Patents by Inventor Stephen Durbin

Stephen Durbin 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: 20070150856
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for selectively sharing data between different implementations of the same software program in a network environment. The program implementations are otherwise independent with each executing its own private memory space in a single computer or on multiple computers in the network. The present invention enables a first implementation of a program to borrow or utilize data collected, derived or otherwise utilized by a second implementation of the same program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Douglas Warner, J. Richter, Stephen Durbin
  • Publication number: 20070100603
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for determining the emotional content of an electronic correspondence to route or prioritize the information, to set the expectations of a customer support worker, to flag those workers who are using inappropriate language with the customer, or to determine another best course to send the correspondence. In a preferred embodiment, a customer sends an electronic correspondence to a company via email. Emotionally charged words or symbols in each sentence are detected. The message is then given an emotional ranking which is used to determine what future action is most appropriate for the correspondence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Douglas Warner, James Richter, Stephen Durbin, Greg Gianforte