Patents by Inventor Hilon Potter

Hilon Potter 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).

  • Sending advertisements to customers
    Patent number: 8996508
    Abstract: Advertising is directed to a select list of customers. A request comprising arguments defining a customer interest group is used to perform a blind search of a database. The database comprises public and private information about a customer wherein only the public information is viewable by the search requester. An advertisement is sent on behalf of the requester to the customer address(es) of customer(s) found in the blind search such that private information is not provided to the requester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ann C. Merenda, Hilon Potter
  • Method, system and program product for private data access or use based on related public data
    Publication number: 20040148290
    Abstract: Records in a public data set are related by a logical link to records in a private data set. The public data set may be generally read whereas the private table has restricted access. Authorization to view private data records is provided by keys or coded Web URLs. In one embodiment, an application accesses the data on behalf of the viewer and undertakes the use requested of the data without revealing the contents of the record to the viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ann C. Merenda, Hilon Potter
  • Sending advertisements to customers identified by a non-viewable database
    Publication number: 20030233357
    Abstract: Advertising is directed to a select list of customers. A request comprising arguments defining a customer interest group is used to perform a blind search of a database. The database comprises public and private information about a customer wherein only the public information is viewable by the search requester. An advertisement is sent on behalf of the requester to the customer address(es) of customer(s) found in the blind search such that private information is not provided to the requester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ann C. Merenda, Hilon Potter