Patents by Inventor David O. Seaver

David O. Seaver 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).

  • Patent number: 9338251
    Abstract: A social-mobile-local (SML) system and environment includes user mobile devices, a distributed communications network over which the devices communicate, a means of sensing proximity between pairs of mobile devices, and one or more SML databases and programs resident on the user mobile devices, on remote computers, or both. Challenges addressed include prevention of “alert flooding,” privacy protection, credential verification, entering detailed data on mobile devices, power-saving, and improved quality in both the choice and the content of notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Niimblecat, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Mehta, David Meyer, Poonam Murgai, David O. Seaver
  • Publication number: 20130282819
    Abstract: A social-mobile-local (SML) system and environment includes user mobile devices, a distributed communications network over which the devices communicate, a means of sensing proximity between pairs of mobile devices, and one or more SML databases and programs resident on the user mobile devices, on remote computers, or both. Challenges addressed include prevention of “alert flooding,” privacy protection, credential verification, entering detailed data on mobile devices, power-saving, and improved quality in both the choice and the content of notifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Sunil Mehta, David Meyer, Poonam Murgai, David O. Seaver