Patents by Inventor Karen Payne

Karen Payne 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: 20080288337
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media provide for the creation of a template-based targeted marketing presentation. According to various embodiments described herein, a sales representative utilizes a workstation to request a marketing presentation for a certain category of customer within a particular market. A presentation engine retrieves applicable up-to-date data corresponding to the customer category and market from a database and uses the data to make one or more Return On Investment (ROI) calculations. One or more presentation templates include data insertion locations. The one or more ROI calculations and other retrieved data is used to populate the data insertion locations of a selected presentation template. Once populated, the resulting marketing presentation is customized with targeted data and statistics for presenting to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: John Snyder, Karen Payne, Jennifer Michael, Rebecca Sroufe, Lauren Vore, Linda Domi, Merle Carr, Chad Anderson
  • Publication number: 20070244754
    Abstract: Research-based design is described. In an embodiment, research data can be assessed to produce a list of objective factors that produce an elevated consumer response to designs, and a design scoring methodology can be developed based on the design research data and the objective factors. The objective factors can be applied to create a new design, and the new design can be scored utilizing the design scoring methodology to evaluate whether the new design would achieve the elevated consumer response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Karen Payne, Walter Reynolds, Matilda Jackson