Patents by Inventor Thorsten Kuehnemund

Thorsten Kuehnemund 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: 20190213522
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and/or system for improving user metric determination associated with a workplace can include: presenting a query to a first user based on a role identifier identifying a workplace role for the first user, collecting a response to the query from the first user, determining a metric for the first user based on the response to the query, and presenting the metric to a second user based on a second role identifier identifying a second workplace role for the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Jose Cong, Seth Rogers, Jens Faenger, Thorsten Kuehnemund, Brad Eckert, Andrew Selvia, Marin Licina, Michael Stark
  • Publication number: 20180005161
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and/or system for improving user metric determination associated with a workplace can include: presenting a query to a first user based on a role identifier identifying a workplace role for the first user, collecting a response to the query from the first user, determining a metric for the first user based on the response to the query, and presenting the metric to a second user based on a second role identifier identifying a second workplace role for the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jose Cong, Seth Rogers, Jens Faenger, Thorsten Kuehnemund, Brad Eckert, Andrew Selvia, Marin Licina, Michael Stark
  • Patent number: 8892472
    Abstract: A system and method for lending digital content in which a user employs her contacts list to lend and borrow the digital content. The lender initiates the lending process using her local device by generating a lending offer. The lending offer contains an identification of the lender, an identification of the contact and an identification of the digital content to be lent. The lending offer is communicated from the lender's local device through a communication channel to a server which generates a lending offer email and/or a lending notification. The lending offer email and notification are sent to the potential lendee. The potential lendee can click on a URL contained in the email or respond to the lending offer notification to accept the loan. The server processes this acceptance by the lendee and transfers the loaned copy of the digital content to the lendee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: barnesandnoble.com llc
    Inventors: Bharat Welingkar, Thorsten Kuehnemund
  • Publication number: 20120179753
    Abstract: A system and method for lending digital content in which a user employs her contacts list to lend and borrow the digital content. The lender initiates the lending process using her local device by generating a lending offer. The lending offer contains an identification of the lender, an identification of the contact and an identification of the digital content to be lent. The lending offer is communicated from the lender's local device through a communication channel to a server which generates a lending offer email and/or a lending notification. The lending offer email and notification are sent to the potential lendee. The potential lendee can click on a URL contained in the email or respond to the lending offer notification to accept the loan. The server processes this acceptance by the lendee and transfers the loaned copy of the digital content to the lendee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Bharat Welingkar, Thorsten Kuehnemund
  • Publication number: 20120144308
    Abstract: A system and method for recommending digital content in which a user employs her contacts list to recommend the digital content. The recommender initiates the recommendation process using her local device by generating a recommendation. The recommendation contains an identification of the recommender, an identification of the contact and an identification of the digital content to be recommended. The recommendation is communicated from the recommender's local device through a communication channel to a server. The server processes the recommendation from the recommender and generates a recommendation email and/or a recommendation notification. The recommendation email and notification are sent to the recommendee through a communication channel selected by the recommender. The recommendation email further contains a URL that directs the recommendee back to a summary of the recommended digital content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Bharat Welingkar, Thorsten Kuehnemund, Jaireh Tecarro, Patrick Hetroy