Patents by Inventor Jose Alejandro Alvarez

Jose Alejandro Alvarez 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 managing contact information among relationships
    Patent number: 8078682
    Abstract: A method for managing contact information among relationships. The method involves receiving a notification request comprising contact information for a registered user, identifying an associated entity with which the registered user has a relationship, retrieving a user update preference associated with the registered user and the associated entity, retrieving an entity update preference associated with the associated entity, determining that the user update preference permits sending an update message to the associated entity, and sending the update message to the associated entity, wherein the update message is created and sent based on the contact information, the entity update preference, and the determination that the user update preference permits sending the update message to the associated entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Worley, Jose Alejandro Alvarez