Patents Assigned to Dizpersion Technologies, Inc.
  • Method and system for providing cooperative purchasing over social networks
    Patent number: 10977613
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for facilitating a cooperative purchasing service. One method includes: providing a conditional purchase opportunity including a purchase threshold, providing information associated with the a conditional purchase opportunity to at least one display node, receiving a contingent purchase input from a user having a social network user profile, and associating the conditional purchase opportunity with the user profile. A further method includes: requesting cooperative purchase feed formatted content associated with a social network user account, receiving cooperative purchase feed formatted content including a cooperative purchase offer in response to the request, and providing the a cooperative purchase offer including a social network identifier, at a social network user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DIZPERSION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Frank C. Nicholas, Ian B. Carswell
  • Method and system for operating and participating in fantasy leagues
    Patent number: 8210918
    Abstract: A fantasy server system operates a fantasy league including at least one fantasy player whereby one or more fantasy client devices participate in the fantasy league. In operation, the fantasy server system manages fantasy player information of a fantasy player and sponsorship information of the fantasy player on at least one of an individual basis and a team basis. The fantasy server system additionally associates a portion or an entirety of the sponsorship information of the fantasy player to a portion or an entirety of fantasy player information of the fantasy player when presenting both types of information to fantasy client device(s). The association can be feed formatted content and/or a subfeed formatted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Dizpersion Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank C. Nicholas, Ian B. Carswell
  • Method and system for operating and participating in fantasy leagues
    Patent number: 7762878
    Abstract: A fantasy server system operates a fantasy league including at least one fantasy player whereby one or more fantasy client devices participate in the fantasy league. In operation, the fantasy server system manages fantasy player information of a fantasy player and sponsorship information of the fantasy player on at least one of an individual basis and a team basis. The fantasy server system additionally associates a portion or an entirety of the sponsorship information of the fantasy player to a portion or an entirety of fantasy player information of the fantasy player when presenting both types of information to fantasy client device(s). The association can be feed formatted content and/or a subfeed formatted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Dizpersion Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank C. Nicholas, Ian B. Carswell