Patents by Inventor Nathan Zorn

Nathan Zorn 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 establishing presence in a brokered chat system
    Patent number: 10460290
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining status of a user in a brokered chat service are disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of receiving, via the brokered chat service, a check-in message from the user, establishing the status of the user as available in the brokered chat service, transmitting at least one message to the user via the brokered chat service in response to establishing the status of the user as available, and updating the status of the user in the brokered chat service in response to communication from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: PATH MOBILE INC PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Levinson, Riley W. Crane, Sean Johnson, Brian F. Buschmann, James M. Byrum, Santhosh Balasubramanian, Nathan Zorn
  • Multi-user communication system and method
    Patent number: 9015155
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling communication between a user and at least one entity by a communication service are disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of receiving a search for the at least one entity, analyzing the search, by a processor, to determine search results based on the search including the at least one entity, receiving a message from the user to the at least one entity, the message including inquiry information directed to the at least one entity, determining, by the processor, presence status associated with the at least one entity, establishing, by the processor, a communication channel between the user and the at least one entity based on the presence status, and transmitting a response to the message based on the inquiry information via the communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Path, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Levinson, Riley W. Crane, Sean Johnson, Brian F. Buschmann, James M. Byrum, Santhosh Balasubramanian, Nathan Zorn
  • MULTI-USER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130066987
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling communication between a user and at least one entity by a communication service are disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of receiving a search for the at least one entity, analyzing the search, by a processor, to determine search results based on the search including the at least one entity, receiving a message from the user to the at least one entity, the message including inquiry information directed to the at least one entity, determining, by the processor, presence status associated with the at least one entity, establishing, by the processor, a communication channel between the user and the at least one entity based on the presence status, and transmitting a response to the message based on the inquiry information via the communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: TALKTO, INC.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Levinson, Riley W. Crane, Sean Johnson, Brian F. Buschmann, James M. Byrum, Santhosh Balasubramanian, Nathan Zorn
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING PRESENCE IN A BROKERED CHAT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130066988
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining status of a user in a brokered chat service are disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of receiving, via the brokered chat service, a check-in message from the user, establishing the status of the user as available in the brokered chat service, transmitting at least one message to the user via the brokered chat service in response to establishing the status of the user as available, and updating the status of the user in the brokered chat service in response to communication from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: TalkTo, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Levinson, Riley W. Crane, Sean Johnson, Brian F. Buschmann, James M. Byrum, Santhosh Balasubramanian, Nathan Zorn