Patents by Inventor Brandon Foster

Brandon Foster 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: 20240004519
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker, or an image containing a brand and/or logo. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Tung Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Publication number: 20220066623
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Tung Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Patent number: 11199941
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Tung Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Publication number: 20210081083
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry containing a pre-defined term corresponding to one or more branded images, icons or logos. By allowing a user to select one of the displayed branded images or logos, the application is able to trigger a number of third party applications associated with the selected branded image, icon or logo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Tung Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Patent number: 10877629
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry containing a pre-defined term corresponding to one or more branded images, icons or logos. By allowing a user to select one of the displayed branded images or logos, the application is able to trigger a number of third party applications associated with the selected branded image, icon or logo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Tung Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Publication number: 20200089393
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Tung Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Patent number: 10528219
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Tung Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Publication number: 20180276227
    Abstract: A method for creating a customized web feed from a plurality of sources, comprising searching for a content source, displaying a plurality of content source selections from a source library, selecting at least one of the plurality of content source selections to be included within the customized web feed, displaying the at least one of the plurality of content sources, requesting, if a desired content source is not found within the plurality of content source selections displayed, that the desired content source is added to the source library, analyzing a potential content source to be added to the source library to determine a number of followers and a number of page views, determining whether the number of followers and page views of the potential content source exceeds a threshold, determining whether the potential content source has received a recent update, and adding the potential content source to the source library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: MARK BOWRING, BRIAN PALMER, GLENN A. KIMBALL, BRANDON FOSTER, MICHAEL A. OSTMAN, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180130094
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry containing a pre-defined term corresponding to one or more branded images, icons or logos. By allowing a user to select one of the displayed branded images or logos, the application is able to trigger a number of third party applications associated with the selected branded image, icon or logo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Publication number: 20170046045
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Patent number: 9495692
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Tung Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Patent number: 9262774
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting words and texts into logos and displaying the same. Particularly, this application allows company logos to be inserted and displayed in any mobile texts and messages whenever corresponding keywords are entered or selected by end users in a mobile communication application, such as SMS/text, IM, iMessage, and any social networking application, for example, Facebook and Twitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Publication number: 20150356603
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Publication number: 20150134448
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting words and texts into logos and displaying the same. Particularly, this application allows company logos to be inserted and displayed in any mobile texts and messages whenever corresponding keywords are entered or selected by end users in a mobile communication application, such as SMS/text, IM, iMessage, and any social networking application, for example, Facebook and Twitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Want Media Group Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
  • Publication number: 20060243491
    Abstract: A method of removing cuttings includes the steps of disposing a pipe string in a high-angle wellbore, circulating mud through the wellbore and creating a viscous coupling layer of mud spiraling about a section of the pipe string. Wherein the wellbore may be deviated from vertical thirty degrees or greater. The viscous coupling layer desirably extends outwardly beyond the outside diameter of the tooljoint upsets in the section of the pipe string. A pipe joint for creating a viscous coupling layer of drilling fluid spiraling about the pipe to remove cuttings from high angle wells includes an elongated tubular having an outer surface extending between opposing tooljoints, tooljoint upsets and projections provided on substantially the entire outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Anthony Krepp, Michael Mims, Brandon Foster