Patents by Inventor Tom Waltz

Tom Waltz 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: 10437926
    Abstract: A computerized method and system for correlating template data to select contextually relevant content including receiving a request from a consumer device to serve a template at a server, the template comprising at least one tag, selecting a content in a database associated with the at least one tag based at least in part on a correlation between the template and the at least one tag, substituting the at least one tag with the content, and transmitting the template from the server to the consumer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Tom Waltz, Greg Curiel, Gerald Gibson, Dale McCrory, Kevin Parkerson, Matt Beard
  • Patent number: 9967255
    Abstract: A method for building and managing send jobs with restricted information, the method comprising constructing at least one email with at least one reference to a restricted information and injecting each of the at least one emails to one or more send centers, wherein each of the one or more send centers is authorized to receive the restricted information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Tom Waltz, Jerry Seilar, Kevin Stark, Jonathan Bennett
  • Publication number: 20170199865
    Abstract: A computerized method and system for correlating template data to select contextually relevant content including receiving a request from a consumer device to serve a template at a server, the template comprising at least one tag, selecting a content in a database associated with the at least one tag based at least in part on a correlation between the template and the at least one tag, substituting the at least one tag with the content, and transmitting the template from the server to the consumer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Tom Waltz, Greg Curiel, Gerald Gibson, Dale McCrory, Kevin Parkerson, Matt Beard
  • Patent number: 9613085
    Abstract: A computerized method and system for correlating template data to select contextually relevant content including receiving a request from a consumer device to serve a template at a server, the template comprising at least one tag, selecting a content in a database associated with the at least one tag based at least in part on a correlation between the template and the at least one tag, substituting the at least one tag with the content, and transmitting the template from the server to the consumer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Tom Waltz, Greg Curiel, Gerald Gibson, Dale McCrory, Kevin Parkerson, Matt Beard
  • Publication number: 20150100604
    Abstract: A system for controlling access within an enterprise to information associated with recipients of an electronic message campaign of the enterprise sent to a plurality of recipient devices wherein the enterprise includes hierarchically structured Business Units having an enterprise level Business Unit at the highest level and a plurality of second level Business Units and an enterprise system communicatively coupled to a network and including an enterprise level device communicatively coupled to a plurality of second level devices includes a server and an electronic message engine The server is configured to assign an enterprise account to the enterprise system and to allow the enterprise level device to communicate selected portions of the recipient list. The electronic message engine is configured to generate electronic messages within a message campaign for sending to recipients identified by each of the second level devices from the selected portions of the recipient list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: James Michael CIANCIO-BUNCH, Matt BEARD, Tom WALTZ, Richard W. JAMISON, Jack FISHER, Jeff MIDDLESWORTH
  • Publication number: 20150082387
    Abstract: A method for building and managing send jobs with restricted information, the method comprising constructing at least one email with at least one reference to a restricted information and injecting each of the at least one emails to one or more send centers, wherein each of the one or more send centers is authorized to receive the restricted information,
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Tom Waltz, Jerry Seilar, Kevin Stark, Jonathan Bennett
  • Patent number: 8949351
    Abstract: A system for controlling access within an enterprise to information associated with recipients of an electronic message campaign of the enterprise sent to a plurality of recipient devices wherein the enterprise includes hierarchically structured Business Units having an enterprise level Business Unit at the highest level and a plurality of second level Business Units and enterprise system communicatively coupled to a network and including an enterprise level device communicatively coupled to a plurality of second level devices includes a server and an electronic message engine The server is configured to assign an enterprise account to the enterprise system and to allow the enterprise level device to communicate selected portions of the recipient list. The electronic message engine is configured to generate electronic messages within a message campaign for sending to recipients identified by each of the second level devices from the selected portions of the recipient list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Exacttarget, Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Matt Beard, Richard W. Jamison, Tom Waltz, Jack Fisher, Jeff Middlesworth
  • Publication number: 20140173012
    Abstract: A method and system for managing email send jobs. Managing email send jobs includes constructing and building a plurality of emails based upon an executable process, wherein each of the plurality of emails comprises an activity data and at least one email recipients. Managing email send jobs also includes routing each of the plurality of emails to a queue at a location, wherein the location is determined based in part upon proximity to at least one of the at least one email recipients, processing each of the plurality of emails within each queue, injecting each of the plurality of emails into a mail transfer agent at the location, and sending each of the plurality of emails to the at least one email recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ExactTarget, Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Tom Waltz, Jonathan David Bennett
  • Publication number: 20140108443
    Abstract: A computerized method and system for correlating template data to select contextually relevant content including receiving a request from a consumer device to serve a template at a server, the template comprising at least one tag, selecting a content in a database associated with the at least one tag based at least in part on a correlation between the template and the at least one tag, substituting the at least one tag with the content, and transmitting the template from the server to the consumer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: EXACTTARGET, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Tom Waltz, Greg Curiel, Gerald Gibson, Dale McCrory, Kevin Parkerson, Matt Beard
  • Publication number: 20120059906
    Abstract: A system for controlling access within an enterprise to information associated with recipients of an electronic message campaign of the enterprise sent to a plurality of recipient devices wherein the enterprise includes hierarchically structured Business Units having an enterprise level Business Unit at the highest level and a plurality of second level Business Units and enterprise system communicatively coupled to a network and including an enterprise level device communicatively coupled to a plurality of second level devices includes a server and an electronic message engine The server is configured to assign an enterprise account to the enterprise system and to allow the enterprise level device to communicate selected portions of the recipient list. The electronic message engine is configured to generate electronic messages within a message campaign for sending to recipients identified by each of the second level devices from the selected portions of the recipient list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Matt Beard, Richard W. Jamison, Tom Waltz, Jack Fisher, Jeff Middlesworth