Patents by Inventor Francis W. Eaton

Francis W. Eaton 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).

  • Patent number: 7117168
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for gift selection and fulfillment, especially suited to children, which comprises: contacting a potential gift giver by conventional advertising; providing information to the potential gift giver for contacting an order accepting system; obtaining an order from the gift giver that includes a set of gift selection criteria; supplying a computer program for comparing that is used for comparing the gift selection criteria with a set of gift selection rules; and generating a set of gift choices and storing the gift choices in a database record-keyed to a unique access code: notifying the recipient of the unique access code to make a gift choice by means of a connection to a computer network; generating a display of the available gift choices along with a personal message and photo of the gift giver, keyed to the unique access code; recording the recipient's gift selection and generating a delivery order for delivery of the gift selected to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Kidegift Inc.
    Inventor: Francis W. Eaton
  • Publication number: 20030171997
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for gift selection and fulfillment, especially suited to children, which comprises: contacting a potential gift giver by a means not requiring use of a computer; providing information to the potential gift giver for contacting an order accepting means not requiring use of a computer; obtaining an order from the gift giver that includes a set of gift selection criteria; comparing the gift selection criteria with a set of gift selection rules; generating a set of gift choices and storing the gift choices in a database record-keyed to a unique access code; notifying the recipient of the unique access code by a means other than electronic mail to make a gift choice by means of a connection to a computer network; generating a display of the available gift choices along with a personal message and photo of the gift giver, keyed to the unique access code; recording the recipient's gift selection and generating a delivery order for delivery of the gift selected to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventor: Francis W. Eaton