Patents by Inventor Bruce Franco

Bruce Franco 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: 20090012704
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, provided is a product location system comprising an interface to a network accessible by a user equipment and configured to receive a user request for location of at least one product and a store/product location system comprising a database identifying stores and product locations within the stores and configured to return a product location within a store for each of the at least one product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Bruce Franco, Maureen Franco, William Robinson, Sanjay Patel
  • Publication number: 20070282661
    Abstract: Provided are a system and method of automatically clustering users for a meeting using a network accessible computer system. A meeting purpose is posted. And an input from each of a plurality of users indicating a desire to attend a meeting having the meeting purpose is received; the input also indicates a user location. Geographic clustering is performed, including determining two or more of the plurality of users based on the user locations of the two or more users and determining a meeting location based on the user locations of the two or more users. A meeting time is determined and a meeting confirmation is generated to the two or more users. The confirmation includes the meeting location and the meeting time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: MIX&MEET, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce Franco
  • Publication number: 20070276719
    Abstract: Provided is a method of providing an interactive user interface to an automated meeting system. The method comprises storing meeting data including user identifications representing a set of users associated with a meeting and generating for presentation via a user device at least a portion of the meeting data, including one or more of the user identifications. And the method includes generating for presentation via the user device one or more communication mechanisms configured to enable double-blind communication with at least one user corresponding to at least one of the user identifications, wherein the one or more communication mechanisms includes mechanisms configured to generate a semi-formatted message, from a set of selectable semi-formatted messages, for transmission to the at least one user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: MIX&MEET, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce Franco