Patents by Inventor Alan Thomas Capps

Alan Thomas Capps 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).

  • COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FACILITATING DELIVERY OF A PREDEFINED MESSAGE TO END USER DEVICES ON INITIAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH AN ENTITY
    Publication number: 20250097173
    Abstract: A method for generating pre-defined outbound messages includes detecting an inbound message from a source communication address of a first end user device to a destination communication address of a second end user device, determining that the destination communication address is associated with an entity requiring that a pre-defined outbound message accompanying one or more responsive outbound messages be initially sent to each of a plurality of customers of the entity, wherein the first end user device is one of the plurality of customers of the entity, and responsive to determining that the inbound message is an initial message between the source communication address and the destination communication address, generating the pre-defined outbound message comprising compliance language related to communications with the one of the plurality of customers of the entity, and causing the pre-defined outbound message to be sent to the source communication address as though originating from the destination communi
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: James Lapic, Daniel Eric deMarteleire, Alan Thomas Capps, Carl Derline
  • Communication system facilitating delivery of a predefined message to end user devices on initial communications with an entity
    Patent number: 12160398
    Abstract: Techniques for generating pre-defined outbound messages in response to a first inbound message or a first outbound message in a configured interval of time, including prioritization over configured autoreply messages. Source or destination messages conforming to business rules are sent to accompany outbound messages in particular orders and under particular circumstances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ZIPWHIP, LLC
    Inventors: James Lapic, Daniel Eric deMarteleire, Alan Thomas Capps, Carl Derline
  • COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FACILITATING DELIVERY OF A PREDEFINED MESSAGE TO END USER DEVICES ON INITIAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH AN ENTITY
    Publication number: 20230262009
    Abstract: Techniques for generating pre-defined outbound messages in response to a first inbound message or a first outbound message in a configured interval of time, including prioritization over configured autoreply messages. Source or destination messages conforming to business rules are sent to accompany outbound messages in particular orders and under particular circumstances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: James Lapic, Daniel Eric deMarteleire, Alan Thomas Capps, Carl Derline
  • Communication system facilitating delivery of a predefined message to end user devices on initial communications with an entity
    Patent number: 11637793
    Abstract: Techniques for generating pre-defined outbound messages in response to a first inbound message or a first outbound message in a configured interval of time, including prioritization over configured autoreply messages. Source- or destination-messages conforming to business rules are sent to accompany outbound messages in particular orders and under particular circumstances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ZIPWHIP, LLC
    Inventors: James Lapic, Daniel Eric deMarteleire, Alan Thomas Capps, Carl Derline
  • A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FACILITATING DELIVERY OF A PREDEFINED MESSAGE TO END USER DEVICES ON INITIAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH AN ENTITY
    Publication number: 20220368661
    Abstract: Techniques for generating pre-defined outbound messages in response to a first inbound message or a first outbound message in a configured interval of time, including prioritization over configured autoreply messages. Source- or destination-messages conforming to business rules are sent to accompany outbound messages in particular orders and under particular circumstances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Zipwhip, Inc.
    Inventors: James Lapic, Daniel Eric deMarteleire, Alan Thomas Capps, Carl Derline