Patents by Inventor Matthew Meeker
Matthew Meeker 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).
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Patent number: 10742433Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a computer system for organizing in-person gatherings of users of topic-related interest, comprising a web-based meeting management facility having a user interface accessible to multiple users, wherein each of the multiple users may use the user interface to join at least one of multiple meeting groups based on at least one of topic-related interest and geographic locale, where a user becomes a member when they join the meeting group; and a server-based progressive announcement facility for enabling an organizer to control a time-staged meeting announcement release related to a meeting group based on an announcement delivery parameter, wherein the time-staged meeting announcement release includes multiple time-staged meeting announcements each including at least one user within the multiple users.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: MEETUP, INC.Inventors: Gregory P. Whalin, Matthew Meeker, Peter Kamali, Scott Heiferman
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Publication number: 20190273627Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a computer system for organizing in-person gatherings of users of topic-related interest, comprising a web-based meeting management facility having a user interface accessible to multiple users, wherein each of the multiple users may use the user interface to join at least one of multiple meeting groups based on at least one of topic-related interest and geographic locale, where a user becomes a member when they join the meeting group; and a server-based progressive announcement facility for enabling an organizer to control a time-staged meeting announcement release related to a meeting group based on an announcement delivery parameter, wherein the time-staged meeting announcement release includes multiple time-staged meeting announcements each including at least one user within the multiple users.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Gregory P. Whalin, Matthew Meeker, Peter Kamali, Scott Heiferman
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Patent number: 10298410Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a computer system for organizing in-person gatherings of users of topic-related interest, comprising a web-based meeting management facility having a user interface accessible to a plurality of users, wherein each of the plurality of users may use the user interface to join at least one of a plurality of meeting groups based on at least one of topic-related interest and geographic locale, where a user becomes a member when they join the meeting group; and a server-based progressive announcement facility for enabling an organizer to control a time-staged meeting announcement release related to a meeting group based on an announcement delivery parameter, wherein the time-staged meeting announcement release includes a plurality of time-staged meeting announcements each including at least one user within the plurality of users.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Meetup, Inc.Inventors: Gregory P. Whalin, Matthew Meeker, Peter Kamali, Scott Heiferman
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Patent number: 10198487Abstract: A computer-assisted method, computer system, and program product provide the functionality of a portal for persons to find, based on a topic of interest, the nearest relevant in-person gathering of other persons interested in the topic as well. The system provides for the automated creation of groups and for their automatic sustainment through automatic scheduling of periodic gatherings. Strangers in geographic proximity are automatically brought together into chapters formed around the topic of interest. Chapters may be led by organizers, and gatherings may have hosts. Automatic functions for venue selection, venue voting, cancellation, and feedback are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Meetup, Inc.Inventors: Scott Heiferman, Peter Kamali, Matthew Meeker, Peter Steinberg, Dervala Hanley
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Publication number: 20160259829Abstract: A computer-assisted method, computer system, and program product provide the functionality of a portal for persons to find, based on a topic of interest, the nearest relevant in-person gathering of other persons interested in the topic as well. The system provides for the automated creation of groups and for their automatic sustainment through automatic scheduling of periodic gatherings. Strangers in geographic proximity are automatically brought together into chapters formed around the topic of interest. Chapters may be led by organizers, and gatherings may have hosts. Automatic functions for venue selection, venue voting, cancellation, and feedback are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Scott Heiferman, Peter Kamali, Matthew Meeker, Peter Steinberg, Dervala Hanley
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Patent number: 9135663Abstract: A computer-assisted method, computer system, and program product provide the functionality of a portal for persons to find, based on a topic of interest, the nearest relevant in-person gathering of other persons interested in the topic as well. The system provides for the automated creation of groups and for their automatic sustainment through automatic scheduling of periodic gatherings. Strangers in geographic proximity are automatically brought together into chapters formed around the topic of interest. Chapters may be led by organizers, and gatherings may have hosts. Automatic functions for venue selection, venue voting, cancellation, and feedback are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2004Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Meetup, Inc.Inventors: Scott Heiferman, Peter Kamali, Matthew Meeker, Peter Steinberg, Dervala Hanley
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Patent number: 9117220Abstract: A computer-implemented method to help organize in-person gatherings of users of topic-related interest includes the steps of: providing a web-based meeting facility to a plurality of users, wherein each of the plurality of users choose to join at least one of a plurality of meeting groups based on at least one of topic-related interest and geographic locale; enabling at least one organizer to maintain control of organizing meetings with the at least one of the plurality of meeting groups, wherein the one of the plurality of meeting groups is made up of a subset of the plurality of users; and providing the organizer with a revenue generation facility where the organizer generates revenue through commercial sponsorship of at least one of the meeting group and specific meetings.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Meetup, Inc.Inventors: Gregory P. Whalin, Scott Heiferman, Matthew Meeker, Peter Kamali
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Patent number: 8904295Abstract: A computer implemented method for providing recommendations for an in-person meeting group, the method comprising: collecting user information, wherein the user information provides information related to topical interests and location information for at least one of a plurality of users; comparing the user information with a topical listing of in-person meeting groups in the same geographical region as the at least one user, wherein the in-person meeting group is formed and maintained through a web-based meeting facility; and providing an in-person meeting group recommendation to the at least one user based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Meetup, Inc.Inventors: Gregory P. Whalin, Matthew Meeker, Peter Kamali, Scott Heiferman
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Publication number: 20130219298Abstract: A computer implemented method for providing recommendations for an in-person meeting group, the method comprising: collecting user information, wherein the user information provides information related to topical interests and location information for at least one of a plurality of users; comparing the user information with a topical listing of in-person meeting groups in the same geographical region as the at least one user, wherein the in-person meeting group is formed and maintained through a web-based meeting facility; and providing an in-person meeting group recommendation to the at least one user based on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: MEETUP, INC.Inventors: Gregory P. Whalin, Matthew Meeker, Peter Kamali, Scott Heiferman
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Publication number: 20120179981Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a computer system for organizing in-person gatherings of users of topic-related interest, comprising a web-based meeting management facility having a user interface accessible to a plurality of users, wherein each of the plurality of users may use the user interface to join at least one of a plurality of meeting groups managed by an organizer and based on at least one of topic-related interest and geographic locale, where a user becomes a member when they join the meeting group, and where the meeting management facility includes collaborative meeting management resources to allow the organizer to set the meeting group into a collaborative mode where the collaboration mode allows for members of the meeting group to at least one of create and collaboratively edit meetings associated with the meeting group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Meetup, Inc.Inventors: Gregory P. Whalin, Matthew Meeker, Peter Kamali, Scott Heiferman
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Publication number: 20120179980Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a computer system for organizing in-person gatherings of users of topic-related interest, comprising a web-based meeting management facility having a user interface accessible to a plurality of users, wherein each of the plurality of users may use the user interface to join at least one of a plurality of meeting groups based on at least one of topic-related interest and geographic locale, where a user becomes a member when they join the meeting group; and a server-based progressive announcement facility for enabling an organizer to control a time-staged meeting announcement release related to a meeting group based on an announcement delivery parameter, wherein the time-staged meeting announcement release includes a plurality of time-staged meeting announcements each including at least one user within the plurality of users.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Meetup, Inc.Inventors: Gregory P. Whalin, Matthew Meeker, Peter Kamali, Scott Heiferman
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Publication number: 20110289433Abstract: A computer implemented method for providing recommendations for an in-person meeting group, the method comprising: collecting user information, wherein the user information provides information related to topical interests and location information for at least one of a plurality of users; comparing the user information with a topical listing of in-person meeting groups in the same geographical region as the at least one user, wherein the in-person meeting group is formed and maintained through a web-based meeting facility; and providing an in-person meeting group recommendation to the at least one user based on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: MEETUP, INC.Inventors: Gregory P. Whalin, Matthew Meeker, Peter Kamali, Scott Heiferman
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Publication number: 20110289142Abstract: A computer implemented method for organizing a network of affiliated live events, the method comprising: providing an event management resource to a promoter through a web-based meeting event facility, wherein the event management resource enables the promoter to initiate and manage a grouping of a plurality of affiliated in-person gatherings as live events in an event container controlled by the promoter, and where at least one such live event is allowed to be controlled at least in part by a leader associated with such live event in the event container subject to event criteria set by the promoter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: MEETUP, INC.Inventors: Gregory P. Whalin, Matthew Meeker, Peter Kamali, Scott Heiferman, Emilio Andres Glusman, Gary Burns, Richard Boenigk
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Publication number: 20110161130Abstract: A computer-implemented method to help organize in-person gatherings of users of topic-related interest includes the steps of: providing a web-based meeting facility to a plurality of users, wherein each of the plurality of users choose to join at least one of a plurality of meeting groups based on at least one of topic-related interest and geographic locale; enabling at least one organizer to maintain control of organizing meetings with the at least one of the plurality of meeting groups, wherein the one of the plurality of meeting groups is made up of a subset of the plurality of users; and providing the organizer with a revenue generation facility where the organizer generates revenue through commercial sponsorship of at least one of the meeting group and specific meetings.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: Meetup, Inc.Inventors: Gregory P. Whalin, Scott Heiferman, Matthew Meeker, Peter Kamali
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Patent number: 5495730Abstract: An adapter for using a yarn package carrier in both vertically and horizontally oriented treatment vats includes a platform for supporting the yarn package carrier, an assembly for engagement of the adapter by a carrier transfer device and a fluid passageway arrangement formed in the platform for directing treatment fluid from the vertically oriented vat into the yarn package carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1994Date of Patent: March 5, 1996Assignee: Gaston County Dyeing Machine CompanyInventors: Matthew A. Meeker, James K. Turner, Thomas W. Van Scyoc
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Patent number: 5444997Abstract: Textile yarn package supporting carriers are disclosed for use in textile dyeing machines to enable the machine to be effectively operated at less than full capacity. Each carrier has a base with multiple upstanding package supporting posts equipped with interchangeable adapters to accommodate differing numbers of yarn packages up to the maximum capacity of the carrier. An upstanding wall on the base defines an enclosure for retaining treating liquid, and the wall has a selectively movable and removable panel for forming a liquid weir at a selectively variable level relative to the base to determine a maximum level of liquid which may be retained in the carrier enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1994Date of Patent: August 29, 1995Assignee: Gaston County Dyeing Machine CompanyInventors: J. Keith Turner, Matthew A. Meeker, Thomas W. Van Scyoc
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Patent number: 5442939Abstract: Textile yarn package supporting carriers are disclosed for use in both horizontal and vertical textile dyeing machines to enable the machine to be effectively operated at less than full capacity, Each carrier has a base with multiple upstanding package supporting posts each having a longitudinal package supporting portion adjacent the base and a longitudinal threaded spindle portion extending outwardly in alignment therewith, The package supporting portion is dimensioned to securely support a predetermined minimum number of packages on each post and adapters are provided for slidable mounting onto the spindle portions of each post to accommodate additional yarn packages up to the maximum capacity of the carrier. A threaded cap mounts to the spindle portion of each post for movement therealong into engagement with the outermost package on the post.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1993Date of Patent: August 22, 1995Assignee: Gaston County Dyeing Machine Co.Inventors: David R. Crawford, Matthew A. Meeker, Thomas W. Van Scyoc
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Patent number: 5410892Abstract: A horizontal package dyeing machine in which yarn packages are supported in carriers that have a base with tubular posts projecting therefrom for stacking yarn packages thereon and a wall secured to and extending upwardly from the periphery of the base to form an enclosure for confining treating liquid. The base is formed with two liquid distribution chambers, one being an upper chamber communicating with the interior of the posts and the other being a lower chamber communicating with the interior of the enclosure. The distribution chambers have open ends that can communicate with liquid supplying and withdrawing ducts of the machine for circulation of treating liquid within the carrier enclosure. The carriers are dimensioned for positioning two carriers in a vessel with the open ends of the distribution chambers in communication for flow of treating liquid therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1993Date of Patent: May 2, 1995Assignee: Gaston County Dyeing Machine CompanyInventors: Robert L. Catoe, Matthew A. Meeker, James K. Turner, Thomas W. Van Scyoc