Wesley J Boudville

US Patent:

20130157760, Jun 20, 2013

Filed:

Dec 16, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/374207

Inventors:

Wesley John Boudville - Los Angeles CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
A63F 13/00
G07F 19/00
G06K 7/10
G06K 19/06

US Classification:

463 31, 23546204, 235375, 235494, 235379

Abstract:

A two dimensional barcode with default background and foreground colours uses other foreground colours, to make separate means of encoding data, used by decoding hardware and software, or by an observer's perception. The new colours show text or graphics. A barcode on a dynamic display shows a progress indicator for an operation started by a user who imaged the barcode with her phone. Or it shows the number of votes for users who picked it with their phones. The barcode could show scrolling text. A barcode on a computer screen simulates a pushbutton; pressed when the user takes a photo of it with a cellphone. Suppose a barcode has a symbol drawn on its foreground rectangles, and the barcode encodes a URL. The URL is crafted to maximise the number of foreground rectangles that the symbol intersects, helping a human interpolate the symbol from fragments.

US Patent:

20170053036, Feb 23, 2017

Filed:

Aug 18, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/756208

Inventors:

Wesley John Boudville - Los Angeles CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Many social apps on mobile devices let a user find others nearby using the same app. But her app cannot find users running other apps. The invention has the app servers implementing an API. Her app server sends her location and other criteria to other servers. They return deep links and other data about their users near her. If she picks a user, his deep link is run. It has a name of his app and an identifier of his app instance, like a network address. Her app makes a subwindow where she interacts with him via the app server/s or directly between the app instances. This improves the value of both apps, by increasing audiences accessible to users of either app. Her app can use the deep link to install an instance of his app, and then start it. So her interaction with him uses entirely his app. Her first app server can be compensated by the second server for the installation. The invention can also be used for task based or transactional apps, like those for finding taxi rides or people to do chores. The problem of transient deep links is addressed. Where a deep link referring to an address of a mobile device expires when the device gets a new network address. A deep link can be forwarded, with the forwarded app appending a deep link about itself to the original link. A deep link can be rated by a Rater website using ratings of the app that it refers to, and a rating of the app instance address in the deep link. The Rater has data to make a social network and for a search engine.

US Patent:

20170031874, Feb 2, 2017

Filed:

Jul 28, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/756058

Inventors:

Wesley John Boudville - Los Angeles CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/22
G06F 17/30

Abstract:

A deep link can have a name of a mobile app and a network address of a device on which an instance of the app is running. Deep links can be stored in a blockchain, along with related data, like the location of the device running the app. The deep links in the blockchain can be analysed to make a social network graph. A node in the graph is a network address of a mobile device running a mobile app. An edge between 2 nodes is a mobile app, which had 2 instances of the app interacting, where each instance runs on one of the nodes. The edge could be directed, going from the first earlier instance to the second instance. A blockchain can be used by a mobile app to write a deep link referring to itself. The app instance is looking to interact with other instances of the app. Another device scans the blockchain to get the deep link. It makes an instance of the app that interacts with the instance that wrote the deep link to the blockchain. The deep link in the blockchain could have associated data like the start and stop times of an interaction with other instances. Thus a blockchain can promote the direct interaction of instances of mobile apps. The logic to decide whether an app writes a deep link to the blockchain can be instantiated as a Writer. This can exist inside the app, or on the device, but outside any app, or on the network. Also, the app server might use a Writer, where the Writer is on the server machine or on the network.

US Patent:

20160359945, Dec 8, 2016

Filed:

Jun 8, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/545694

Inventors:

Wesley John Boudville - Los Angeles CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
G06F 9/445

Abstract:

A reflexive deep link is used for multiuser interactions between mobile apps. An instance of an app makes a deep link with an identifier of the app. And with the network address of the instance of the app. The deep link can have the location of the instance. A deep link can have 2 addresses. One of a device that a user of a mobile app (which loads the deep link) is looking for information about. Another address is for a finder device. The second address is called by the app if the device at the first address does not respond. The finder gives information about the device. A deep link can bypass an ad blocker. The app which is blocked sends a deep link to another app which is not blocked. The latter app relays ads to the first app. A deep link can have a cookie, associated with the instance of the app. Another instance gets the deep link and sends the cookie to the ad server. The latter makes a social network using cookies associated with different users.

US Patent:

20160217217, Jul 28, 2016

Filed:

Jan 28, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/544612

Inventors:

Wesley John Boudville - Los angeles CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06K 19/06

Abstract:

Jane talks to Bob, who can be a stranger. She shows him photos on her mobile device. He wants a copy of a photo. Jane could work for a company that wants to promote its products. Her device has product images. She makes data with a link to the image, and her contact information. The data is in a barcode on her screen. Bob decodes the data. He gets her email address. His device replies with an auto-generated message. Her device gets his electronic address. Her device can send a message, offering a discount or extra features about the product. Another use lets Bob comment in text or speech about Jane's photo. His comment is added to the webpage that shows the photo. Other wireless means are possible. Including “chirp”—an identifier of the data is transmitted as audio. Or using accelerometers and geolocation on both devices. The invention permits the automated transmission of photos and contact information between people, with minimal manual steps. A company can use it to build a database of potential customers interested in their products. Another method lets Jane transmit her email address to Bob, who takes a photo of her and emails it to her.

US Patent:

20150113068, Apr 23, 2015

Filed:

Oct 18, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/998280

Inventors:

Wesley John Boudville - Los Angeles CA, US
Wesley John Boudville - Perth, AU

International Classification:

A63F 13/33
G06F 17/30
H04L 12/58

US Classification:

709205, 463 42, 235375

Abstract:

A user with a mobile device can send and get data from a nearby device, where the latter can be a mobile device held by another person. Both devices communicate with a central server, that gives pages to the devices, letting the devices interact. The interaction is initiated by a barcode or an audio signal or a deliberate collision between the devices. The collision uses a collision server. If the second device has a large screen, like in a shop window, the central server can send web pages to the devices. The page on the mobile device has widgets that emulate browser buttons on the large screen or keys on a keyboard. Letting the pages on the large screen be standard web pages normally shown on a typical desktop or laptop, for backward compatibility and rapid deployment.

US Patent:

20140115102, Apr 24, 2014

Filed:

Apr 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

14/117607

Inventors:

Wesley John Boudville - Los Angeles CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

US Classification:

709217

Abstract:

A cellphone with a camera takes a photo of a barcode in a screen that can show different images. The barcode is decoded into a URL, and the cellphone uses wireless Internet access to visit the website of the URL. The website then makes a different image that also has a barcode of a URL, and sends it to the screen for display. This can increase the interactivity of the screen and its value to advertisers. Several users with cellphones might simultaneously interact with the screen in this manner.

US Patent:

20140098644, Apr 10, 2014

Filed:

Oct 9, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/573823

Inventors:

Wesley John Boudville - Pasadena CA, US

International Classification:

G08B 3/10

US Classification:

367197

Abstract:

A screen emits a chirp. A mobile device decodes the chirp to control the screen. A screen has several speakers emitting different chirps. The decoding by a mobile device allocates a split screen to the device, that is closest to it. A screen has a microphone that decodes a chirp from a device, letting the device control the screen. A blacklist is applied by a mobile device to a chirp. The blacklist can be a function of the date and location of the device. The querying of an audio server by a mobile device to decode a chirp can be minimised, for faster decoding. The header has bits pointing to a key in a table in the audio server. The value is an URL prefix, for a company with devices emitting chirps. The prefix is cached by a mobile device. Subsequent chirps with the same key let the device use the cached prefix instead of calling the audio server. A device connected to the Internet runs a web server. The device lacks a screen. It emits a chirp wrapping an URL. A mobile device decodes the chirp and gets pages to control the device or show data from the device.