Patents by Inventor Steve Snyder

Steve Snyder 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: 20160258774
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for creating, modifying, and viewing geographic areas and their corresponding routes and items of work. For example, an interface can be provided with a map display area and a route display area. The map display area and the route display area can be synchronized to create new routes, modify existing routes, and/or view information about various routes and/or items of work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: ROBERT SANTILLI, STEVE SNYDER, ELISABETH DEFRONZO, SVETLANA INSKEEP, JOEL TANTZER, Karen Levin
  • Publication number: 20160258773
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for creating, modifying, and viewing geographic areas and their corresponding routes and items of work. For example, an interface can be provided with a map display area and a route display area. The map display area and the route display area can be synchronized to create new routes, modify existing routes, and/or view information about various routes and/or items of work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: ROBERT SANTILLI, STEVE SNYDER, ELISABETH DEFRONZO, SVETLANA INSKEEP, JOEL TANTZER, KAREN LEVIN
  • Patent number: 9361625
    Abstract: A game navigation interface for electronic content is described. A computer-implement system may comprise a content delivery platform operative to manage multimedia content. The computer-implemented system may further comprise a game navigation application operative to manage a game for the content delivery platform. The game navigation application may comprise a monitoring component operative to monitor navigation commands for navigating multimedia content provided by the content delivery platform, and output a game trigger signal based on the navigation commands. The game navigation application may further comprise a game navigation component operative to receive the game trigger signal, and select a game arranged to assist a user in navigating the multimedia content in response to the game trigger signal. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: CBS INTERACTIVE INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Parker, Douglas Schmidt, Steve Snyder
  • Publication number: 20130017870
    Abstract: A game navigation interface for electronic content is described. A computer-implement system may comprise a content delivery platform operative to manage multimedia content. The computer-implemented system may further comprise a game navigation application operative to manage a game for the content delivery platform. The game navigation application may comprise a monitoring component operative to monitor navigation commands for navigating multimedia content provided by the content delivery platform, and output a game trigger signal based on the navigation commands. The game navigation application may further comprise a game navigation component operative to receive the game trigger signal, and select a game arranged to assist a user in navigating the multimedia content in response to the game trigger signal. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Parker, Douglas Schmidt, Steve Snyder
  • Publication number: 20130013778
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system, method and computer program product which may include providing an online waiting room and gatekeeper for controlling access to users in a plurality of tiered classification standby lines, seeking access to an online event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Herde, Bill Binenstock, Antonio Fernandez, John R. Hopwood, Terrence Lee, Steve Snyder, Kar Loong Wong, Natalie Adams, Ronnie Paskin, Louis Thomas, Brijesh Sutaria, Daniel L. Smith, Fausto Albamonte, Christopher M. Kerlin
  • Publication number: 20120303552
    Abstract: Techniques to track users and user metrics for a website are described. For example, one embodiments may include identifying one or more users of a website, tracking one or more activities for each user, generating a database arranged to store the one or more activities for each user, and calculating one or more user metrics based on the stored activities, wherein the user metrics comprise one or more of a user value, content value, product value, service value or campaign value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE INC.
    Inventors: Mitchell Zayas, Steve Snyder
  • Patent number: 8234135
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system, method and computer program product which may include providing an online waiting room and gatekeeper for controlling access to users in a plurality of tiered classification standby lines, seeking access to an online event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: CBS Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Herde, Bill Binenstock, Antonio Fernandez, John R. Hopwood, Terrence Lee, Steve Snyder, Kar Loong Wong, Natalle Adams, Ronnie Paskin, Louis Thomas, Brijesh Sutaria, Daniel L. Smith, Fausto Albamonte, Christopher M. Kerlin
  • Publication number: 20120084353
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system, method and computer program product which may include providing an online waiting room and gatekeeper for controlling access to users in a plurality of tiered classification standby lines, seeking access to an online event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Herde, Bill Binenstock, Antonio Fernandez, John R. Hopwood, Terrence Lee, Steve Snyder, Kar Loong Wong, Natalie Adams, Ronnie Paskin, Louis Thomas, Brijesh Sutaria, Daniel L. Smith, Fausto Albamonte, Christopher M. Kerlin
  • Patent number: 8095400
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system, method and computer program product which may include providing an online waiting room and gatekeeper for controlling access to users in a plurality of tiered classification standby lines, seeking access to an online event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: CBS Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Herde, Bill Binenstock, Antonio Fernandez, John R. Hopwood, Terrence Lee, Steve Snyder, Kar Loong Wong, Natalie Adams, Ronnie Paskin, Louis Thomas, Brijesh Sutaria, Daniel L. Smith, Fausto Albamonte, Christopher M. Kerlin
  • Publication number: 20070243936
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system, method and computer program product which may include providing an interactive tournament contest; allowing at least one participant participating in the tournament contest to invite at least one additional participant to participate in the tournament contest; and providing a prize to the winner of the interactive tournament contest, wherein a value of the prize increases dependent upon a total number of the participants participating in the tournament contest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Bill Binenstock, Michael Brandon, Julia Contes, Antonio Fernandez, Ashley Frisch, Patrick Herde, John Hopwood, Terrence Lee, Leandro Lima, Carl Rischar, Steve Snyder, George Wakeling, Kar Wong
  • Publication number: 20070233291
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system, method and computer program product which may include providing an online waiting room and gatekeeper for controlling access to users in a plurality of tiered classification standby lines, seeking access to an online event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Patrick Herde, Bill Binenstock, Antonio Fernandez, John Hopwood, Terrence Lee, Steve Snyder, Kar Loong Wong, Natalle Adams, Ronnie Paskin, Louis Thomas, Brijesh Sutaria, Daniel Smith, Fausto Albamonte, Christopher Kerlin