Patents by Inventor Jeffrey James Hopkins

Jeffrey James Hopkins 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GLOBAL INVOICE PROCESSING AND PAYMENT
    Publication number: 20130304639
    Abstract: A computer based method and system for managing payments from a shipper to one or more carriers is described. A web-based interface portal is accessible by a shipper, one or more carriers and an invoice payment service provider to enable data relevant to various characteristics of a shipment of goods to be uploaded into a database. One or more profiles are created with the data to enable a specified shipment to be rated, to enable a carrier's actual invoice for a specified shipment to be compared with a rated invoice for that specified shipment to identify discrepancies between the rated and actual invoices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Kimberly Ann Acsay, Jeffrey James Hopkins, Conrad John Pawlowski, II, Karen Marie Reeves, Celeste Elizabeth Sauer