Inventor · Burlingame, CA, US

Scott S. Benson

16Patents
12h-index
27Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 4, 1997 → Jun 8, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6754647B1 Method and apparatus for hierarchically decomposed bot scripts Physics 102 Expired
US6259969A System and method for automatically verifying the performance of a virtual robot Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Expired
US8271325B2 Adjusting bids based on predicted performance Physics 72 Active
US8175914B1 Automatic adjustment of advertiser bids to equalize cost-per-conversion among publishers for an advertisement Physics 64 Active
US6363301B1 System and method for automatically focusing the attention of a virtual robot interacting with users Physics 41 Expired
US6604090B1 System and method for selecting responses to user input in an automated interface program Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US6629087B1 Methods for creating and editing topics for virtual robots conversing in natural language Physics 35 Expired
US8346607B1 Automatic adjustment of advertiser bids to equalize cost-per-conversion among publishers for an advertisement Physics 33 Active
US8473339B1 Automatically switching between pricing models for services Physics 32 Active
US6314410A System and method for identifying the context of a statement made to a virtual robot Physics 29 Expired
US6532401B2 Methods for automatically verifying the performance of a virtual robot Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US8700452B1 Automatically switching between pricing models for services Physics 14 Active
US6615111B2 Methods for automatically focusing the attention of a virtual robot interacting with users Physics 12 Expired
US8346709B2 Determining conversion probability using session metrics Physics 9 Active
US10127581B2 Risk premiums for conversion-based online advertisement bidding Physics 4 Active
US8412569B1 Determining advertising statistics for advertisers and/or advertising networks Physics 2 Active

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