Patents by Inventor Mark L. Thorburn

Mark L. Thorburn 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).

  • Display based marketing message control system and method
    Patent number: 5873068
    Abstract: A marketing system for use in a public switched telephone system having stored program controlled switches connected to customer premise equipment having an Analog Display Service Interface, comprises a storage device for storing predetermined information respecting each of customer premise equipment, a device for assembling and managing messages including creating a message to be delivered to one or more of the customer premise equipment, linking each message with one or more of the customer premise equipment, scheduling the delivery of the messages at a predetermined time, and measuring the response of each customer premise equipment to messages delivered thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: New North Media Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Beaumont, Danny J. Doiron, Christopher G. Keevill, Trenton A. Pomeroy, Gerald L. Pond, Mark L. Thorburn, Douglas B. Drummond, J. Marc Bouchard