Patents by Inventor Kyle Comer

Kyle Comer 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).

  • Per participant end-to-end encrypted metadata
    Patent number: 12244569
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for sending a combined read and reaction message. The systems and methods perform operations comprising: accessing, by a messaging application, a conversation session comprising a plurality of messages exchanged between a plurality of client devices, the messaging application being associated with a first client device of the plurality of client devices; generating, by the messaging application, metadata associated with one or more of the plurality of messages; encrypting, by the messaging application, the metadata in accordance with an end-to-end encryption process to enable a second client device of the plurality of client devices to read the metadata and prevent the second client device from modifying the metadata; and transmitting, to a server, a packet comprising an encrypted message slot and a first metadata slot, the first metadata slot comprising the encrypted metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Varbedian, Wade Spires, Benjamin Ralph Hollis, Kyle Comer, Bradley Baron, Samuel Young, Aleksandr Zhang
  • PER PARTICIPANT END-TO-END ENCRYPTED METADATA
    Publication number: 20230067981
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for sending a combined read and reaction message. The systems and methods perform operations comprising: accessing, by a messaging application, a conversation session comprising a plurality of messages exchanged between a plurality of client devices, the messaging application being associated with a first client device of the plurality of client devices; generating, by the messaging application, metadata associated with one or more of the plurality of messages; encrypting, by the messaging application, the metadata in accordance with an end-to-end encryption process to enable a second client device of the plurality of client devices to read the metadata and prevent the second client device from modifying the metadata; and transmitting, to a server, a packet comprising an encrypted message slot and a first metadata slot, the first metadata slot comprising the encrypted metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jason Varbedian, Wade Spires, Benjamin Ralph Hollis, Kyle Comer, Bradley Baron, Samuel Young, Aleksandr Zhang