Patents by Inventor Brett Hellman

Brett Hellman 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).

  • Patent number: 12659286
    Abstract: A method or system for facilitating feedback exchange among users. The system tracks messages exchanged among users in the channel and, based on this tracking, generates and displays a reminder for a first user to send feedback to a second user. The system further displays the first user's total virtual currency balance, receives a text entry and an amount of virtual currency from the first user for the second user, and generates a feedback message based on the text entry. The feedback message, accompanied by the specified amount of virtual currency, is then sent to the second user, and the virtual currency is transferred from the first user's virtual bank account to the second user's account. The system also calculates statistics related to feedback exchanges within the channel and generating a summary message displaying these statistics, thereby enhancing engagement and recognition among users in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: MATTERAPP INC.
    Inventor: Brett Hellman
  • Publication number: 20250106180
    Abstract: A method or system for facilitating feedback exchange among users. The system tracks messages exchanged among users in the channel and, based on this tracking, generates and displays a reminder for a first user to send feedback to a second user. The system further displays the first user's total virtual currency balance, receives a text entry and an amount of virtual currency from the first user for the second user, and generates a feedback message based on the text entry. The feedback message, accompanied by the specified amount of virtual currency, is then sent to the second user, and the virtual currency is transferred from the first user's virtual bank account to the second user's account. The system also calculates statistics related to feedback exchanges within the channel and generating a summary message displaying these statistics, thereby enhancing engagement and recognition among users in the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventor: Brett Hellman
  • Patent number: 12199935
    Abstract: A system or method for implementing a computer-based channel for messaging feedback among users of the channel. The system tracks messages sent to and from the users of the channel, and generates and displays to a first user of the channel a reminder to send feedback to a second user of the channel based on the messages tracked between users of the channel. Responsive to the first user activating an interactive element of the reminder, the system suggests and displays a plurality of message templates for the feedback. Responsive to receiving from the first user a selection of one of the message templates and a text entry for the selected message template, the system generates a feedback message based on the selected message template and the text entered by the first user, and sends the feedback message from the first user to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MATTERAPP INC.
    Inventor: Brett Hellman
  • Publication number: 20230121305
    Abstract: A system or method for implementing a computer-based channel for messaging feedback among users of the channel. The system tracks messages sent to and from the users of the channel, and generates and displays to a first user of the channel a reminder to send feedback to a second user of the channel based on the messages tracked between users of the channel. Responsive to the first user activating an interactive element of the reminder, the system suggests and displays a plurality of message templates for the feedback. Responsive to receiving from the first user a selection of one of the message templates and a text entry for the selected message template, the system generates a feedback message based on the selected message template and the text entered by the first user, and sends the feedback message from the first user to the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Brett Hellman
  • Patent number: 10430515
    Abstract: Retrieving and sending electronic signatures. A document requiring a signature is sent in an electronic message such as an electronic mail or text message from a computing device of a sender to a mobile communication device of the signor. The signor selects or clicks on a hyperlink within the message to launch a browser on the mobile communication device and download an application to the mobile communication device. The application executes to allow the signor to touch a screen of the mobile communication device and generate a signature that is incorporated into the document and transmitted back to the sender. In certain embodiments, an electronic tax return is sent from a sender computer to a client mobile communication device, the signor generates a touch screen signature, and the signed tax return is transmitted to the sender for filing with a tax authority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Phillip J. Ohme, Brett Hellman