Patents Examined by Eric R Netzloff
  • Patent number: 10382910
    Abstract: An electronic certificate system facilitates the secure application of certificates against wireless data transfers with a distributer system by a device user. A certificate enabled device carried by the user stores electronic certificates in memory. When the distributer system detects a certificate enabled device within a proximity radio frequency field, the distributer system queries and obtains applicable certificates for the user from the certificate enabled device carried by the user, applies the certificates to a data transfer, and securely communicates the resulting data transfer metadata back to the certificate enabled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Giovanni D'Angelo, Piergiorgio Rettaroli, Salvatore Gifuni, Fabio Mungo
  • Patent number: 10360594
    Abstract: A server for offering a service targeting a user and a service offering method thereof, the method including: collecting data from a plurality of user devices; determining a unit zone partitioned from a service zone based on geographic information; adjusting the unit zone based on the amount of data collectable according to the determined unit zones; performing modeling to parse the data collected according to the adjusted unit zones; and offering a service targeting a user of the unit zone, based on results from the modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-hyok Ryu, Shin-il Kang, Hee-jun Song, Seung-yeol Yoo, Won-chang Jang, Gyu-tae Park, Hyun-sik Shim
  • Patent number: 10354288
    Abstract: Uses media, for example audio, video or text performances that were integrated into an online community for feedback determinative of outcome, for digital distribution. Apportions compensation for a selected artist from revenue that may be generated through one or any combination of advertisement, services associated with artist's performance, and media sales. The media may include singing, instrumental music, rhythmic music, videos, and writings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Innovation Collective, LLC
    Inventor: Narbeh Avedissian
  • Patent number: 10325290
    Abstract: A method of raising funds for a project, the method comprising the steps of providing a webpage for the project and determining a target fund amount for the project, the project being selected from a group comprising a non-profit related project, a business related project, a cause-related project, a real-estate related project and an art related project, providing a plurality of advertising buy options having respective media outlets available for purchase by an advertiser accessing said project webpage, upon an advertiser purchasing a selected one or more media buy, causing the advertisers advertising material to be placed on the media properties associated with the purchased media buys, and collecting the revenue from the completed advertising buy and applying the selected revenue produced by the completed advertising buy to the target fund.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: John E. DeTitta
  • Patent number: 10318990
    Abstract: A system may identify attributes of a geofence surrounding a location. The attributes of the geofence may represent merchant characteristics of a brick-and-mortar store and may further represent item characteristics of merchandise items available for sale from the brick-and-mortar store. A subset of users from a plurality of users eligible to receive the geofence may be selected based at least in part on matching the attributes of the geofence to preferences associated with each user among the subset of users. Geofence data representing the geofence may be sent to each of the client devices operated by the subset of the plurality of users. An indication may be received from a client device operated by a user of the user crossing into the geofence based on the geofence data. Lastly, a notification may be presented to the client device operated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Chintan Jain, Rui Kong
  • Patent number: 10315115
    Abstract: Systems and methods to track users' progression through an activity simulation, which may resemble related sporting events, are provided. One or more performance levels with respect to one or more measurable parameters may be monitored during the same or different times. Physical activity may be monitored. Exceeding a first performance level may provide an option to join a sponsoring organization and exceeding a second threshold (for the same or different parameter of interest) may result in transmitting a redemption code to a contact point for an option to obtain a physical item. The physical item may mimic equipment used in a simulated activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Pawlowski, Willoughby H. Walling
  • Patent number: 10304084
    Abstract: There is provided a method for monitoring of web browser media object(s) received in response to a web browser request rendering a web page, comprising: loading ad-monitoring code with the web page that includes at least one designation for placement of at least one web browser media object received in response to a web browser request by the web browser; monitoring, using the ad-monitoring code, at least one of actions and events driven by the at least one web browser media object; identifying a deviation from a set-of-rules according to an analysis of the monitored at least one of actions and events, wherein the set-of-rules define at least one of allowable and prohibited actions and events of the at least one web browser media object; and at least one of filtering and outputting an indication of the at least one web browser media object identified as deviating from the set-of-rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: HIRO Media Ltd.
    Inventors: Ariel Napchi, Hed Bar-Nissan, Oded Napchi, Alan Oken, Shahar Daniel, Ronen Stern
  • Patent number: 10242386
    Abstract: An online system identifies seed users of high value to a sponsored content provider. Characteristics of the seed users are identified, and additional users having a threshold measure of similarity to the seed users are identified based on the characteristics. A score is determined for each of the additional users based on the measure of similarity. The seed users are placed in an initial tier of a tiered set of users for the sponsored content, and the additional users are placed in additional tiers of the tiered set of users based upon the determined scores such that each additional tier includes those users of the additional users having a specified range of determined scores, the tiers of the tiered set of users ranked according to the determined scores of users within each tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Sue Ann Hong, Gunjit Singh, Kyle Edward Johnson, Atif Zahoor Khan
  • Patent number: 10217117
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided using combined technologies for social networking interactions using tracking, predicting, and implementing online consumer communications, browsing behavior, buying patterns, and advertisements and affiliate advertising and communications, for online coupons, mobile services, products, goods & services, entertainment shopping, auctions, bidding, bidding behavior, bidding results for targeting and filtering of promotions, online coupons, mobile services, products, goods & services, penny auctions or online auctions, advertisements and affiliate advertising or services on a three dimensional geospatial platform using geospatial mapping technology, company-local information, social networking, and social networking communities (“PGS-GM-CL/I-SN”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Inventor: Stephan Heath
  • Patent number: 10204351
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards collecting, aggregating and indexing unique and non-unique user data from a plurality of users. The result for a query of this indexed aggregation of user data is provided in a plurality of sub-sets of aggregated user data. Each subset of aggregated user data corresponds to a particular portion of the plurality of users. Also, each of these particular portions of the users is set at least large enough to provide general anonymity for the individual users. User data may be collected by one or more user data suppliers and provided to a user data aggregator. In some embodiments, user data may be collected as unique user data, non-unique user data, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, user data may be aggregated by zip code, expanded zip code, and/or one or more attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: BLUE KAI, INC.
    Inventors: Omar Tawakol, Lucian Vlad Lita
  • Patent number: 10163135
    Abstract: Data storage devices and methods to combine user content with supplemental content at a data storage device are disclosed. The data storage device includes a host interface, a controller coupled to the host interface, a first storage area coupled to the controller, and a second storage area coupled to the controller. The host interface is configured to enable the data storage device to receive one or more user content items from a host device when the data storage device is operationally coupled to the host device. The controller is configured to store the one or more user content items in the first storage area. The controller is also configured to combine a particular supplemental content item stored in the second storage area with a particular user content item from among the one or more user content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SANDISK IL LTD.
    Inventor: Rafi Ben-Rubi
  • Patent number: 10163132
    Abstract: A plurality of location data points is collected by a system, each location data point of the plurality of location data points corresponding to a request received at a central server from a user device of a user among a group of users. A geographic heatmap is created based on the collected plurality of location data points, the geographic heatmap identifying density distributions of the plurality of location data points, the density distributions being concentrations of the location data points included in each of a plurality of identified locations. The density distributions are analyzed within the geographic heatmap to identify a target location from one of the plurality of identified locations with a density profile including parameters exceeding one or more pre-defined thresholds. A geofence is generated around the target location, the geofence enabling detection of target users for distributions of promotional publications associated with the target location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Chintan Jain, Rui Kong
  • Patent number: 10152722
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for internet access to online advertisements, auctions, products, services, service providers, media and entertainment, sports, personal & financial network, real estate, service providers and business owners e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Stephan Heath
  • Patent number: 10140620
    Abstract: Mobile device based systems and methods are provided for combined delivery system that will allow shoppers to search and pay for their purchases, redeem coupons and earn reward points via the web or a mobile device or portable device to engage in social networking integration & mobile: services, payment, wallet, express checkout, money transfer, social media widgets, keywords, coupons, instant messaging marketing, voting, eCards, short codes, commerce, shopping, push content, geo-mobile, and geo-social services (collectively referred to as “Mobile Services”) with access to advertisements, daily deal coupons and free or discounted printable coupons, products & services, clickable advertisements & mobile advertisements by geo-target location from merchants, business owners, B2B business directory, retailers and major brands around the world, in combination with geospatial website for a multidimensional representation of information and/or scalable versions of web content associated with entities pro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Stephan Heath
  • Patent number: 10134096
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving, at a social network coupon platform, a request to display coupon data regarding a particular coupon that is provided by a coupon provider, wherein a user that is registered with a social network provider initiated the request; in response to receiving the request, sending, from the social network coupon platform, the coupon data to be displayed to the user; receiving, at the social network coupon platform, from the social network provider, profile data that includes profile information of the user; in response to receiving the profile data, allowing the user access to the particular coupon; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Matthias Eichstaedt, Deepak Goel, Sunil Keshav Bopardikar
  • Patent number: 10127564
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer readable medium, computer system, network, or system, is provided for using impressions tracking and analysis, location information, 2D and 3D mapping, social media, and user behavior and information for generating mobile and internet posted promotions or offers for, and/or sales of, products and/or services, for example, through an advertising application programming interfaces (APIs) on mobile devices, tablets, or computers, that provides mobile and web based promotions or offers that connect information and user behavior data to a user or related demographic location or user specified or predicted demographic location(s), such as through the use of as social networking, user or demographic profiles, behavior, and/or relationships, for targeted promotions or offers for products and/or services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Stephan Heath
  • Patent number: 10127563
    Abstract: A technique, method, apparatus, and system to provide sports and sporting events related, integrated social networking, real time geospatial mapping, geo-target location based technologies including GPS and GIS and multiple points of interest, receiving current location of user's electronic or mobile device and multiple points of interest, cloud-type configuration storing and handling user data across multiple enterprises, generating user behavior data and ad links, promotions (“social/geo/promo”) links on a website for sports and sporting events related products, goods, gambling, and/or services, including sports related social/geo/promo data sets for user customized visual displays showing 3D map presentations with correlated or related broad or alternative categories of social/geo/promo links to be displayed with web page content for view and interaction by an end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Stephan Heath
  • Patent number: 10129211
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer readable medium, computer system, wireless or wired network, or system to provide an online and/or mobile security of a user's privacy and/or security method of internet or mobile access or system, apparatus, computer readable medium, or system using encryption technologies and/or filters to access data, encrypt and/or decrypt data, sync data, secure data storage and/or process data using cloud technology across many different networks and/or fiber optic communications from an endpoint accessed through multiple devices, browsers, operating systems, networks, servers, storage, software, applications or services integrated in a public cloud or a private cloud within an enterprise, a social network, big data analytics or electronic surveillance tracking or some mashup of two or more to prevent the unauthorized collecting, tracking and/or analysis of a user's personal data by a third party and/or for generating relevant advertising, mobile, internet social messaging, internet posted
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Stephan Heath
  • Patent number: 10121152
    Abstract: A set of conditional rewards are associated with a consumer. Thereafter, notice of a reward is given for each of the consumer's transactions upon one of the consumer's accounts that satisfies one of the conditional rewards in the set. The set may be selected by the consumer, or by the issuer such as when the issuer uses a transaction history of purchases made on the consumer's account to determine the set of conditional rewards that would match a past purchasing trend of the consumer. A Globally Unique Identifier, unique within a plurality of transaction processing systems, can be associated with the consumer and used to match the transactions to a corresponding conditional reward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Edward W. Fordyce, III, Karteek Hasmukh Patel, Shaun Bodington
  • Patent number: 10120877
    Abstract: A technique, method, apparatus, and system to provide related and integrated social networking, real time geospatial mapping, geo-target location and multiple points of interest, receiving current location of user's electronic or mobile device and multiple points of interest, cloud-type configuration storing and handling user data across multiple enterprises, generating user behavior data and ad links, promotions (“social/geo/promo”) links on a website for any product, good or service, including social/geo/promo data sets for user customized visual displays showing 3D map presentations with correlated or related broad or alternative categories of social/geo/promo links to be displayed with web page content for view by an end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventor: Stephan Heath