Patents by Inventor Matthew Stinchcomb

Matthew Stinchcomb 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).

  • Method for performing interactive online shopping
    Patent number: 8924261
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for administering a live, online, interactive shopping event. The method may comprise providing a web page on an interface of a host device through which at least one potential buyer and an event host may interact, representing the at least one potential buyer by an avatar displayed within the web page, displaying an image of an item being sold within the web page, displaying a live video stream provided by the event host within the web page, wherein the live video stream is displayed to the at least one potential buyer, and providing for the at least one potential buyer to at least one of view, discuss, and purchase the item being sold within the web page, the purchasing process being initiated by an action taken by the at least one potential buyer on the web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Etsy, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Stinchcomb
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING INTERACTIVE ONLINE SHOPPING
    Publication number: 20110106662
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for administering a live, online, interactive shopping event. The method may comprise providing a web page on an interface of a host device through which at least one potential buyer and an event host may interact, representing the at least one potential buyer by an avatar displayed within the web page, displaying an image of an item being sold within the web page, displaying a live video stream provided by the event host within the web page, wherein the live video stream is displayed to the at least one potential buyer, and providing for the at least one potential buyer to at least one of view, discuss, and purchase the item being sold within the web page, the purchasing process being initiated by an action taken by the at least one potential buyer on the web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Matthew Stinchcomb