Patents by Inventor Charles L. Spurr

Charles L. Spurr 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).

  • INDIVIDUALIZED MARKETING TO IMPROVE CAPACITY UTILIZATION
    Publication number: 20140136316
    Abstract: Suppliers of goods and/or services subject to shifts in capacity utilization design and implement marketing campaigns around utilization forecasts, targeting marketing expenditures on periods of excess capacity rather than periods without excess capacity, and in some embodiments also to alter variables such as pricing, consumer targeting, or even the intensity of the campaign itself on a dynamic basis in response to changing market conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Spurr, Jim Giza, Paul M. English, Steve Hafner, Andrew Patterson, Daniel S. Hafner
  • Individualized marketing to improve capacity utilization
    Patent number: 8583485
    Abstract: Suppliers of goods and/or services subject to shifts in capacity utilization design and implement marketing campaigns around utilization forecasts, targeting marketing expenditures on periods of excess capacity rather than periods without excess capacity, and in some embodiments also to alter variables such as pricing, consumer targeting, or even the intensity of the campaign itself on a dynamic basis in response to changing market conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Spurr, Jim Giza, Paul English, Daniel S. Hafner, Andrew Patterson, Steve Hafner
  • Individualized Marketing to Improve Capacity Utilization
    Publication number: 20110145061
    Abstract: Suppliers of goods and/or services subject to shifts in capacity utilization design and implement marketing campaigns around utilization forecasts, targeting marketing expenditures on periods of excess capacity rather than periods without excess capacity, and in some embodiments also to alter variables such as pricing, consumer targeting, or even the intensity of the campaign itself on a dynamic basis in response to changing market conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: KAYAK SOFTWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles L. Spurr, Jim Giza, Paul English, Steve Hafner, Andrew Patterson, Daniel S. Hafner
  • Individualized marketing to improve capacity utilization
    Patent number: 7917387
    Abstract: Suppliers of goods and/or services subject to shifts in capacity utilization design and implement marketing campaigns around utilization forecasts, targeting marketing expenditures on periods of excess capacity rather than periods without excess capacity, and in some embodiments also to alter variables such as pricing, consumer targeting, or even the intensity of the campaign itself on a dynamic basis in response to changing market conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Spurr, Jim Giza, Paul English, Daniel S. Hafner, Andrew Patterson