Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Shiffert

Nicholas J. Shiffert 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).

  • Peer-to-peer geotargeting content with AD-HOC mesh networks
    Patent number: 11100539
    Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining, in memory of a first mobile computing device, a plurality of content items, at least some of the content items pertaining to respective different geographic areas; receiving, with the first mobile computing device, data indicating a user interaction with a given content item among the plurality of the content items; and in response to receiving the data indicative of the user interaction, transmitting a wireless signal from the first mobile computing device directly to a second mobile computing device that is different from the first mobile computing device, the wireless signal being indicative of the given content item and indicating that the given content item pertains to a given geographic area within range of the wireless signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Shiffert, Shaun Dubuque, Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
  • PEER-TO-PEER GEOTARGETING CONTENT WITH AD-HOC MESH NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20200380563
    Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining, in memory of a first mobile computing device, a plurality of content items, at least some of the content items pertaining to respective different geographic areas; receiving, with the first mobile computing device, data indicating a user interaction with a given content item among the plurality of the content items; and in response to receiving the data indicative of the user interaction, transmitting a wireless signal from the first mobile computing device directly to a second mobile computing device that is different from the first mobile computing device, the wireless signal being indicative of the given content item and indicating that the given content item pertains to a given geographic area within range of the wireless signal transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Shiffert, Shaun Dubuque, Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
  • Peer-to-peer geotargeting content with ad-hoc mesh networks
    Patent number: 10713686
    Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining, in memory of a first mobile computing device, a plurality of content items, at least some of the content items pertaining to respective different geographic areas; receiving, with the first mobile computing device, data indicating a user interaction with a given content item among the plurality of the content items; and in response to receiving the data indicative of the user interaction, transmitting a wireless signal from the first mobile computing device directly to a second mobile computing device that is different from the first mobile computing device, the wireless signal being indicative of the given content item and indicating that the given content item pertains to a given geographic area within range of the wireless signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: RetailMeNot, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Shiffert, Shaun Dubuque, Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle
  • PEER-TO-PEER GEOTARGETING CONTENT WITH AD-HOC MESH NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20160203522
    Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining, in memory of a first mobile computing device, a plurality of content items, at least some of the content items pertaining to respective different geographic areas; receiving, with the first mobile computing device, data indicating a user interaction with a given content item among the plurality of the content items; and in response to receiving the data indicative of the user interaction, transmitting a wireless signal from the first mobile computing device directly to a second mobile computing device that is different from the first mobile computing device, the wireless signal being indicative of the given content item and indicating that the given content item pertains to a given geographic area within range of the wireless signal transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Shiffert, Shaun Dubuque, Alexander M. Cheng, Jeffrey R. Rego, J. Seth Randle