Comments on: U.S. Patent 7,587,349 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/09/29/u-s-patent-7587349/ Improving the human experience one day at a time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:24:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: This makes me look wicked smaht. « oonie chase http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/09/29/u-s-patent-7587349/comment-page-1/#comment-4449 This makes me look wicked smaht. « oonie chase Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:04:49 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=2519#comment-4449 [...] This makes me look wicked smaht. As it happens, I lead the team who did the design for an American Express Network Card Finder that – for reasons well beyond my ken – has been awarded US Patent 7,587,349. Whitney Hess, my partner in crime who had MUCH MORE TO DO with the smarts behind this than I did, talks about our feat/heist eloquently on her blog Pleasure and Pain. [...]

[...] This makes me look wicked smaht. As it happens, I lead the team who did the design for an American Express Network Card Finder that – for reasons well beyond my ken – has been awarded US Patent 7,587,349. Whitney Hess, my partner in crime who had MUCH MORE TO DO with the smarts behind this than I did, talks about our feat/heist eloquently on her blog Pleasure and Pain. [...]

]]> By: Matt Daniels http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/09/29/u-s-patent-7587349/comment-page-1/#comment-4434 Matt Daniels Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:44:36 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=2519#comment-4434 No--I joined the company in late 2007--but I had heard about the controversy of the card selector and the legal reasons that it had to be pulled. But that's the story of working in any big corporation--the lawyers ruining it for everyone. No–I joined the company in late 2007–but I had heard about the controversy of the card selector and the legal reasons that it had to be pulled. But that's the story of working in any big corporation–the lawyers ruining it for everyone.

]]> By: Whitney Hess http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/09/29/u-s-patent-7587349/comment-page-1/#comment-4432 Whitney Hess Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:38:59 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=2519#comment-4432 Really?! Did we know each other? I was the longest-running DTAS resource on the project (from conception to launch - 18 months) since there was a lot of turnover going on at the time.<br><br>Agreed it's too bad it didn't have a longer lifespan given all the hard work that went into designing and developing it. Really?! Did we know each other? I was the longest-running DTAS resource on the project (from conception to launch – 18 months) since there was a lot of turnover going on at the time.

Agreed it's too bad it didn't have a longer lifespan given all the hard work that went into designing and developing it.

]]> By: Whitney Hess http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/09/29/u-s-patent-7587349/comment-page-1/#comment-4433 Whitney Hess Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:34:40 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=2519#comment-4433 Thanks so much! Hope we get a chance to hang out soon. Thanks so much! Hope we get a chance to hang out soon.

]]> By: Brian http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/09/29/u-s-patent-7587349/comment-page-1/#comment-4420 Brian Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:50:21 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=2519#comment-4420 Very cool, congrats! Bummed I missed you when I was in NYC. I'll try to make it back out that way soon! Very cool, congrats! Bummed I missed you when I was in NYC. I'll try to make it back out that way soon!

]]> By: Matt Daniels http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/09/29/u-s-patent-7587349/comment-page-1/#comment-4374 Matt Daniels Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:26:10 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=2519#comment-4374 I actually worked in the group of AmEx that launched this site with DTAS.<br><br>It's sad that "card selector" was pulled from the Internet after a very short stint for bureaucratic reasons. Even sadder is that it never found a home on <a href="http://Americanexpress.com" rel="nofollow">Americanexpress.com</a> or with another Issuer. I actually worked in the group of AmEx that launched this site with DTAS.

It's sad that “card selector” was pulled from the Internet after a very short stint for bureaucratic reasons. Even sadder is that it never found a home on Americanexpress.com or with another Issuer.

]]> By: Whitney Hess http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/09/29/u-s-patent-7587349/comment-page-1/#comment-4364 Whitney Hess Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:11:27 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=2519#comment-4364 Thanks so much, Aaron, Lis and Tony. It feels great to finally have the patent granted. It's a long process! Thanks so much, Aaron, Lis and Tony. It feels great to finally have the patent granted. It's a long process!

]]> By: AjithM http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/09/29/u-s-patent-7587349/comment-page-1/#comment-4361 AjithM Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:23:03 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=2519#comment-4361 Congrats Whitney. Gr8 work !! Congrats Whitney. Gr8 work !!

]]> By: Aaron Irizarry http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/09/29/u-s-patent-7587349/comment-page-1/#comment-4348 Aaron Irizarry Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:11:00 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=2519#comment-4348 Wow... soo cool... congrats...what an awesome feeling it must have been to see all of your efforts pay off in such a cool way.<br><br>~ Aaron I Wow… soo cool… congrats…what an awesome feeling it must have been to see all of your efforts pay off in such a cool way.

~ Aaron I

]]> By: Lis Hubert http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/09/29/u-s-patent-7587349/comment-page-1/#comment-4347 Lis Hubert Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:58:18 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=2519#comment-4347 This is awesome! Congratulations!! This is awesome! Congratulations!!

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