Patents by Inventor Alexander L. Rouse

Alexander L. Rouse 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).

  • Service for adding functionality to applications
    Patent number: 9349141
    Abstract: An application management system modifies developer-submitted applications, such as mobile applications, to add various types of functionality before such applications are made available for purchase. The added functionality may, for example, enable end users to make in-application purchases of content items from an application store. As another example, Digital Rights Management (DRM) functionality may be added for controlling user access to content items, such as content items available in an application store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ameesh Paleja, Sunbir Gill, Matthew A. Jones, Alexander L. Rouse, Mekka C. Okereke, Yael Peled
  • Coupling Prepaid Debit Cards to Online Stored-Value Accounts
    Publication number: 20140250004
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for making the value in an online-stored value account accessible through a prepaid debit card. A payment services provider may offer general-purpose reloadable (“GPR”) cards to customers that are co-managed by the payment services provider and a traditional prepaid program manager. An integration is implemented between the payment services provider system hosting the online stored-value account and the program manager system such that the balance of the funds maintained for the online stored-value account may be used for purchases made using the GPR card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin T. Burkhart, Alexander L. Rouse, Ajay Bhutani, Stephen A. Jasper, Mary Katherine Bowman, Matthew W. Hall
  • Coupling prepaid debit cards to online stored-value accounts
    Patent number: 8725639
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for making the value in an online-stored value account accessible through a prepaid debit card. A payment services provider may offer general-purpose reloadable (“GPR”) cards to customers that are co-managed by the payment services provider and a traditional prepaid program manager. An integration is implemented between the payment services provider system hosting the online stored-value account and the program manager system such that the balance of the funds maintained for the online stored-value account may be used for purchases made using the GPR card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin T. Burkhart, Alexander L. Rouse, Ajay Bhutani, Stephen A. Jasper, Mary Katherine Bowman, Matthew W. Hall
  • SERVICE FOR ADDING FUNCTIONALITY TO APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20140006214
    Abstract: An application management system modifies developer-submitted applications, such as mobile applications, to add various types of functionality before such applications are made available for purchase. The added functionality may, for example, enable end users to make in-application purchases of content items from an application store. As another example, Digital Rights Management (DRM) functionality may be added for controlling user access to content items, such as content items available in an application store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ameesh Paleja, Sunbir Gill, Matthew A. Jones, Alexander L. Rouse, Mekka C. Okereke, Yael Peled
  • Service for adding in-application shopping functionality to applications
    Patent number: 8527361
    Abstract: An application management system modifies developer-submitted applications, such as mobile applications, to add various types of functionality before such applications are made available for purchase. The added functionality may, for example, enable end users to make in-application purchases of content items from an application store. As another example, Digital Rights Management (DRM) functionality may be added for controlling user access to content items, such as content items available in an application store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ameesh Paleja, Sunbir Gill, Matthew A. Jones, Alexander L. Rouse, Mekka C. Okereke, Yael Peled
  • SERVICE FOR ADDING FUNCTIONALITY TO APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20120330786
    Abstract: An application management system modifies developer-submitted applications, such as mobile applications, to add various types of functionality before such applications are made available for purchase. The added functionality may, for example, enable end users to make in-application purchases of content items from an application store. As another example, Digital Rights Management (DRM) functionality may be added for controlling user access to content items, such as content items available in an application store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Ameesh Paleja, Sunbir Gill, Matthew A. Jones, Alexander L. Rouse, Mekka C. Okereke, Yael Peled