Patents by Inventor Jon Thies

Jon Thies 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).

  • Publication number: 20200118161
    Abstract: A system receives a marketing campaign from an advertiser. The marketing campaign identifies tasks to be performed by users on social networks. The system provides a cellular message to each of the plurality of cellular devices. The system retrieves a plurality of activities performed by each of the users of the plurality of cellular devices at each of the one or more social networks. The system identifies, for a user of the users, that the user performed activities responsive to receiving the cellular message identifying the advertiser. The system determines that the activities match the tasks included in the marketing campaign. The system then provides, to the cellular device of the user via at least one of the one or more social networks, a notification identifying the advertiser in response to determining that the one or more activities match the one or more tasks included in the marketing campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Qwasi, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon Samuel, Jon Thies, Karl J. Montemayor
  • Publication number: 20200112534
    Abstract: Methods and systems for publishing content received via a cellular message to a social networking server to convert visitors of the published content into customers are provided. An agent executing on a device including one or more processors receives, via a cellular communication channel, a cellular message to publish content included in the cellular message to a server of a social networking web site. The agent identifies, from the cellular message, an entity corresponding to one of a tag or address included in the cellular message. The agent identifies a uniform resource locator (URL) of the entity based on the content included in the cellular message. The agent communicates a request to publish the content included in the cellular message to the server. The request includes the URL of the entity to direct traffic from the server to a resource of the entity corresponding to the URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Qwasi, Inc
    Inventors: Lara Hanson, Jon Thies, Leon Samuel
  • Publication number: 20190320442
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for delivering and presenting notifications at a consumer device. The method includes receiving, by a notification manager, from a client device, a notification to be delivered to an application executing on a consumer device. The method also includes holding, by the notification manager, the notification in a notification queue. The method further includes identifying, by the notification manager, a consumer notification policy of the consumer device applicable to the notification, the consumer notification policy specifying one or more conditions for presenting the notification at the consumer device. The method further includes releasing, by the notification manager, from the notification queue, the notification for presentation at the consumer device upon determining that the conditions of the consumer notification policy have been met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jon Thies, Robert Rodriguez, Karl J. Montemayor, Lara Hanson
  • Publication number: 20180218393
    Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, the present disclosure describes methods and systems for collecting, managing and using subscriber information. A communications technology platform can establish interfaces through which subscribers allow the subscriber information management system to retrieve subscriber information from a plurality of content sources and store the retrieved subscriber information in one or more databases. These content sources can include the subscriber's devices, one or more social networking platforms to which the subscriber belongs, mobile phone service carriers, third-party applications or websites with which the subscriber is capable of receiving subscriber information from, amongst others. The databases of the communication platform can be configured to store subscriber records that include subscriber information pertaining to each subscriber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Jon Thies, Leon Samuel, Karl J. Montemayor, Lara Hanson, Robert Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 10021698
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for delivering communications to one or more consumer devices via an application provider proxy. A method for delivering and presenting notifications via an application provider proxy includes identifying an occurrence of an event for which a notification is to be delivered to a consumer device. The method also includes identifying a consumer notification policy associated with the consumer device applicable to the notification to be delivered and holding the notification until conditions of the consumer notification policy have been met. The method also includes releasing the notification for presentation at the consumer device upon determining that the rules of the consumer notification policy have been met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: QWASI, INC.
    Inventors: Jon Thies, Rob Rodriguez, Karl Montemayor
  • Publication number: 20180160431
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for delivering and presenting notifications at a consumer device. The method includes receiving, by a notification manager, from a client device, a notification to be delivered to an application executing on a consumer device. The method also includes holding, by the notification manager, the notification in a notification queue. The method further includes identifying, by the notification manager, a consumer notification policy of the consumer device applicable to the notification, the consumer notification policy specifying one or more conditions for presenting the notification at the consumer device. The method further includes releasing, by the notification manager, from the notification queue, the notification for presentation at the consumer device upon determining that the conditions of the consumer notification policy have been met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Jon Thies, Robert Rodriguez, Karl J. Montemayor, Lara Hanson
  • Publication number: 20180108032
    Abstract: A system receives a marketing campaign from an advertiser. The marketing campaign identifies tasks to be performed by users on social networks. The system provides a cellular message to each of the plurality of cellular devices. The system retrieves a plurality of activities performed by each of the users of the plurality of cellular devices at each of the one or more social networks. The system identifies, for a user of the users, that the user performed activities responsive to receiving the cellular message identifying the advertiser. The system determines that the activities match the tasks included in the marketing campaign. The system then provides, to the cellular device of the user via at least one of the one or more social networks, a notification identifying the advertiser in response to determining that the one or more activities match the one or more tasks included in the marketing campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Leon Samuel, Jon Thies, Karl J. Montemayor
  • Publication number: 20170104711
    Abstract: Methods and systems for publishing content received via a cellular message to a social networking server to convert visitors of the published content into customers are provided. An agent executing on a device including one or more processors receives, via a cellular communication channel, a cellular message to publish content included in the cellular message to a server of a social networking web site. The agent identifies, from the cellular message, an entity corresponding to one of a tag or address included in the cellular message. The agent identifies a uniform resource locator (URL) of the entity based on the content included in the cellular message. The agent communicates a request to publish the content included in the cellular message to the server. The request includes the URL of the entity to direct traffic from the server to a resource of the entity corresponding to the URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Lara Hanson, Jon Thies, Leon Samuel
  • Publication number: 20150186929
    Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, the present disclosure describes methods and systems for collecting, managing and using subscriber information. A communications technology platform can establish interfaces through which subscribers allow the subscriber information management system to retrieve subscriber information from a plurality of content sources and store the retrieved subscriber information in one or more databases. These content sources can include the subscriber's devices, one or more social networking platforms to which the subscriber belongs, mobile phone service carriers, third-party applications or websites with which the subscriber is capable of receiving subscriber information from, amongst others. The databases of the communication platform can be configured to store subscriber records that include subscriber information pertaining to each subscriber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Jon Thies, Leon Samuel, Karl J. Montemayor, Lara Hanson, Robert Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20150186945
    Abstract: A system receives a marketing campaign from an advertiser. The marketing campaign identifies tasks to be performed by users on social networks. The system provides a cellular message to each of the plurality of cellular devices. The system retrieves a plurality of activities performed by each of the users of the plurality of cellular devices at each of the one or more social networks. The system identifies, for a user of the users, that the user performed activities responsive to receiving the cellular message identifying the advertiser. The system determines that the activities match the tasks included in the marketing campaign. The system then provides, to the cellular device of the user via at least one of the one or more social networks, a notification identifying the advertiser in response to determining that the one or more activities match the one or more tasks included in the marketing campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Leon Samuel, Jon Thies, Karl J. Montemayor
  • Publication number: 20150156159
    Abstract: Methods and systems for publishing content received via a cellular message to a social networking server to convert visitors of the published content into customers are provided. An agent executing on a device including one or more processors receives, via a cellular communication channel, a cellular message to publish content included in the cellular message to a server of a social networking web site. The agent identifies, from the cellular message, an entity corresponding to one of a tag or address included in the cellular message. The agent identifies a uniform resource locator (URL) of the entity based on the content included in the cellular message. The agent communicates a request to publish the content included in the cellular message to the server. The request includes the URL of the entity to direct traffic from the server to a resource of the entity corresponding to the URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Lara Hanson, Jon Thies, Leon Samuel
  • Publication number: 20150117373
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for delivering communications to one or more consumer devices via an application provider proxy. A method for delivering and presenting notifications via an application provider proxy includes identifying an occurrence of an event for which a notification is to be delivered to a consumer device. The method also includes identifying a consumer notification policy associated with the consumer device applicable to the notification to be delivered and holding the notification until conditions of the consumer notification policy have been met. The method also includes releasing the notification for presentation at the consumer device upon determining that the rules of the consumer notification policy have been met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Qwasi, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Thies, Rob Rodriguez, Josh Montemayor
  • Publication number: 20150120849
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for delivering and presenting notifications at a consumer device. The method includes receiving, by a notification manager, from a client device, a notification to be delivered to an application executing on a consumer device. The method also includes holding, by the notification manager, the notification in a notification queue. The method further includes identifying, by the notification manager, a consumer notification policy of the consumer device applicable to the notification, the consumer notification policy specifying one or more conditions for presenting the notification at the consumer device. The method further includes releasing, by the notification manager, from the notification queue, the notification for presentation at the consumer device upon determining that the conditions of the consumer notification policy have been met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Qwasi, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Thies, Robert Rodriguez, Josh Montemayor, Lara Hanson