Patents by Inventor Deborah J. Shell

Deborah J. Shell 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).

  • Publication number: 20170076309
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for linking product offerings with social network content. One exemplary method includes verifying, by a computing device, via an application programming interface (API) associated with the social network, a social network action, by a consumer, for a product in a social network, and awarding a discount to the consumer for the product, when the social network action is verified, whereby the consumer is able to purchase the product for the price of the product less the awarded discount. Often, the social network action is a “like” of the product, whereby a social network content associated with the product is then disseminated to at least one follower of the consumer in the social network in response to the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Joshua J. Baron, Timothy R. Zyk, Deborah J. Shell, Ellen C. Heitman, Joshua G. Monroe