Patents by Inventor Michael Harry Lintz

Michael Harry Lintz 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: 10038614
    Abstract: A method for selecting a user interface to be provided to one or more users of a social network, the method including steps for receiving edge information, wherein the edge information includes an indication of a number of social networking contacts with which a first user has connected in a social network, receiving frequency information, wherein the frequency information includes a number of times that the first user has interacted with the social network over a time duration and associating the first user with a first segment from among a plurality of segments, based on the edge information and the frequency information. In certain aspects, the method may further include steps for providing the first user with a first user interface, based on the first user's association with the first segment. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Brett Rolston Lider, Austin N Chang, Michael Harry Lintz, Kathleen Ko
  • Patent number: 8751316
    Abstract: A method to purchase a product by a user in a retail store. The method steps include obtaining a reference of the retail store using a mobile device of the user, accessing a product database for the retail store based on the reference of the retail store, obtaining, in the retail store, a product identifier of the product using the mobile device, retrieving product information from the product database based on the product identifier, and displaying the product information on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Allen Fletchall, Dillon Campbell Compton, Kristina Lam Thai, Andrew Trung Huynh, Michael Harry Lintz