Patents by Inventor Scott Pitkin

Scott Pitkin 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).

  • Publication number: 20250086403
    Abstract: A computing services environment may include a database system, a generative language model interface, a communication interface, and a messaging interface. The database system may store database records reflecting interactions between tenants of the computer services environment and individuals interacting with the tenants, and may determine an input description of a communication campaign between a tenant of the plurality of tenants and a corresponding segment of the individuals. The generative language model interface may determine a textual description of one or more elements of the communication campaign by completing a campaign brief generation prompt via a generative language model. The communication interface may transmit to a client machine authenticated to a database system account linked to the tenant an instruction to generate a graphical user interface at the client machine. The messaging interface may transmit messages based on the input description and the refinement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott PITKIN, Michael AURELIO, Jonathan BELKOWITZ, Allen HOEM, Amrutha KRISHNAN, Abigail KUTRUFF
  • Publication number: 20220035883
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and devices for management of a user journey through predefined communications activities are presented. A method may include obtaining a contact identifier for one or more contacts, determining a journey for a contact corresponding to the contact identifier, determining a contact status for the contact, displaying a visual depiction of the journey and a visual depiction of the contact status for the contact, receiving an indication of a contact journey modification, generating an updated contact status, and displaying an updated visual depiction of the journey and the updated contact status for the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Scott Pitkin, Pranavkumar Janakbhai Parekh, Brian Brinegar, Justin Prather, Matthew Zelenak, Craig Whynot, Ashwin Lulla, Alicia Greer, Rob Everetts, James MacManus, Andrew Short
  • Patent number: 8876607
    Abstract: An interface for displaying statistical information about players in an online fantasy sports game is provided. The interface includes a statistics generator for providing for display at least one description component that comprises at least a name of at least one player for viewing by a user. The statistics generator also provides at least one indicator for displaying a rendition of a statistic associated with the at least one player, where the statistic is based upon a percentage of teams for which the at least one player has a defined status in the fantasy sports game. The interface also includes an update component for providing for an update of the rendition of the statistic at one or more defined times, wherein the update component is operable to provide for display a value of the statistic determined at an update time, wherein the update time is based upon the one or more defined times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
  • Patent number: 8357044
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing up-to-date statistical information about fantasy sports players is disclosed herein. The volume and type of transactions made by a plurality of users regarding the fantasy sports players are used to generate at least one statistical value for respective players. The statistical values for respective players are provided in an online interface, providing ease of viewing of transaction activity regarding the players and/or facilitating a user's next transactions relative to the transaction activity of the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
  • Publication number: 20090156312
    Abstract: An interface for displaying statistical information about players in an online fantasy sports game is provided. The interface includes a statistics generator for providing for display at least one description component that comprises at least a name of at least one player for viewing by a user. The statistics generator also provides at least one indicator for displaying a rendition of a statistic associated with the at least one player, where the statistic is based upon a percentage of teams for which the at least one player has a defined status in the fantasy sports game. The interface also includes an update component for providing for an update of the rendition of the statistic at one or more defined times, wherein the update component is operable to provide for display a value of the statistic determined at an update time, wherein the update time is based upon the one or more defined times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
  • Publication number: 20090156311
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing up-to-date statistical information about fantasy sports players is disclosed herein. The volume and type of transactions made by a plurality of users regarding the fantasy sports players are used to generate at least one statistical value for respective players. The statistical values for respective players are provided in an online interface, providing ease of viewing of transaction activity regarding the players and/or facilitating a user's next transactions relative to the transaction activity of the plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian NG, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
  • Patent number: D594012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin
  • Patent number: D594464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin
  • Patent number: D988336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Pitkin, Pranavkumar Janakbhai Parekh, Alicia Greer, Robert Everetts, Brian Brinegar, Andrew Short, James MacManus
  • Patent number: D988351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Pitkin, Pranavkumar Janakbhai Parekh, Alicia Greer, Robert Everetts, Brian Brinegar, Andrew Short, James MacManus
  • Patent number: D1009923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Pitkin, Pranavkumar Janakbhai Parekh, Alicia Greer, Robert Everetts, Brian Brinegar, Andrew Short, James MacManus
  • Patent number: D1010672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Pitkin, Pranavkumar Janakbhai Parekh, Alicia Greer, Robert Everetts, Brian Brinegar, Andrew Short, James MacManus
  • Patent number: D1035694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Pitkin, Pranavkumar Janakbhai Parekh, Alicia Greer, Robert Everetts, Brian Brinegar, Andrew Short, James MacManus