Patents by Inventor Elwyn D. Jenkins

Elwyn D. Jenkins 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).

  • Marketing systems and methods that preserve consumer privacy
    Patent number: 6285983
    Abstract: Real-time marketing systems and methods are provided for creating marketing profiles and for directing customized offers to consumers while preserving consumer privacy. The systems and methods permit marketers to communicate offers directly to consumers without marketer knowledge of consumer identity. The systems and methods abstract from consumer profile records and securely index the class records created thereby to individual consumers. Without knowledge of consumer identity, marketers can frame real-time offers according to a marketing profile describing elements of the class records and then direct those offers to individual consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Lend Lease Corporation Ltd.
    Inventor: Elwyn D. Jenkins