Patents by Inventor Ryan Rhodes

Ryan Rhodes 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: 12684091
    Abstract: A mobile software application by which a user may stream, from a unique host user profile associated with the user, an online session being associated with one or more items available for sale from the user (e.g., available for auction). One or more graphical user interfaces of the application enable mobile devices of external users to access the host user's online session by displaying a real-time video stream in conjunction with one or more images/videos associated with the available product(s). These external users may use the GUI(s) to participate in the auction of the product(s), e.g., by placing bids, within the host user's online session. The host user may utilize one or more fully integrated services and features that enable the host user to more efficiently and easily conduct the online session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: WHATNOT, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Rhodes, Alexander Russell, Alexander Chase, Kyle McDowell
  • Publication number: 20250294220
    Abstract: A mobile software application implementing “live events,” via which a host of the event may sequentially offer one, two, three, four or more items to a plurality of guests in the event (e.g., via auction, via direct purchase, or via a giveaway). The host's device may obtain and transmit a real-time video stream, which is in turn provided to each guest's device in conjunction with real-time information about the item(s) being offered. Particular techniques further assist the host in sequencing two or more items to be offered in the same live event, thereby avoiding delays and cumbersome user interface interactions that might otherwise be involved in initiating the offering of a next item upon concluding an offering of a previous item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Ryan Rhodes, Laura Rothman, Benjamin Luce Brodie, Xiao Liu, Craig Jones
  • Patent number: 12184939
    Abstract: A mobile software application implementing “live events,” via which a host of the event may sequentially offer one, two, three, four or more items to a plurality of guests in the event (e.g., via auction, via direct purchase, or via a giveaway). The host's device may obtain and transmit a real-time video stream, which is in turn provided to each guest's device in conjunction with real-time information about the item(s) being offered. Particular techniques further assist the host in sequencing two or more items to be offered in the same live event, thereby avoiding delays and cumbersome user interface interactions that might otherwise be involved in initiating the offering of a next item upon concluding an offering of a previous item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: WHATNOT INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Rhodes, Laura Rothman, Benjamin Luce Brodie, Xiao Liu, Craig Jones
  • Publication number: 20240114112
    Abstract: A mobile software application by which a user may stream, from a unique host user profile associated with the user, an online session being associated with one or more items available for sale from the user (e.g., available for auction). One or more graphical user interfaces of the application enable mobile devices of external users to access the host user's online session by displaying a real-time video stream in conjunction with one or more images/videos associated with the available product(s). These external users may use the GUI(s) to participate in the auction of the product(s), e.g., by placing bids, within the host user's online session. The host user may utilize one or more fully integrated services and features that enable the host user to more efficiently and easily conduct the online session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Rhodes, Alex Russell, Alex Chase, Kyle McDowell
  • Publication number: 20240114213
    Abstract: A mobile software application implementing “live events,” via which a host of the event may sequentially offer one, two, three, four or more items to a plurality of guests in the event (e.g., via auction, via direct purchase, or via a giveaway). The host's device may obtain and transmit a real-time video stream, which is in turn provided to each guest's device in conjunction with real-time information about the item(s) being offered. Particular techniques further assist the host in sequencing two or more items to be offered in the same live event, thereby avoiding delays and cumbersome user interface interactions that might otherwise be involved in initiating the offering of a next item upon concluding an offering of a previous item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Rhodes, Laura Rothman, Benjamin Luce Brodie, Xiao Liu, Craig Jones
  • Patent number: D1103544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
    Inventor: Ryan Rhodes