Patents by Inventor Eric Bollman

Eric Bollman 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: 20250077237
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technologies include, responsive to a first use of a first application by a first user, configuring, in a first prompt, at least one instruction based on first application context data and first user context data. The first prompt is stored in a memory that is accessible to the first application and a second application. Via the second application, first output of a generative artificial intelligence (GAI) model is presented to the first user. Based on the first output of the GAI model, at least one second use of the first application by the first user, or at least one first use of a third application by the first user, is configured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Santhosh Sachindran, Barkha A. Bhojak, Nicholas Smith, Eric Bollman, Jeffrey Wang, Tamara Llosa-Sandor, Carlos H. Lopez
  • Publication number: 20120265597
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for providing incentives/promotion systems to users and businesses. Embodiments comprise an Internet-based platform enabling businesses to create and maintain their own reward programs and manage customers participating in them. In embodiments, businesses can customize, according to one or more factors (which factors may be obtained from data stored in the system), and track deals and other offerings to customers, potential customers, or both. Embodiments of the platform enable customers to view each business's rewards program, acquire and track rewards and other offering from multiple businesses using a single account offered via the platform. In embodiments, the centralized system allows users, businesses, or both to collaboratively create, promote, and/or redeem promotional activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Perkville, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Saha, Eric Bollman, Vincent Bruns, Ryan Showalter
  • Patent number: 8171429
    Abstract: A method for operating a user interface for switching between computer applications is provided. The method may include displaying first, second and third navigation controls. The first navigation control may include entity selectors, the second navigation control may include application selectors, and the third navigation control may include sub-application selectors. The application selectors may be associated with the entities in the first navigation control and the sub-application selectors may be associated with the application selectors. An application associated with sub-application selector may be launched upon selecting the sub-application selector. The state of an application may be stored and retrieved upon switching between applications so as to enable fast switching between applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Bollman, Heather McIntosh Cassano, Chris S Jaffe, Nina F Shih, Lin Su
  • Publication number: 20090300552
    Abstract: A method for operating a user interface for switching between computer applications is provided. The method may include displaying first, second and third navigation controls. The first navigation control may include entity selectors, the second navigation control may include application selectors, and the third navigation control may include sub-application selectors. The application selectors may be associated with the entities in the first navigation control and the sub-application selectors may be associated with the application selectors. An application associated with sub-application selector may be launched upon selecting the sub-application selector. The state of an application may be stored and retrieved upon switching between applications so as to enable fast switching between applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Eric Bollman, Heather McIntosh Cassano, Chris S. Jaffe, Nina F. Shih, Lin Su