Patents by Inventor Grant M. Howe

Grant M. Howe 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: 20080077581
    Abstract: A system and method operable to collect user created content uploaded to an online community, including uniform codes and terms, and determine a category of related content that the user is most likely to be interested in. Embodiments of the system and method are particularly adapted to systematically parse and compare user created content and diagnostic codes linked to such content to a database of search terms, weighting the matched terms, and assigning at least one most relevant medical sensitive disposition category to a user profile to provide relevant advertising and topic content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Jay Drayer, Grant M. Howe
  • Publication number: 20010042026
    Abstract: A computer having connections to a digital communication medium accepts purchase inquires and purchase orders, executes the purchase inquires and orders by interfacing with provider computer databases, and transmits an electronic digital signal which can be printed as a verification of an executed purchase order. In one embodiment, a computer having connections to the Internet collects information from a customer operating a remote computer via a user interface provided by the computer. The user interface is further used to display purchase information retrieved by the computer from provider computer databases. Once the customer authorizes a purchase, the computer executes the order and transmits computer code readable by a web browser that contains encrypted information which provides printable verification of the purchase order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Ken D. Hinh, Grant M. Howe