Patents by Inventor Thomas Blaser

Thomas Blaser 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: 20170323387
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying investment account information mimicking outcomes of a game-of-chance on a game-of-chance graphical user interface generated by a return on investment game-of-chance interface application executed on an electronic device. The method includes initializing a session of the game-of-chance and receiving preexisting investment account information including an initial investment value, past returns on investment value, and a total preexisting investment account balance. The method includes calculating a game-of-chance result for each round of the plurality of rounds such that the game-of-chance result for each round of the plurality of rounds are amounts that converge towards a total winnings value of the session equivalent to the preexisting investment account information. The method includes displaying on the electronic device via a game-of-chance graphical user interface after each round of the plurality of rounds the game-of-chance result associated with said round.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew ROSENFIELD, Eliot ABRAMS, Thomas BLASER, Stylianos CONSTANTINIDES, Andrew HOGUE, Janet MOEHRING, Ian MUIR, Laura RIVERA, Steven LEVITT
  • Publication number: 20140358823
    Abstract: A method and system for revealing investment account information including past returns of one or more of the user's preexisting investments is provided. The method and system include providing a query to one or more databases to access and acquire investment account information of the user's preexisting investments. The method and system include obtaining, in response to the query, the investment account information. The method and system also include populating the investment account information to be accessed by a return on investment game-of-chance interface application. The method and system additionally include revealing the investment account information as though the past returns of one or more of the user's preexisting investments were the result of a game-of-chance played by the user on a game-of-chance user interface by operation of the return on investment game-of-chance interface application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: TGG VENTURES LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Rosenfield, Eliot Abrams, Thomas Blaser, Stylianos Constantinides, Andrew Hogue, Janet Moehring, Ian Muir, Laura Rivera, Steven Levitt
  • Publication number: 20140358637
    Abstract: A method and system for graphically presenting a survey interface to a user. The method and system include graphically presenting the user with an inquiry and a corresponding user interface input slider via a self normalizing survey interface application, wherein the user interface input slider includes a user interface input marker. The method and system also include recording the inquiry response position of the user interface input marker on the user interface input slider selected by the user in response to the inquiry as a response data value. Additionally, the method and system include presenting the user with a subsequent inquiry and corresponding user interface input slider, wherein the user interface input marker is positioned at a self normalizing position that corresponds to the inquiry response position selected by the user during one or more prior survey sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: TGG Ventures LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Kahneman, Andrew Rosenfield, Thomas Blaser, Andrew Hogue, Sanjay Misra