Patents by Inventor James Jerome Smart-Foster

James Jerome Smart-Foster 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).

  • Patent number: 11869035
    Abstract: An advertisement distribution system, method, and computer readable medium (collectively, the “System”) is provided. The System may request posts containing a subject tag from social media operators. The posts may be made by merchants having a relationship with the System. The System may filter the posts based on filters, geographic data, and member preferences. The System may distribute the posts to members having a relationship with the System.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Carroll, Hans-Jurgen Greiner, Padmaja Kodavanti, Gopinath Kondapally, Kevin H. Ringger, James Jerome Smart-Foster, Arun Swamy
  • Publication number: 20230368243
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing social media posts from social media operators is described. In one example, a system includes a computing device that is configured to obtain posts of a merchant from social media operators. A request to distribute a social media post from the posts to a recipient group is identified based at least in part on the social media post include a subject tag for the merchant. A subset of the posts is filtered based at least in part on an identification of a duplicative post with the subject tag. A set of recipients for the recipient group is identified based at least part on individual recipients in the set of recipients sharing a common preference and metadata associated with a particular post of the subset of the posts. The particular post of the subset of the posts is inserted into a web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Carroll, Hans-Jurgen Greiner, Padmaja Kodavanti, Gopinath Kondapally, Kevin H. Ringger, James Jerome Smart-Foster, Arun Swamy
  • Patent number: 10540685
    Abstract: An advertisement distribution system, method, and computer readable medium (collectively, the “System”) is provided. The System may request posts containing a subject tag from social media operators. The posts may be made by merchants having a relationship with the System. The System may filter the posts based on filters, geographic data, and member preferences. The System may distribute the posts to members having a relationship with the System.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Carroll, Hans-Jurgen Greiner, Padmaja Kodavanti, Gopinath Kondapally, Kevin H. Ringger, James Jerome Smart-Foster, Arun Swamy
  • Publication number: 20160019585
    Abstract: An advertisement distribution system, method, and computer readable medium (collectively, the “System”) is provided. The System may request posts containing a subject tag from social media operators. The posts may be made by merchants having a relationship with the System. The System may filter the posts based on filters, geographic data, and member preferences. The System may distribute the posts to members having a relationship with the System.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: JONATHAN J. CARROLL, HANS-JURGEN GREINER, PADMAJA KODAVANTI, GOPINATH KONDAPALLY, KEVIN H. RINGGER, JAMES JEROME SMART-FOSTER, ARUN SWAMY
  • Publication number: 20130117324
    Abstract: A system, method, and article of manufacture for providing electronic help is disclosed. The method may comprise receiving a search query, searching, by a search library and in response to the search query, a document object model (“DOM”) structure associated with a webpage, and identifying a portion of the webpage based upon the searching. In various embodiments, the method may further comprise receiving a selection of an option to receive electronic help, communicating with a help database to retrieve help data, and displaying a storyboard associated with the help data. The storyboard may be displayed in a pertinent portion of a webpage based upon the DOM structure of the webpage. The help data may be further received based upon the search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans-Jurgen Greiner, James Jerome Smart-Foster