Patents Assigned to Apparent, Inc.
  • Systems and methods for determining and rewarding accuracy in predicting ratings of user-provided content
    Patent number: 11886476
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining and rewarding accuracy in predicting user-provided ratings of content provided by other users are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Heir Apparent, Inc.
    Inventors: Summer Watson, Lynette Perkins
  • Systems and methods for participative support of content-providing users
    Patent number: 11776070
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating participative support among users are disclosed. The users may include content-providing users that provide user-provided content to other users. Exemplary implementations may: obtain items of user-provided content; effectuate presentations of the items of user-provided content through user interfaces to the users; receive revenue information from the users, wherein the revenue information represents received revenue for the content-providing users, including a participative-support exchange between a second user and the content-providing user of an amount of a currency being exchanged for a portion of particular (future) revenue received by the content-providing user; determine the particular revenue for the content-providing user, based on the received revenue information; determine and distribute the portion of the particular revenue to the second user, in accordance with the participative-support exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Heir Apparent, Inc.
    Inventors: Summer Watson, Lynette Perkins
  • Systems and methods for determining and rewarding accuracy in predicting ratings of user-provided content
    Patent number: 11487799
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining and rewarding accuracy in predicting user-provided ratings of content provided by other users are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Heir Apparent, Inc.
    Inventors: Summer Watson, Lynette Perkins
  • Systems and methods for participative support of content-providing users
    Patent number: 11151665
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating participative support among users are disclosed. The users may include content-providing users that provide user-provided content to other users. Exemplary implementations may: obtain items of user-provided content; effectuate presentations of the items of user-provided content through user interfaces to the users; receive revenue information from the users, wherein the revenue information represents received revenue for the content-providing users, including a participative-support exchange between a second user and the content-providing user of an amount of a currency being exchanged for a portion of particular (future) revenue received by the content-providing user; determine the particular revenue for the content-providing user, based on the received revenue information; determine and distribute the portion of the particular revenue to the second user, in accordance with the participative-support exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: HEIR APPARENT, INC.
    Inventors: Summer Watson, Lynette Perkins
  • Bicycle exerciser
    Patent number: D300648
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Apparent, Inc.
    Inventor: Dyke DeWitt