Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Bonforte

Jeffrey Bonforte 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: 11855941
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for automatically deleting messages from a recipient's inbox. The disclosed systems and methods provide the ability for automatic actions to be taken on delivered messages based on a passage of time. This enables a sender of messages, email service provider and/or email platform to exert control over sent messages to limit the number and type of operations that may be performed on such messages. For example, operations such as saving, forwarding, printing, copying, or otherwise duplicating the message and/or message data can be prohibited and all together rendered impossible. The disclosed systems and methods enables the purging of messages and associated message data from a recipient's inbox at a certain specified time, after the passage of a pre-determined amount of time, or upon the detection of a specified event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLC
    Inventors: Varun Bhagwan, Gowri Kanugovi, Jeffrey Bonforte, Doug Sharp
  • Publication number: 20230412545
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for automatically deleting messages from a recipient's inbox. The disclosed systems and methods provide the ability for automatic actions to be taken on delivered messages based on a passage of time. This enables a sender of messages, email service provider and/or email platform to exert control over sent messages to limit the number and type of operations that may be performed on such messages. For example, operations such as saving, forwarding, printing, copying, or otherwise duplicating the message and/or message data can be prohibited and all together rendered impossible. The disclosed systems and methods enables the purging of messages and associated message data from a recipient's inbox at a certain specified time, after the passage of a pre-determined amount of time, or upon the detection of a specified event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Varun BHAGWAN, Gowri KANUGOVI, Jeffrey BONFORTE, Doug SHARP
  • Publication number: 20230070278
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for automatically deleting messages from a recipient’s inbox. The disclosed systems and methods provide the ability for automatic actions to be taken on delivered messages based on a passage of time. This enables a sender of messages, email service provider and/or email platform to exert control over sent messages to limit the number and type of operations that may be performed on such messages. For example, operations such as saving, forwarding, printing, copying, or otherwise duplicating the message and/or message data can be prohibited and all together rendered impossible. The disclosed systems and methods enables the purging of messages and associated message data from a recipient’s inbox at a certain specified time, after the passage of a pre-determined amount of time, or upon the detection of a specified event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Varun BHAGWAN, Gowri KANUGOVI, Jeffrey BONFORTE, Doug SHARP
  • Patent number: 11489800
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for automatically deleting messages from a recipient's inbox. The disclosed systems and methods provide the ability for automatic actions to be taken on delivered messages based on a passage of time. This enables a sender of messages, email service provider and/or email platform to exert control over sent messages to limit the number and type of operations that may be performed on such messages. For example, operations such as saving, forwarding, printing, copying, or otherwise duplicating the message and/or message data can be prohibited and all together rendered impossible. The disclosed systems and methods enables the purging of messages and associated message data from a recipient's inbox at a certain specified time, after the passage of a pre-determined amount of time, or upon the detection of a specified event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLC
    Inventors: Varun Bhagwan, Gowri Kanugovi, Jeffrey Bonforte, Doug Sharp
  • Patent number: 11425063
    Abstract: One or more systems and/or techniques for generating a content item from content within a content area are described herein. A first boundary and a second boundary may be defined for a content area based upon a first user input and a second user input, such as swipe gestures. A content item may be generated based upon content within the content area. In an example, a beginning boundary designator may be displayed for the first boundary and an ending boundary designator may be displayed for the second boundary in response to one or more swipe gestures of a user interface. In an example, the content item may be stitched to a second content item to create a stitched content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Lipman, David Robinson, Kevin Cheng, Jeffrey Bonforte
  • Patent number: 11349991
    Abstract: Systems and methods to process and/or present information relating to voice messages for a user that are received from other persons. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a data processing system includes: receiving first data associated with prior communications or activities for a first user on a mobile device; receiving a voice message for the first user; transcribing the voice message using the first data to provide a transcribed message; and sending the transcribed message to the mobile device for display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Bonforte
  • Publication number: 20210392101
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for automatically deleting messages from a recipient's inbox. The disclosed systems and methods provide the ability for automatic actions to be taken on delivered messages based on a passage of time. This enables a sender of messages, email service provider and/or email platform to exert control over sent messages to limit the number and type of operations that may be performed on such messages. For example, operations such as saving, forwarding, printing, copying, or otherwise duplicating the message and/or message data can be prohibited and all together rendered impossible. The disclosed systems and methods enables the purging of messages and associated message data from a recipient's inbox at a certain specified time, after the passage of a pre-determined amount of time, or upon the detection of a specified event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Varun BHAGWAN, Gowri KANUGOVI, Jeffrey BONFORTE, Doug SHARP
  • Patent number: 11190474
    Abstract: Among other disclosures, a method may include collecting historical communication data and personal data relating to a portion of a plurality of communications, a sender of one or more of the communications or one or more recipients of the communications. The method may include depositing the collected data into a repository of historical communication data and personal data. The method may include presenting one or more items in the repository on a mobile device, in response to user behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Brezina, Adam Smith, Jeffrey Bonforte
  • Publication number: 20210352030
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosure provides a novel, computerized framework for automatically identifying and recommending socially-engaging photos to their creators for sharing. Execution of the disclosed systems and methods turns a tedious manual chore into an automated, software-driven process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yoelle MAAREK, Ido GUY, Dan PELLEG, Idan SZPEKTOR, Alexander NUS, Jeffrey BONFORTE
  • Patent number: 11108719
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for automatically deleting messages from a recipient's inbox. The disclosed systems and methods provide the ability for automatic actions to be taken on delivered messages based on a passage of time. This enables a sender of messages, email service provider and/or email platform to exert control over sent messages to limit the number and type of operations that may be performed on such messages. For example, operations such as saving, forwarding, printing, copying, or otherwise duplicating the message and/or message data can be prohibited and all together rendered impossible. The disclosed systems and methods enables the purging of messages and associated message data from a recipient's inbox at a certain specified time, after the passage of a pre-determined amount of time, or upon the detection of a specified event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
    Inventors: Varun Bhagwan, Gowri Kanugovi, Jeffrey Bonforte, Doug Sharp
  • Patent number: 11070501
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. A novel, computerized framework for automatically identifying and recommending socially-engaging photos to their creators for sharing is provided. Execution of the disclosed framework turns a tedious manual chore into an automated, software-driven process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
    Inventors: Yoelle Maarek, Ido Guy, Dan Pelleg, Idan Szpektor, Alexander Nus, Jeffrey Bonforte
  • Patent number: 11062268
    Abstract: Systems and methods to present information to a user regarding favorite contacts of the user. In one embodiment, a method includes: storing a plurality of person profiles for persons referenced in communications received by a user of a computing device; selecting, using at least one processor, a set of contacts from the plurality of person profiles based on a relevancy ranking, wherein the set of contacts is selected for display to the user on the computing device; and organizing, using the at least one processor, the set of contacts into at least two time groups, each time group associated with a different time period, wherein contacts will be displayed to the user within each time group based on a relevancy ranking for each contact within the time group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Bonforte
  • Patent number: 10963524
    Abstract: System, methods and computer program products for creating and maintaining an address book are described. The address book may collect or update its existing contact information from sent or received communications. Contact information associated with the existing contacts also may be collected (or updated based on information received) from outside sources (e.g., external to an application hosting or accessing the address book). The address book may intelligently combine profile data from various sources to enrich the existing records associated with the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
    Inventors: Adam Smith, Jeffrey Bonforte
  • Publication number: 20200342875
    Abstract: Systems and methods to process and/or present information relating to voice messages for a user that are received from other persons. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a data processing system includes: receiving first data associated with prior communications or activities for a first user on a mobile device; receiving a voice message for the first user; transcribing the voice message using the first data to provide a transcribed message; and sending the transcribed message to the mobile device for display to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Jeffrey BONFORTE
  • Patent number: 10714091
    Abstract: Systems and methods to process and/or present information relating to voice messages for a user that are received from other persons. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a data processing system includes: receiving first data associated with prior communications or activities for a first user on a mobile device; receiving a voice message for the first user; transcribing the voice message using the first data to provide a transcribed message; and sending the transcribed message to the mobile device for display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: OATH INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Bonforte
  • Publication number: 20200162840
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for location tracking. In one embodiment, an apparatus receives a message sent to a user of a mobile device in a wireless network, and a processor determines at least one location parameter. Data is extracted from the message, and initiation of a computing function (e.g., transmission of a communication to the mobile device) is triggered by a match between the location and the data from the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Sol LIPMAN, David ROBINSON, Jeffrey BONFORTE, Victor CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200162566
    Abstract: Among other disclosures, a method may include collecting historical communication data and personal data relating to a portion of a plurality of communications, a sender of one or more of the communications or one or more recipients of the communications. The method may include depositing the collected data into a repository of historical communication data and personal data. The method may include presenting one or more items in the repository on a mobile device, in response to user behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew BREZINA, Adam SMITH, Jeffrey BONFORTE
  • Patent number: 10554769
    Abstract: Among other disclosures, a method may include collecting historical communication data and personal data relating to a portion of a plurality of communications, a sender of one or more of the communications or one or more recipients of the communications. The method may include depositing the collected data into a repository of historical communication data and personal data. The method may include presenting one or more items in the repository on a mobile device, in response to user behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: OATH INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Brezina, Adam Smith, Jeffrey Bonforte
  • Patent number: 10547969
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for location tracking. In one embodiment, an apparatus receives a message sent to a user of a mobile device in a wireless network, and a processor determines at least one location parameter. Data is extracted from the message, and initiation of a computing function (e.g., transmission of a communication to the mobile device) is triggered by a match between the location and the data from the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: OATH INC.
    Inventors: Sol Lipman, David Robinson, Jeffrey Bonforte, Victor Chen
  • Publication number: 20190325396
    Abstract: Systems and methods to present information to a user regarding favorite contacts of the user. In one embodiment, a method includes: storing a plurality of person profiles for persons referenced in communications received by a user of a computing device; selecting, using at least one processor, a set of contacts from the plurality of person profiles based on a relevancy ranking, wherein the set of contacts is selected for display to the user on the computing device; and organizing, using the at least one processor, the set of contacts into at least two time groups, each time group associated with a different time period, wherein contacts will be displayed to the user within each time group based on a relevancy ranking for each contact within the time group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffrey BONFORTE