Patents by Inventor Jeffry B. Sabat

Jeffry B. Sabat 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: 20220150672
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for electronically distributing messages over communication channels. In accordance with one implementation, a system is provided that comprises at least one database for storing instructions for operating an input field and transmitting messages over a plurality of different communication channels, and at least one processing system configured to execute the instructions, to perform a method. The method may include displaying to a user, over a network, an input field for entering messages and receiving from the user, over the network and by entry into the input field, a message, an identification of one or more recipients, and a selection of at least one communication channel. The method may also include determining whether an identifier is stored in relation to each recipient for the selected communication channel and electronically sending, to each recipient with a stored identifier, the message via the selected communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: William G. Wetherell, David G. Louie, Jeffry B. Sabat
  • Patent number: 11265276
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for electronically distributing messages over communication channels. In accordance with one implementation, a system is provided that comprises at least one database for storing instructions for operating an input field and transmitting messages over a plurality of different communication channels, and at least one processing system configured to execute the instructions, to perform a method. The method may include displaying to a user, over a network, an input field for entering messages and receiving from the user, over the network and by entry into the input field, a message, an identification of one or more recipients, and a selection of at least one communication channel. The method may also include determining whether an identifier is stored in relation to each recipient for the selected communication channel and electronically sending, to each recipient with a stored identifier, the message via the selected communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Wetherell, David G. Louie, Jeffry B. Sabat
  • Publication number: 20190036860
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for electronically distributing messages over communication channels. In accordance with one implementation, a system is provided that comprises at least one database for storing instructions for operating an input field and transmitting messages over a plurality of different communication channels, and at least one processing system configured to execute the instructions, to perform a method. The method may include displaying to a user, over a network, an input field for entering messages and receiving from the user, over the network and by entry into the input field, a message, an identification of one or more recipients, and a selection of at least one communication channel. The method may also include determining whether an identifier is stored in relation to each recipient for the selected communication channel and electronically sending, to each recipient with a stored identifier, the message via the selected communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: William G. Wetherell, David G. Louie, Jeffry B. Sabat
  • Patent number: 10122662
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for electronically distributing messages over communication channels. In accordance with one implementation, a system is provided that comprises at least one database for storing instructions for operating an input field and transmitting messages over a plurality of different communication channels, and at least one processing system configured to execute the instructions, to perform a method. The method may include displaying to a user, over a network, an input field for entering messages and receiving from the user, over the network and by entry into the input field, a message, an identification of one or more recipients, and a selection of at least one communication channel. The method may also include determining whether an identifier is stored in relation to each recipient for the selected communication channel and electronically sending, to each recipient with a stored identifier, the message via the selected communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Wetherell, David G. Louie, Jeffry B. Sabat
  • Publication number: 20110179126
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for electronically distributing messages over communication channels. In accordance with one implementation, a system is provided that comprises at least one database for storing instructions for operating an input field and transmitting messages over a plurality of different communication channels, and at least one processing system configured to execute the instructions, to perform a method. The method may include displaying to a user, over a network, an input field for entering messages and receiving from the user, over the network and by entry into the input field, a message, an identification of one or more recipients, and a selection of at least one communication channel. The method may also include determining whether an identifier is stored in relation to each recipient for the selected communication channel and electronically sending, to each recipient with a stored identifier, the message via the selected communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: William G. Wetherell, David G. Louie, Jeffry B. Sabat