Patents by Inventor William McComb

William McComb 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: 20240070316
    Abstract: Techniques for a privacy-based user data sharing protocol disclose a system that receives a request to consent to share user data with a subscriber device. The system identifies, based on the request, a smart contract associated with the subscriber device. The smart contract comprises one or more conditions for collecting and managing the user data. The system generates a token based on the smart contract, in which the token indicates consent by a user to share the user data with the subscriber device according to the one or more conditions. The system records the generated token to a blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Charles William SIBBACH, Jonathan Michael PADILLA, Lucas Duffield NOVAK, Robert Alexander MCCOMB, Scott DAVIS, Todd Allen CHAPMAN, Varun PARTHASARATHY
  • Publication number: 20220005101
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that obtains an image of an apparel item and text describing the apparel item. The system also determines descriptive metadata of the apparel item by extracting information from the text. Further, the system further determines categorization metadata of the apparel item by analyzing the image. Additionally, the system stores the image, the descriptive metadata, and the categorization metadata in a virtual closet. Moreover, the system provides a recommendation of an outfit from a stylist to a user based on the virtual closet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Anna Jensen, Raul Fernandez, Gary Myers, William McComb
  • Patent number: 11132734
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that obtains an image of an apparel item and text describing the apparel item. The system also determines descriptive metadata of the apparel item by extracting information from the text. Further, the system further determines categorization metadata of the apparel item by analyzing the image. Additionally, the system stores the image, the descriptive metadata, and the categorization metadata in a virtual closet. Moreover, the system provides a recommendation of an outfit from a stylist to a user based on the virtual closet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: REMOTERETAIL, INC.
    Inventors: Anna Jensen, Raul Fernandez, Gary Myers, William McComb
  • Publication number: 20190362411
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that obtains an image of an apparel item and text describing the apparel item. The system also determines descriptive metadata of the apparel item by extracting information from the text. Further, the system further determines categorization metadata of the apparel item by analyzing the image. Additionally, the system stores the image, the descriptive metadata, and the categorization metadata in a virtual closet. Moreover, the system provides a recommendation of an outfit from a stylist to a user based on the virtual closet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Anna Jensen, Raul Fernandez, Gary Myers, William McComb
  • Patent number: 10373231
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that obtains an image of an apparel item and text describing the apparel item. The system also determines descriptive metadata of the apparel item by extracting information from the text. Further, the system further determines categorization metadata of the apparel item by analyzing the image. Additionally, the system stores the image, the descriptive metadata, and the categorization metadata in a virtual closet. Moreover, the system provides a recommendation of an outfit from a stylist to a user based on the virtual closet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SNAP+STYLE, INC
    Inventors: Anna Jensen, Raul Fernandez, Gary Myers, William McComb
  • Publication number: 20160027088
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that obtains an image of an apparel item and text describing the apparel item. The system also determines descriptive metadata of the apparel item by extracting information from the text. Further, the system further determines categorization metadata of the apparel item by analyzing the image. Additionally, the system stores the image, the descriptive metadata, and the categorization metadata in a virtual closet. Moreover, the system provides a recommendation of an outfit from a stylist to a user based on the virtual closet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Anna Jensen, Raul Fernandez, Gary Myers, William McComb
  • Patent number: D463523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Inventor: William McCombs