Patents by Inventor Bobby Zhang
Bobby Zhang 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).
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Publication number: 20240031325Abstract: One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method of enhancing online contents based on digital alliance data are disclosed. The method comprising obtaining at least a portion of a webpage at a first user device associated with a first user and a first user account managed by a communication data management server, the webpage listing a plurality of external accounts; and determining that one of the plurality of external accounts corresponds to a contact of an alliance network of the first user. The method further comprises updating the webpage with specific data regarding the contact of the alliance network; and causing displaying the updated webpage by the first user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: RAY ZHOU, BOBBY ZHANG, GABRIEL FAN, HANSEN QIAN, CRAIG DABNEY, SHUBHAM GOEL, ANDREW LUO
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Patent number: 11799819Abstract: One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method of enhancing online contents based on digital alliance data are disclosed. The method comprising receiving from a web server a webpage at a first user device associated with a first user and a first user account managed by a communication data management server; extracting a type of data of a plurality types of data from a body or metadata of the webpage; and determining that the type of data matches certain data regarding an organization. The method further comprises updating the webpage with specific data related to one or more members or contacts of an alliance network of the first user account that are associated with the organization; and causing displaying the updated webpage by the first user device.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Project Affinity, Inc.Inventors: Ray Zhou, Bobby Zhang, Gabriel Fan, Hansen Qian, Craig Dabney, Shubham Goel, Andrew Luo
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Publication number: 20230224269Abstract: One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method of enhancing online contents based on digital alliance data are disclosed. The method comprising receiving from a web server a webpage at a first user device associated with a first user and a first user account managed by a communication data management server; extracting a type of data of a plurality types of data from a body or metadata of the webpage; and determining that the type of data matches certain data regarding an organization. The method further comprises updating the webpage with specific data related to one or more members or contacts of an alliance network of the first user account that are associated with the organization; and causing displaying the updated webpage by the first user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: RAY ZHOU, BOBBY ZHANG, GABRIEL FAN, HANSEN QIAN, CRAIG DABNEY, SHUBHAM GOEL, ANDREW LUO
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Patent number: 11552922Abstract: One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method of enhancing online contents based on digital alliance data are disclosed. The method comprising receiving from a web server a webpage at a first user device associated with a first user and a first user account managed by a communication data management server; extracting a type of data of a plurality types of data from a body or metadata of the webpage; and determining that the type of data matches certain data regarding an organization. The method further comprises updating the webpage with specific data related to one or more members or contacts of an alliance network of the first user account that are associated with the organization; and causing displaying the updated webpage by the first user device.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: PROJECT AFFINITY, INC.Inventors: Ray Zhou, Bobby Zhang, Gabriel Fan, Hansen Qian, Craig Dabney, Shubham Goel, Andrew Luo
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Publication number: 20210409366Abstract: One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method of enhancing online contents based on digital alliance data are disclosed. The method comprising receiving from a web server a webpage at a first user device associated with a first user and a first user account managed by a communication data management server; extracting a type of data of a plurality types of data from a body or metadata of the webpage; and determining that the type of data matches certain data regarding an organization. The method further comprises updating the webpage with specific data related to one or more members or contacts of an alliance network of the first user account that are associated with the organization; and causing displaying the updated webpage by the first user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: RAY ZHOU, BOBBY ZHANG, GABRIEL FAN, HANSEN QIAN, CRAIG DABNEY, SHUBHAM GOEL, ANDREW LUO
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Patent number: 11153255Abstract: One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method of enhancing online contents based on digital alliance data are disclosed. The method comprising receiving from a web server a webpage at a first user device associated with a first user and a first user account managed by a communication data management server; extracting a type of data of a plurality types of data from a body or metadata of the webpage; and determining whether the type of data matches certain data regarding a contact of an alliance network of the first user account. The method further comprises, updating, in response to determining that the type of data matches certain data regarding a contact, the webpage with specific data related to the contact; and causing displaying the updated webpage by the first user device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: PROJECT AFFINITY, INC.Inventors: Ray Zhou, Bobby Zhang, Gabriel Fan, Hansen Qian, Craig Dabney, Shubham Goel, Andrew Luo
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Patent number: 10897487Abstract: A communication management server computer (“server”) and related methods are disclosed to create and store digital records representing alliances between user accounts and to use the alliance records in filtering messages or other content and/or determining attributes of messages or content for display. The server allows two electronic devices associated with two user accounts to establish an alliance, where each of the two user accounts offers a set of digital communications for exploration of relationships and agrees to share certain types of information regarding the relationships with the other user account.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: PROJECT AFFINITY, INC.Inventors: Ray Zhou, Shubham Goel, Hansen Qian, Bobby Zhang, Craig Dabney
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Patent number: 10771516Abstract: A communication management server computer (“server”) and related methods are disclosed to create and store digital records representing alliances between user accounts and to use the alliance records in filtering messages or other content and/or determining attributes of messages or content for display. The server allows two electronic devices associated with two user accounts to establish an alliance, where each of the two user accounts offers a set of digital communications for exploration of relationships and agrees to share certain types of information regarding the relationships with the other user account.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Project Affinity, Inc.Inventors: Ray Zhou, Shubham Goel, Hansen Qian, Bobby Zhang, Craig Dabney
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Publication number: 20200204515Abstract: One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method of enhancing online contents based on digital alliance data are disclosed. The method comprising receiving from a web server a webpage at a first user device associated with a first user and a first user account managed by a communication data management server; extracting a type of data of a plurality types of data from a body or metadata of the webpage; and determining whether the type of data matches certain data regarding a contact of an alliance network of the first user account. The method further comprises, updating, in response to determining that the type of data matches certain data regarding a contact, the webpage with specific data related to the contact; and causing displaying the updated webpage by the first user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: RAY ZHOU, BOBBY ZHANG, GABRIEL FAN, HANSEN QIAN, CRAIG DABNEY, SHUBHAM GOEL, ANDREW LUO
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Publication number: 20200195698Abstract: A communication management server computer (“server”) and related methods are disclosed to create and store digital records representing alliances between user accounts and to use the alliance records in filtering messages or other content and/or determining attributes of messages or content for display. The server allows two electronic devices associated with two user accounts to establish an alliance, where each of the two user accounts offers a set of digital communications for exploration of relationships and agrees to share certain types of information regarding the relationships with the other user account.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Ray ZHOU, Shubham GOEL, Hansen QIAN, Bobby ZHANG, Craig DABNEY
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Publication number: 20190327277Abstract: A communication management server computer (“server”) and related methods are disclosed to create and store digital records representing alliances between user accounts and to use the alliance records in filtering messages or other content and/or determining attributes of messages or content for display. The server allows two electronic devices associated with two user accounts to establish an alliance, where each of the two user accounts offers a set of digital communications for exploration of relationships and agrees to share certain types of information regarding the relationships with the other user account.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Ray ZHOU, Shubham GOEL, Hansen QIAN, Bobby ZHANG, Craig DABNEY
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Patent number: 10432776Abstract: A method of managing unanswered digital communications is disclosed. The method comprises identifying, by a processor, a list of digital communications associated with a user account of a user account as expecting a response or a follow-up; determining, by the processor, a group of unanswered digital communications from the list of digital communications; assigning priorities to the group of unanswered digital communications, the priorities indicating an order of responding to the group of unanswered digital communications; transmitting a notification regarding one or more of the group of unanswered digital communications to the user account, the notification including information related to the ranking.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: PROJECT AFFINITY, INC.Inventors: Arzav Jain, Hansen Qian, Bobby Zhang, Craig Dabney, Shubham Goel
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Patent number: 10264036Abstract: A communication management server computer (“server”) and related methods are disclosed to create and store digital records representing alliances between user accounts and to use the alliance records in filtering messages or other content and/or determining attributes of messages or content for display. The server allows two electronic devices associated with two user accounts to establish an alliance, where each of the two user accounts offers a set of digital communications for exploration of relationships and agrees to share certain types of information regarding the relationships with the other user account.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Project Affinity, Inc.Inventors: Ray Zhou, Shubham Goel, Hansen Qian, Bobby Zhang, Craig Dabney