Patents by Inventor Grant M. Anderson

Grant M. Anderson 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 using customer preferences in real time to customize a commercial transaction
    Patent number: 6879960
    Abstract: A method and system for facilitating a transaction between a merchant and the customer comprising a merchant computer server utilizing a memory containing a database of transaction relevant customer information including customer postal information to provide such information in the form of a customized communication at the point-of-contact between a merchant and the customer is provided. Customer identification information is used to store an anonymous identification tag on the customer computer, the tag providing an address to a segment of the database of transaction relevant customer information. The anonymous tag on the customer computer is accessed by the merchant computer when the customer computer contacts the merchant computer. An embodiment for a syndicate of merchants and a shared system server having a memory of transaction relevant customer information also is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Claritas, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Nascenzi, Grant M. Anderson, Auke Jan van den Hout
  • Method and system for using customer preferences in real time to customize a commercial transaction
    Publication number: 20020099609
    Abstract: A method and system for facilitating a transaction between a merchant and the customer comprising a merchant computer server utilizing a memory containing a database of transaction relevant customer information including customer postal information to provide such information in the form of a customized communication at the point-of-contact between a merchant and the customer is provided. Customer identification information is used to store an anonymous identification tag on the customer computer, the tag providing an address to a segment of the database of transaction relevant customer information. The anonymous tag on the customer computer is accessed by the merchant computer when the customer computer contacts the merchant computer. An embodiment for a syndicate of merchants and a shared system server having a memory of transaction relevant customer information also is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Robert A. Nascenzi, Grant M. Anderson, Auke Jan van den Hout