Patents Assigned to Constant Contact, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10038653
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for generating at least one custom email message based, at least in part, on input from a user of a computer system, the computer system having a display. The method comprises acts of presenting, to the user in the display of the computer system, an editor interface displaying an initial approximation of an email message comprising a plurality of content blocks; accepting, through the editor interface, at least one customization of at least one of a content of at least one of the plurality of content blocks and a layout of the plurality of content blocks; and displaying through the editor interface a customized approximation of the email message based, at least in part, on the initial approximation of the email message and the at least one customization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.
    Inventors: Yan Gao, Sridhar Gorantla, Paul McLaughlin, Michael Fitterman
  • Publication number: 20160308805
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for generating at least one custom email message based, at least in part, on input from a user of a computer system, the computer system having a display. The method comprises acts of presenting, to the user in the display of the computer system, an editor interface displaying an initial approximation of an email message comprising a plurality of content blocks; accepting, through the editor interface, at least one customization of at least one of a content of at least one of the plurality of content blocks and a layout of the plurality of content blocks; and displaying through the editor interface a customized approximation of the email message based, at least in part, on the initial approximation of the email message and the at least one customization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.
    Inventors: Yan Gao, Sridhar Gorantla, Paul McLaughlin, Michael Fitterman
  • Patent number: 8108763
    Abstract: A visual editor for generating a custom email message. An editor interface may display an approximation of an email message. A user may customize content and layout of an email message through the editor interface. A user interface system may track such customizations to enable faster remote operations to be performed on content of the email message. A plurality of substantially modular renderers may enable a plurality of different output representations to be generated from a single stored representation of the email message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Constant Contact, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Gao, Sridhar Gorantla, Paul McLaughlin, Michael Fitterman