Patents by Inventor Bruce Sherrod

Bruce Sherrod 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: 12265641
    Abstract: Captures or recordings of sensitive information or data displayed on screens or displays are detected by generating unique identifiers of users and embedding linked codes including such identifiers into the information or data. When the information or data is accessed by a user and displayed on a screen, and an image of the information or data is captured by a camera of a mobile device or other system, the camera detects a code within the images and requests to access a page or other networked resource associated with a link embedded in the code. Upon detecting a request to access such a page, the request may be attributed to the user. Upon detecting a unique identifier within an image depicting sensitive information, the image may be attributed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Michael Sommer, Bruce Sherrod, Maciej Broda, Laura Jane Hayward, Joe Stapleton
  • Patent number: 10736157
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing multitenancy gaming platform services are presented. In one embodiment a method for providing multitenancy gaming platform services comprises receiving, at a server computer, a request from one of a plurality of applications for an operation associated with a service, the request including a token, data related to an application, and a target user identifier. The method further comprises, decoding the token to determine an application identifier and a user identifier. The method further comprises, determining which service of a plurality of multitenancy gaming platform services is requested, and sending the data related to the application to a second server computer responsible for the service, wherein the operation is authorized by the second server computer based on the user identifier and target user identifier. The method further comprises receiving a response from the second server computer responsible for the service, indicating a status of the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Ajinkya Apte, Bruce Sherrod, Matthew Leventi, Suryaveer Singh Lodha, Matthew John Alberts, Tim Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20190116623
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing multitenancy gaming platform services are presented. In one embodiment a method for providing multitenancy gaming platform services comprises receiving, at a server computer, a request from one of a plurality of applications for an operation associated with a service, the request including a token, data related to an application, and a target user identifier. The method further comprises, decoding the token to determine an application identifier and a user identifier. The method further comprises, determining which service of a plurality of multitenancy gaming platform services is requested, and sending the data related to the application to a second server computer responsible for the service, wherein the operation is authorized by the second server computer based on the user identifier and target user identifier. The method further comprises receiving a response from the second server computer responsible for the service, indicating a status of the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Ajinkya Apte, Bruce Sherrod, Matthew Leventi, Suryaveer Singh Lodha, Matthew John Alberts, Timothy Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10182460
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing multitenancy gaming platform services are presented. In one embodiment a method for providing multitenancy gaming platform services comprises receiving, at a server computer, a request from one of a plurality of applications for an operation associated with a service, the request including a token, data related to an application, and a target user identifier. The method further comprises, decoding the token to determine an application identifier and a user identifier. The method further comprises, determining which service of a plurality of multitenancy gaming platform services is requested, and sending the data related to the application to a second server computer responsible for the service, wherein the operation is authorized by the second server computer based on the user identifier and target user identifier. The method further comprises receiving a response from the second server computer responsible for the service, indicating a status of the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Ajinkya Apte, Bruce Sherrod, Matthew Leventi, Suryaveer Singh Lodha, Matthew John Alberts, Tim Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20170264681
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing multitenancy gaming platform services are presented. In one embodiment a method for providing multitenancy gaming platform services comprises receiving, at a server computer, a request from one of a plurality of applications for an operation associated with a service, the request including a token, data related to an application, and a target user identifier. The method further comprises, decoding the token to determine an application identifier and a user identifier. The method further comprises, determining which service of a plurality of multitenancy gaming platform services is requested, and sending the data related to the application to a second server computer responsible for the service, wherein the operation is authorized by the second server computer based on the user identifier and target user identifier. The method further comprises receiving a response from the second server computer responsible for the service, indicating a status of the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ajinkya Apte, Bruce Sherrod, Matthew Leventi, Suryaveer Singh Lodha, Matthew John Alberts, Tim Sullivan