Patents by Inventor Charles DiFatta, III

Charles DiFatta, III 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).

  • Method and apparatus for mapping a community through user interactions on a computer network
    Patent number: 6963879
    Abstract: A system for building a database that stores information representative of the organizational structure of a community of users of a computer network is disclosed. The system uses an online computer applications service that facilitates the initiation and completion of transactions between users in the community. Initially, a first user from the community registers on the computer applications service and information representative of the first user is stored in the database. Next, a first transaction record is created in the database from information inputted by the first registered user. The first transaction record includes at least one field representing an identity of a first unregistered user in the community, a field representing a role of the first registered user in the first transaction, and a field representing a role of the first unregistered user in the first transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Intuit, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace Colver, Tapan Bhat, Charles DiFatta, III, David J. Stubenvoll, Fangyao Zhen
  • Method and apparatus for mapping a community through user interactions on a computer network
    Patent number: 6745196
    Abstract: A system for building a database that stores information representative of the organizational structure of a community of users of a computer network is disclosed. The system uses an online computer applications service that facilitates the initiation and completion of transactions between users in the community. Initially, a first user from the community registers on the computer applications service and information representative of the first user is stored in the database. Next, a first transaction record is created in the database from information inputted by the first registered user. The first transaction record includes at least one field representing an identity of a first unregistered user in the community, a field representing a role of the first registered user in the first transaction, and a field representing a role of the first unregistered user in the first transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Intuit, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace Colyer, Tapan Bhat, Charles DiFatta, III, David J. Stubenvoll, Fangyao Zhen