Patents by Inventor Westley M. Stringfellow
Westley M. Stringfellow 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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Publication number: 20250370589Abstract: In one implementation, a computing device to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting content includes one or more processors; a network interface to establish a network connection with a remote server system; a display to output a plurality of graphical elements as part of the GUI; one or more input devices to receive user input related to the plurality of graphical elements; and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including selecting a first content element; selecting second content elements; detecting a third content element comprising a content summary of the second content elements; and outputting, in the GUI on the display, a first graphical element for the first content element and a third graphical element for the third content element, wherein second graphical elements for the second content elements are hidden or collapsed in the GUI.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2025Publication date: December 4, 2025Inventors: Caitlin Sicora, Priya Rajendran, Westley M. Stringfellow
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Patent number: 12436658Abstract: Disclosed is a system for providing graphical user interfaces (GUIs) to create and manage social media posts for an influencer. System operations can include: receiving information associated with a social media post that was created and tagged by an influencer for uploading, transmitting the tagged post to be uploaded to a social media platform feed, serving the post with the tag to the at least one product element to client devices, which causes the client devices to output attribute information identifying the influencer associated with the post and presenting the post in a horizontal content stream that is horizontally scrollable in the respective GUIs, receiving purchase information for a tagged product element in the post, allocating a predetermined portion of revenue for the purchase to the influencer, and returning information indicating the revenue that was allocated to the influencer.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2024Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Caitlin Sicora, Priya Rajendran, Westley M. Stringfellow
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Publication number: 20240295947Abstract: In one implementation, a computing device to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting content includes one or more processors; a network interface to establish a network connection with a remote server system; a display to output a plurality of graphical elements as part of the GUI; one or more input devices to receive user input related to the plurality of graphical elements; and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including selecting a first content element; selecting second content elements; detecting a third content element comprising a content summary of the second content elements; and outputting, in the GUI on the display, a first graphical element for the first content element and a third graphical element for the third content element, wherein second graphical elements for the second content elements are hidden or collapsed in the GUI.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Caitlin Sicora, Priya Rajendran, Westley M. Stringfellow
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Patent number: 12019844Abstract: In one implementation, a computing device to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting content includes one or more processors; a network interface to establish a network connection with a remote server system; a display to output a plurality of graphical elements as part of the GUI; one or more input devices to receive user input related to the plurality of graphical elements; and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including selecting a first content element; selecting second content elements; detecting a third content element comprising a content summary of the second content elements; and outputting, in the GUI on the display, a first graphical element for the first content element and a third graphical element for the third content element, wherein second graphical elements for the second content elements are hidden or collapsed in the GUI.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Caitlin Sicora, Priya Rajendran, Westley M. Stringfellow
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Publication number: 20230229288Abstract: In one implementation, a computing device to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting content includes one or more processors; a network interface to establish a network connection with a remote server system; a display to output a plurality of graphical elements as part of the GUI; one or more input devices to receive user input related to the plurality of graphical elements; and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including selecting a first content element; selecting second content elements; detecting a third content element comprising a content summary of the second content elements; and outputting, in the GUI on the display, a first graphical element for the first content element and a third graphical element for the third content element, wherein second graphical elements for the second content elements are hidden or collapsed in the GUI.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Caitlin Sicora, Priya Rajendran, Westley M. Stringfellow
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Patent number: 11644947Abstract: In one implementation, a computing device to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting content includes one or more processors; a network interface to establish a network connection with a remote server system; a display to output a plurality of graphical elements as part of the GUI; one or more input devices to receive user input related to the plurality of graphical elements; and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including selecting a first content element; selecting second content elements; detecting a third content element comprising a content summary of the second content elements; and outputting, in the GUI on the display, a first graphical element for the first content element and a third graphical element for the third content element, wherein second graphical elements for the second content elements are hidden or collapsed in the GUI.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Caitlin Sicora, Priya Rajendran, Westley M. Stringfellow
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Patent number: 11409409Abstract: In one implementation, a computing device to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting content includes one or more processors; a network interface to establish a network connection with a remote server system; a display to output a plurality of graphical elements as part of the GUI; one or more input devices to receive user input related to the plurality of graphical elements; and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including selecting a first content element; selecting second content elements; detecting a third content element comprising a content summary of the second content elements; and outputting, in the GUI on the display, a first graphical element for the first content element and a third graphical element for the third content element, wherein second graphical elements for the second content elements are hidden or collapsed in the GUI.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Caitlin Sicora, Priya Rajendran, Westley M. Stringfellow
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Patent number: 10783544Abstract: In one implementation, a system with a decentralized architecture to provide secure loyalty program includes a plurality of separate database systems to disperse storage of data for the secure loyalty program across a plurality of separate file systems with different authentication and encryption schemes, a loyalty program computer system to securely allocate loyalty rewards in real-time, a first intermediary computer system to securely manage and provide access to the first intermediary database system, and a second intermediary computer system to securely manage and provide access to the second intermediary database system.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventor: Westley M. Stringfellow
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Patent number: 10684738Abstract: A social media platform and system provides a graphical user interface for creating social media posts and tagging one or more products. The platform and system further provides a graphical user interface for presenting social media posts which include the tags of products. In response to a user input via the graphical user interface, the platform and system can present product elements representative of the tagged products in a content stream.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Caitlin Sicora, Priya Rajendran, Westley M. Stringfellow