Patents by Inventor Brian F. Roberts, JR.

Brian F. Roberts, JR. 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).

  • Selectable mode based social networking interaction systems and methods
    Patent number: 9602459
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes at least one computing device maintaining data representative of a user profile associated with a first user of a first mobile device, detecting that the first mobile device and a second mobile device associated with a second user are located in a geographic vicinity, determining, in response to the detecting that the first mobile device and the second mobile are located in the geographic vicinity, that the second user matches at least one criterion defined within the user profile associated with the first user, and automatically storing, in response to the determining, contact information corresponding to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Brian F. Roberts, Jr., Donald H. Relyea, Michelle Felt
  • SELECTABLE MODE BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING INTERACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140304405
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes at least one computing device maintaining data representative of a user profile associated with a first user of a first mobile device, detecting that the first mobile device and a second mobile device associated with a second user are located in a geographic vicinity, determining, in response to the detecting that the first mobile device and the second mobile are located in the geographic vicinity, that the second user matches at least one criterion defined within the user profile associated with the first user, and automatically storing, in response to the determining, contact information corresponding to the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Brian F. Roberts, JR., Donald H. Relyea, Michelle Felt