Patents by Inventor Robert Krugman

Robert Krugman 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: 20240015128
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes the following steps: administering, by a first specifically programed computer system of a communications exchange, an electronic delivery of a first electronic distribution from a first sender to a first recipient, where the mediating includes: receiving from a first source of a plurality of sources, a first electronic distribution of the first sender, receiving from the first sender, a plurality of sender attributes of the first sender and a plurality of sender rules of the first sender that define how electronic distributions of the first sender to be delivered; receiving the plurality of recipient attributes of the first recipient and the plurality of recipient rules of the first recipient; matching the first electronic distribution of first sender to the first recipient; transmitting, the first electronic distribution of first sender to first channel of the first recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20230129136
    Abstract: An exemplary specifically programmed electronic communications exchange which includes at least the following specifically programmed components: a specifically programmed computer processor that is configured to at least perform, in real-time, the following: causing, via a computer network, to display a company personalized communications set-up graphical user interface configured to allow a representative of a company to dynamically define a plurality of company communications attributes; causing, via the computer network, to display a consumer communications set-up graphical user interface configured to allow a consumer to dynamically define a plurality of consumer communications preference attributes; automatically matching, based on at least one fuzzy matching technique, the company to the consumer based at least in part on: the plurality of company communications attributes and the plurality of consumer communications preference attributes; and automatically and electronically delivering a plurality of
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20230022670
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes the following steps: administering, by a first specifically programed computer system of a communications exchange, an electronic delivery of a first electronic distribution from a first sender to a first recipient, where the mediating includes: receiving from a first source of a plurality of sources, a first electronic distribution of the first sender, receiving from the first sender, a plurality of sender attributes of the first sender and a plurality of sender rules of the first sender that define how electronic distributions of the first sender to be delivered; receiving the plurality of recipient attributes of the first recipient and the plurality of recipient rules of the first recipient; matching the first electronic distribution of first sender to the first recipient; transmitting, the first electronic distribution of first sender to first channel of the first recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20210385185
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes the following steps: administering, by a first specifically programed computer system of a communications exchange, an electronic delivery of a first electronic distribution from a first sender to a first recipient, where the mediating includes: receiving from a first source of a plurality of sources, a first electronic distribution of the first sender, receiving from the first sender, a plurality of sender attributes of the first sender and a plurality of sender rules of the first sender that define how electronic distributions of the first sender to be delivered; receiving the plurality of recipient attributes of the first recipient and the plurality of recipient rules of the first recipient; matching the first electronic distribution of first sender to the first recipient; transmitting, the first electronic distribution of first sender to first channel of the first recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20210329043
    Abstract: An exemplary specifically programmed electronic communications exchange which includes at least the following specifically programmed components: a specifically programmed computer processor that is configured to at least perform, in real-time, the following: causing, via a computer network, to display a company personalized communications set-up graphical user interface configured to allow a representative of a company to dynamically define a plurality of company communications attributes; causing, via the computer network, to display a consumer communications set-up graphical user interface configured to allow a consumer to dynamically define a plurality of consumer communications preference attributes; automatically matching the company to the consumer based at least in part on: the plurality of company communications attributes and the plurality of consumer communications preference attributes; and automatically and electronically delivering a plurality of electronic communications, from or on behalf of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20200287857
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes the following steps: administering, by a first specifically programmed computer system of a communications exchange, an electronic delivery of a first electronic distribution from a first sender to a first recipient, where the mediating includes: receiving from a first source of a plurality of sources, a first electronic distribution of the first sender, receiving from the first sender, a plurality of sender attributes of the first sender and a plurality of sender rules of the first sender that define how electronic distributions of the first sender to be delivered; receiving the plurality of recipient attributes of the first recipient and the plurality of recipient rules of the first recipient; matching the first electronic distribution of first sender to the first recipient; transmitting, the first electronic distribution of first sender to first channel of the first recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20200177644
    Abstract: An exemplary specifically programmed electronic communications exchange which includes at least the following specifically programmed components: a specifically programmed computer processor that is configured to at least perform, in real-time, the following: causing, via a computer network, to display a company personalized communications set-up graphical user interface configured to allow a representative of a company to dynamically define a plurality of company communications attributes; causing, via the computer network, to display a consumer communications set-up graphical user interface configured to allow a consumer to dynamically define a plurality of consumer communications preference attributes; automatically matching the company to the consumer based at least in part on: the plurality of company communications attributes and the plurality of consumer communications preference attributes; and automatically and electronically delivering a plurality of electronic communications, from or on behalf of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Patent number: 10554699
    Abstract: An exemplary specifically programmed electronic communications exchange which includes at least the following specifically programmed components: a specifically programmed computer processor that is configured to at least perform, in real-time, the following: causing, via a computer network, to display a company personalized communications set-up graphical user interface configured to allow a representative of a company to dynamically define a plurality of company communications attributes; causing, via the computer network, to display a consumer communications set-up graphical user interface configured to allow a consumer to dynamically define a plurality of consumer communications preference attributes; automatically matching the company to the consumer based at least in part on: the plurality of company communications attributes and the plurality of consumer communications preference attributes; and automatically and electronically delivering a plurality of electronic communications, from or on behalf of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Broadridge Fluent Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20190075068
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes the following steps: administering, by a first specifically programed computer system of a communications exchange, an electronic delivery of a first electronic distribution from a first sender to a first recipient, where the mediating includes: receiving from a first source of a plurality of sources, a first electronic distribution of the first sender, receiving from the first sender, a plurality of sender attributes of the first sender and a plurality of sender rules of the first sender that define how electronic distributions of the first sender to be delivered; receiving the plurality of recipient attributes of the first recipient and the plurality of recipient rules of the first recipient; matching the first electronic distribution of first sender to the first recipient; transmitting, the first electronic distribution of first sender to first channel of the first recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20170353399
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes the following steps: administering, by a first specifically programed computer system of a communications exchange, an electronic delivery of a first electronic distribution from a first sender to a first recipient, where the mediating includes: receiving from a first source of a plurality of sources, a first electronic distribution of the first sender, receiving from the first sender, a plurality of sender attributes of the first sender and a plurality of sender rules of the first sender that define how electronic distributions of the first sender to be delivered; receiving the plurality of recipient attributes of the first recipient and the plurality of recipient rules of the first recipient; matching the first electronic distribution of first sender to the first recipient; transmitting, the first electronic distribution of first sender to first channel of the first recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20160344656
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes the following steps: administering, by a first specifically programmed computer system of a communications exchange, an electronic delivery of a first electronic distribution from a first sender to a first recipient, where the mediating includes: receiving from a first source of a plurality of sources, a first electronic distribution of the first sender, receiving from the first sender, a plurality of sender attributes of the first sender and a plurality of sender rules of the first sender that define how electronic distributions of the first sender to be delivered; receiving the plurality of recipient attributes of the first recipient and the plurality of recipient rules of the first recipient; matching the first electronic distribution of first sender to the first recipient; transmitting, the first electronic distribution of first sender to first channel of the first recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20160142449
    Abstract: An exemplary specifically programmed electronic communications exchange which includes at least the following specifically programmed components: a specifically programmed computer processor that is configured to at least perform, in real-time, the following: causing, via a computer network, to display a company personalized communications set-up graphical user interface configured to allow a representative of a company to dynamically define a plurality of company communications attributes; causing, via the computer network, to display a consumer communications set-up graphical user interface configured to allow a consumer to dynamically define a plurality of consumer communications preference attributes; automatically matching the company to the consumer based at least in part on: the plurality of company communications attributes and the plurality of consumer communications preference attributes; and automatically and electronically delivering a plurality of electronic communications, from or on behalf of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Patent number: 9319368
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes the following steps: administering, by a first specifically programmed computer system of a communications exchange, an electronic delivery of a first electronic distribution from a first sender to a first recipient, where the mediating includes: receiving from a first source of a plurality of sources, a first electronic distribution of the first sender, receiving from the first sender, a plurality of sender attributes of the first sender and a plurality of sender rules of the first sender that define how electronic distributions of the first sender to be delivered; receiving the plurality of recipient attributes of the first recipient and the plurality of recipient rules of the first recipient; matching the first electronic distribution of first sender to the first recipient; transmitting, the first electronic distribution of first sender to first channel of the first recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Broadridge Fluent Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20150106466
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes the following steps: administering, by a first specifically programmed computer system of a communications exchange, an electronic delivery of a first electronic distribution from a first sender to a first recipient, where the mediating includes: receiving from a first source of a plurality of sources, a first electronic distribution of the first sender, receiving from the first sender, a plurality of sender attributes of the first sender and a plurality of sender rules of the first sender that define how electronic distributions of the first sender to be delivered; receiving the plurality of recipient attributes of the first recipient and the plurality of recipient rules of the first recipient; matching the first electronic distribution of first sender to the first recipient; transmitting, the first electronic distribution of first sender to first channel of the first recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Patent number: 8930482
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes the following steps: administering, by a first specifically programmed computer system of a communications exchange, an electronic delivery of a first electronic distribution from a first sender to a first recipient, where the mediating includes: receiving from a first source of a plurality of sources, a first electronic distribution of the first sender, receiving from the first sender, a plurality of sender attributes of the first sender and a plurality of sender rules of the first sender that define how electronic distributions of the first sender to be delivered; receiving the plurality of recipient attributes of the first recipient and the plurality of recipient rules of the first recipient; matching the first electronic distribution of first sender to the first recipient; transmitting, the first electronic distribution of first sender to first channel of the first recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Broadridge Fluent Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Publication number: 20140280651
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes the following steps: administering, by a first specifically programmed computer system of a communications exchange, an electronic delivery of a first electronic distribution from a first sender to a first recipient, where the mediating includes: receiving from a first source of a plurality of sources, a first electronic distribution of the first sender, receiving from the first sender, a plurality of sender attributes of the first sender and a plurality of sender rules of the first sender that define how electronic distributions of the first sender to be delivered; receiving the plurality of recipient attributes of the first recipient and the plurality of recipient rules of the first recipient; matching the first electronic distribution of first sender to the first recipient; transmitting, the first electronic distribution of first sender to first channel of the first recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Broadridge Fluent Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Krugman, Doug DeSchutter, Martin Cottreau
  • Patent number: 8468442
    Abstract: A method of viewing information associated with data in a spreadsheet, includes providing a document including data and information associated with the data, parsing the document to retrieve the associated information, processing the associated information to break the associated information down into at least one sentence, categorizing the at least one sentence to determine whether the at least one sentence corresponds to at least one category in a taxonomy corresponding to the data, assigning an association strength to the categorized at least one sentence, the association strength indicating a likelihood that the categorized at least one sentence actually corresponds to the at least one category in the taxonomy, filtering the at least one categorized sentence based on the association strength to determine whether to match the categorized at least one sentence with the at least one category in the taxonomy and outputting only the categorized at least one sentence matched with the at least one category in th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: RR Donnelley Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Chopin, Robert Krugman, Marc Strausberg, Leslie Barrett
  • Publication number: 20110231748
    Abstract: A method of viewing information associated with data in a spreadsheet, includes providing a document including data and information associated with the data, parsing the document to retrieve the associated information, processing the associated information to break the associated information down into at least one sentence, categorizing the at least one sentence to determine whether the at least one sentence corresponds to at least one category in a taxonomy corresponding to the data, assigning an association strength to the categorized at least one sentence, the association strength indicating a likelihood that the categorized at least one sentence actually corresponds to the at least one category in the taxonomy, filtering the at least one categorized sentence based on the association strength to determine whether to match the categorized at least one sentence with the at least one category in the taxonomy and outputting only the categorized at least one sentence matched with the at least one category in th
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: EDGAR ONLINE, INC.
    Inventors: Stefan Chopin, Robert Krugman, Marc Strausberg, Leslie Barrett
  • Patent number: 7917841
    Abstract: A method of viewing information associated with data in a spreadsheet, includes providing a document including data and information associated with the data, parsing the document to retrieve the associated information, processing the associated information to break the associated information down into at least one sentence, categorizing the at least one sentence to determine whether the at least one sentence corresponds to at least one category in a taxonomy corresponding to the data, assigning an association strength to the categorized at least one sentence, the association strength indicating a likelihood that the categorized at least one sentence actually corresponds to the at least one category in the taxonomy, filtering the at least one categorized sentence based on the association strength to determine whether to match the categorized at least one sentence with the at least one category in the taxonomy and outputting only the categorized at least one sentence matched with the at least one category in th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Edgar Online, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Chopin, Robert Krugman, Marc Strausberg, Leslie Barrett
  • Patent number: 7877678
    Abstract: A method of populating a spreadsheet with financial data, includes, in response to a user's request for financial data, sending a request to a web service for the financial data, receiving a response to the request from the web service, processing the response, retrieving a taxonomy associated with the response and populating the spreadsheet in accordance with the response and the retrieved taxonomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Edgar Online, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Chopin, Robert Krugman