Patents by Inventor Alex Marrs

Alex Marrs 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).

  • Publication number: 20180178962
    Abstract: A method includes forming a card having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a decal removably attached to the bottom surface, the decal including a first unique identifier. The method also includes removably attaching a bottom surface of a token to the top surface of the card, the bottom surface of the token including a second unique identifier operable to provide access to a digital gift. The method further includes removing the decal from the card, attaching the decal to a base of packaging configured to retain the token and the card, and disposing the card and the token within the packaging such that at least the token is removably retained by the packaging and the second unique identifier is inaccessible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Alex Marr, Allison Marsh, Gary Nelson
  • Patent number: 9990417
    Abstract: Provided is a process of refining Boolean queries, the process including: obtaining a query; searching a corpus of documents based on the query; selecting narrowing terms that pertain to respective subsets of the responsive documents; selecting broadening terms related to the query; instructing the user's computing device to present a graphical user interface comprising: graphical representations of the narrowing terms; graphical representations of the broadening terms; and one or more user inputs by which the user refines the query by adding a selected narrowing term or a selected broadening term; obtaining a user selection of a broadening term or a narrowing term; forming a refined query based on the user selection; searching at least part of the corpus based on the refined query to identify refined responsive documents; and instructing the user's computing device to present an updated graphical user interface with information about the refined responsive documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Quid, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Kate Lowe, Ruggero Altair Tacchi, Alex Marrs, Oriana Jeannette Love
  • Patent number: 9836183
    Abstract: Provided is a process including: obtaining a clustered graph, the clustered graph having three or more clusters, each cluster having a plurality of nodes of the graph, the nodes being connected in pairs by one or more respective edges; determining visual attributes of cluster icons based on amounts of nodes in clusters corresponding to the respective cluster icons; determining positions of the cluster icons in a graphical visualization of the clustered graph; obtaining, for each cluster, a respective subset of nodes in the respective cluster; determining visual attributes of node icons based on attributes of corresponding nodes in the subsets of nodes, each node icon representing one of the nodes in the respective subset of nodes; determining positions of the node icons in the graphical visualization based on the positions of the corresponding cluster icons of clusters having the nodes corresponding to the respective node icons; and causing the graphical visualization to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Quid, Inc.
    Inventors: Oriana Jeannette Love, Mary Kate Lowe, Ruggero Altair Tacchi, Alex Marrs
  • Publication number: 20170293676
    Abstract: Provided is a process of refining Boolean queries, the process including: obtaining a query; searching a corpus of documents based on the query; selecting narrowing terms that pertain to respective subsets of the responsive documents; selecting broadening terms related to the query; instructing the user's computing device to present a graphical user interface comprising: graphical representations of the narrowing terms; graphical representations of the broadening terms; and one or more user inputs by which the user refines the query by adding a selected narrowing term or a selected broadening term; obtaining a user selection of a broadening term or a narrowing term; forming a refined query based on the user selection; searching at least part of the corpus based on the refined query to identify refined responsive documents; and instructing the user's computing device to present an updated graphical user interface with information about the refined responsive documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Mary Kate Lowe, Ruggero Altair Tacchi, Alex Marrs, Oriana Jeannette Love
  • Patent number: 9552412
    Abstract: Provided is a process of refining Boolean queries, the process including: obtaining a query; searching a corpus of documents based on the query; selecting narrowing terms that pertain to respective subsets of the responsive documents; selecting broadening terms related to the query; instructing the user's computing device to present a graphical user interface comprising: graphical representations of the narrowing terms; graphical representations of the broadening terms; and one or more user inputs by which the user refines the query by adding a selected narrowing term or a selected broadening term; obtaining a user selection of a broadening term or a narrowing term; forming a refined query based on the user selection; searching at least part of the corpus based on the refined query to identify refined responsive documents; and instructing the user's computing device to present an updated graphical user interface with information about the refined responsive documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Quid, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Kate Lowe, Ruggero Altair Tacchi, Alex Marrs, Oriana Jeannette Love
  • Patent number: D842309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Quid, Inc.
    Inventors: Oriana Jeannette Love, Mary Kate Lowe, Ruggero Altair Tacchi, Alex Marrs