Patents by Inventor J. Frank Spittle

J. Frank Spittle 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: 8805964
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products for universal user website preference management. The invention provides for a user to define website preferences that will be applied universally across multiple websites. The user preferences may be inputted and stored at a universal user preference website or the like. Such user preferences may include a preferred language, a preferred location, preferred billing information, preferred authentication credentials and the like. Through the use of tag parameters, the user preferences may be retrieved and applied at the onset of a user website session, such that the preferences become active when the user initiates website communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: J. Frank Spittle, Jeremy H. Reeves
  • Publication number: 20130297469
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products for tagging, data collection and content delivery within a distributed computing network environment. The invention provides for data to be collected from multiple third party entities, as well as internal entities analyzed, integrated and optimized at a an edge server within the distributed computing network, such that processing occurs at a location that is geographically proximate to the user/customer. Such processing within a distributed network allows for data to be optimized within the timeframe of user's website experience, in which user interaction data is collected, or within real-time or near real-time of the user's website experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: J. Frank Spittle, Jeremy H. Reeves
  • Publication number: 20130297716
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products for universal user website preference management. The invention provides for a user to define website preferences that will be applied universally across multiple websites. The user preferences may be inputted and stored at a universal user preference website or the like. Such user preferences may include a preferred language, a preferred location, preferred billing information, preferred authentication credentials and the like. Through the use of tag parameters, the user preferences may be retrieved and applied at the onset of a user website session, such that the preferences become active when the user initiates website communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: J. Frank SPITTLE, Jeremy H. REEVES