Patents by Inventor Mark Thomas Mercury

Mark Thomas Mercury 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).

  • Generation, management, and tracking of digital credentials
    Patent number: 11010457
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to generating and managing digital credentials using a digital credential platform in communication with various digital credential template owners and digital credential issuers. In some embodiments, a digital credential platform server may receive and coordinate requests and responses between the digital credential template owners and a set of digital credential issuers, to determine which digital credential issuers are authorized to issue digital credential based on which digital credential templates. The digital credential platform server may provide the authorized issuers with access to particular digital credential templates and the functionality to issue digital credentials to users based on any of the particular digital credential templates. Additional techniques described herein relate to tracking, analyzing, and reporting data metrics for issued digital credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CREDLY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Mercury, Kurt Jarin Schmidt
  • GENERATION, MANAGEMENT, AND TRACKING OF DIGITAL CREDENTIALS
    Publication number: 20190213305
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to generating and managing digital credentials using a digital credential platform in communication with various digital credential template owners and digital credential issuers. In some embodiments, a digital credential platform server may receive and coordinate requets and responses between the digital credential template owners and a set of digital credential issuers, to determine which digital credential issuers are authorized to issue digital credential based on which digital credential templates. The digital credential platform server may provide the authorized issuers with access to particular digital credential templates and the functionality to issue digital credentials to users based on any of the particular digital credential templates. Additional techniques described herein relate to tracking, analyzing, and reporting data metrics for issued digital credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Mercury, Kurt Jarin Schmidt
  • Generation, management, and tracking of digital credentials
    Patent number: 10068074
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to generating and managing digital credentials using a digital credential platform in communication with various digital credential template owners and digital credential issuers. In some embodiments, a digital credential platform server may receive and coordinate requests and responses between the digital credential template owners and a set of digital credential issuers, to determine which digital credential issuers are authorized to issue digital credential based on which digital credential templates. The digital credential platform server may provide the authorized issuers with access to particular digital credential templates and the functionality to issue digital credentials to users based on any of the particular digital credential templates. Additional techniques described herein relate to tracking, analyzing, and reporting data metrics for issued digital credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CREDLY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Mercury, Kurt Jarin Schmidt
  • Generation, management, and tracking of digital credentials
    Patent number: 10033536
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to generating and managing digital credentials using a digital credential platform in communication with various digital credential template owners and digital credential issuers. In some embodiments, a digital credential platform server may receive and coordinate requests and responses between the digital credential template owners and a set of digital credential issuers, to determine which digital credential issuers are authorized to issue digital credential based on which digital credential templates. The digital credential platform server may provide the authorized issuers with access to particular digital credential templates and the functionality to issue digital credentials to users based on any of the particular digital credential templates. Additional techniques described herein relate to tracking, analyzing, and reporting data metrics for issued digital credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: CREDLY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Mercury, Kurt Jarin Schmidt
  • GENERATION, MANAGEMENT, AND TRACKING OF DIGITAL CREDENTIALS
    Publication number: 20170277872
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to generating and managing digital credentials using a digital credential platform in communication with various digital credential template owners and digital credential issuers. In some embodiments, a digital credential platform server may receive and coordinate requests and responses between the digital credential template owners and a set of digital credential issuers, to determine which digital credential issuers are authorized to issue digital credential based on which digital credential templates. The digital credential platform server may provide the authorized issuers with access to particular digital credential templates and the functionality to issue digital credentials to users based on any of the particular digital credential templates. Additional techniques described herein relate to tracking, analyzing, and reporting data metrics for issued digital credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Mercury, Kurt Jarin Schmidt
  • GENERATION, MANAGEMENT, AND TRACKING OF DIGITAL CREDENTIALS
    Publication number: 20170279614
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to generating and managing digital credentials using a digital credential platform in communication with various digital credential template owners and digital credential issuers. In some embodiments, a digital credential platform server may receive and coordinate requets and responses between the digital credential template owners and a set of digital credential issuers, to determine which digital credential issuers are authorized to issue digital credential based on which digital credential templates. The digital credential platform server may provide the authorized issuers with access to particular digital credential templates and the functionality to issue digital credentials to users based on any of the particular digital credential templates. Additional techniques described herein relate to tracking, analyzing, and reporting data metrics for issued digital credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Mercury, Kurt Jarin Schmidt