Patents by Inventor Frank D. Brewer

Frank D. Brewer 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).

  • System and method for facilitating reciprocative small business financial information exchanges
    Patent number: 7536346
    Abstract: Systems and methods facilitate information sharing among a plurality of member institutions. Each member is associated with a member number and a corresponding member profile. A member contributes its data relating to small business entities to an exchange repository upon becoming a member, and thereafter on a periodic basis. Each member is eligible to query against the exchange repository. However, a response to a member's inquiry is determined by a reciprocity due to the inquiring member. If a member contributes comprehensive information regarding small business entities in its portfolio, then the member receives comprehensive information relating to a small business entity that becomes a subject of its inquiry. If a member contributes minimal information regarding the small business entities in its portfolio, the member receives minimal information relating to a small business entity that becomes a subject of its inquiry, regardless of the amount of information available in the exchange repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Equifax, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Aliffi, Barbara Jo Ellison, Nader Mir, Frank D. Brewer, Jr.
  • System and method for facilitating reciprocative small business financial information exchanges
    Publication number: 20030083893
    Abstract: Systems and methods facilitate information sharing among a plurality of member institutions. Each member is associated with a member number and a corresponding member profile. A member contributes its data relating to small business entities to an exchange repository upon becoming a member, and thereafter on a periodic basis. Each member is eligible to query against the exchange repository. However, a response to a member's inquiry is determined by a reciprocity due to the inquiring member. If a member contributes comprehensive information regarding small business entities in its portfolio, then the member receives comprehensive information relating to a small business entity that becomes a subject of its inquiry. If a member contributes minimal information regarding the small business entities in its portfolio, the member receives minimal information relating to a small business entity that becomes a subject of its inquiry, regardless of the amount of information available in the exchange repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Patrick A. Aliffi, Barbara Jo Ellison, Nader Mir, Frank D. Brewer