Patents by Inventor BRIAN STEBAR

BRIAN STEBAR 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).

  • Rewarding mobile app installations without a software development kit in the mobile app
    Patent number: 9348572
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises transmitting, from a mobile computing device to a server computer, first data identifying a selection at the mobile computing device of an app that is not associated with an identification module associated with the server computer that would allow the server computer to identify the device; receiving, at the mobile computing device from the server computer, second data identifying zero or more apps lacking the identification module that have been selected previously using the mobile computing device; determining whether a protocol handler for each of the zero or more apps lacking the identification module is in the mobile computing device; in response to determining that a particular protocol handler for one of the apps is in the mobile computing device, transmitting to the server computer a message specifying that the particular protocol handler is in the mobile computing device; communicating a reward to any of: a particular one of the apps that is associated with the p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Tapjoy, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Farm, Brian Stebar, Johnny Chan, Steve Tan
  • REWARDING MOBILE APP INSTALLATIONS WITHOUT A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT IN THE MOBILE APP
    Publication number: 20140282497
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises transmitting, from a mobile computing device to a server computer, first data identifying a selection at the mobile computing device of an app that is not associated with an identification module associated with the server computer that would allow the server computer to identify the device; receiving, at the mobile computing device from the server computer, second data identifying zero or more apps lacking the identification module that have been selected previously using the mobile computing device; determining whether a protocol handler for each of the zero or more apps lacking the identification module is in the mobile computing device; in response to determining that a particular protocol handler for one of the apps is in the mobile computing device, transmitting to the server computer a message specifying that the particular protocol handler is in the mobile computing device; communicating a reward to any of: a particular one of the apps that is associated with the p
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER PAUL FARM, BRIAN STEBAR, JOHNNY CHAN, STEVE TAN