ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,797, issued on April 15, was assigned to WORKDAY INC. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Email-based transactions with forms" was invented by John P. Killoran Jr. (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Gina Katharine Von Damm (Davis, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for improving digital transaction using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The method includes determining to whether an alert related to a task is sent to a registered individual, on a condition that the alert related to the task should be sent, generating an email message, wherein the email includes at least one mailto link and a form for the registered individual to...