Patents by Inventor John C. FERRARA

John C. FERRARA 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).

  • System, method, and computer-readable storage medium that establish a communication path between a mobile device and a non-mobile device
    Patent number: 11818218
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable-storage medium establishing a communication path between a mobile device and a non-mobile device. The method includes controlling display of a webpage for display on the non-mobile device, receiving data input via the webpage, the data including a mobile number associated with the mobile device, transmitting a message using the mobile number received from the non-mobile device, the message including a hyperlink that includes a uniform resource locator (URL), in response to performing a function at the mobile device, receiving a response associated with the function performed, coordinating communication between the mobile device and the non-mobile device to transmit the response through a communication path to the non-mobile device, and controlling display of the response received from the mobile device in the webpage of the non-mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: John C. Ferrara, Scott Lind
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT ESTABLISH A COMMUNICATION PATH BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A NON-MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190253499
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable-storage medium establishing a communication path between a mobile device and a non-mobile device. The method includes controlling display of a webpage for display on the non-mobile device, receiving data input via the webpage, the data including a mobile number associated with the mobile device, transmitting a message using the mobile number received from the non-mobile device, the message including a hyperlink that includes a uniform resource locator (URL), in response to performing a function at the mobile device, receiving a response associated with the function performed, coordinating communication between the mobile device and the non-mobile device to transmit the response through a communication path to the non-mobile device, and controlling display of the response received from the mobile device in the webpage of the non-mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: John C. FERRARA, Scott Lind