Patents by Inventor Ryan Johns

Ryan Johns 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 rewarding application installs
    Patent number: 9189801
    Abstract: In a system and method for monitoring application installations, a reference to download an application is transmitted to a client device. Communication between the client device and an application server providing the application downloadable by the client device is facilitated. Execution of the application by the client device is detected, and a determination of the installation history of the application on the client device is performed. Reward data is associated with the client device for a first installation of the application on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Tapjoy, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Lewis, Lee Linden, Stephen McCarthy, Ryan Johns
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REWARDING APPLICATION INSTALLS
    Publication number: 20120035990
    Abstract: In a system and method for monitoring application installations, a reference to download an application is transmitted to a client device. Communication between the client device and an application server providing the application downloadable by the client device is facilitated. Execution of the application by the client device is detected, and a determination of the installation history of the application on the client device is performed. Reward data is associated with the client device for a first installation of the application on the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Tapjoy, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Lewis, Lee Linden, Stephen McCarthy, Ryan Johns
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REWARDING APPLICATION ACTIONS
    Publication number: 20120036003
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking performance of an action in an application is disclosed in which a link to perform the application action is transmitted to a client device. In response to receiving an indication of the selection of the link, the performance of the action in the application by the client device is detected. Based on the detected performance of the application action, reward data is associated with a user of the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Linda Tong, Amir Manji, Ryan Johns, Stephen McCarthy, Hwan-Joon Choi, Steve Tan, Johnny Chan