Patents by Inventor Clark Thurston Hill

Clark Thurston Hill 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 system for routing hardcopy mail
    Patent number: 7349853
    Abstract: A method and system for routing hardcopy mail is provided. Specifically, a recipient is assigned a unique identifier. The recipient can electronically designate a mailing address to be associated with the assigned identifier. A sender wishing to send the recipient a piece of hardcopy mail can obtain the recipient's identifier and affix the same to the piece of hardcopy mail. The identifier will be read and the piece of hardcopy mail will be routed to the recipient at the mailing address associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventor: Clark Thurston Hill
  • Method and system for routing hardcopy mail
    Publication number: 20030065629
    Abstract: A method and system for routing hardcopy mail is provided. Specifically, a recipient is assigned a unique identifier. The recipient can electronically designate a mailing address to be associated with the assigned identifier. A sender wishing to send the recipient a piece of hardcopy mail can obtain the recipient's identifier and affix the same to the piece of hardcopy mail. The identifier will be read and the piece of hardcopy mail will be routed to the recipient at the mailing address associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Clark Thurston Hill