Patents by Inventor Christopher Robert Cawston

Christopher Robert Cawston 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: 20080300962
    Abstract: A system for distributing a plurality of leads for vehicles over a network from a plurality of disparate lead sources to a targeted lead destination, the system comprising: an import module configured for receiving the plurality of leads in an electronic format and for associating a unique identifier with each lead of the plurality of leads, each of the leads including customer contact information, customer location information, and vehicle information; a tracking module configured for creating a report record for each said lead for use in tracking a status of each said lead, the report record associated with the unique identifier of each said lead; a delivery module configured for assigning each said lead to a selected vehicle dealership based on the lead information, the vehicle dealership associated with a network address of the targeted lead destination and for communicating each said lead to the network address; and a collector module configured for receiving from the targeted lead destination respective
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Cawston, Michael Pun, Kwok-Leung Elvis Lam, Kenneth Lo, Sin Leung Law
  • Publication number: 20080300961
    Abstract: A system for facilitating access by a user of a vehicle dealership to messages related to a lead for a vehicle from a customer, the lead having a unique identifier, customer information of the customer including contact information, and requested vehicle information, the system comprising: a storage containing a plurality of data suitable for including in a response message to the customer; a data search module configured for searching the storage to identify response data from the plurality of data based on at least one of the customer information or the vehicle information; a messaging center module configured for receiving a customer message associated with the lead via the unique identifier; and a template library configured for providing access to a plurality of message templates, the message templates for use with the response data through data population of corresponding template fields in generation of a response message to the received customer message, the response message being associated with the
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Cawston, Michael Pun, Kwok-Leung Elvis Lam, Kenneth Lo, Sin Leung Law