Patents by Inventor Shaun Forouzandeh

Shaun Forouzandeh 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: 20230186261
    Abstract: Embedding applications, or parts thereof, into other applications, or parts thereof, is described. In an example, an engagement with a first application, or a part thereof, can be detected, which can trigger a second application, or a part thereof, to be initialized in response to the engagement. In at least one example, the first application, or a part thereof, can provisionally transfer to the second application, or a part thereof. Based at least in part on detecting a user interaction with the second application, or a part thereof, a portion of the user interaction can be embedded in the first application, or a part thereof, and the embedded portion of the user interaction can be presented via a user interface associated with the first application, or part thereof, via a user computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Philip Goolkasian, Brandon Labbe, Vitaly Odemchuk, Shaun Forouzandeh
  • Patent number: 11544684
    Abstract: Embedding applications, or parts thereof, into other applications, or parts thereof, is described. In an example, an engagement with a first application, or a part thereof, can be detected, which can trigger a second application, or a part thereof, to be initialized in response to the engagement. In at least one example, the first application, or a part thereof, can provisionally transfer to the second application, or a part thereof. Based at least in part on detecting a user interaction with the second application, or a part thereof, a portion of the user interaction can be embedded in the first application, or a part thereof, and the embedded portion of the user interaction can be presented via a user interface associated with the first application, or part thereof, via a user computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Goolkasian, Brandon Labbe, Vitaly Odemchuk, Shaun Forouzandeh
  • Publication number: 20220036336
    Abstract: Techniques described herein are directed to application(s), or parts thereof, that are embedded into a buyer application. In an example, engagement with a buyer application on a computing device of a buyer can be detected. A particular, discrete functionality of a merchant application of the merchant can be triggered to be initialized in response to the engagement and the particular, discrete functionality associated with the merchant application can be accessed. In an example, an indication of a transaction between the merchant and the buyer can be received and the indication of the transaction can be associated with stored activity data of one or more transactions of the buyer, wherein the one or more transactions are associated with the buyer application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Philip Goolkasian, Brandon Labbe, Vitaly Odemchuk, Shaun Forouzandeh
  • Publication number: 20220038522
    Abstract: Embedding applications, or parts thereof, into other applications, or parts thereof, is described. In an example, an engagement with a first application, or a part thereof, can be detected, which can trigger a second application, or a part thereof, to be initialized in response to the engagement. In at least one example, the first application, or a part thereof, can provisionally transfer to the second application, or a part thereof. Based at least in part on detecting a user interaction with the second application, or a part thereof, a portion of the user interaction can be embedded in the first application, or a part thereof, and the embedded portion of the user interaction can be presented via a user interface associated with the first application, or part thereof, via a user computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Philip Goolkasian, Brandon Labbe, Vitaly Odemchuk, Shaun Forouzandeh
  • Publication number: 20140095328
    Abstract: An interactive reveal advertising unit is presented in a webpage. The motion and animation of the advertising unit's creative is tied to the user interaction with the device displaying the webpage, the web page or the advertising unit itself, so that the creative responds directly to the user interaction. The overall layout of the creative elements in the unit is changed based on various factors. The advertising unit also expands to reveal an expanded canvas that displays additional media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Shaun Forouzandeh, Guy Schackman, Agnes Liu, Chialing Hsu Sarva, Bonnie Pan