Patents by Inventor Brian Tobler

Brian Tobler 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).

  • Publication number: 20060235713
    Abstract: In a charitable donation arrangement (300), individual members (302) select (702) a service provider (308) using one interface (202), select (704) a charity (304) using another interface (204), and specify how funds from their payments (214) of recurring bills from the service provider should be redirected (328, 334) to the charity. A personalized member portal (100) in a facilitator website (200) also provides the member in question with a detailed accounting (212) showing the total payments (214) made by the member to the service provider for the subscribed service (338), shows the pool (216) of funds available to be redirected from such payments according to instructions from the member, and shows the amounts (218) of redirected funds already donated to charity instead of being retained or obtained by the service provider as part of the monthly service payment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Tobler, Chad Reid, Chad Fox