Patents by Inventor Thomas Nathaniel Supple

Thomas Nathaniel Supple 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).

  • Apparatus and method for anonymously presenting targeted advertisements and desirable media content in association with a virtual currency
    Patent number: 9001979
    Abstract: An electronic advertising system anonymously directs the attention of a user to content provided by an advertiser, in exchange for subsequently permitting the same user to access otherwise restricted desirable content of another part. Such desirable content may include online entertainment media, digital video content, social media, news media, and other privileged services or data. The user accumulates points, or virtual currency, in exchange for viewing the advertisements of vendor affiliates of the present system. The user may then spend previously accumulated points, or virtual currency, in order to access desirable content of redeemer affiliates of the present system. The present system further facilitates financial transactions between the system operator, vendor affiliates, and redeemer affiliates, relative to the movement of virtual currency amongst the various parties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph D. Nix, Michael Wallace Verhulst, Donald Charles Ganiere, Matthew Wayne Cox, Christopher Warren Smith, Thomas Nathaniel Supple
  • Apparatus And Method For Anonymously Presenting Targeted Advertisements And Desirable Media Content In Association With A Virtual Currency
    Publication number: 20120191518
    Abstract: An electronic advertising system anonymously directs the attention of a user to content provided by an advertiser, in exchange for subsequently permitting the same user to access otherwise restricted desirable content of another part. Such desirable content may include online entertainment media, digital video content, social media, news media, and other privileged services or data. The user accumulates points, or virtual currency, in exchange for viewing the advertisements of vendor affiliates of the present system. The user may then spend previously accumulated points, or virtual currency, in order to access desirable content of redeemer affiliates of the present system. The present system further facilitates financial transactions between the system operator, vendor affiliates, and redeemer affiliates, relative to the movement of virtual currency amongst the various parties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph D. Nix, Michael Wallace Verhulst, Christopher Warren Smith, Thomas Nathaniel Supple, Donald Charles Ganiere, Matthew Wayne Cox