Patents by Inventor Glenn E. Staats

Glenn E. Staats 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).

  • Patent number: 10776850
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to systems and methods for selection of auto parts with automatic part selection and dynamic pricing. A system may automatically connect to a plurality of auto parts electronic stores over a wide area network and receive user input specifying parts that the user desires to purchase. The user input may include vehicle information terms that may be mapped to an auto parts vocabulary particular to each respective auto parts electronic store. Required vehicle information and specific conditions for each auto parts electronic store may be automatically completed using the auto parts vocabulary particular to each auto parts electronic store and part/pricing information may be received from at least two of the auto parts electronic stores in response. At least a subset of the part/pricing information from the at least two auto parts electronic stores may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Glenn E. Staats
  • Publication number: 20190188767
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to systems and methods for selection of auto parts with automatic part selection and dynamic pricing. A system may automatically connect to a plurality of auto parts electronic stores over a wide area network and receive user input specifying parts that the user desires to purchase. The user input may include vehicle information terms that may be mapped to an auto parts vocabulary particular to each respective auto parts electronic store. Required vehicle information and specific conditions for each auto parts electronic store may be automatically completed using the auto parts vocabulary particular to each auto parts electronic store and part/pricing information may be received from at least two of the auto parts electronic stores in response. At least a subset of the part/pricing information from the at least two auto parts electronic stores may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Glenn E. Staats
  • Publication number: 20180330420
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to systems and methods for selection of auto parts with automatic part selection and dynamic pricing. A system may automatically connect to a plurality of auto parts electronic stores over a wide area network and receive user input specifying parts that the user desires to purchase. The user input may include vehicle information terms that may be mapped to an auto parts vocabulary particular to each respective auto parts electronic store. Required vehicle information and specific conditions for each auto parts electronic store may be automatically completed using the auto parts vocabulary particular to each auto parts electronic store and part/pricing information may be received from at least two of the auto parts electronic stores in response. At least a subset of the part/pricing information from the at least two auto parts electronic stores may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventor: Glenn E. Staats
  • Patent number: 8140411
    Abstract: Providing repair information for a part. A first website may be provided which includes part information. The part information may include at least one of a plurality of possible vehicles and/or a plurality of possible parts. First user input may be received to the first website specifying a vehicle from the plurality of possible vehicles. Second user input may be received specifying a part of the plurality of possible parts, and third user input may be received to view labor cost information associated with the part. Correspondingly, labor cost information may be automatically provided which is associated with the part in response to the third user input to the first website to view the labor cost information. Automatically providing the labor cost information may be performed without further user input specifying the part or another website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Glenn E. Staats