Patents by Inventor Thomas Neal Donegan

Thomas Neal Donegan 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: 7831441
    Abstract: Responding to an account reactivation request includes receiving an account reactivation request from a former subscriber having a deactivated account and automatically accessing stored account information related to the deactivated account based on the account reactivation request. The stored account information is compared with a reactivation standard to produce a comparison result. Based on the comparison result a response to the reactivation request is provided. The receiving, accessing, comparing, and responding may be performed by a computer without interaction between the former subscriber and a service representative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Joseph Juneau, Thomas Neal Donegan, Dmitri Vasilievich Kochetkov, Allen Thomas Swann, Patricia Carter Tobin, David Crane Bishop, Gregory John Weiss
  • Patent number: 7395212
    Abstract: Responding to an account reactivation request includes receiving an account reactivation request from a former subscriber having a deactivated account and automatically accessing stored account information related to the deactivated account based on the account reactivation request. The stored account information is compared with a reactivation standard to produce a comparison result. Based on the comparison result a response to the reactivation request is provided. The receiving, accessing, comparing, and responding may be performed by a computer without interaction between the former subscriber and a service representative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: AOL LLC
    Inventors: Brad Joseph Juneau, Thomas Neal Donegan, Dmitri Vasilievich Kochetkov, Allen Thomas Swann, Patricia Carter Tobin, David Crane Bishop, Gregory John Weiss
  • Publication number: 20020056654
    Abstract: A compact disk holder includes first and second sides structured to accommodate a compact disk. The first side rotates relative to the second side to define a closed and open position. The second side includes a disk securing member to engage a compact disk. The disk securing member has spokes extending radially from the disk securing member to the second side to define cut-out areas between the spokes, the spokes being discontinuous around a perimeter of the second side. The compact disk holder may be used as a method of distributing marketing materials to an intended recipient by obtaining a compact disk on which marketing materials are stored as data, installing the compact disk into the compact disk holder and delivering the holder containing the compact disk to the intended recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Kristin Carman, Lisa Whitmore-Riofrio, Patricia Condon, Thomas Neal Donegan, Tony Choi, K.F. Leung, K.T. Hui, K.K. Kwong
  • Publication number: 20020019739
    Abstract: Responding to an account reactivation request includes receiving an account reactivation request from a former subscriber having a deactivated account and automatically accessing stored account information related to the deactivated account based on the account reactivation request. The stored account information is compared with a reactivation standard to produce a comparison result. Based on the comparison result a response to the reactivation request is provided. The receiving, accessing, comparing, and responding may be performed by a computer without interaction between the former subscriber and a service representative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Brad Joseph Juneau, Thomas Neal Donegan, Dmitri Vasilievich Kochetkov, Allen Thomas Swann, Patricia Carter Tobin, David Crane Bishop, Gregory John Weiss