Patents by Inventor Mat Lyles

Mat Lyles 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).

  • Patent number: 10943290
    Abstract: A method that includes replacing a standard keyboard displayed on a display of a first mobile device with a second shopping keyboard. The second shopping keyboard includes third keys that represent purchasable items (a product and/or service). After one of the third keys, which represents a particular item, is selected, a sharing option and/or purchasing option is/are displayed. When selected, the sharing option supplies information about the particular item to a messaging application that communicates the information to a second mobile device. When selected, the purchasing option initiates purchase of the particular item. The method may also include displaying a first shopping keyboard comprising second keys representing businesses. After one of the second keys, representing a particular business, is selected, the second shopping keyboard is displayed. The purchasable items represented by the third keys are available from the particular business.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Viber Media S.à r.l.
    Inventors: Zephrin Lasker, Michael Davis, Mat Lyles, Djamel Agaoua
  • Publication number: 20190114697
    Abstract: A method that includes replacing a standard keyboard displayed on a display of a first mobile device with a second shopping keyboard. The second shopping keyboard includes third keys that represent purchasable items (a product and/or service). After one of the third keys, which represents a particular item, is selected, a sharing option and/or purchasing option is/are displayed. When selected, the sharing option supplies information about the particular item to a messaging application that communicates the information to a second mobile device. When selected, the purchasing option initiates purchase of the particular item. The method may also include displaying a first shopping keyboard comprising second keys representing businesses. After one of the second keys, representing a particular business, is selected, the second shopping keyboard is displayed. The purchasable items represented by the third keys are available from the particular business.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Viber Media S.à r.l.
    Inventors: Zephrin Lasker, Michael Davis, Mat Lyles, Djamel Agaoua