Patents by Inventor William B. Kaplan

William B. Kaplan 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 for storing and retrieving old and new electronic identifiers
    Patent number: 6654789
    Abstract: An accessible electronic system is provided for storing old and new electronic identifiers and for searching and matching the new and old electronic identifiers of an entity. The electronic system creates a bridge from the old to the new electronic identifiers. During a registration process a registrant may provide the system with a preferred electronic identifier in addition to a series of functional and/or non-functional electronic identifiers. During a searching process, if the searcher provides the system with any of the electronic identifiers provided to the system by the registrant, the system will return the preferred electronic identifier of the registrant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: FreshAddress, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin C. Bliss, Robert W. Mack, William B. Kaplan, Mark Rosenstein