Patents by Inventor Susan Lynn Spraragen

Susan Lynn Spraragen 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).

  • Method of providing an identifier for transactions
    Patent number: 6006200
    Abstract: Transactions are conducted on the Internet, by telephone or directly with anonymity and privacy. A customer's shipping address is encoded by a multi-digit identifier which is stored in the database of a trusted third party, preferably the shipping company. A user of the system need only identify themselves to a vendor by this multi-digit identifier which prints the identifier in machine readable form on a package delivered to the shipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Joy Boies, Susan Lynn Spraragen