Patents by Inventor Benjamin David Gannon

Benjamin David Gannon 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).

  • Facilitating the purchase of items associated with an application
    Patent number: 9892436
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves selling virtual items for an application via electronic commerce systems. A catalog of virtual items is stored in a data store, where each of the virtual items relates to an interaction with an application. An electronic commerce system is provided that facilitates a purchase of one of the virtual items via a client device over a network, where the one of the virtual items is purchased in association with an application account associated with the application. The electronic commerce system also informs the application of the purchase of one of the virtual items to facilitate use of the purchased virtual item during interaction by a user with the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin David Gannon, Siddharth S. Easwar, David Allen Markley, Christian L. Adam