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).

  • Publication number: 20240031325
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: RAY ZHOU, BOBBY ZHANG, GABRIEL FAN, HANSEN QIAN, CRAIG DABNEY, SHUBHAM GOEL, ANDREW LUO
  • Patent number: 11799819
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Project Affinity, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Zhou, Bobby Zhang, Gabriel Fan, Hansen Qian, Craig Dabney, Shubham Goel, Andrew Luo
  • Publication number: 20230224269
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: RAY ZHOU, BOBBY ZHANG, GABRIEL FAN, HANSEN QIAN, CRAIG DABNEY, SHUBHAM GOEL, ANDREW LUO
  • Patent number: 11552922
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: PROJECT AFFINITY, INC.
    Inventors: Ray Zhou, Bobby Zhang, Gabriel Fan, Hansen Qian, Craig Dabney, Shubham Goel, Andrew Luo
  • Publication number: 20210409366
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: RAY ZHOU, BOBBY ZHANG, GABRIEL FAN, HANSEN QIAN, CRAIG DABNEY, SHUBHAM GOEL, ANDREW LUO
  • Patent number: 11153255
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PROJECT AFFINITY, INC.
    Inventors: Ray Zhou, Bobby Zhang, Gabriel Fan, Hansen Qian, Craig Dabney, Shubham Goel, Andrew Luo
  • Patent number: 10897487
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: PROJECT AFFINITY, INC.
    Inventors: Ray Zhou, Shubham Goel, Hansen Qian, Bobby Zhang, Craig Dabney
  • Patent number: 10771516
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Project Affinity, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Zhou, Shubham Goel, Hansen Qian, Bobby Zhang, Craig Dabney
  • Publication number: 20200204515
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: RAY ZHOU, BOBBY ZHANG, GABRIEL FAN, HANSEN QIAN, CRAIG DABNEY, SHUBHAM GOEL, ANDREW LUO
  • Publication number: 20200195698
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Ray ZHOU, Shubham GOEL, Hansen QIAN, Bobby ZHANG, Craig DABNEY
  • Publication number: 20190327277
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Ray ZHOU, Shubham GOEL, Hansen QIAN, Bobby ZHANG, Craig DABNEY
  • Patent number: 10432776
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: PROJECT AFFINITY, INC.
    Inventors: Arzav Jain, Hansen Qian, Bobby Zhang, Craig Dabney, Shubham Goel
  • Patent number: 10264036
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Project Affinity, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Zhou, Shubham Goel, Hansen Qian, Bobby Zhang, Craig Dabney