Patents by Inventor J. Seth Randle
J. Seth Randle 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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Patent number: 11200589Abstract: Provided is a process of managing offers, the process including: obtaining, via a network, with a consumer mobile device, data defining an offer available based on the consumer mobile device being in a first geographic location and redeemable based on the consumer mobile device later being in a second geographic location; sensing, with the consumer mobile device, that the consumer mobile device is in the first geographic location; in response to sensing that that the consumer mobile device is in the first geographic location, presenting an alert with the consumer mobile device, the alert indicating that the offer is available; sensing that the consumer mobile device is in the second geographic location; and in response to sensing that the consumer mobile device is in the second geographic location, determining with a processor of the consumer mobile device that the offer has been redeemed.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: RETAIIMENOT, INC.Inventor: J. Seth Randle
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Patent number: 11100539Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining, in memory of a first mobile computing device, a plurality of content items, at least some of the content items pertaining to respective different geographic areas; receiving, with the first mobile computing device, data indicating a user interaction with a given content item among the plurality of the content items; and in response to receiving the data indicative of the user interaction, transmitting a wireless signal from the first mobile computing device directly to a second mobile computing device that is different from the first mobile computing device, the wireless signal being indicative of the given content item and indicating that the given content item pertains to a given geographic area within range of the wireless signal transmission.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.Inventors: Nicholas J. Shiffert, Shaun Dubuque, Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
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Publication number: 20210150578Abstract: Provided is a process, including: receiving, with one or more processors, from a remote user computing device, a geographic location of the user computing device; determining that the user computing device is in a cache geographic area in which information about potentially relevant geographically-targeted offers is to be predictively loaded into memory of the user computing device before the user requests the information about geographically-targeted offers; selecting, with one or more processors, an offer from a repository of offers based on the selected offer being associated with the cache geographic area or a location in the cache geographic area; and in response to the determination, sending, with one or more processors, the selected offer to the user computing device for storage in cache memory of the user computing device before the user requests the selected offer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
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Patent number: 10984451Abstract: Provided is a process, including: receiving, with one or more processors, from a remote user computing device, a geographic location of the user computing device; determining that the user computing device is in a cache geographic area in which information about potentially relevant geographically-targeted offers is to be predictively loaded into memory of the user computing device before the user requests the information about geographically-targeted offers; selecting, with one or more processors, an offer from a repository of offers based on the selected offer being associated with the cache geographic area or a location in the cache geographic area; and in response to the determination, sending, with one or more processors, the selected offer to the user computing device for storage in cache memory of the user computing device before the user requests the selected offer.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.Inventors: Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
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Publication number: 20200380563Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining, in memory of a first mobile computing device, a plurality of content items, at least some of the content items pertaining to respective different geographic areas; receiving, with the first mobile computing device, data indicating a user interaction with a given content item among the plurality of the content items; and in response to receiving the data indicative of the user interaction, transmitting a wireless signal from the first mobile computing device directly to a second mobile computing device that is different from the first mobile computing device, the wireless signal being indicative of the given content item and indicating that the given content item pertains to a given geographic area within range of the wireless signal transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Nicholas J. Shiffert, Shaun Dubuque, Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
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Patent number: 10713686Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining, in memory of a first mobile computing device, a plurality of content items, at least some of the content items pertaining to respective different geographic areas; receiving, with the first mobile computing device, data indicating a user interaction with a given content item among the plurality of the content items; and in response to receiving the data indicative of the user interaction, transmitting a wireless signal from the first mobile computing device directly to a second mobile computing device that is different from the first mobile computing device, the wireless signal being indicative of the given content item and indicating that the given content item pertains to a given geographic area within range of the wireless signal transmission.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: RetailMeNot, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas J. Shiffert, Shaun Dubuque, Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
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Publication number: 20190172097Abstract: Provided is a process, including: receiving, with one or more processors, from a remote user computing device, a geographic location of the user computing device; determining that the user computing device is in a cache geographic area in which information about potentially relevant geographically-targeted offers is to be predictively loaded into memory of the user computing device before the user requests the information about geographically-targeted offers; selecting, with one or more processors, an offer from a repository of offers based on the selected offer being associated with the cache geographic area or a location in the cache geographic area; and in response to the determination, sending, with one or more processors, the selected offer to the user computing device for storage in cache memory of the user computing device before the user requests the selected offer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
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Patent number: 10229434Abstract: Provided is a process, including: receiving, with one or more processors, from a remote user computing device, a geographic location of the user computing device; determining that the user computing device is in a cache geographic area in which information about potentially relevant geographically-targeted offers is to be predictively loaded into memory of the user computing device before the user requests the information about geographically-targeted offers; selecting, with one or more processors, an offer from a repository of offers based on the selected offer being associated with the cache geographic area or a location in the cache geographic area; and in response to the determination, sending, with one or more processors, the selected offer to the user computing device for storage in cache memory of the user computing device before the user requests the selected offer.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: RetailMeNot, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
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Publication number: 20160203522Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining, in memory of a first mobile computing device, a plurality of content items, at least some of the content items pertaining to respective different geographic areas; receiving, with the first mobile computing device, data indicating a user interaction with a given content item among the plurality of the content items; and in response to receiving the data indicative of the user interaction, transmitting a wireless signal from the first mobile computing device directly to a second mobile computing device that is different from the first mobile computing device, the wireless signal being indicative of the given content item and indicating that the given content item pertains to a given geographic area within range of the wireless signal transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Nicholas J. Shiffert, Shaun Dubuque, Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
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Publication number: 20150269624Abstract: Provided is a process, including: receiving, with one or more processors, from a remote user computing device, a geographic location of the user computing device; determining that the user computing device is in a cache geographic area in which information about potentially relevant geographically-targeted offers is to be predictively loaded into memory of the user computing device before the user requests the information about geographically-targeted offers; selecting, with one or more processors, an offer from a repository of offers based on the selected offer being associated with the cache geographic area or a location in the cache geographic area; and in response to the determination, sending, with one or more processors, the selected offer to the user computing device for storage in cache memory of the user computing device before the user requests the selected offer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
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Publication number: 20150269600Abstract: Provided is a process of managing offers, the process including: obtaining, via a network, with a consumer mobile device, data defining an offer available based on the consumer mobile device being in a first geographic location and redeemable based on the consumer mobile device later being in a second geographic location; sensing, with the consumer mobile device, that the consumer mobile device is in the first geographic location; in response to sensing that that the consumer mobile device is in the first geographic location, presenting an alert with the consumer mobile device, the alert indicating that the offer is available; sensing that the consumer mobile device is in the second geographic location; and in response to sensing that the consumer mobile device is in the second geographic location, determining with a processor of the consumer mobile device that the offer has been redeemed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventor: J. Seth Randle