Patents by Inventor Carl E. Epperly

Carl E. Epperly 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).

  • Business to business computer system for communicating and processing rental car reservations using web services
    Patent number: 10929920
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are disclosed whereby a business partner computer system interfaces with a rental vehicle reservation management computer system via a web service connector. The web service connector can be configured to (1) receive, via a network, a document, the document comprising a web service request by a computer system of a business partner for a rental vehicle transaction with respect to a replacement rental vehicle reservation, (2) process the received document in accordance with a web service specification document to create one or more data objects having a format supported by a rental vehicle reservation management software program, and (3) communicate the one or more data objects to the rental vehicle reservation management software program for automatic processing thereby of the one or more data objects for management of the replacement rental vehicle reservation in accordance with the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: THE CRAWFORD GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: David Gary Smith, Anita K. Klopfenstein, Russell E. Dittmar, Carl E. Epperly, Gary K. Thomae
  • Business to Business Computer System for Communicating and Processing Rental Car Reservations Using Web Services
    Publication number: 20140046859
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are disclosed whereby a business partner computer system interfaces with a rental vehicle reservation management computer system via a web service connector. The web service connector can be configured to (1) receive, via a network, a document, the document comprising a web service request by a computer system of a business partner for a rental vehicle transaction with respect to a replacement rental vehicle reservation, (2) process the received document in accordance with a web service specification document to create one or more data objects having a format supported by a rental vehicle reservation management software program, and (3) communicate the one or more data objects to the rental vehicle reservation management software program for automatic processing thereby of the one or more data objects for management of the replacement rental vehicle reservation in accordance with the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: The Crawford Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David Gary Smith, Anita K. Klopfenstein, Russell E. Dittmar, Carl E. Epperly, Gary K. Thomae
  • Business to business computer system for communicating and processing rental car reservations using web services
    Patent number: 8600783
    Abstract: An Internet-enabled automatic rental vehicle transaction system, the system comprising a web service connector in communication with a rental vehicle software program, the web service connector being configured to (1) receive, via a network, a document from a computer system of an authorized purchaser of rental vehicle services on behalf of another, the document comprising a web service rental vehicle reservation request, (2) process the received document in accordance with a web service specification document to create one or more data objects having a format supported by the rental vehicle software program, and (3) communicate the one or more data objects to the rental vehicle software program, and wherein the rental vehicle software program is configured to automatically process the one or more data objects for fulfillment of the reservation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: The Crawford Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David Gary Smith, Anita K. Klopfenstein, Russell E. Dittmar, Carl E. Epperly, Gary K. Thomae