Patents by Inventor Julie Herendeen

Julie Herendeen 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).

  • System and method for contextual addressing of communications on a network
    Patent number: 8671154
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods delivering communications based on contextual addresses. An address string containing two or more identifiers, which may not be unique identifiers, and at least one conditional operator are provided as the address for a message or communication. The system identifies contextual relationships between a plurality of entities based on prior communications between the entities over the network. Based the contextual relationships, each identifier in the address string is disambiguated to identify one of the entities as a recipient and any associated delivery conditions controlling the delivery of the communication. The communication is then delivered to the identified recipient in accordance with the delivery condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Eliot Davis, Julie Herendeen, Marco Boerries, Christopher William Higgins, Joseph James O'Sullivan, Ronald Martinez, Robert Carter Trout
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUAL ADDRESSING OF COMMUNICATIONS ON A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20090150514
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods delivering communications based on contextual addresses. An address string containing two or more identifiers, which may not be unique identifiers, and at least one conditional operator are provided as the address for a message or communication. The system identifies contextual relationships between a plurality of entities based on prior communications between the entities over the network. Based the contextual relationships, each identifier in the address string is disambiguated to identify one of the entities as a recipient and any associated delivery conditions controlling the delivery of the communication. The communication is then delivered to the identified recipient in accordance with the delivery condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Eliot Davis, Julie Herendeen, Marco Boerries, Christopher William Higgins, Joseph James O'Sullivan, Ronald Martinez, Robert Carter Trout