Patents by Inventor Edward T. Stimpson

Edward T. Stimpson 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).

  • Publication number: 20010042022
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods that allow retail entities to let consumers register a product or warranty at the point of sale. More specifically, the systems and methods described herein allow a retailer to identify a point during a purchasing transaction wherein the consumer has completed a transaction. At that time, the retailer may presented to the consumer an interface that the consumer may easily complete to allow the consumer to participate in a product or warned she registration process. As such, the systems and methods described here and make the product registration process part of the purchase transaction and therefore make the product registration process seamless and more facile. Consequently it is understood that consumer participation within the product registration process increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Michael S. Kirkpatrick, David L. Wagner, Edward T. Stimpson, Sean E. Brown, Robert Glazer, Lisa Fitzgerald, Daniel Oran, Timothy Rowe