Patents Examined by Milena Racic
  • Patent number: 8296201
    Abstract: A non-internet accessible, lightweight, compact expenditure recording electronic device comprising a housing having a front face and an opposing rear face, a processor located within the housing for processing data associated with a single financial account, a memory for storing data associated with the single financial account with the memory in electronic communication with the processor, a screen attached to the housing at the front face with the screen coupled to be operable by the processor to display data of the single financial account to a user of the device, a plurality of input keys disposed on the front face of the housing for inputting data to the memory and track changes to the data for the single financial account, and a communication port disposed on the housing and configured to connect to the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: Georgia Sherman
  • Patent number: 8214253
    Abstract: An embodiment of the current invention is directed to retaining customers for a wireless-service provider (“carrier”). A plurality of users who are influencers are identified from a group of wireless-service subscribers, wherein an influencer is a user who is likely to affect decisions of other users regarding whether to cancel or maintain their subscriptions with a particular carrier based on whether the influencer cancels or maintains his or her subscription. A list of influencers is thereby created. An incentive to provide the list of identified influencers is determined. The incentive increases the likelihood that the set of influencers will retain their respective subscriptions, thereby increasing the likelihood that other subscribers who might be influenced will also retain their respective subscriptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: David Lindel Harris, Claudio Ribeiro Lima, James Dale Black
  • Patent number: 8195536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an activity information accounting system. The system includes a central processing unit 1 for interpreting and executing a program command to perform accounting and processing data, an input unit 2 for inputting activities and resources of a management organization, an auxiliary storage unit 3 for storing an accounting program to execute accounting and storing accounting results of the central processing unit 1 in specific file forms, an output unit 4 for displaying processing results of data by the accounting, an activity table 10 providing activity lists corresponding to the activities, a resources table 20 for, when any one of the activity lists is selected, providing a resources list matching the selected activity list, a table matching unit 30 for matching the selected activity list and its pertinent resources list, and an account title providing unit 50 providing a corresponding account title through matching of the table matching unit 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Inventor: Won-Kyo Suh
  • Patent number: 8103440
    Abstract: Provided is a navigation system which can contribute to guidance of a moving device such as a vehicle to a destination along a route appropriate from a viewpoint of energy economy. According to second information (VIN, Lj, OPj) on a second probe car Q2, an eco-index ECOj is evaluated for each combination of a link identifier Lj and a vehicle identifier VIN according a first function f1. According to the evaluation result, a second function f2 is set. According to support request information (VIN) on a support subject car Q, an eco-index ECOk is evaluated for an individual link identifier Lk according to the second function f2. The evaluation result or the road traffic information decided according to the evaluation result is recognized by a navigation apparatus (200) mounted on the support subject car Q.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Sengoku, Masakuni Tsuge
  • Patent number: 8050961
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for performing comprehensive management for vehicles owned by clients, and according to this method, a vehicle managing apparatus, a client terminal, a workshop terminal and a store terminal are connected via a communication network, and the vehicle managing apparatus includes information acceptance unit, maintenance period calculation unit, business efficiency analyzation unit and information providing unit. First, maintenance history information for vehicles, automotive accessories purchase history information, vehicle operating record information and business performance information for a client, entered by the workshop terminal or the store terminal are received. Sequentially, a maintenance period for a vehicle is calculated based on the above information, and business efficiency is obtained based on the above information. Then, maintenance period calculation results and the business efficiency analysis results are transmitted to the client terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Pure Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Takamitsu Matsubara