Patents by Inventor Jeffrey T. Brinker

Jeffrey T. Brinker 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 MANAGING INVENTORY
    Publication number: 20100205018
    Abstract: A system and method for managing inventory data are provided. A travel server obtains inventory data from one or more inventory suppliers and stores the inventory data as SKU group, SKU and SKU inventory records. The travel server utilizes the SKU group, SKU and SKU inventory records. The travel server utilizes the SKU group, SKU and SKU inventory records to process user requests for available inventory and supplier inventory action requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Richard A. Vaughan, Jeffrey T. Brinker, Tomas A.D. Matos
  • System and method for managing inventory
    Patent number: 7707075
    Abstract: A system and method for managing inventory data are provided. A travel server obtains inventory data from one or more inventory suppliers and stores the inventory data as SKU group, SKU and SKU inventory records. The travel server utilizes the SKU group, SKU and SKU inventory records to process user requests for available inventory and supplier inventory action requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Expedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Vaughan, Jeffrey T. Brinker, Tomas A. D. Matos
  • Collecting and representing home attributes
    Publication number: 20080077458
    Abstract: A facility for representing home attribute values for a plurality of homes and a plurality of home attributes is described. The facility incorporates a data structure comprising, for each of the plurality of homes, for each of the plurality of attribute value sources, the capacity to store values for any of the plurality of home attributes obtained from the attribute value source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy J. Andersen, Fred F. Sadaghiani, Stephen M. McNamee, Marcin Szuster, Chloe L. Harford, Jeffrey T. Brinker, Randy W. Puttick
  • System and method for managing inventory
    Publication number: 20030036981
    Abstract: A system and method for managing inventory data are provided. A travel server obtains inventory data from one or more inventory suppliers and stores the inventory data as SKU group, SKU and SKU inventory records. The travel server utilizes the SKU group, SKU and SKU inventory records to process user requests for available inventory and supplier inventory action requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Richard A. Vaughan, Jeffrey T. Brinker, Tomas A.D. Matos