Patents by Inventor James B. Poage

James B. Poage 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).

  • Apparatus and method for creating a marketing initiative
    Patent number: 7240020
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating or presenting marketing initiatives in a sales manager system. A user inputs offer parameters for a new initiative. The offer parameters includes an initiative time period and an initiative description. After the parameters have been entered, customer selection criteria is associated with those parameters. The effectiveness of the new initiative is determined using stored statistics associated with past initiatives, after which, the new initiative is complete and is stored in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Sabre Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Poage, Christian Walentine, David Alan Hobt, Victor Alan Nilson
  • Apparatus and method for creating a marketing initiative
    Patent number: 6957189
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating or presenting marketing initiatives in a sales manager system. A user inputs offer parameters for a new initiative. The offer parameters includes an initiative time period and an initiative description. After the parameters have been entered, customer selection criteria is associated with those parameters. The effectiveness of the new initiative is determined using stored statistics associated with past initiatives, after which, the new initiative is complete and is stored in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Sabre Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Poage, Christian Walentine, David Alan Hobt, Victor Alan Nilson