Patents by Inventor Michael Ciancio-Bunch

Michael Ciancio-Bunch 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: 20160088104
    Abstract: A computerized method and system to generate individualized shortened URLs and track user activity is disclosed. A method includes generating an individualized shortened URLs for each of a plurality of recipients, sending communications to each of the plurality of recipients, wherein each of the communications includes the individualized shortened URL, receiving a request from at least one of the plurality of recipients for the individualized shortened URL, and referring the request to a destination URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Jim McIntosh, James Michael Ciancio-Bunch
  • Patent number: 9210229
    Abstract: A computerized method and system to generate individualized shortened URLs and track user activity is disclosed. A method includes generating an individualized shortened URLs for each of a plurality of recipients, sending communications to each of the plurality of recipients, wherein each of the communications includes the individualized shortened URL, receiving a request from at least one of the plurality of recipients for the individualized shortened URL, and referring the request to a destination URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: EXACTTARGET, INC.
    Inventors: Jim McIntosh, Michael Ciancio-Bunch
  • Publication number: 20150100604
    Abstract: A system for controlling access within an enterprise to information associated with recipients of an electronic message campaign of the enterprise sent to a plurality of recipient devices wherein the enterprise includes hierarchically structured Business Units having an enterprise level Business Unit at the highest level and a plurality of second level Business Units and an enterprise system communicatively coupled to a network and including an enterprise level device communicatively coupled to a plurality of second level devices includes a server and an electronic message engine The server is configured to assign an enterprise account to the enterprise system and to allow the enterprise level device to communicate selected portions of the recipient list. The electronic message engine is configured to generate electronic messages within a message campaign for sending to recipients identified by each of the second level devices from the selected portions of the recipient list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: James Michael CIANCIO-BUNCH, Matt BEARD, Tom WALTZ, Richard W. JAMISON, Jack FISHER, Jeff MIDDLESWORTH
  • Publication number: 20150082387
    Abstract: A method for building and managing send jobs with restricted information, the method comprising constructing at least one email with at least one reference to a restricted information and injecting each of the at least one emails to one or more send centers, wherein each of the one or more send centers is authorized to receive the restricted information,
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Tom Waltz, Jerry Seilar, Kevin Stark, Jonathan Bennett
  • Publication number: 20150082451
    Abstract: Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for evaluating domains to send emails while maintaining sender reputation. Registration records of a domain are retrieved. The registration records include a mail server record and one or more records linking the domain to another domain or to an IP address. The mail server record is verified to be associated with a domain that is not on a black list. A webpage is retrieved from a website associated with the one or more records linking the domain to another domain or to an IP address. The webpage is compared to webpages for websites that are on white lists. An electronic communications sending strategy is determined based on verifying that the mail server record is associated with a domain that is not on a blacklist and comparing of the webpage to webpages for websites that are on one or more white lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch
  • Patent number: 8949351
    Abstract: A system for controlling access within an enterprise to information associated with recipients of an electronic message campaign of the enterprise sent to a plurality of recipient devices wherein the enterprise includes hierarchically structured Business Units having an enterprise level Business Unit at the highest level and a plurality of second level Business Units and enterprise system communicatively coupled to a network and including an enterprise level device communicatively coupled to a plurality of second level devices includes a server and an electronic message engine The server is configured to assign an enterprise account to the enterprise system and to allow the enterprise level device to communicate selected portions of the recipient list. The electronic message engine is configured to generate electronic messages within a message campaign for sending to recipients identified by each of the second level devices from the selected portions of the recipient list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Exacttarget, Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Matt Beard, Richard W. Jamison, Tom Waltz, Jack Fisher, Jeff Middlesworth
  • Publication number: 20150012353
    Abstract: A method for determining and delivering relevant campaign information from remote data sources in real-time or near real-time. Such a method includes obtaining data from a plurality of remote data sources on a network, processing the data from the remote data sources to determine relevant campaign information for a user, wherein the step of processing the data comprises categorizing the data based upon the type of data, filtering the data based on the one or more communication flows subscribed to by the user, and correlating the data. The method also includes delivering the processed data associated with the one or more communication flows to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Exact Target, Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Steve Scott
  • Publication number: 20140173012
    Abstract: A method and system for managing email send jobs. Managing email send jobs includes constructing and building a plurality of emails based upon an executable process, wherein each of the plurality of emails comprises an activity data and at least one email recipients. Managing email send jobs also includes routing each of the plurality of emails to a queue at a location, wherein the location is determined based in part upon proximity to at least one of the at least one email recipients, processing each of the plurality of emails within each queue, injecting each of the plurality of emails into a mail transfer agent at the location, and sending each of the plurality of emails to the at least one email recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ExactTarget, Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Tom Waltz, Jonathan David Bennett
  • Publication number: 20140143337
    Abstract: A computerized method and system to generate individualized shortened URLs and track user activity is disclosed. A method includes generating an individualized shortened URLs for each of a plurality of recipients, sending communications to each of the plurality of recipients, wherein each of the communications includes the individualized shortened URL, receiving a request from at least one of the plurality of recipients for the individualized shortened URL, and referring the request to a destination URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: EXACTTARGET, INC.
    Inventors: Jim McIntosh, Michael Ciancio-Bunch
  • Publication number: 20140108443
    Abstract: A computerized method and system for correlating template data to select contextually relevant content including receiving a request from a consumer device to serve a template at a server, the template comprising at least one tag, selecting a content in a database associated with the at least one tag based at least in part on a correlation between the template and the at least one tag, substituting the at least one tag with the content, and transmitting the template from the server to the consumer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: EXACTTARGET, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Tom Waltz, Greg Curiel, Gerald Gibson, Dale McCrory, Kevin Parkerson, Matt Beard
  • Publication number: 20130139069
    Abstract: A method and system for managing a messaging campaign within an enterprise are disclosed. Such a method includes generating with a server a user interface, the interface being configured to allow a user to select a recipient list based upon one or more contextual attributes stored in a database, wherein the contextual attributes are based upon the interaction of one or more recipients with external systems. The method also includes selecting a recipient list using the user interface based upon a set of contextual attributes, generating electronic messages within a message campaign, and sending the electronic messages to recipients on the recipient list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: EXACTTARGET, INC.
    Inventor: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch
  • Publication number: 20120059906
    Abstract: A system for controlling access within an enterprise to information associated with recipients of an electronic message campaign of the enterprise sent to a plurality of recipient devices wherein the enterprise includes hierarchically structured Business Units having an enterprise level Business Unit at the highest level and a plurality of second level Business Units and enterprise system communicatively coupled to a network and including an enterprise level device communicatively coupled to a plurality of second level devices includes a server and an electronic message engine The server is configured to assign an enterprise account to the enterprise system and to allow the enterprise level device to communicate selected portions of the recipient list. The electronic message engine is configured to generate electronic messages within a message campaign for sending to recipients identified by each of the second level devices from the selected portions of the recipient list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Matt Beard, Richard W. Jamison, Tom Waltz, Jack Fisher, Jeff Middlesworth
  • Publication number: 20110066692
    Abstract: A system for introducing live content into an electronic mail message comprising at least one dynamic live content area sent through an e-mail service provider system comprises memory and a click manager. The memory includes live content comprising image data and expiration data. The click manager receives an indication of the opening of the message by a recipient, wherein the click manager accesses the memory to retrieve live content and send the retrieved live content for rendering in the dynamic live content area of the e-mail message opened by the one of the plurality of recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Scott McCorkle, Richard W. Jamison