Patents by Inventor Eric Nathan Ries

Eric Nathan Ries 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).

  • Computer-implemented hierarchical revenue model to manage revenue allocations among derived product developers in a networked system
    Patent number: 8650134
    Abstract: A computer-implemented hierarchical revenue model to manage revenue allocations among derived product developers in a networked system is disclosed. The model includes providing a first revenue value associated with a first digital component, providing a second revenue value associated with a second digital component, and combining the first revenue value with a second revenue value to produce a third revenue value associated with the second digital component, the second digital component including at least a portion of the first digital component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: IMVU, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Danzig, William David Harvey, Vernon Melvin Guymon, III, Eric Nathan Ries, Marcus Gosling
  • COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED HIERARCHICAL REVENUE MODEL TO MANAGE REVENUE ALLOCATIONS AMONG DERIVED PRODUCT DEVELOPERS IN A NETWORKED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130006851
    Abstract: A computer-implemented hierarchical revenue model to manage revenue allocations among derived product developers in a networked system is disclosed. The model includes providing a first revenue value associated with a first digital component, providing a second revenue value associated with a second digital component, and combining the first revenue value with a second revenue value to produce a third revenue value associated with the second digital component, the second digital component including at least a portion of the first digital component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Matt Danzig, William David Harvey, Vernon Melvin Guymon, III, Eric Nathan Ries, Marcus Gosling
  • Computer-implemented method and apparatus to allocate revenue from a derived digital component
    Patent number: 8290881
    Abstract: A computer-implemented hierarchical revenue model to manage revenue allocations among derived product developers in a networked system. The model includes providing a first revenue value associated with a first digital component, providing a second revenue value associated with a second digital component, and combining the first revenue value with a second revenue value to produce a third revenue value associated with the second digital component, the second digital component including at least a portion, of the first digital component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: IMVU, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Danzig, William David Harvey, Vernon Mervin Guymon, III, Eric Nathan Ries, Marcus Gosling
  • Computer-implemented chat system having dual channel communications and self-defining product structures
    Patent number: 7995064
    Abstract: A computer-implemented chat system having dual channel communications and self-defining product structures is disclosed. The system and method includes providing a first logical communication channel between a first chat client and a second chat client, the first logical channel conveying text chat messages between the first chat client and the second chat client; providing a second logical communication channel between the first chat client and the second chat client, the second logical channel conveying text chat command/control information between the first chat client and the second chat client; and using the chat command/control information to modify a 3D chat scene displayed on each of the first chat client and the second chat client systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: IMVU, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon Melvin Guymon, III, Eric Nathan Ries, William David Harvey, Matt Danzig, Marcus Gosling
  • COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED HIERARCHICAL REVENUE MODEL TO MANAGE REVENUE ALLOCATIONS AMONG DERIVED PRODUCT DEVELOPERS IN A NETWORKED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110167017
    Abstract: A computer-implemented hierarchical revenue model to manage revenue allocations among derived product developers in a networked system is disclosed. The model includes providing a first revenue value associated with a first digital component, providing a second revenue value associated with a second digital component, and combining the first revenue value with a second revenue value to produce a third revenue value associated with the second digital component, the second digital component including at least a portion of the first digital component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Matt Danzig, William David Harvey, Vernon Mervin Guymon, III, Eric Nathan Ries, Marcus Gosling
  • Computer-implemented method and apparatus to allocate revenue from a derived avatar component
    Patent number: 7912793
    Abstract: A computer-implemented hierarchical revenue model includes providing a first revenue value associated with a first avatar component, providing a second revenue value associated with a second avatar component, and combining the first revenue value with a second revenue value to produce a third revenue value associated with a third avatar component, the third avatar component being a derived avatar component that inherits characteristics of the first and the second avatar components, the third avatar component inheriting the first revenue value from the first avatar component, the third avatar component inheriting the second revenue value from the second avatar component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: IMVU, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Danzig, William David Harvey, Vernon Melvin Guymon, III, Eric Nathan Ries, Marcus Gosling
  • Computer-implemented system and method for home page customization and e-commerce support
    Patent number: 7342587
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for home page customization and e-commerce support is disclosed. The present invention relates to avatar home pages and the combination of a home page customization service with an e-commerce marketplace through which users can purchase home page decorations made by third party developers. Various embodiments include a “chat now” online matching system and a real-time map showing the geographical location of users in an online community.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: IMVU, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Danzig, Marcus Gosling, Vernon Melvin Guymon, III, William David Harvey, Eric Nathan Ries