Patents by Inventor Donald C. Rice

Donald C. Rice 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: 10423969
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for processing sales leads. Illustratively, the invention provides a method of assigning sales leads in a network environment, the sales leads relating to persons interested in effecting a purchase, the method comprising: obtaining a lead, the lead including lead information relating to a person interested in effecting a purchase; loading the lead into a lead processing portion; determining if the lead is auto-assignable; assigning the lead to a sales agent; and outputting the lead information over the network environment to a lead distribution portion, so as to be accessible to the sales agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Genworth Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Tivey, Mathew F. Leahy, Muhammad Haider, Gary A. Owings, Donald C. Rice, Deborah K. Demello
  • Publication number: 20140067465
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for processing sales leads. Illustratively, the invention provides a method of assigning sales leads in a network environment, the sales leads relating to persons interested in effecting a purchase, the method comprising: obtaining a lead, the lead including lead information relating to a person interested in effecting a purchase; loading the lead into a lead processing portion; determining if the lead is auto-assignable; assigning the lead to a sales agent; and outputting the lead information over the network environment to a lead distribution portion, so as to be accessible to the sales agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: GENWORTH HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven E. Tivey, Mathew F. Leahy, Muhammad Haider, Gary A. Owings, Donald C. Rice, Deborah K. Demello
  • Patent number: 8527288
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for processing sales leads. Illustratively, the invention provides a method of assigning sales leads in a network environment, the sales leads relating to persons interested in effecting a purchase, the method comprising: obtaining a lead, the lead including lead information relating to a person interested in effecting a purchase; loading the lead into a lead processing portion; determining if the lead is auto-assignable; assigning the lead to a sales agent; and outputting the lead information over the network environment to a lead distribution portion, so as to be accessible to the sales agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Genworth Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Tivey, Mathew F. Leahy, Muhammad Haider, Gary A. Owings, Donald C. Rice, Deborah K. Demello
  • Publication number: 20100023370
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for processing sales leads. Illustratively, the invention provides a method of assigning sales leads in a network environment, the sales leads relating to persons interested in effecting a purchase, the method comprising: obtaining a lead, the lead including lead information relating to a person interested in effecting a purchase; loading the lead into a lead processing portion; determining if the lead is auto-assignable; assigning the lead to a sales agent; and outputting the lead information over the network environment to a lead distribution portion, so as to be accessible to the sales agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Steven E. Tivey, Matthew F. Leahy, Muhammad Haider, Gary A. Owings, Donald C. Rice, Deborah K. Demello
  • Patent number: 7599842
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for processing sales leads. Illustratively, the invention provides a method of assigning sales leads in a network environment, the sales leads relating to persons interested in effecting a purchase, the method comprising: obtaining a lead, the lead including lead information relating to a person interested in effecting a purchase; loading the lead into a lead processing portion; determining if the lead is auto-assignable; assigning the lead to a sales agent; and outputting the lead information over the network environment to a lead distribution portion, so as to be accessible to the sales agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Genworth Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Tivey, Mathew F. Leahy, Muhammad Haider, Gary A. Owings, Donald C. Rice, Deborah K. Demello
  • Publication number: 20040143473
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for processing sales leads. Illustratively, the invention provides a method of assigning sales leads in a network environment, the sales leads relating to persons interested in effecting a purchase, the method comprising: obtaining a lead, the lead including lead information relating to a person interested in effecting a purchase; loading the lead into a lead processing portion; determining if the lead is auto-assignable; assigning the lead to a sales agent; and outputting the lead information over the network environment to a lead distribution portion, so as to be accessible to the sales agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Steven E. Tivey, Mathew F. Leahy, Muhammad Haider, Gary A. Owings, Donald C. Rice, Deborah K. Demello
  • Patent number: 5785077
    Abstract: An easily replaced valve for a conduit through which materials are transported by a stream of gas. A body housing a valve gate can be fastened to the conduit, where it is held in a required position with respect to an opening defined in the conduit. Strap-like clamps extending around annular flanges located on the ends of the valve body extend around the conduit to fasten the valve in place in the opening. The flanges and side skirts also connected with the valve body fit the outside of the conduit along the margins of the opening. A shoulder defined between the flanges and side skirts and the valve body registers with the margins of the opening to establish the proper location of the valve in the opening. The valve body, flanges, and side skirts may be of molded plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Inventor: Donald C. Rice