Patents by Inventor Douglas L. Peckover
Douglas L. Peckover 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).
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Patent number: 8560396Abstract: A system for electronic commerce (10) having personal agents (12 and 13) that represent consumers and providers in a virtual marketplace (28). Consumer personal agents conceal the identity of the consumer and are capable of creating decision agents (14) that shop for products and assist consumers in comparing and ranking products. Provider personal agents are capable of creating demand agents (16) that quantify demand and target specific consumers without learning the identity of the consumers. Based on data generated by the activities of the decision agents and on preference data maintained by consumer personal agents, provider personal agents can quantify current, historical, and future demand, simulate demand, and target specific consumers for advertising and other messages. Provider personal agents can cooperate with consumer personal agents to collect data about reasons for sales and lost sales and to offer consideration payments to consumers.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Paradox Technical Solutions LLCInventor: Douglas L. Peckover
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Patent number: 8250225Abstract: An electronic system provides a plurality of address components arranged in a plurality of mutually exclusive groups, and maintains for each of a plurality of electronic network users a respective group assignment specifying one of the groups that is determined by assignment criteria. Each such group assignment can change over time as a function of the assignment criteria, and the assignment criteria is configured so that every user is initially assigned to a predetermined one of the groups. The electronic system allocates to each user over time a sequence of address components from the group specified by the current group assignment of that user.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Paradox Technical Solutions LLCInventors: Donald A. Eubanks, Robert Matthew Barnett, Douglas L. Peckover, Harold Hutson Carspecken, III
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Patent number: 8037512Abstract: A method is provided for separating people from direct access to personally identifiable information. The method involves use of a rules-based section which selectively blocks access to personally identifiable information where the access fails to comply with specified rules, and which selectively permits access to personally identifiable information where the access abides with the specified rules.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2005Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Paradox Technical Solutions LLCInventors: Benjamin L. Wright, Douglas L. Peckover
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Patent number: 8001047Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a technique for effecting payment, and involves: presenting a portable device; and causing the portable device to output a pseudo payment code.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2005Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Paradox Technical Solutions LLCInventors: Douglas L. Peckover, Benjamin L. Wright
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Publication number: 20110093338Abstract: A system for electronic commerce (10) having personal agents (12 and 13) that represent consumers and providers in a virtual marketplace (28). Consumer personal agents conceal the identity of the consumer and are capable of creating decision agents (14) that shop for products and assist consumers in comparing and ranking products. Provider personal agents are capable of creating demand agents (16) that quantify demand and target specific consumers without learning the identity of the consumers. Based on data generated by the activities of the decision agents and on preference data maintained by consumer personal agents, provider personal agents can quantify current, historical, and future demand, simulate demand, and target specific consumers for advertising and other messages. Provider personal agents can cooperate with consumer personal agents to collect data about reasons for sales and lost sales and to offer consideration payments to consumers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicants: @YOURCOMMAND, INC., PRIVACY INFRASTRUCTURE, INC., PRIVACY, INC., PARADOX TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LLCInventor: Douglas L. Peckover
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Patent number: 7865404Abstract: A system for electronic commerce (10) having personal agents (12 and 13) that represent consumers and providers in a virtual marketplace (28). Consumer personal agents conceal the identity of the consumer and are capable of creating decision agents (14) that shop for products and assist consumers in comparing and ranking products. Provider personal agents are capable of creating demand agents (16) that quantify demand and target specific consumers without learning the identity of the consumers. Based on data generated by the activities of the decision agents and on preference data maintained by consumer personal agents, provider personal agents can quantify current, historical, and future demand, simulate demand, and target specific consumers for advertising and other messages. Provider personal agents can cooperate with consumer personal agents to collect data about reasons for sales and lost sales and to offer consideration payments to consumers.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Paradox Technical Solutions LLCInventor: Douglas L. Peckover
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Patent number: 7567936Abstract: An electronic device is configured for use by a user who is a natural person, and has a network port through which the user can access an electronic network. The device can receive through the network port an information request intended for presentation to the user, the information request including a request for an actual identifier associated with the user. The device can respond to the information request in a manner that includes activating within the device a manager portion thereof that facilitates providing the information request with a pseudo identifier in place of the actual identifier.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Paradox Technical Solutions LLCInventors: Douglas L. Peckover, Thomas L. Allen, Benjamin L. Wright
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Patent number: 7319976Abstract: A system for electronic commerce (10) having personal agents (12 and 13) that represent consumers and providers in a virtual marketplace (28). Consumer personal agents conceal the identity of the consumer and are capable of creating decision agents (14) that shop for products and assist consumers in comparing and ranking products. Provider personal agents are capable of creating demand agents (16) that quantify demand and target specific consumers without learning the identity of the consumers. Based on data generated by the activities of the decision agents and on preference data maintained by consumer personal agents, provider personal agents can quantify current, historical, and future demand, simulate demand, and target specific consumers for advertising and other messages. Provider personal agents can cooperate with consumer personal agents to collect data about reasons for sales and lost sales and to offer consideration payments to consumers.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2000Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Paradox Technical Solutions LLCInventor: Douglas L. Peckover
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Patent number: 6286002Abstract: A method of accessing a database using a computer system. One example of the method includes the following steps. Access a tree data structure. The tree data structure includes a set of nodes linked in parent, child and sibling relations. Each node of a subset of nodes is associated with a corresponding term. Select some nodes of the set of nodes. This includes selecting a node of the set of nodes. The node has at least a sibling node. In response to selecting the node, performing one of the following actions. If the node is a first type of node, allowing a selection of the sibling node. If the node is a second type of node, not allowing a selection of the sibling node. Record a list of node selections corresponding to the selection of some nodes. Extract a set of terms from the list of node selections. Create a data structure including price information and duration of existence information. Store the data structure in the database using the set of terms.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1997Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: @YourCommandInventors: Jack Axaopoulos, James F. Carpenter, Jr., Douglas L. Peckover
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Patent number: 6119101Abstract: A system for electronic commerce (10) having personal agents (12 and 13) that represent consumers and providers in a virtual marketplace (28). Consumer personal agents conceal the identity of the consumer and are capable of creating decision agents (14) that shop for products and assist consumers in comparing and ranking products. Provider personal agents are capable of creating demand agents (16) that quantify demand and target specific consumers without learning the identity of the consumers. Based on data generated by the activities of the decision agents and on preference data maintained by consumer personal agents, provider personal agents can quantify current, historical, and future demand, simulate demand, and target specific consumers for advertising and other messages. Provider personal agents can cooperate with consumer personal agents to collect data about reasons for sales and lost sales and to offer consideration payments to consumers.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1997Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Assignee: Personal Agents, Inc.Inventor: Douglas L. Peckover