Patents by Inventor Kevin Lee Luman

Kevin Lee Luman 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).

  • Intelligent deliverable message annotation
    Patent number: 9716682
    Abstract: Enabling recipients to share tags that they associate with received e-mails includes receiving an e-mail from a sending user addressed to a receiving user, the e-mail including a header and a body and being capable of supporting attachments to the e-mail that are distinct of the body. The receiving user is enabled to perceive the e-mail and associate at least one tag with the e-mail, the at least one tag being a textual descriptor for the received e-mail distinct from the header, body, and attachments of the received e-mail. The received e-mail and the at least one tag are stored in a data store associated with the receiving user. The at least one tag is propagated to at least one of the sending user and another recipient of the e-mail to whom the sender sent the e-mail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lee Luman, Jay Trevor McFarland
  • INTELLIGENT DELIVERABLE MESSAGE ANNOTATION
    Publication number: 20160277332
    Abstract: Enabling recipients to share tags that they associate with received e-mails includes receiving an e-mail from a sending user addressed to a receiving user, the e-mail including a header and a body and being capable of supporting attachments to the e-mail that are distinct of the body. The receiving user is enabled to perceive the e-mail and associate at least one tag with the e-mail, the at least one tag being a textual descriptor for the received e-mail distinct from the header, body, and attachments of the received e-mail. The received e-mail and the at least one tag are stored in a data store associated with the receiving user. The at least one tag is propagated to at least one of the sending user and another recipient of the e-mail to whom the sender sent the e-mail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin Lee Luman, Jay Trevor McFarland
  • Intelligent deliverable message annotation
    Patent number: 9363239
    Abstract: Enabling recipients to share tags that they associate with received e-mails includes receiving an e-mail from a sending user addressed to a receiving user, the e-mail including a header and a body and being capable of supporting attachments to the e-mail that are distinct of the body. The receiving user is enabled to perceive the e-mail and associate at least one tag with the e-mail, the at least one tag being a textual descriptor for the received e-mail distinct from the header, body, and attachments of the received e-mail. The received e-mail and the at least one tag are stored in a data store associated with the receiving user. The at least one tag is propagated to at least one of the sending user and another recipient of the e-mail to whom the sender sent the e-mail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lee Luman, Jay Trevor McFarland