Patents by Inventor Paul Lienard Rupert

Paul Lienard Rupert 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: 10931621
    Abstract: One or more systems and/or methods for providing a notification of a life event to a user for a contact of the user are provided. A contact database (e.g., an electronic address book, a social media contact list, etc.) associated with the user may be evaluated to identify a contact from a set of contacts of the user. A contact query may be created for the contact. The contact query may be utilized to access data articles within a data store. The data articles may be evaluated to identify life events associated with the contact. In an example, the life event may be at least one of a death event, a birth event, an engagement event, a marriage event, a graduation event, an anniversary event, or the like. A notification may be provided to the user of the life event in response to identifying the life event for the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Condolence Connect, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Charles DeJohn, III, Paul Lienard Rupert, Jonathan Lee Hoyt, Harry Reid Sheppard, Patrick Joseph Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20180246971
    Abstract: One or more systems and/or methods for providing a notification of a life event to a user for a contact of the user are provided. A contact database (e.g., an electronic address book, a social media contact list, etc.) associated with the user may be evaluated to identify a contact from a set of contacts of the user. A contact query may be created for the contact. The contact query may be utilized to access data articles within a data store. The data articles may be evaluated to identify life events associated with the contact. In an example, the life event may be at least one of a death event, a birth event, an engagement event, a marriage event, a graduation event, an anniversary event, or the like. A notification may be provided to the user of the life event in response to identifying the life event for the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Ross Charles DeJohn, III, Paul Lienard Rupert, Jonathan Lee Hoyt, Harry Reid Sheppard, Patrick Joseph Sullivan