Patents by Inventor Ellen F. Butler

Ellen F. Butler 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).

  • Method and system for providing personalized online shopping service
    Publication number: 20030225632
    Abstract: The method and system of the present invention provides instant personalized online shopping information and assistance for fast and filtered shopping experience that enables online shoppers to confidently and conveniently shop online, knowing that they are getting the best deal for a product or service. Online shoppers may access their own personalized shopping lists or personalized shopping list of other persons. The system and method of the present invention saves shopping time for selective and busy shoppers, attracts more physical product or service retail outlets to join online shopping services, and retains the existing online product or service providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Vincent Tong, Kamal Acharya, Ellen F. Butler, Praveen Shenoy, Kiersten Lammerding
  • Method and system for providing portable shopping information
    Publication number: 20030187755
    Abstract: Portable, instant, and personalized online shopping information and assistance is disclosed for a fast and filtered shopping experience that enables online shoppers to print, download to a portable device, or share the useful portion of the online shopping information with another person. Online shoppers may print or email the useful portion of the online shopping information in a brochure-style format for off-line browsing. The disclosed invention saves shopping time for selective and busy shoppers, attracts more physical product or service retail outlets to join online shopping services, and retains the existing online product or service providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Kamal Acharya, Vincent Tong, Peter Gremett, Louise Liu, Matthew Crampton, Ellen F. Butler
  • METHOD AND SYTEM FOR INTEGRATED ONLINE AND BRICK AND MORTAR PROVIDER SHOPPING
    Publication number: 20030074267
    Abstract: The method and system of the present invention provides a comparison shopping experience that enables online shoppers to shop online confidently and conveniently, knowing that they are getting the best deal for a product/service based on online comparison information about both online and offline providers of a product/service. The system and method of the present invention provides a multi-channel search result, an integrated list of online and offline providers, and comparison information about providers of a selected product or service. Thus, the system and method of the present invention saves shopping time for bargain-seeker shoppers, attracts more physical product/service retail outlets to join online shopping services, and retains the existing online product/service providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Kamal Acharya, Vincent Tong, Peter Gremett, Matthew Crampton, Srinivas Lingutla, Ellen F. Butler