Patents by Inventor Thad Christopher Smith

Thad Christopher Smith 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: 20150127127
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for managing a web-based digital media competition that includes presenting on graphical user interfaces of a plurality of first computing devices a competition between at least two digital media. The method also includes receiving at a feedback module of a second computing device competition-related input from a plurality of users via the graphical user interfaces, the second computing device being remote from the first computing device. Further, the method includes calculating a winner of the competition based on the competition-related input from the plurality of users. Additionally, the method includes modifying a status of the at least two digital media based on the winner of the competition, and modifying a status of the plurality of users based on the winner of the competition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Ted Elliott Carpenter, Thad Christopher Smith