Patents by Inventor Kevin Weldon Swanson

Kevin Weldon Swanson 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: 20250061502
    Abstract: An improved gifting system is provided, one embodiment of which includes a container to receive a gift, a thematic character depicted on at least a portion of the container, and a unique identifier coupled to or associated with the container. The unique identifier uniquely identifies the container and is useable to reference a digital record stored in a computing system, which includes a registration database, one or more processors coupled to the registration database for updating state information, and a presentation server coupled to the registration database and the one or more processors. The presentation server is adapted to receive user input from a remote device and upon request, present a custom presentation on the remote device that includes the user input presented in a context that includes predefined attributes associated with the thematic character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin Weldon Swanson, Gary Thomas Pratt
  • Publication number: 20250037338
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that include receiving an instruction to associate a unique identifier with a digital presentation, where the unique identifier is associated with a tangible object, receiving a first digital asset from a first remote device, determining a first media component to prepend to the first digital asset, determining a second media component to append to the first digital asset (which influences the determination of the first media component or the second media component), incorporating the prepended content, digital asset, and appended content into the digital presentation, and associating the unique identifier with the digital presentation in a data store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin Weldon Swanson, Jennifer Richards Garbos, David Galen Saville, Krista Masilionis, Stephanie Young, Cecilia Jeanne Merkle, Anne Horton
  • Publication number: 20240403943
    Abstract: A card is provided that includes, for example, a fold that defines a first panel and a second panel, where each of those panels includes front and back surfaces. The second panel includes a void. The back surface of the first panel includes an actionable unique identifier such that when the greeting card is folded along the fold lines the actionable unique identifier is visible through the void. The actionable unique identifier is usable to retrieve a digital presentation among other things.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Weldon Swanson, Jennifer Richards Garbos, David Galen Saville, Krista Masilionis, Stephanie Young, Cecilia Jeanne Merkle, Anne Horton
  • Patent number: 12148076
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that include receiving an instruction to associate a unique identifier with a digital presentation, where the unique identifier is associated with a tangible object, receiving a first digital asset from a first remote device, determining a first media component to prepend to the first digital asset, determining a second media component to append to the first digital asset (which influences the determination of the first media component or the second media component), incorporating the prepended content, digital asset, and appended content into the digital presentation, and associating the unique identifier with the digital presentation in a data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Weldon Swanson, Jennifer Richards Garbos, David Galen Saville, Krista Masilionis, Stephanie Young, Cecilia Jeanne Merkle, Anne Horton
  • Patent number: 12086868
    Abstract: A greeting card is provided that includes, for example, two fold lines that define a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel, where each of those panels include front and back surfaces. The second panel includes a void. The back surface of the first panel includes an actionable unique identifier such that when the greeting card is folded along the fold lines the actionable unique identifier is visible through the void. The actionable unique identifier is usable to retrieve a digital presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Weldon Swanson, Jennifer Richards Garbos, David Galen Saville, Krista Masilionis, Stephanie Young, Cecilia Jeanne Merkle, Anne Horton
  • Publication number: 20240249100
    Abstract: The technology described herein allows a sender to initiate generation of a digital asset, which may be a video generated by merging videos provided by a group of users. The technology can facilitate the generation and collection of digital assets, such as video, images, and audio recordings from a group of users designed by the sender. The digital may be associated with a tangible object using a unique identifier located on the tangible object. The digital asset may be stored in computer memory on a user-experience server and associated with the unique identifier. When the unique identifier is provided to the user-experience server a second time, the digital asset can be retrieved and output to the computing device that provided the unique identifier. Thus, a user can initiate generation of a digital asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Weldon Swanson, Jennifer Richards Garbos, David Galen Saville, Krista Masilionis, Stephanie Young
  • Publication number: 20230419236
    Abstract: A system and method is provided that incident to a triggering event within a virtual environment, includes receiving recipient-profile information of an initial recipient who is associated with the virtual environment and configuration information of a first physical product that is useable to facilitate conveying the first physical product in the real world to the initial recipient and utilizing the descriptive information to facilitate conveying the first physical product to the initial recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jennifer Richards Garbos, Timothy Charles Janes, William David Moses, Gary Thomas Pratt, Kevin Weldon Swanson
  • Publication number: 20230385914
    Abstract: A greeting card is provided that includes, for example, two fold lines that define a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel, where each of those panels include front and back surfaces. The second panel includes a void. The back surface of the first panel includes an actionable unique identifier such that when the greeting card is folded along the fold lines the actionable unique identifier is visible through the void. The actionable unique identifier is usable to retrieve a digital presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Weldon Swanson, Jennifer Richards Garbos, David Galen Saville, Krista Masilionis, Stephanie Young, Cecilia Jeanne Merkle, Anne Horton
  • Publication number: 20230342837
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for receiving from a remote computing device an indication of a unique identifier that is associated with a digital presentation, which can include a digital representation of value; referencing a datastore to identify the digital presentation; and causing the digital presentation to be presented via the remote computing device, including presenting the digital representation of value consistent with a set of presentation instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Weldon Swanson, Jennifer Richards Garbos, David Galen Saville, Krista Masilionis, Stephanie Young, Cecilia Jeanne Merkle, Anne Horton
  • Publication number: 20230252703
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that include receiving an instruction to associate a unique identifier with a digital presentation, where the unique identifier is associated with a tangible object, receiving a first digital asset from a first remote device, determining a first media component to prepend to the first digital asset, determining a second media component to append to the first digital asset (which influences the determination of the first media component or the second media component), incorporating the prepended content, digital asset, and appended content into the digital presentation, and associating the unique identifier with the digital presentation in a data store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Weldon Swanson, Jennifer Richards Garbos, David Galen Saville, Krista Masilionis, Stephanie Young, Cecilia Jeanne Merkle, Anne Horton