Patents by Inventor Mike D. Helton

Mike D. Helton 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).

  • Patent number: 8762498
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for communicating to a network through an ad hoc virtual domain. The present invention contains a deceiver, a controller, and a forwarder through which a client communicates through. The deceiver, controller, and forwarder collectively establish the domain in which the ad hoc virtual namespace will exist. This invention allows clients to interact over a network in a fashion that is anonymous and unique to the session which the client is engaging in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Darmate Glassworks LLC
    Inventors: Douglas A. Campbell, Alan B. Hamor, Mike D. Helton
  • Patent number: 8370457
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for communicating to a network through an ad hoc virtual domain. The present invention contains a deceiver, a controller, and a forwarder through which a client communicates through. The deceiver, controller, and forwarder collectively establish the domain in which the ad hoc virtual namespace will exist. This invention allows clients to interact over a network in a fashion that is anonymous and unique to the session which the client is engaging in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Darmate Glassworks LLC
    Inventors: Douglas A. Campbell, Alan B. Hamor, Mike D. Helton
  • Patent number: 7209959
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for communicating to a network through an ad hoc virtual domain. The present invention contains a deceiver, a controller, and a forwarder through which a client communicates through. The deceiver, controller, and forwarder collectively establish the domain in which the ad hoc virtual namespace will exist. This invention allows clients to interact over a network in a fashion that is anonymous and unique to the session which the client is engaging in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: WK Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Campbell, Alan B. Hamor, Mike D. Helton
  • Patent number: 6976003
    Abstract: A system and method for providing advertising sponsorship for content providers is described. The sponsorship derives revenue from a pool of revenue that is collected from participating sponsors. A functional host system containing a sponsor is served to a client for the duration of the client session. The host system tracks client impressions associated with a content provider's content during client browsing. When all of the impressions are collected and attributed to the respective content providers, a compensation value is distributed to each content provider. The value is determined by dividing the revenue pool by the number of impressions attributed to the content provider. The functional host further provides a host redemption system that allows clients to further utilize the hosts in trades, swaps, or barters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: WK Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan B. Hamor, Mike D. Helton
  • Patent number: 5765142
    Abstract: A customer service system interface development tool is disclosed for use by an interface designer in creating an interface for customer interaction. The interface created by the development tool may be incorporated into a customer service system for presenting products or services to a customer for the customer to make a product or service selection if the customer so desires from the products or services presented as a result of the customer's interaction with the interface. The interface tool includes modules for specifying global parameters relating products or services to be presented to the customer through the interface and developing a profile of the customer service system environment in which the interface is to operate. An additional module aids the interface designer in planning a presentation by associating a set of presentation data with the products or services available for presentation to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Creatacard
    Inventors: Scott K. Allred, Mike D. Helton, H. Matthew Russell, William S. Stokes