Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Markham
Daniel A. Markham 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).
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Publication number: 20220300998Abstract: System that determines when a user is about to make a purchase, and that activates a monetization offer available for the purchase, such as a discount or cashback, and selects a payment method for completing the transaction. The system accesses a database of the user's payment methods, such as credit cards or funds transfer accounts. The database may contain any information needed for payment, such as account numbers, names, addresses, expiration dates, and verification codes. Some payment methods may be associated with additional benefits such as cashback offers or points. When an application reaches a screen associated with payment, the system automatically populates the application with payment information. Some payment methods may support one-time use account numbers, and the system may automatically retrieve and enter these numbers. A link to the selected monetization offer is inserted into the application so the offer is activated and applied after completing purchase.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: WILDFIRE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jordan GLAZIER, Ian MILLER, Lloyd Daniel MARKHAM, JR.
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Patent number: 11354694Abstract: System that enables a user to share a referral link to content obtained from the user interface of an application user is using. When recipient uses the link (for example by purchasing a product), user who shared the link may receive a commission. System may monitor an application user interface, by subscribing to events broadcast by the operating system when the user interface changes. For a web browser, the system may analyze events to extract the URL of the page being browsed, and compare this URL to a database of merchants or services that support referrals. When the URL matches a database entry, the system may present a sharing menu that allows the user to share a referral link via email, text, social media, or other sharing service. The user may also be able to use the referral link directly to receive a credit for his or her own purchase.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: WILDFIRE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jordan Glazier, Ian Miller, Lloyd Daniel Markham, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200364734Abstract: System that enables a user to share a referral link to content obtained from the user interface of an application user is using. When recipient uses the link (for example by purchasing a product), user who shared the link may receive a commission. System may monitor an application user interface, by subscribing to events broadcast by the operating system when the user interface changes. For a web browser, the system may analyze events to extract the URL of the page being browsed, and compare this URL to a database of merchants or services that support referrals. When the URL matches a database entry, the system may present a sharing menu that allows the user to share a referral link via email, text, social media, or other sharing service. The user may also be able to use the referral link directly to receive a credit for his or her own purchase.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: WILDFIRE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jordan GLAZIER, Ian MILLER, Lloyd Daniel MARKHAM, JR.
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Patent number: 10733622Abstract: System that enables a user to share a referral link to content obtained from the user interface of an application user is using. When recipient uses the link (for example by purchasing a product), user who shared the link may receive a commission. System may monitor an application user interface, by subscribing to events broadcast by the operating system when the user interface changes. For a web browser, the system may analyze events to extract the URL of the page being browsed, and compare this URL to a database of merchants or services that support referrals. When the URL matches a database entry, the system may present a sharing menu that allows the user to share a referral link via email, text, social media, or other sharing service. The user may also be able to use the referral link directly to receive a credit for his or her own purchase.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: WILDFIRE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jordan Glazier, Ian Miller, Lloyd Daniel Markham, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200242648Abstract: System that enables a user to share a referral link to content obtained from the user interface of an application user is using. When recipient uses the link (for example by purchasing a product), user who shared the link may receive a commission. System may monitor an application user interface, by subscribing to events broadcast by the operating system when the user interface changes. For a web browser, the system may analyze events to extract the URL of the page being browsed, and compare this URL to a database of merchants or services that support referrals. When the URL matches a database entry, the system may present a sharing menu that allows the user to share a referral link via email, text, social media, or other sharing service. The user may also be able to use the referral link directly to receive a credit for his or her own purchase.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: WILDFIRE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jordan GLAZIER, Ian MILLER, Lloyd Daniel MARKHAM, JR.
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Patent number: 10643230Abstract: A system that automatically matches images to items like products or brands and augments those images with referral links to web pages associated with those items. Image analysis to determine matching items may for example recognize text within an image, decode barcodes or QR codes in an image, and identify objects within an image. Links may be inserted into a message containing an image, such as a text message or email, at a messaging gateway without any action on the part of the sender (or receiver) of a message. Senders or receivers may opt out of or into the link insertion service. When the recipient of a message containing a matched image clicks an inserted link and performs a transaction, a referral credit may be given to the message sender, the message recipient, or a communication intermediary.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: WILDFIRE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jordan Glazier, Ian Miller, Lloyd Daniel Markham, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200082423Abstract: A system that automatically matches images to items like products or brands and augments those images with referral links to web pages associated with those items. Image analysis to determine matching items may for example recognize text within an image, decode barcodes or QR codes in an image, and identify objects within an image. Links may be inserted into a message containing an image, such as a text message or email, at a messaging gateway without any action on the part of the sender (or receiver) of a message. Senders or receivers may opt out of or into the link insertion service. When the recipient of a message containing a matched image clicks an inserted link and performs a transaction, a referral credit may be given to the message sender, the message recipient, or a communication intermediary.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: WILDFIRE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jordan GLAZIER, Ian MILLER, Lloyd Daniel MARKHAM, JR.
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Patent number: 10540671Abstract: A system that automatically detects references to items like products or brands within messages and replaces those references with referral links to web pages associated with those items. Links may be inserted into a message, such as a text message or email, at a messaging gateway without any action on the part of the sender (or receiver) of a message. Senders or receivers may opt out of or into the link insertion service. The system provides privacy and security because personal information identifying the sender or receiver is not passed to the link insertion service. When the recipient of a message clicks an inserted link and performs a transaction, a referral credit is given to the communication intermediary, and also potentially to the message sender or recipient. The system may analyze modifiers in the message to construct a link to a specific product or service at a website.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: WILDFIRE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jordan Glazier, Ian Miller, Lloyd Daniel Markham, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190347685Abstract: A system that automatically detects references to items like products or brands within messages and replaces those references with referral links to web pages associated with those items. Links may be inserted into a message, such as a text message or email, at a messaging gateway without any action on the part of the sender (or receiver) of a message. Senders or receivers may opt out of or into the link insertion service. The system provides privacy and security because personal information identifying the sender or receiver is not passed to the link insertion service. When the recipient of a message clicks an inserted link and performs a transaction, a referral credit is given to the communication intermediary, and also potentially to the message sender or recipient. The system may analyze modifiers in the message to construct a link to a specific product or service at a website.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: WILDFIRE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jordan GLAZIER, Ian MILLER, Lloyd Daniel MARKHAM, JR.
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Publication number: 20090290773Abstract: A user interface (102) is configurable to provide a user (such as an individual) with a plurality of user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters. A memory (101) has penetrating energy-based image information regarding an object to be rendered stored therein. A viewer (103) (operably coupled to the user interface) is then configurable to render visible an image of this object as a function, at least in part, of this plurality of image reconstruction parameters and a reconstructor (104) (operably coupled to the user interface, the memory, and the viewer) is configurable to respond, substantially in real time, to user manipulation of a given one of the user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters by facilitating automatic near-time rendering of the image of the object as a function, at least in part, of the plurality of image reconstruction parameters including a given one of the user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2008Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Kevin Holt, Daniel A. Markham