7 granted U.S. patents
Filed 2017–2024. Granted 2019–2026. Every one of them filed after the Supreme Court's Alice decision, and every one of them public record.
A defensible position, not a filing cabinet
Software patents have a credibility problem, and deservedly so. Two things separate this portfolio from the ones that gave the category its reputation.
All filed after Alice
The Supreme Court's 2014 Alice decision invalidated hundreds of weaker software patents and reset the bar for what is patentable. Every patent here was filed after that decision and prosecuted against the higher standard — the first in 2017, the most recent in 2024.
Prosecuted by Sterne Kessler
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox — one of the country's leading IP specialists — has prosecuted the portfolio throughout, which is a large part of why the claims survived examination in the form they did.
- Assignee
- Ignition Interfaces, Inc.
- Named inventors
- David Bowman · Matthias Bowman · Derek Sasaki-Scanlon
- Jurisdiction
- United States (USPTO)
Three ideas, in plain English
Read together, the claims cover the interaction, what you do with what it captures, and the intelligence that decides what to offer.
Two actions from one gesture
A user interface that performs the expected action and generates current feedback from the same click or tap.
Feedback that filters the screen
Using that captured feedback to filter an information screen — a web page, an app screen, a set of results.
AI that generates and ranks the options
Context-aware generation, ranking and personalization of the options offered, getting sharper with each interaction.
Every patent, and where to read it
All seven are public record. Each number below links to its full text.
| Patent | Title | Filed | Granted |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 10,430,211 B2 | Parameterized user interface for capturing user feedback | ||
| US 10,802,842 B1 | Parameterized user interface for capturing user feedback | ||
| US 11,204,785 B1 | Parameterized user interface for capturing user feedback | ||
| US 11,698,801 B1 | Parameterized user interface for capturing user feedback | ||
| US 12,073,457 B1 | Parameterized method, device, and user interface for enabling filtering | ||
| US 12,086,616 B1 | Parameterized user interface for capturing user feedback | ||
| US 12,530,210 B1 | Parameterized user interface for capturing user feedback |
Patent numbers, titles and dates as recorded by the USPTO. Kind codes are shown as granted — one B2, six B1.
Licensing the portfolio
Software companies serving retail can license the patents and build Dual-Action UIs into products they already sell. If that is the conversation you want to have, start here.