Patents Assigned to Unittus, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9824404
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a social media ecosystem cooperative marketplace. To participate in the social media ecosystem cooperative marketplace, a sharing discount percentage is requested from participating social media merchants. The sharing discount percentage is used to provide lower purchase prices for plural goods and services provided to social media purchasers in the social media ecosystem cooperative marketplace and to support the social media ecosystem cooperative marketplace itself on a global scale for social media purchasers and social media merchants. Social media purchasers are searched for with social media index values and with social commerce connections. Social media purchasers are paid to view advertising or complete surveys for the social media merchants. The social media ecosystem cooperative marketplace is provided on a cloud communications network for mobile and non-mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Unittus, Inc.
    Inventor: Jon Anthony Astore
  • Patent number: 9348916
    Abstract: A method and system for providing social media ecosystem searching services. Cascading searching is used to locate a desired person in a social media ecosystem. Plural related micro-levels are created in cascading searching lists. The plural related micro-levels include one or more cross-connections between the plural cascading merged lists including cross-connections between the search categories, search subcategories or search keywords in the search categories and search subcategories. The cascading searching provides micro-level searching for a desired person in the social media ecosystem at a level not available with other searching techniques. The system includes voice search requests and automatic translation of search requests and communication requests once a desired person is located into plural different languages. The social media search ecosystem cascading searching services are provided on a cloud communications network for mobile and non-mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Unittus, Inc.
    Inventor: Jon Anthony Astore
  • Patent number: 9292886
    Abstract: A method and system for providing social media ecosystem classified listings. Plural classified listings are accepted and displayed by the social media ecosystem in plural different categories for plural different geographic locations. Social index values and social commerce connections for plural user who posted the plural classified listings are created or updated when a classified listing is viewed or a purchase is made for a good or service listed in plural classified listings. Public access is provided to the plural classified listings via plural public search engines and plural social media sites. However, communication with a user who posted a classified listing is private and to communicate a viewer of a classified listing is required to enter information to log into a private system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Unittus, Inc.
    Inventor: Jon Anthony Astore
  • Patent number: 9292885
    Abstract: A method and system for social media ecosystem searching. A desired person can be searched for from public search engines and social media sites directly by name and/or by unique search keywords and search categories created and publically published by the desired person, a social media index of the desired person or a social commerce connection associated with the desired person. The search results are publically viewable. However, communication with the desired person located within the social media ecosystem is via a private system in which a searcher must provide login information to privately communicate with the desired person. The private system helps ensure that social media index values and social commerce connections are properly established, recorded and updated for the desired person and provides a layer of security and privacy. The social media searching ecosystem is provided on a cloud communications network for mobile and non-mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Unittus, Inc.
    Inventor: Jon Anthony Astore