Patents by Inventor Anna Rath

Anna Rath 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND CATEGORIZING DATA AT A TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20090254531
    Abstract: A method and system for collecting and categorizing survey data includes receiving customer information from a customer. A query is identified based at least in part on the customer information. The query is output for presentation to the customer. In one embodiment, the query is presented to the customer by prompting an employee, such as a clerk at a point-of-sale terminal, to verbally present the question to the customer. A customer response to the query is then received. The request from the customer may be, for example, a request to purchase one or more products or it may be a request for assistance or information. The customer response is then captured and analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Jay S. Walker, Keith Bemer, Anna Rath, Russell P. Sammon, Magdalena Mik, Andrew P. Golden, Geoffrey M. Gelman
  • Method and apparatus for collecting and categorizing data at a terminal
    Patent number: 7383200
    Abstract: A method and system for collecting and categorizing survey data includes receiving customer information from a customer. A query is identified based at least in part on the customer information. The query is output for presentation to the customer. In one embodiment, the query is presented to the customer by prompting an employee, such as a clerk at a point-of-sale terminal, to verbally present the question to the customer. A customer response to the query is then received. The request from the customer may be, e.g., a request to purchase one or more products or it may be a request for assistance or information. The customer response is then captured and analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Walker Digital, LLC
    Inventors: Jay S. Walker, Andrew S. Van Luchene, Daniel E. Tedesco, John B. Dickerson, Keith Bemer, Russell P. Sammon, Andrew P. Golden, Anna Rath, Magdalena Mik Fincham, Geoffrey M. Gelman