Patents by Inventor William Dugan

William Dugan 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: 20140237608
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for masking email addresses. In an exemplary embodiment, a consumer responds to a marketing offer by supplying consumer information, including an actual email address, to a lead specialist. The consumer's actual email address is masked, with a unique email address substituted, when the consumer's information is passed-on to a lender. The lead specialist can then track and filter responses to the consumer to identify misuse of its lead information and to protect the consumer from unwanted emails and solicitations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: TIM PRIER, William Dugan, Yuen Ho
  • Publication number: 20140180791
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for optimizing the delivery of marketing offers. In an exemplary embodiment, an initial consumer offer is delivered to a consumer via an email service provider (ESP), that consumer's subsequent response to the initial offer, response information provided by the consumer, and response and tracking data are used to optimize and target additional offers to that same, and other, consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: William Dugan, Tim Prier
  • Publication number: 20060136131
    Abstract: A detector assembly including a three-dimensional magnetic sensor adapted to detect presence of a vehicle, a transceiver operatively coupled to the magnetic sensor and adapted to send and receiver information, a microprocessor operatively coupled to the magnetic sensor and the transceiver. The detector assembly is part of a vehicle parking management system including a plurality of detector assemblies and a remote device operatively coupled to the plurality of sensor assemblies to exchange information with each of the plurality of sensor assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: METERTEK, LLC
    Inventors: William Dugan, Mark Dee, Feisal Hurzook