Patents by Inventor Theodore J. Bowers

Theodore J. Bowers 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 and method for providing discriminated content to network users
    Patent number: 8185940
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for providing discriminated partner system resources to the user of a host system. A host entity has a business relationship with one or more partnered entities. A user accesses the host's system and then uses the host's system to connect to a partner's system. Access from one system to the next is seamless and requires no additional user input to verify the user's access rights to subsequently accessed partners' systems. The content delivered to the user from a partner's system is discriminated from a larger pool of information to appear consistent in appearance, message, or both with the host system. The host system, the partner system or both systems may perform the discrimination functions. The user is thereby provided with seamless access to partnered systems that reflects the business partnership of the host and various partners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Theodore J Bowers, Dean Ilijasic, Shelley F. Sanders
  • System and method for providing discriminated content to network users
    Patent number: 7266839
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for providing discriminated partner system resources to the user of a host system. A host entity has a business relationship with one or more partnered entities. A user accesses the host's system and then uses the host's system to connect to a partner's system. Access from one system to the next is seamless and requires no additional user input to verify the user's access rights to subsequently accessed partners' systems. The content delivered to the user from a partner's system is discriminated from a larger pool of information to appear consistent in appearance, message, or both with the host system. The host system, the partner system or both systems may perform the discrimination functions. The user is thereby provided with seamless access to partnered systems that reflects the business partnership of the host and various partners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Inventors: Theodore J. Bowers, Dean Ilijasic, Shelley F. Sanders
  • System and method for providing discriminated content to network users
    Publication number: 20030014519
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for providing discriminated partner system resources to the user of a host system. A host entity has a business relationship with one or more partnered entities. A user accesses the host's system and then uses the host's system to connect to a partner's system. Access from one system to the next is seamless and requires no additional user input to verify the user's access rights to subsequently accessed partners' systems. The content delivered to the user from a partner's system is discriminated from a larger pool of information to appear consistent in appearance, message, or both with the host system. The host system, the partner system or both systems may perform the discrimination functions. The user is thereby provided with seamless access to partnered systems that reflects the business partnership of the host and various partners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Theodore J. Bowers, Dean Ilijasic, Shelley F. Sanders