Patents by Inventor Holley Vantrease

Holley Vantrease 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 marketing products over the internet
    Patent number: 7343322
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for permitting an online user to buy merchandise over the Internet from multiple vendor sites, after a single entry of their credit card information. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention includes an online impulse marketing system including a plurality of customer and merchant servers/computers. A customer computer is programmed to provide a user with access to a computer network for the purpose of contacting a plurality of online merchant sites for the purpose of purchasing merchandise. The merchant computer is programmed to: store product information and order processing software in the form of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) pages for use by requesting customer computers; process requests for merchandise; request an impulse sale offer from a second merchant; display the offer; process the customer's response; and then automatically transmit the customer's credit card information to the second merchant, if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Time Consumer Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Mulderry, William J. Stutzman, Holley Vantrease
  • Method and apparatus for marketing products over the internet
    Publication number: 20070299745
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for permitting an online user to buy merchandise over the Internet from multiple vendor sites, after a single entry of their credit card information. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention includes an online impulse marketing system including a plurality of customer and merchant servers/computers. A customer computer is programmed to provide a user with access to a computer network for the purpose of contacting a plurality of online merchant sites for the purpose of purchasing merchandise. The merchant computer is programmed to: store product information and order processing software in the form of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) pages for use by requesting customer computers; process requests for merchandise; request an impulse sale offer from a second merchant; display the offer; process the customer's response; and then automatically transmit the customer's credit card information to the second merchant, if necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Amy Mulderry, William Stutzman, Holley Vantrease