Patents by Inventor Benjamin B Spees

Benjamin B Spees 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).

  • Method and system for creating and running contests on social feeds and other communication platforms
    Patent number: 10498689
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating and running contests are provided. In the method and apparatus one or more groups of predetermined criteria based on one or more user posts collected by a software client are generated. The one or more groups of predetermined criteria to one or more challenges are assigned. A response to the one or more challenges is received. In response to receiving the response to the one or more challenges, the response to the one or more predetermined criteria is compared and the correctness of the received response is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Paul Speier, Michael R Givens, Benjamin B Spees
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND RUNNING CONTESTS ON SOCIAL FEEDS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS
    Publication number: 20180021678
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating and running contests are provided. In the method and apparatus one or more groups of predetermined criteria based on one or more user posts collected by a software client are generated. The one or more groups of predetermined criteria to one or more challenges are assigned. A response to the one or more challenges is received. In response to receiving the response to the one or more challenges, the response to the one or more predetermined criteria is compared and the correctness of the received response is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Paul Speier, Michael R Givens, Benjamin B Spees