Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Sole

Christopher J. Sole 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).

  • Collaborative linking system with bi-directed variable granularity search engine
    Patent number: 8572079
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for shortening response time and reducing resource utilization in an electronic advertising and customer enquiry system, operating in an interactive communications and distributed database environment. The system is designed to enable customers (01) to easily find product and service offerings that match their requirements for immediate local accessibility (A1), as well as the customer's (01) specific product desires. Where a perfect match does not exist, slightly less satisfactory solutions are offered. Such product offerings and customer (01) desires have static and dynamic characteristics that effect their electronic publication, enquiry, matching, and subsequent response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Placelinks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Bachman, Christopher J. Sole
  • Collaborative Linking System with Bi-Directed Variable Granularity Search Engine
    Publication number: 20110161418
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for shortening response time and reducing resource utilization in an electronic advertising and customer enquiry system, operating in an interactive communications and distributed database environment. The system is designed to enable customers (01) to easily find product and service offerings that match their requirements for immediate local accessibility (A1), as well as the customer's (01) specific product desires. Where a perfect match does not exist, slightly less satisfactory solutions are offered. Such product offerings and customer (01) desires have static and dynamic characteristics that effect their electronic publication, enquiry, matching, and subsequent response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Bachman, Christopher J. Sole
  • Collaborative linking system with bi-directed variable granularity search engine
    Patent number: 7734570
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for shortening response time and reducing resource utilization in an electronic advertising and customer enquiry system, operating in an interactive communications and distributed database environment. The system is designed to enable customers (01) to easily find product and service offerings that match their requirements for immediate local accessiblity (A1), as well as the customer's (01) specific product desires. Where a perfect match does not exist, slightly less satisfactory solutions are offered. Such product offerings and customer (01) desires have static and dynamic characteristics that effect their electronic publication, enquiry, matching, and subsequent response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Bachman, Christopher J. Sole
  • Collaborative linking system with bi-directed variable granularity search engine
    Publication number: 20030050914
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for shortening response time and reducing resource utilization in an electronic advertising and customer enquiry system, operating in an interactive communications and distributed database environment. The system is designed to enable customers (01) to easily find product and service offerings that match their requirements for immediate local accessiblity (A1), as well as the customer's (01) specific product desires. Where a perfect match does not exist, slightly less satisfactory solutions are offered. Such product offerings and customer (01) desires have static and dynamic characteristics that effect their electronic publication, enquiry, matching, and subsequent response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Bachman, Christopher J. Sole