Patents by Inventor LaToya Adams

LaToya Adams 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).

  • System and method for consumer-to-consumer lending of digital content
    Patent number: 8892692
    Abstract: A consumer-to-consumer lending system and method for digital content such as digital ebooks. The lending system invention enables a user who has purchased digital content to lend that content to another user. The lending system enables a lender to extend a lending offer to a lendee and a lendee to respond to the lending offer. A lendee may accept or reject a lending offer. Upon acceptance, the lending system provides the lent content to the lendee who controls the content until returning it, purchasing it or until a predetermined lending period expires. During the lending period the lender does not have access to the lent digital content item. The lending system assists a lender with initiating a lending offer, such as providing a pre-populated email form, and delivers the lend offer notification to the target lendee. Lending offers may be initiated and notifications received over common channels, including email systems, mobile devices, and web-based user accounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: barnesandnoble.com llc
    Inventors: Aliaksei Dzmitrenka, Alexandra Taylor, Angela Pablo, David Bock, David Mandelbaum, Douglas Gottlieb, Kai Wang, LaToya Adams, Michael Yoon, Sudeep Narain, Ulrich Palha, Victoria Repice, Theresa Horner
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSUMER-TO-CONSUMER LENDING OF DIGITAL CONTENT
    Publication number: 20120239758
    Abstract: A consumer-to-consumer lending system and method for digital content such as digital ebooks. The lending system invention enables a user who has purchased digital content to lend that content to another user. The lending system enables a lender to extend a lending offer to a lendee and a lendee to respond to the lending offer. A lendee may accept or reject a lending offer. Upon acceptance, the lending system provides the lent content to the lendee who controls the content until returning it, purchasing it or until a predetermined lending period expires. During the lending period the lender does not have access to the lent digital content item. The lending system assists a lender with initiating a lending offer, such as providing a pre-populated email form, and delivers the lend offer notification to the target lendee. Lending offers may be initiated and notifications received over common channels, including email systems, mobile devices, and web-based user accounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: BARNES & NOBLE, INC.
    Inventors: Aliaksei Dzmitrenka, Alexandra Taylor, Angela Pablo, David Bock, David Mandelbaum, Douglas Gottlieb, Kai Wang, LaToya Adams, Michael Yoon, Sudeep Narain, Ulrich Palha, Victoria Repice, Theresa Horner