Patents by Inventor Tyler Howarth
Tyler Howarth 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).
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Patent number: 9420015Abstract: A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking a mobile user using the user's mobile device. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location and activity of a user and her community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The social media system automatically determines a location type and/or user activity from context information. The context information can include current and past location and user and/or community information, time-dependent information, and third party information. The location activities can be presented to the community using pictograms selected to represent user activities.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: PUSHD, INC.Inventors: Ben Cherry, Abdur Chowdhury, Ophir Frieder, Tyler Howarth, Eric Jensen, Andrew Lorek, Ian Miles Ownbey, Matt Sanford
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Patent number: 9386052Abstract: A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking a mobile user using the user's mobile device. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location and activity of a user and her community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The social media system automatically determines a location type and/or user activity from context information. The context information can include current and past location and user and/or community information, time-dependent information, and third party information. The location activities can be presented to the community using pictograms selected to represent user activities.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: PUSHD, INC.Inventors: Ian Miles Ownbey, Ben Cherry, Abdur Chowdhury, Ophir Frieder, Tyler Howarth, Eric Jensen, Andrew Lorek, Matt Sanford
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Patent number: 9338759Abstract: A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking a mobile user using the user's mobile device. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location and activity of a user and her community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The method provides a tracking functionality that uses less battery power than a GPS system. The method includes a location module configured to receive location transmissions, places the location module into a sleep mode when possible, awakens the location module upon receipt of a location transmission, and determines a location with the location module and the location transmission. These steps are desirably repeated to continually and automatically track the mobile user.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: PUSHD INC.Inventors: Abdur Chowdhury, Chris Carella, Ben Cherry, Ophir Frieder, Eric Jensen, Tyler Howarth, Matt Sanford
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Patent number: 9288616Abstract: A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking and sending electronic reminder messages to a mobile user using the user's mobile device as a function of the user's tracked location. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location of a user and her community for actuating reminders based upon the user's location and/or the location of members of the community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as GPS, cell phone usage, WiFi triangulation, and/or other device applications.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: PUSHD, INC.Inventors: Ben Cherry, Chris Carella, Abdur Chowdhury, Ophir Frieder, Tyler Howarth, Eric Jensen, Matt Sanford
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Patent number: 9225789Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for sharing locations and/or activities of a user participating in a social networking service. User information about a destination is received and automatically associated with the destination. The user information is automatically shared in the social networking service upon further user arrivals at the destination prior to receiving any additional user information.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: pushd, Inc.Inventors: Eric Jensen, Chris Carella, Ben Cherry, Abdur Chowdhury, Ophir Frieder, Tyler Howarth, Matt Sanford
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Publication number: 20150105104Abstract: A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking and sending electronic reminder messages to a mobile user using the user's mobile device as a function of the user's tracked location. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location of a user and her community for actuating reminders based upon the user's location and/or the location of members of the community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as GPS, cell phone usage, WiFi triangulation, and/or other device applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Ben Cherry, Chris Carella, Abdur Chowdhury, Ophir Frieder, Tyler Howarth, Eric Jensen, Matt Sanford
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Publication number: 20150106448Abstract: A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking a mobile user using the user's mobile device. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location and activity of a user and her community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The social media system automatically determines a location type and/or user activity from context information. The context information can include current and past location and user and/or community information, time-dependent information, and third party information. The location activities can be presented to the community using pictograms selected to represent user activities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Ian Miles OWNBEY, Ben CHERRY, Abdur CHOWDHURY, Ophir FRIEDER, Tyler HOWARTH, Eric JENSEN, Andrew LOREK, Matt SANFORD
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Publication number: 20150106443Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for sharing locations and/or activities of a user participating in a social networking service. User information about a destination is received and automatically associated with the destination. The user information is automatically shared in the social networking service upon further user arrivals at the destination prior to receiving any additional user information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Eric Jensen, Chris Carella, Ben Cherry, Abdur Chowdhury, Ophir Frieder, Tyler Howarth, Matt Sanford
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Publication number: 20150106449Abstract: A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking a mobile user using the user's mobile device. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location and activity of a user and her community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The social media system automatically determines a location type and/or user activity from context information. The context information can include current and past location and user and/or community information, time-dependent information, and third party information. The location activities can be presented to the community using pictograms selected to represent user activities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Ben Cherry, Abdur Chowdhury, Ophir Frieder, Tyler Howarth, Eric Jensen, Andrew Lorek, Ian Miles Ownbey, Matt Sanford
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Publication number: 20150105096Abstract: A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking a mobile user using the user's mobile device. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location and activity of a user and her community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The method provides a tracking functionality that uses less battery power than a GPS system. The method includes a location module configured to receive location transmissions, places the location module into a sleep mode when possible, awakens the location module upon receipt of a location transmission, and determines a location with the location module and the location transmission. These steps are desirably repeated to continually and automatically track the mobile user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Abdur Chowdhury, Chris Carella, Ben Cherry, Ophir Frieder, Eric Jensen, Tyler Howarth, Matt Sanford