Patents by Inventor Howard I. Epstein

Howard I. Epstein 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: 8200532
    Abstract: An online system presents remote users with static incentives, dynamic incentives and the ability to create and submit customizable incentives related to goods or services of interest to the user. By using the incentive delivery system, the user can research goods or services of interest and in an interactive fashion create an incentive package most desirable to the user and submit same to a central location. The systems performs decisioning routines on submitted incentive requests and makes such requests available for review. Ultimately, the submitted requests may be accepted or rejected or a counter-incentive may be issued to the user for consideration. A manufacturer, such as an automobile manufacturer, can offer incentives direct to its consumers and enter into an electronic dialogue with its customers to help drive profits and sales in the most efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: ASN Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas P. Murphy, Steven D. Baker, Howard I. Epstein
  • Publication number: 20120084128
    Abstract: An online system presents remote users with static incentives, dynamic incentives and the ability to create and submit customizable incentives related to goods or services of interest to the user. By using the incentive delivery system, the user can research goods or services of interest and in an interactive fashion create an incentive package most desirable to the user and submit same to a central location. The systems performs decisioning routines on submitted incentive requests and makes such requests available for review. Ultimately, the submitted requests may be accepted or rejected or a counter-incentive may be issued to the user for consideration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: ASN Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas P. MURPHY, Steven D. Baker, Howard I. Epstein
  • Patent number: 7668747
    Abstract: An online system presents remote users with static incentives, dynamic incentives and the ability to create and submit customizable incentives related to goods or services of interest to the user. By using the incentive delivery system, the user can research goods or services of interest and in an interactive fashion create an incentive package most desirable to the user and submit same to a central location. The systems performs decisioning routines on submitted incentive requests and makes such requests available for review. Ultimately, the submitted requests may be accepted or rejected or a counter-incentive may be issued to the user for consideration. A manufacturer, such as an automobile manufacturer, can offer incentives direct to its consumers and enter into an electronic dialogue with its customers to help drive profits and sales in the most efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Autosavings Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Murphy, Steven D. Baker, Howard I. Epstein
  • Publication number: 20020052778
    Abstract: An online system presents remote users with static incentives, dynamic incentives and the ability to create and submit customizable incentives related to goods or services of interest to the user. By using the incentive delivery system, the user can research goods or services of interest and in an interactive fashion create an incentive package most desirable to the user and submit same to a central location. The systems performs decisioning routines on submitted incentive requests and makes such requests available for review. Ultimately, the submitted requests may be accepted or rejected or a counter-incentive may be issued to the user for consideration. A manufacturer, such as an automobile manufacturer, can offer incentives direct to its consumers and enter into an electronic dialogue with its customers to help drive profits and sales in the most efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas P. Murphy, Steven D. Baker, Howard I. Epstein
  • Patent number: 6199754
    Abstract: A self-service terminal such as an ATM (10) is co-located with a human-form recognition engine such as a camera (22) and appropriate software (23). If there is no user adjacent the ATM (10), the ATM screen 12 is operated as an advertising bill board. If one person or a short queue is present, the ATM (10) provides a full range of services on demand. For a longer queue, the services available are limited, e.g. one transaction per user or only one type of transaction such as cash dispense only. For a bank of ATMs (10A to 10D), different ATMs are arranged to provide different services. Each ATM has a service indicator (19A to 19D) to indicate the service or services available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Howard I. Epstein