Patents by Inventor Erich Siegfried Heinzle

Erich Siegfried Heinzle 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 system and article of manufacture for performing real time currency conversion
    Patent number: 6199046
    Abstract: A currency converter consisting of a source of exchange rate information with either an object performing the role of currency selection, exchange rate information retrieval, and price display, or objects undertaking currency selection and exchange rate information retrieval and price display. Prices embedded within the document or environment are displayed in the default or selected currency. The appropriate currency for price display is selected by using methods such as a menu used by the user, or by reading system information to choose the currency. The exchange rate information is retrieved from the source of exchange rate information and is then passed to any other price display object or objects, and optionally, any other currency selection and exchange rate retrieval objects or currency selection, exchange rate information retrieval, and price display objects in the document or environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Adsura Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Erich Siegfried Heinzle, Rolf von Behrens