Patents by Inventor Jeffrey J. Beaver

Jeffrey J. Beaver 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: 20240127184
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system and a computer-implemented method for role-based collaborative design based on manufacturing constraints are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Robert I. BEAVER, III, Jeffrey J. BEAVER, Sean NARVASA, Leslie Young HARVILL, Petar S. IVANOV, Parker H. BOSSIER, Christopher COLLETTE
  • Patent number: 11915199
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: generating a group of customized products comprising one or more customized products, each customized product associated with a product type of a plurality of product types, each product type of the plurality of product types associated with a manufacturing constraint of multiple manufacturing constraints, each customized product having shared content that all customized products share; for a customized product from the group: obtaining a manufacturing method for manufacturing the customized product, determining a product type of the customized product and a manufacturing constraint associated with the product type, and determining physical constraints for manufacturing the customized product; generating transformed shared content to satisfy the physical constraints for manufacturing the customized product; in response to receiving a user input: automatically generating a GUI based on, at least in part, the shared content; using the GUI, generating
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZAZZLE INC.
    Inventors: Robert I. Beaver, III, Jeffrey J. Beaver, Leslie Young Harvill, Sean Narvasa, Lonny Chu
  • Patent number: 11915200
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: receiving an indication of a particular design style; determining, based on the indication, functional product groups that comprise a plurality of custom products having indicia of the particular design style; initiating a collaboration session between a user and one or more collaborators to allow selecting one or more particular custom products; in response to receiving a selection of the particular custom products, generating a group of customized products comprising the one or more particular custom products, each particular customized product associated with a product type of a plurality of product types, each product type of the plurality of product types associated with a manufacturing constraint of multiple manufacturing constraints, each particular customized product having shared content that all of the one or more particular custom products share; obtaining manufacturing methods for manufacturing the customized particular products; and pr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZAZZLE INC.
    Inventors: Robert I. Beaver, III, Jeffrey J. Beaver, Leslie Young Harvill
  • Publication number: 20240039972
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for generating customized products in collaboration with live designers is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Robert I. BEAVER, III, Jeffrey J. BEAVER, Sean NARVASA, Leslie Young HARVILL, Petar S. IVANOV, Parker H. BOSSIER, Christopher COLLETTE
  • Patent number: 11799924
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for generating customized products in collaboration with live designers is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ZAZZLE INC.
    Inventors: Robert I. Beaver, Jeffrey J. Beaver, Sean Narvasa, Leslie Young Harvill, Petar S. Ivanov, Parker H. Bossier, Christopher Collette
  • Publication number: 20230125873
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: receiving, at a computer collaboration computer, first customized product data from a first plugin executing on a first user device accessing a plurality of capabilities of a third party platform; wherein the first customized product data are associated with product description data for an interactive digital design; wherein the first customized product data have been created using the plurality of capabilities of the third party platform accessed from the first user device; generating, by the computer collaboration computer, first product description data for the interactive digital design by updating the product description data for the interactive digital design using the first customized product data; publishing, at the computer collaboration computer, the first product description data
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Robert I. BEAVER, III, Jeffrey J. BEAVER, Leslie Young HARVILL, Sean NARVASA
  • Publication number: 20230030840
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system and a computer-implemented method for role-based collaborative design based on manufacturing constraints are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Robert I. Beaver, III, Jeffrey J. BEAVER, Sean NARVASA, Leslie Young HARVILL, Petar S. IVANOV, Parker H. BOSSIER, Christopher COLLETTE
  • Publication number: 20230030662
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: receiving an indication of a particular design style; determining, based on the indication, functional product groups that comprise a plurality of custom products having indicia of the particular design style; initiating a collaboration session between a user and one or more collaborators to allow selecting one or more particular custom products; in response to receiving a selection of the particular custom products, generating a group of customized products comprising the one or more particular custom products, each particular customized product associated with a product type of a plurality of product types, each product type of the plurality of product types associated with a manufacturing constraint of multiple manufacturing constraints, each particular customized product having shared content that all of the one or more particular custom products share; obtaining manufacturing methods for manufacturing the customized particular products; and pr
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Robert I. BEAVER, III, Jeffrey J. BEAVER, Leslie Young HARVILL
  • Patent number: 11558394
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system and a computer-implemented method for role-based collaborative design based on manufacturing constraints are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Zazzle Inc.
    Inventors: Robert I. Beaver, III, Jeffrey J. Beaver, Sean Narvasa, Leslie Young Harvill, Petar S. Ivanov, Parker H. Bossier, Christopher Collette
  • Publication number: 20220391846
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: generating a group of customized products comprising one or more customized products, each customized product associated with a product type of a plurality of product types, each product type of the plurality of product types associated with a manufacturing constraint of multiple manufacturing constraints, each customized product having shared content that all customized products share; for a customized product from the group: obtaining a manufacturing method for manufacturing the customized product, determining a product type of the customized product and a manufacturing constraint associated with the product type, and determining physical constraints for manufacturing the customized product; generating transformed shared content to satisfy the physical constraints for manufacturing the customized product; in response to receiving a user input: automatically generating a GUI based on, at least in part, the shared content; using the GUI, generating
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Robert I. BEAVER, III, Jeffrey J. BEAVER, Leslie Young HARVILL, Sean NARVASA, Lonny CHU
  • Publication number: 20220020076
    Abstract: A product image depicting a customizable product with one or more annotations is displayed. Each annotation of the one or more annotations identifies an attribute group location upon the customizable product that represents an attribute group comprising one or more attributes of the customizable product that may be customized. A selection of a particular attribute group location of the attribute group location identified by the one or more annotations is received. The particular attribute group location represents a particular attribute group. In response to receiving the selection, information relating to one or more attributes included in the particular attribute group is displayed. An attribute selection shape comprising a plurality of regions, each of which represent an attribute of the particular attribute group may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: JEFFREY J. BEAVER, SIDDHARTH ANANTHAKRISHNAN
  • Patent number: 11164231
    Abstract: A product image depicting a customizable product with one or more annotations is displayed. Each annotation of the one or more annotations identifies an attribute group location upon the customizable product that represents an attribute group comprising one or more attributes of the customizable product that may be customized. A selection of a particular attribute group location of the attribute group location identified by the one or more annotations is received. The particular attribute group location represents a particular attribute group. In response to receiving the selection, information relating to one or more attributes included in the particular attribute group is displayed. An attribute selection shape comprising a plurality of regions, each of which represent an attribute of the particular attribute group may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ZAZZLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Beaver, Siddharth Ananthakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20210266352
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for generating customized products in collaboration with live designers is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Robert I. BEAVER, III, Jeffrey J. BEAVER, Sean NARVASA, Leslie Young HARVILL, Petar S. IVANOV, Parker H. BOSSIER, Christopher COLLETTE
  • Publication number: 20210192097
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for generating digital product tokens to represent digital and physical products is presented. The method comprises: storing a plurality of key-value pairs associated with an interactive digital design at a location in storage; based on the plurality of key-value pairs, generating product description data and a token indicating the location at which the plurality of key-value pairs is stored; embedding the token into the product description data; and in response to receiving a request for a product corresponding to the interactive digital design, transmitting the product description data with the token to a manufacturing entity to cause the manufacturing entity to extract the token from the product description data, use the token to retrieve the plurality of key-value pairs from the location, and use the plurality of key-value pairs to generate manufacturing instructions for manufacturing the product corresponding to the interactive digital design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Robert I. BEAVER, III, Jeffrey J. BEAVER, Sean NARVASA, Leslie Young HARVILL, Petar S. IVANOV, Parker H. BOSSIER, Christopher COLLETTE
  • Publication number: 20210125192
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for tracking communications channels and determining triggers and actions in role-based collaborative systems is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Robert I. BEAVER, III, Jeffrey J. BEAVER, Sean NARVASA, Leslie Young HARVILL, Petar S. IVANOV, Parker H. BOSSIER, Christopher COLLETTE
  • Publication number: 20210118031
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for role-based and attribution-tracking collaborative design based on manufacturing constraints is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Robert I. BEAVER, III, Jeffrey J. BEAVER, Sean NARVASA, Leslie Young HARVILL, Petar S. IVANOV, Parker H. BOSSIER, Christopher COLLETTE
  • Publication number: 20200358783
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system and a computer-implemented method for role-based collaborative design based on manufacturing constraints are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Robert I. BEAVER, III, Jeffrey J. BEAVER, Sean NARVASA, Leslie Young HARVILL, Petar S. IVANOV, Parker H. BOSSIER, Christopher COLLETTE
  • Publication number: 20190279269
    Abstract: A product image depicting a customizable product with one or more annotations is displayed. Each annotation of the one or more annotations identifies an attribute group location upon the customizable product that represents an attribute group comprising one or more attributes of the customizable product that may be customized. A selection of a particular attribute group location of the attribute group location identified by the one or more annotations is received. The particular attribute group location represents a particular attribute group. In response to receiving the selection, information relating to one or more attributes included in the particular attribute group is displayed. An attribute selection shape comprising a plurality of regions, each of which represent an attribute of the particular attribute group may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: JEFFREY J. BEAVER, SIDDHARTH ANANTHAKRISHNAN
  • Patent number: 10304108
    Abstract: A product image depicting a customizable product with one or more annotations is displayed. Each annotation of the one or more annotations identifies an attribute group location upon the customizable product that represents an attribute group comprising one or more attributes of the customizable product that may be customized. A selection of a particular attribute group location of the attribute group location identified by the one or more annotations is received. The particular attribute group location represents a particular attribute group. In response to receiving the selection, information relating to one or more attributes included in the particular attribute group is displayed. An attribute selection shape comprising a plurality of regions, each of which represent an attribute of the particular attribute group may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: ZAZZLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Beaver, Siddharth Ananthakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20160335690
    Abstract: A product image depicting a customizable product with one or more annotations is displayed. Each annotation of the one or more annotations identifies an attribute group location upon the customizable product that represents an attribute group comprising one or more attributes of the customizable product that may be customized. A selection of a particular attribute group location of the attribute group location identified by the one or more annotations is received. The particular attribute group location represents a particular attribute group. In response to receiving the selection, information relating to one or more attributes included in the particular attribute group is displayed. An attribute selection shape comprising a plurality of regions, each of which represent an attribute of the particular attribute group may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: JEFFREY J. BEAVER, SIDDHARTH ANANTHAKRISHNAN