Patents by Inventor Eric C. Broyles

Eric C. Broyles 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).

  • Method and Computer Program Product for Operating a Relationship Mapping Site
    Publication number: 20150046535
    Abstract: Methods and computer program products for facilitating the operation of Internet-based (i.e., online) social networking sites are disclosed. Such methods and computer program products allow people to discover, explore and maintain relationship paths (i.e., links) with any other person in the world by utilizing the fact that every person has one or more “relationship paths” to everyone else through varying degrees of separation. The power of the Internet, via online social networking sites, is leveraged to build a comprehensive database revealing how each person is connected to everyone by designating certain users of the site as “hubs,” “gateways” and/or “connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Megree, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric C. Broyles
  • Method and computer program product for operating a social networking site
    Patent number: 8874572
    Abstract: Methods and computer program products for facilitating the operation of Internet-based (i.e., online) social networking sites are disclosed. Such methods and computer program products allow people to discover, explore and maintain relationship paths (i.e., links) with any other person in the world by utilizing the fact that every person has one or more “relationship paths” to everyone else through varying degrees of separation. The power of the Internet, via online social networking sites, is leveraged to build a comprehensive database revealing how each person is connected to everyone by designating certain users of the site as “hubs,” “gateways” and/or “connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Megree, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric C. Broyles