Patents by Inventor James L. Hepworth

James L. Hepworth 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: 7346605
    Abstract: A system for searching and reporting an incidence of at least one trademark, tradename, celebrity name, and/or famous name on the Internet, which includes a computer system having a connection to the Internet, and a software program executing on the computer system. The software program is adapted to receive an input of at least one trademark, tradename, celebrity name, and famous name to be searched. The software program then creates a search string including at least one trademark, tradename, celebrity name, and famous name. The software program also receives a URL address of a Web page on the Internet to be searched. The software program accesses and searches the Web page for hits corresponding to the search string, and then provides the search results of identified hits within the Web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: MarkMonitor, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Hepworth, Faisal Shah
  • Publication number: 20040220903
    Abstract: A system to correlate trademark data to Internet domain name data includes a user system having a user interface. A host system is in communication with the user system. The host system executes a software application adapted to receive a name of a trademark owner. The software application creates a search string including at least the name of the trademark owner, and searches for trademarks owned by and assigned to the trademark owner based on the search string. The software application generates a trademark list including the located trademarks owned by and assigned to the trademark owner. The software application generates domain names corresponding to the trademark list, and identifies whether the domain names generated are available for registration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: EMARKMONITOR INC.
    Inventors: Faisal Shah, James L. Hepworth, Kelly James Riley