Patents by Inventor Eric Lee Byers

Eric Lee Byers 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).

  • Localized time zone delivery system and method
    Patent number: 9767462
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, the objective is to give an e-commerce system user control over when a message is sent so that it arrives at a time that is relative to a subscriber's local time zone. This gives users the ability to send messages to subscribers so that they are received by subscribers at a specific time of day in their time zone. For example, localized time zone delivery would send messages so that they are arrive in the inbox of subscriber “A” located in San Diego around 10:00 AM Pacific Time and around 10:00 AM Eastern Time for subscriber “B” who is located in Boston. Furthermore, localized time zone delivery allows system users to assign a time zone preference value to subscribers in their e-commerce system account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Mapp Digital US, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Lee Byers, Daniel Thomas Smith
  • Localized Time Zone Delivery System and Method
    Publication number: 20080147809
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, the objective is to give an e-commerce system user control over when a message is sent so that it arrives at a time that is relative to a subscriber's local time zone. This gives users the ability to send messages to subscribers so that they are received by subscribers at a specific time of day in their time zone. For example, localized time zone delivery would send messages so that they are arrive in the inbox of subscriber “A” located in San Diego around 10:00 AM Pacific Time and around 10:00 AM Eastern Time for subscriber “B” who is located in Boston. Furthermore, localized time zone delivery allows system users to assign a time zone preference value to subscribers in their e-commerce system account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Digital River, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lee Byers, Daniel Thomas Smith