Aaron J Greenspan

US Patent:

20090298036, Dec 3, 2009

Filed:

Jun 2, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/477106

Inventors:

Aaron J. Greenspan - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

THINK COMPUTER CORPORATION - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G09B 5/00
G06F 17/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

434317, 715207, 707 10, 715205, 707E17032, 707E17045

Abstract:

Embodiments are directed to a system that allows publishers to publish bibliographic data, reference data, and/or author notes of non-fiction materials (e.g. books, journals, etc.) on an Internet web site with a formal structure rather than in paper form. Bibliographic references and author notes are stored in a computer database, and presented to end users through web pages in such a manner that references can be displayed alongside digital images of the physical pages that they originated from, with hypertext links to digital files representing the author's original sources, as appropriate. A method comprises providing a printed component of a book including a page containing a reference to a network site providing access to an electronic component of the book, displaying at least a portion of the electronic component of the book upon user access to the network site, wherein the display includes a portion of the text of the book and one or more links available in that portion, and requesting authentication of the user to provide evidence of authorized use of the book.

US Patent:

20110029416, Feb 3, 2011

Filed:

Dec 17, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/641071

Inventors:

Aaron J. Greenspan - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 20/00
G06F 17/00
G06Q 10/00
G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 30, 235375, 705 39, 705 44, 235383, 705 264

Abstract:

A method and system for transferring an electronic payment between a purchaser and a merchant that includes assigning a role of a merchant account to a first account and a role of a purchaser account to a second account within a payment system, adding an item from a product catalog stored in the payment system to a purchase list, obtaining a user ID token of a purchaser from a merchant terminal, communicating identity confirmation information associated with the user ID token to the merchant terminal, and transferring funds for the purchase price total from the purchaser account to the merchant account.

US Patent:

20120089461, Apr 12, 2012

Filed:

Oct 7, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/900428

Inventors:

Aaron J. Greenspan - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06Q 20/00

US Classification:

705 1458, 705 44

Abstract:

A first embodiment includes a method for providing targeted promotional offers from an advertiser to an advertisee that includes receiving location information of a mobile device belonging to the advertisee, searching through a promotional offer database, selecting a promotional offer using the location information of the mobile device as a selection criterion, sending the promotional offer to the mobile device, receiving a redemption notification indicating that an advertisee has applied the promotional offer to a completed purchase transaction, and charging the advertiser a promotional offer fee after receiving the redemption notification. In a second embodiment, an advertising system is integrated with a payment system, such as the one disclosed in related U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/641,071, using credit cards, debit cards, gift credit, social credit, or any suitable payment method.