Patents by Inventor Michael John Burgiss

Michael John Burgiss 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: 20210056641
    Abstract: A connectivity hub server detects the occurrence of a qualifying update event associated with a user and generates one or more recommended updates to the user's existing coverage based on the qualifying update event. Responsive to the user electing an adaptive coverage policy during an initial coverage binding process, the connectivity hub server periodically queries one or more third-party data sources for information associated with the user and analyzes the received information to detect the occurrence of a qualifying update event. Modules of the connectivity hub server determine one or more recommended coverage updates based on a stored mapping and implement one or more of the recommended coverage updates based on instructions from the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Travis M. Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Mongeon, Michael John Burgiss, Weili Yuh, Ryan Fitzgerald, Xiaochen Xing
  • Publication number: 20200013097
    Abstract: A connectivity hub server facilitates interactions between processors associated with multiple entities participating in the purchase and sale of goods and related coverage services. Minimal customer data is input through a customer client device and is used to retrieve additional customer data from one or more third-party data sources. Received customer data is analyzed to determine a level of sensitivity, and data items having a sensitivity level exceeding a threshold are obscured on the display of a dealer processor. The connectivity hub server queries one or more coverage provider processors and provides for display on the customer client device available coverage options received from a subset of the queried processors. Responsive to the customer selecting an available coverage option, the connectivity hub server opens a direct communication channel between the customer and selected coverage provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Travis M. Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Mongeon, Michael John Burgiss, Weili Yuh, Ryan Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20140279171
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for searching vehicle listings. An example method may include receiving, from a user of a user device, by a service provider computer comprising one or more processors, a selection of a vehicle identifier associated with a vehicle. The method may also include receiving, from the user device, by the service provider computer, a communication directed to a dealer associated with the vehicle. The method may further include generating an anonymous identifier associated with the user and transmitting, to a dealer device associated with the dealer, the communication and the anonymous identifier. The method may also include transmitting, to the dealer device upon determination of the acceptance of a proposed transaction between the dealer and the user, personal identifying information associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AutoTrader.com
    Inventors: Michael John Burgiss, Martin Krohne, Jim O'Brien, Brett Z. Pomerantz
  • Publication number: 20140279275
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for searching vehicle listings. An example method may include scanning, by a user device comprising one or more processors, optical machine-readable data associated with a first vehicle. The method may also include determining, based at least in part on the optical machine-readable data, a vehicle identification number associated with the first vehicle. The method may further include determining, based at least in part on the vehicle identification number, one or more vehicle attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AutoTrader.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Burgiss, Martin Krohne, Jim O'Brien, Brett Z. Pomerantz
  • Publication number: 20140279229
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for searching vehicle listings. An example method may include receiving one or more financial parameters. The method may also include generating one or more proposed transactions that may be defined, at least in part, by the one or more financial parameters. Additionally, the method may include determining, based at least in part on the one or more proposed transactions, for one or more advertised offers associated with one or more vehicles. The method may also include transmitting at least one advertised offer of the one or more advertised offers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Auto Trader Corporation
    Inventors: Michael John Burgiss, Martin Krohne, Jim O'Brien, Brett Z. Pomerantz
  • Publication number: 20140188582
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for logging website interactions. An example non-transitory computer-readable medium may have embodied thereon instructions executable by one or more processors. The instructions may cause the one or more processors to identify a page tag identifier associated with a web page received from a server. Additionally, the page tag identifier may be further associated with a user and a particular time the web page is received. The instructions may further cause the one or more processors to identify one or more advertisements associated with the web page, the one or more advertisements to be received from an advertisement server. Furthermore, the instructions may cause the one or more processors to associate one or more sub-tags with the one or more advertisements and associate the page tag identifier with the one or more sub-tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Steve Karson, Michael John Burgiss, Brian Antonelli, Chris Kulinski
  • Patent number: 7640006
    Abstract: A information assistance application is disclosed for use in a wireless communication environment. A requestor terminal is operable to generate a request for an information record associated with a subscriber terminal. The request is transmitted from the requestor terminal to an information assistance application server. The information assistance application server processes the request to determine the identity of the person for whom information has been requested and to determine how to contact the subscriber terminal. A message is generated and sent to the subscriber terminal requesting permission to provide the requester terminal with the requested information. If the subscriber terminal replies with an indication that the information may be provided, then the information application server generates a message that includes the information being requested and transmits it to the requestor terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventors: Eric A. Portman, Michael John Burgiss
  • Publication number: 20040166832
    Abstract: A information assistance application is disclosed for use in a wireless communication environment. A requestor terminal is operable to generate a request for an information record associated with a subscriber terminal. The request is transmitted from the requestor terminal to an information assistance application server. The information assistance application server processes the request to determine the identity of the person for whom information has been requested and to determine how to contact the subscriber terminal. A message is generated and sent to the subscriber terminal requesting permission to provide the requester terminal with the requested information. If the subscriber terminal replies with an indication that the information may be provided, then the information application server generates a message that includes the information being requested and transmits it to the requestor terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventors: Eric A. Portman, Michael John Burgiss