Patents by Inventor Alfred L. Chow

Alfred L. Chow 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).

  • User-defined classifieds
    Patent number: 8463817
    Abstract: A system and method for creating and classifying listings within user-defined marketplaces. An information database in communication with an information application comprises a plurality of marketplaces and a plurality of listings respectively classified within the plurality of marketplaces. The marketplaces stored in the information database may be either pre-defined or user-defined. User-defined marketplaces are created based at least in part on information supplied by an access device in communication with the information database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: Verizon Data Services LLC, Idearc Media Corp.
    Inventors: Alfred L. Chow, Sivakumar Chinnasamy, Douglas G. Heatherly, Eric Daniel Chandler
  • USER-DEFINED CLASSIFIEDS
    Publication number: 20120215653
    Abstract: A system and method for creating and classifying listings within user-defined marketplaces. An information database in communication with an information application comprises a plurality of marketplaces and a plurality of listings respectively classified within the plurality of marketplaces. The marketplaces stored in the information database may be either pre-defined or user-defined. User-defined marketplaces are created based at least in part on information supplied by an access device in communication with the information database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Alfred L. Chow, Sivakumar Chinnasamy, Douglas G. Heatherly, Eric D. Chandler
  • User-defined classifieds
    Patent number: 8185552
    Abstract: A system and method for creating and classifying listings within user-defined marketplaces. An information database in communication with an information application comprises a plurality of marketplaces and a plurality of listings respectively classified within the plurality of marketplaces. The marketplaces stored in the information database may be either pre-defined or user-defined. User-defined marketplaces are created based at least in part on information supplied by an access device in communication with the information database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Alfred L. Chow, Sivakumar Chinnasamy, Douglas G. Heatherly, Eric D. Chandler
  • System and method for tracking financial transactions and merchandise purchases
    Publication number: 20040209596
    Abstract: A method for tracking events such as financial transactions, the status of merchandise orders, and the like, whereby, upon receipt of data describing at least one aspect of an event, at least one wireless receiver is identified to send at least a portion of the data to. The data is sent via a wireless communication network for transmission to the at least one wireless receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Tony W. Wong, Alfred L. Chow, Charlie Martin