Patents by Inventor Drake Sutton-Shearer

Drake Sutton-Shearer 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: 20230053969
    Abstract: Managing digital media files in a computer network by storing a set of derivative files and a logical association of the derivative files with the first digital media file; generating a first cryptographic token; associating the first cryptographic token with the first digital media file; associating the first cryptographic token with a first wallet address corresponding to a first wallet; generating a serialized set of non-fungible tokens and associating individual ones of the non-fungible tokens with individual ones of the derivative files; and associating individual ones of the non-fungible tokens with individual wallet addresses of a second set of wallets; and limiting the initial transferability of the first cryptographic token from the first wallet to one of the second set of wallets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Drake Sutton-Shearer, James G. Gatto
  • Publication number: 20230027380
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computing platforms, and storage media for creating and deploying location-based event-triggered cryptographic tokens for gated access to location-based experiences are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store location-based criteria; store a smart contract comprising computer code configured to mint a token and allocate the token to a user wallet in response to a user's location satisfying first location-based criteria; obtain location information from a user device; in response to a determination that the location information satisfies the location-based criteria, invoke the smart contract to mint a token and allocate the token to a user wallet; store a token-gated resource identifier for a resource and token criteria; and in response to a determination that the user satisfies the token criteria, grant the user access to the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Drake Sutton-Shearer, James Gatto
  • Publication number: 20210103901
    Abstract: The payment of gratuities to service providers with virtual items of value may be enabled. This may enhance user engagement with a business, facilitate receiving meaningful feedback on service provider performance for a business, and/or may provide other enhancements. Users may be provided with an opportunity to earn and/or win virtual items of value that can, in turn, be used to pay gratuities to services providers associated with the business.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Bimodal LLC
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Patent number: 10497033
    Abstract: Virtual goods having nested content are distributed. The virtual goods can be branded or not branded. The nested content can be virtual goods, digital media (music files, video files, pictures and/or other digital media), promotional content (e.g., coupons, incentives, advertisements and/or other promotional content) and/or other nested content. The nested content can include one or more units or combinations of units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Bimodal LLC
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Patent number: 10176537
    Abstract: A social networking website is themed toward achievements and/or accomplishments of users. As such, the social network may provide users with a unitary platform over which users can share a variety of different accomplishments of a variety of different accomplishment types, in a variety of categories, and/or involving a variety of different entities. Users may further observe accomplishments or achievements of other users via the social network despite the disparate nature of the accomplishments, accomplishment types, categories of activities involved in the accomplishments, and/or the entities involved in the accomplishments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Bimodal, LLC
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Publication number: 20180165474
    Abstract: A system and method for hosting a social network that enables entities to particularly manage the privacy level of content posted on the social network. This may enable an entity to distribute news, congratulations, accolades, invitations, and/or other internal information within the social network to members, employees, students, investors, and/or other parties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Bimodal LLC
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Patent number: 9767314
    Abstract: A system and method for hosting a social network that enables entities to particularly manage the privacy level of content posted on the social network. This may enable an entity to distribute news, congratulations, accolades, invitations, and/or other internal information within the social network to members, employees, students, investors, and/or other parties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Bimodal LLC
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Publication number: 20170228831
    Abstract: A social networking website is themed toward achievements and/or accomplishments of users. As such, the social network may provide users with a unitary platform over which users can share a variety of different accomplishments of a variety of different accomplishment types, in a variety of categories, and/or involving a variety of different entities. Users may further observe accomplishments or achievements of other users via the social network despite the disparate nature of the accomplishments, accomplishment types, categories of activities involved in the accomplishments, and/or the entities involved in the accomplishments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Bimodal LLC
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Publication number: 20170206567
    Abstract: Virtual goods having nested content are distributed. The virtual goods can be branded or not branded. The nested content can be virtual goods, digital media (music files, video files, pictures and/or other digital media), promotional content (e.g., coupons, incentives, advertisements and/or other promotional content) and/or other nested content. The nested content can include one or more units or combinations of units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Bimodal LLC
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Patent number: 9443223
    Abstract: A social networking website is themed toward achievements and/or accomplishments of users. As such, the social network may provide users with a unitary platform over which users can share a variety of different accomplishments of a variety of different accomplishment types, in a variety of categories, and/or involving a variety of different entities. Users may further observe accomplishments or achievements of other users via the social network despite the disparate nature of the accomplishments, accomplishment types, categories of activities involved in the accomplishments, and/or the entities involved in the accomplishments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Bimodal LLC
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Patent number: 9430791
    Abstract: Virtual goods having nested content are distributed. The virtual goods can be branded or not branded. The nested content can be virtual goods, digital media (music files, video files, pictures and/or other digital media), promotional content (e.g., coupons, incentives, advertisements and/or other promotional content) and/or other nested content. The nested content can include one or more units or combinations of units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Publication number: 20160171430
    Abstract: Virtual goods having nested content are distributed. The virtual goods can be branded or not branded. The nested content can be virtual goods, digital media (music files, video files, pictures and/or other digital media), promotional content (e.g., coupons, incentives, advertisements and/or other promotional content) and/or other nested content. The nested content can include one or more units or combinations of units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Bimodal LLC
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Publication number: 20110302037
    Abstract: A given virtual good provided to users within a virtual environment may be expressed in a default state as a primary expression and, responsive to activation, the given virtual good may be expressed as a secondary expression. The primary expression and the secondary expressions may have some advantageous relationship. In some implementations, generic objects may be paired with branded objects such that a primary expression of a given virtual good represents a generic object and a secondary expression of the given virtual good represents a branded object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Publication number: 20110271328
    Abstract: A system and method for hosting a social network that enables entities to particularly manage the privacy level of content posted on the social network. This may enable an entity to distribute news, congratulations, accolades, invitations, and/or other internal information within the social network to members, employees, students, investors, and/or other parties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: RE:MAKE LLC
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer
  • Publication number: 20110166941
    Abstract: A social networking website is themed toward achievements and/or accomplishments of users. As such, the social network may provide users with a unitary platform over which users can share a variety of different accomplishments of a variety of different accomplishment types, in a variety of categories, and/or involving a variety of different entities. Users may further observe accomplishments or achievements of other users via the social network despite the disparate nature of the accomplishments, accomplishment types, categories of activities involved in the accomplishments, and/or the entities involved in the accomplishments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: RE:MAKE LLC
    Inventor: Drake Sutton-Shearer