Patents by Inventor Howard Lefkowitz

Howard Lefkowitz 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: 20180146053
    Abstract: A computer system may notify a user about personally attended services satisfying temporal-spatial criteria. The computer system may use a user location and/or information on already scheduled events to determine whether a personally attended service satisfies the temporal-spatial criteria. Travel time may be determined and included when determining whether the personally attended service conflicts with an already scheduled event. The temporal-spatial criteria may also include availability of the personally attended service. A user profile and/or third party information may be used to determine if a user is available and/or would be receptive to a personally attended service. The user profile may be generated from third party information, such as contained in an online social network, and/or learned. The user may be able to reserve the personally attended service through the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventor: Howard Lefkowitz
  • Patent number: 9894167
    Abstract: A computer system may notify a user about personally attended services satisfying temporal-spatial criteria. The computer system may use a user location and/or information on already scheduled events to determine whether a personally attended service satisfies the temporal-spatial criteria. Travel time may be determined and included when determining whether the personally attended service conflicts with an already scheduled event. The temporal-spatial criteria may also include availability of the personally attended service. A user profile and/or third party information may be used to determine if a user is available and/or would be receptive to a personally attended service. The user profile may be generated from third party information, such as contained in an online social network, and/or learned. The user may be able to reserve the personally attended service through the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventor: Howard Lefkowitz
  • Publication number: 20170163747
    Abstract: A computer system may notify a user about personally attended services satisfying temporal-spatial criteria. The computer system may use a user location and/or information on already scheduled events to determine whether a personally attended service satisfies the temporal-spatial criteria. Travel time may be determined and included when determining whether the personally attended service conflicts with an already scheduled event. The temporal-spatial criteria may also include availability of the personally attended service. A user profile and/or third party information may be used to determine if a user is available and/or would be receptive to a personally attended service. The user profile may be generated from third party information, such as contained in an online social network, and/or learned. The user may be able to reserve the personally attended service through the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Howard Lefkowitz
  • Patent number: 9510144
    Abstract: A computer system may notify a user about personally attended services satisfying temporal-spatial criteria. The computer system may use a user location and/or information on already scheduled events to determine whether a personally attended service satisfies the temporal-spatial criteria. Travel time may be determined and included when determining whether the personally attended service conflicts with an already scheduled event. The temporal-spatial criteria may also include availability of the personally attended service. A user profile and/or third party information may be used to determine if a user is available and/or would be receptive to a personally attended service. The user profile may be generated from third party information, such as contained in an online social network, and/or learned. The user may be able to reserve the personally attended service through the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventor: Howard Lefkowitz
  • Publication number: 20160277881
    Abstract: A computer system may notify a user about personally attended services satisfying temporal-spatial criteria. The computer system may use a user location and/or information on already scheduled events to determine whether a personally attended service satisfies the temporal-spatial criteria. Travel time may be determined and included when determining whether the personally attended service conflicts with an already scheduled event. The temporal-spatial criteria may also include availability of the personally attended service. A user profile and/or third party information may be used to determine if a user is available and/or would be receptive to a personally attended service. The user profile may be generated from third party information, such as contained in an online social network, and/or learned. The user may be able to reserve the personally attended service through the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Howard Lefkowitz
  • Patent number: 9204250
    Abstract: A computer system may notify a user about personally attended services satisfying temporal-spatial criteria. The computer system may use a user location and/or information on already scheduled events to determine whether a personally attended service satisfies the temporal-spatial criteria. Travel time may be determined and included when determining whether the personally attended service conflicts with an already scheduled event. The temporal-spatial criteria may also include availability of the personally attended service. A user profile and/or third party information may be used to determine if a user is available and/or would be receptive to a personally attended service. The user profile may be generated from third party information, such as contained in an online social network, and/or learned. The user may be able to reserve the personally attended service through the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventor: Howard Lefkowitz
  • Publication number: 20150088666
    Abstract: A system may aggregate inventory data from a plurality of databases and determine costs associated with the inventory data. For example, the system may receive product data from a plurality of sources. The product data may be for a same product contained in multiple databases. The system may determine whether the received product data corresponds to products in other inventories. A unique identifier may be assigned to each distinct product. For products available from multiple sources, the system may determine which source allows a largest margin to be captured. The determination may be performed in real time in response to a user query and/or may be saved. Based on the margin that can be captured, the system may determine an offer price for each product. The offer price may be presented to consumer users through user interfaces. Orders received from consumer users may be filled by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Howard Lefkowitz
  • Publication number: 20140235276
    Abstract: A computer system may notify a user about personally attended services satisfying temporal-spatial criteria. The computer system may use a user location and/or information on already scheduled events to determine whether a personally attended service satisfies the temporal-spatial criteria. Travel time may be determined and included when determining whether the personally attended service conflicts with an already scheduled event. The temporal-spatial criteria may also include availability of the personally attended service. A user profile and/or third party information may be used to determine if a user is available and/or would be receptive to a personally attended service. The user profile may be generated from third party information, such as contained in an online social network, and/or learned. The user may be able to reserve the personally attended service through the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Howard Lefkowitz
  • Publication number: 20110264474
    Abstract: A system and method enables a customer to purchase a package of time-sensitive events over a computer network. Customer requests are received over the network to view a package of events for possible purchase. The customer may be queried to determine when the customer is available to ensure that the events are available to the customer. Events are displayed to the customer in a manner to ensure that selected events do not overlap with one another. Displayed events for purchase may be filtered based on customer preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: VEGAS.COM
    Inventor: Howard Lefkowitz
  • Publication number: 20100250290
    Abstract: A computer system enables creation of tokens and token-based transactions with participating point-of-sale vendors. User information, revenue source information, and reservation information corresponding to a physical property are compiled and processed to generate a token code. The token code uniquely corresponds to the user and is associated with a revenue source and the reservation information. The token code is disposed on a tangible token object to create a token suitable for transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: VEGAS.COM
    Inventors: Howard Lefkowitz, Bradley Roy More
  • Publication number: 20100076862
    Abstract: A system and method enables a customer to purchase time-sensitive events over a computer network. Customer requests are received over the network to view events for possible purchase. The customer may be queried to determine when the customer is available to ensure that the events are available to the customer. Events are displayed to the customer in a manner to ensure that selected events do not overlap with one another. Displayed events for purchase may be filtered based on customer preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: VEGAS.COM
    Inventor: Howard Lefkowitz