Patents by Inventor Steven Goforth

Steven Goforth 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: 10990999
    Abstract: A system may include a memory that includes a database of retailer-supplied promotions associated with a first plurality of brand items, and a database of promotions associated with a second plurality of brand items. The system also includes a communications interface configured to communicate with a remote device and a processor coupled to the memory and the communication interface. The processor is configured to determine whether a given promotion matches any retailer-supplied promotion, and when the given promotion matches, then not send a corresponding digital promotion via the communications interface to the remote device. The processor is also configured to, when the given promotion does not match, then send the corresponding digital promotion via the communications interface to the remote device for redemption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Goforth, Richard Polhemus, Chris Granger
  • Patent number: 10438239
    Abstract: A system may include a digital promotions server that includes a processor and a memory coupled thereto for storing digital promotions products each having a respective promotional value associated therewith. The system may also include a mobile wireless communications device that includes a display, an input device, and wireless communications circuitry carried by a portable housing. A controller may be coupled to the wireless communications circuitry and the display and configured to retrieve selected digital promotions from the digital promotions server and display graphical representations each corresponding to one of the selected digital promotions. The controller may also be configured to cooperate with the input device to determine a pattern of movement of a user's finger connecting the graphical representations, and generate a new digital promotion having a promotional value that is greater than a sum of respective promotional values of the connected the graphical representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Horacio G. Milla, Steven Goforth