01); H04N 21/4665 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04H 60/63 (2013.01);
Abstract

A targeted advertising system selects an asset (e.g., ad) for a current user of a user equipment device (e.g., a digital set top box in a cable network). The system can first operate in a learning mode to receive user inputs and develop evidence that can characterize multiple users of the user equipment device audience. In a working mode, the system can process current user inputs to match a current user to one of the identified users of that user equipment device audience. Fuzzy logic and/or stochastic filtering may be used to improve development of the user characterizations, as well as matching of the current user to those developed characterizations. In this manner, targeting of assets can be implemented not only based on characteristics of a household but based on a current user within that household.


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