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20120143713 | ELECTRONIC AND NETWORK-BASED FRANKING - Systems and methods for facilitating and targeting of online official messages, such as franking messages, to voters within a selected political demographic are presented. In one embodiment, an online franking message system provides targeting of segment of voters based on voter registration records, third party behavioral information, and geographic information. Audience targeting may be accomplished in several ways including: geo-targeting; contextual targeting; behavioral targeting; and site placement. A candidate may deliver an ad in order to influence a select group of people in a particular location. In some embodiments, the ad is delivered by dropping and later reading a tracking cookie that associates the voter's browser with political demographic information without including personal identifiable information. | 06-07-2012 |
20130055309 | TARGETING ONLINE ADS BASED ON POLITICAL DEMOGRAPHICS - Systems and methods for facilitating and targeting of online ads to voters within a selected political demographic are presented. Audience targeting may be accomplished in several ways including: geo-targeting; contextual targeting; behavioral targeting; site placement; and targeted household television ads. This segment or neighborhood level targeting allows more granularity based upon, for example, hot topics and people interested in those topics based upon where populations of people live (i.e., the location of the household) and voter registration. In this manner, a candidate may delivery an ad in order to influence a select group of people in a particular location. In some embodiments, the ad is delivered by dropping and later reading a tracking cookie that associates the voter's browser with political demographic information. | 02-28-2013 |
20140278980 | TARGETING ONLINE ADS BASED ON POLITICAL DEMOGRAPHICS - Systems and methods for facilitating and targeting of online ads to voters within a selected political demographic are presented. Audience targeting may be accomplished in several ways including: geo-targeting; contextual targeting; behavioral targeting; site placement; and targeted household television ads. This segment or neighborhood level targeting allows more granularity based upon, for example, hot topics and people interested in those topics based upon where populations of people live (i.e., the location of the household) and voter registration. In this manner, a candidate may delivery an ad in order to influence a select group of people in a particular location. In some embodiments, the ad is delivered by dropping and later reading a tracking cookie that associates the voter's browser with political demographic information. | 09-18-2014 |
20140324447 | TARGETING ONLINE ADS BASED ON HEALTHCARE DEMOGRAPHICS - Systems and methods allow targeting messages to consumers using a plurality of records for a group of consumers, each record comprising healthcare demographic information (HDI) associated with individual consumers. HDI can include insured status information identifying whether a consumer likely has health insurance, which is received from at least one health services provider. A cookie can correlates a consumer's browser to healthcare demographic information. The cookie allows subsequent association of HDI with the browser, without exposing personally identifiable information of the first consumer to advertisers. Systems and methods can also associate an ID of a consumer's electronic device with the HDI, allowing mobile device and set top boxes to serve relate ads to the consumer. Consumers can be targeted based on selected HDI criteria. | 10-30-2014 |
20160098748 | Targeting Online Ads Based on Political Demographics - Systems and methods for facilitating and targeting of online ads to voters within a selected political demographic are presented. Audience targeting may be accomplished in several ways including: geo-targeting; contextual targeting; behavioral targeting; site placement; and targeted household television ads. This segment or neighborhood level targeting allows more granularity based upon, for example, hot topics and people interested in those topics based upon where populations of people live (i.e., the location of the household) and voter registration. In this manner, a candidate may delivery an ad in order to influence a select group of people in a particular location. In some embodiments, the ad is delivered by dropping and later reading a tracking cookie that associates the voter's browser with political demographic information. | 04-07-2016 |
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20100044526 | FLOATING CABLE CONNECTOR RETENTION MODULE - Method and apparatus for securely positioning a cable connector plug for blind docking an electronic device or module with an electrical connector, for example within a rack for a computer system. A bracket includes a clip that is selectively securable to open and close the bracket. A cable connector plug collar is laterally receivable in the bracket when the bracket is open. The bracket retains the collar in a circumferential tongue and groove relationship when the bracket is closed. When the bracket is properly positioned and secured within a rack bay, the bracket positions the connector plug for blind docking without restricting operative access to the connector plug. A preferred bracket is sufficiently flexible to allow lateral movement of the connector plug when the bracket is closed about the collar. | 02-25-2010 |
20130112638 | TOOLLESS RAIL ENABLING SIMPLIFIED INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL - A rail for toolless installation between first and second vertical rack rails. The rail comprises a telescoping rail body having a first and second ends, and an inside surface having a shelf, wherein a latch assembly is disposed at each end of the rail body. Each latch assembly comprises a flange secured to an end of the rail, a latch arm, a release handle, and a retractable pin. The latch arm is pivotally secured to the rail body, distally extends from the flange, and is biased toward a latched position. The release handle is on the inside surface of the rail body for movement from a latched position to an unlatched position. The retractable pin distally extends from each end and is biased toward a distally extended position, wherein the pin is stepped from a first diameter portion to a second larger diameter portion for adapting to different sized holes. | 05-09-2013 |
20130157499 | ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH SELF-ENGAGING, SELF-RELEASING HEAT-SINK - An active electrical connection system includes a first connector, a second connector for releasably connecting with the first connector, active circuitry for affecting a data signal, and a heat sink for dissipating heat. A heat sink positioning system comprising a plurality of protrusions and corresponding recesses precisely positions the heat sink during insertion to prevent sliding contact with a thermal interface material applied between the heat sink and a plug. | 06-20-2013 |
20140185247 | LATCH TO POSITION AND BIAS A MODULE WITHIN A CHASSIS - A system includes a module having a connector at a leading end and a handle pivotally coupled to a trailing end. The handle pivots between open and closed positions, and includes landing and grip portions. The system further includes a chassis having a bay, a connector disposed in the bay, and a spring latch assembly adjacent an open end of the bay for receiving the leading end of the module. The spring latch has a catch adjacent to a spring element. Receiving the leading end of the module into the bay aligns the module connector with the connector in the bay and aligns the landing of the handle with the catch of the spring latch assembly. Pivoting the handle from the open position to the closed position will then cause the landing of the handle to engage the catch and then load the spring element to couple the connectors. | 07-03-2014 |
20140360916 | SECURING MODULES IN AN ELECTRONICS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for securing electronic components in an electronics system enclosure are disclosed. An apparatus can include an electronics system enclosure having a compartment adapted to receive a removable electronic component. The apparatus also includes a cam having a portion extending into the compartment sufficient to hinder insertion of the removable electronic component in a default orientation. The portion of the cam includes first and second surfaces. The portion of the cam is configured to deflect sufficient to permit insertion of the removable electronic component into the compartment in response to a normal force. The deflection causes the cam to deflect to a modified orientation. The cam portion returns to the default orientation in the absence of the normal force. The second surface of the portion is configured and arranged to engage a cam lever that is rotatably mounted to the removable electronic component. | 12-11-2014 |