Patents by Inventor Sam Pourcyrous

Sam Pourcyrous 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: 11665382
    Abstract: Embedding of digital tokens within a digital video can occur cryptographically using a public key in some embodiments. The digital video may be altered in a variety of ways so that the video itself contains an integrated token that can represent various quantities. Audiovisual data can be altered to contain both a token and a perceptible user auditory or visual cue as to the presence of the encrypted digital token. A video with an embedded digital token may be sent to users on the Internet. A video recipient may be able to view the video and also take additional action or gain additional functionality from the digital token embedded in the video. Tokens can be embedded by altering video metadata so that the perceptible video content itself is not changed in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Braden Christopher Ericson, Sam Pourcyrous, Fun-Chen Jou, Kaili An
  • Publication number: 20210120278
    Abstract: Embedding of digital tokens within a digital video can occur cryptographically using a public key in some embodiments. The digital video may be altered in a variety of ways so that the video itself contains an integrated token that can represent various quantities. Audiovisual data can be altered to contain both a token and a perceptible user auditory or visual cue as to the presence of the encrypted digital token. A video with an embedded digital token may be sent to users on the Internet. A video recipient may be able to view the video and also take additional action or gain additional functionality from the digital token embedded in the video. Tokens can be embedded by altering video metadata so that the perceptible video content itself is not changed in some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Braden Christopher Ericson, Sam Pourcyrous, Fun-Chen Jou, Kaili An
  • Patent number: 10893306
    Abstract: Embedding of digital tokens within a digital video can occur cryptographically using a public key in some embodiments. The digital video may be altered in a variety of ways so that the video itself contains an integrated token that can represent various quantities. Audiovisual data can be altered to contain both a token and a perceptible user auditory or visual cue as to the presence of the encrypted digital token. A video with an embedded digital token may be sent to users on the Internet. A video recipient may be able to view the video and also take additional action or gain additional functionality from the digital token embedded in the video. Tokens can be embedded by altering video metadata so that the perceptible video content itself is not changed in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Braden Christopher Ericson, Sam Pourcyrous, Fun-Chen Jou, Kaili An
  • Patent number: 10732761
    Abstract: A computer system identifies a presence of a substance in a first location of a display screen of the computing device. In response to the identifying the presence of the substance in the first location of the display screen, the computer system causes one or more elements of a content to be displayed in a second location of the display screen, wherein the one or more elements were initially displayed in the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventor: Sam Pourcyrous
  • Patent number: 10725648
    Abstract: A method for contextual pressure-sensing input, includes determining context of a document being displayed to a user by a display of a user device. The display includes a pressure-sensing input module for detecting touch inputs. The method includes determining engagement level that indicates an amount of engagement of the user with the document. The method includes determining, based on the engagement level and on the context, a pressure input requirement for the document. The pressure input requirement indicates an amount of pressure needed to verify acknowledgement of the document by the user. The method also includes determining whether a user touch input detected at the display matches the pressure input requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Sam Pourcyrous
  • Publication number: 20190171327
    Abstract: A computer system identifies a presence of a substance in a first location of a display screen of the computing device. In response to the identifying the presence of the substance in the first location of the display screen, the computer system causes one or more elements of a content to be displayed in a second location of the display screen, wherein the one or more elements were initially displayed in the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventor: Sam Pourcyrous
  • Publication number: 20190073108
    Abstract: A method for contextual pressure-sensing input, includes determining context of a document being displayed to a user by a display of a user device. The display includes a pressure-sensing input module for detecting touch inputs. The method includes determining engagement level that indicates an amount of engagement of the user with the document. The method includes determining, based on the engagement level and on the context, a pressure input requirement for the document. The pressure input requirement indicates an amount of pressure needed to verify acknowledgement of the document by the user. The method also includes determining whether a user touch input detected at the display matches the pressure input requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Sam Pourcyrous
  • Publication number: 20180352266
    Abstract: Embedding of digital tokens within a digital video can occur cryptographically using a public key in some embodiments. The digital video may be altered in a variety of ways so that the video itself contains an integrated token that can represent various quantities. Audiovisual data can be altered to contain both a token and a perceptible user auditory or visual cue as to the presence of the encrypted digital token. A video with an embedded digital token may be sent to users on the Internet. A video recipient may be able to view the video and also take additional action or gain additional functionality from the digital token embedded in the video. Tokens can be embedded by altering video metadata so that the perceptible video content itself is not changed in some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Braden Christopher Ericson, Sam Pourcyrous, Fun-Chen Jou, Kaili An