Patents by Inventor Erik K. Grimmelmann

Erik K. Grimmelmann 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: 20080143548
    Abstract: A method of enabling one or more senders to simultaneously alert one or more contacts located anywhere around the world over one or more communication networks, each contact having at least one communication device for receiving alert data. The method including the steps of generating and maintaining one or more scenarios each including a set of destination contacts selected from the one or more contacts, a composition of alert data, and delivery rules; initiating execution of at least one of the scenarios to send the alert data to each contact in the set of destination contacts; and managing sending of the alert data by applying the delivery rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Erik K. Grimmelmann, Henry Hugh Crawford, Susan E. Kresge, Henry H. Lowengard, John Bruce Morrow, Jeff M. Pascal, Jorge C. Satorre, Jason A. Valdina, Santiago Vasquez-Marulanda
  • Publication number: 20030208490
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for improved data (or information) storage, control and/or access. A system/method according to the disclosure facilitates enhanced versioning of data files, data records, information, and the like, such that subsequent data file and/or record retrieval is consistent with and reflective of ancillary conditions at the time of the data file and/or record input. The system/method provides enhanced data/information storage, control and access that have applicability in a variety of fields, including applications related to health care, mental health care, financial and accounting systems, industrial control systems, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Larrea, Benjamin I. Goldhagen, Michael J. O'Toole, Erik K. Grimmelmann