Patents by Inventor Nicholas R. Allen

Nicholas R. Allen 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).

  • Social media post subscribe requests for buffer user accounts
    Patent number: 11962598
    Abstract: An approach for publishing posts on a social network through one or more user accounts with different levels of attribution is disclosed. A secure user account publishes a post through a programmatically linked buffer user account. The secure user account and the buffer user account are programmatically linked. Posts published via the buffer user account can be modified to add attribution image data or other visual indicators of the original post creator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas R. Allen, Joseph Burfitt
  • SOCIAL MEDIA POST SUBSCRIBE REQUESTS FOR BUFFER USER ACCOUNTS
    Publication number: 20220386084
    Abstract: An approach for publishing posts on a social network through one or more user accounts with different levels of attribution is disclosed. A secure user account publishes a post through a programmatically linked buffer user account. The secure user account and the buffer user account are programmatically linked. Posts published via the buffer user account can be modified to add attribution image data or other visual indicators of the original post creator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas R. Allen, Joseph Burfitt
  • Social media post subscribe requests for buffer user accounts
    Patent number: 11438341
    Abstract: An approach for publishing posts on a social network through one or more user accounts with different levels of attribution is disclosed. A secure user account publishes a post through a programmatically linked buffer user account. The secure user account and the buffer user account are programmatically linked. Posts published via the buffer user account can be modified to add attribution image data or other visual indicators of the original post creator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas R. Allen, Joseph Burfitt
  • Social media post subscribe requests for buffer user accounts
    Patent number: 10609036
    Abstract: An approach for publishing posts on a social network through one or more user accounts with different levels of attribution is disclosed. A secure user account publishes a post through a programmatically linked buffer user account. The secure user account and the buffer user account are programmatically linked. Posts published via the buffer user account can be modified to add attribution image data or other visual indicators of the original post creator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas R. Allen, Joseph Burfitt