Patents by Inventor Robert Walter Kerns

Robert Walter Kerns 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CURATION OF NOTABLE WORK AND RELATING IT TO INVOLVED ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
    Publication number: 20200104945
    Abstract: A method for use in populating a user profile comprises the steps of: determining that a first person within a database of people is associated with a given award within a database of awards; determining that a first project within a database of projects is associated with the given award within a database of awards; and populating the profile for the first person with information associated with the first project.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Shocase, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald P. Young, David Anthony Burgess, Robert Walter Kerns, Peter Rugg
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND VERIFICATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190362442
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining an identifier of an individual. The individual is associated with an entity such that the individual has an email address in a domain corresponding to the entity. The method also includes determining one or more candidate domains such that: the one or more candidate domains potentially correspond to the entity; and the individual potentially has the email address in at least one of the one or more candidate domains. The method further includes determining one or more candidate email addresses in at least one of the one or more candidate domains. The method additionally includes testing the one or more candidate email addresses and the one or more candidate domains to determine the email address of the individual in the domain corresponding to the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Shocase, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald P. Young, Peter Rugg, David Anthony Burgess, Joao Paulo Aumond, Robert Walter Kerns
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND VERIFICATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190035034
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining an identifier of an individual. The individual is associated with an entity such that the individual has an email address in a domain corresponding to the entity. The method also includes determining one or more candidate domains such that: the one or more candidate domains potentially correspond to the entity; and the individual potentially has the email address in at least one of the one or more candidate domains. The method further includes determining one or more candidate email addresses in at least one of the one or more candidate domains. The method additionally includes testing the one or more candidate email addresses and the one or more candidate domains to determine the email address of the individual in the domain corresponding to the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Ronald P. Young, Peter Rugg, David Anthony Burgess, Joao Paulo Aumond, Robert Walter Kerns
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND VERIFICATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170061552
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining an identifier of an individual. The individual is associated with an entity such that the individual has an email address in a domain corresponding to the entity. The method also includes determining one or more candidate domains such that: the one or more candidate domains potentially correspond to the entity; and the individual potentially has the email address in at least one of the one or more candidate domains. The method further includes determining one or more candidate email addresses in at least one of the one or more candidate domains. The method additionally includes testing the one or more candidate email addresses and the one or more candidate domains to determine the email address of the individual in the domain corresponding to the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Ronald P. Young, Peter Rugg, David Anthony Burgess, Joao Paulo Aumond, Robert Walter Kerns
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CURATION OF NOTABLE WORK AND RELATING IT TO INVOLVED ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
    Publication number: 20160253766
    Abstract: A method for use in populating a user profile comprises the steps of: determining that a first person within a database of people is associated with a given award within a database of awards; determining that a first project within a database of projects is associated with the given award within a database of awards; and populating the profile for the first person with information associated with the first project.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Ronald P. Young, David Anthony Burgess, Robert Walter Kerns, Peter Rugg