Patents by Inventor Joseph Robert Offutt, Jr.
Joseph Robert Offutt, Jr. 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).
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Patent number: 7890652Abstract: An information aggregation and synthesization system and process. The present invention provides aggregation and packaging of structured or unstructured information from disparate sources such as those available on a network such as the Internet. A network compatible/addressable interface device is operated by a user. The network interface device communicates with local datastores or network accessible datastores via an addressing scheme such as Uniform Resource Locator addresses (URLs) utilized by the Internet. Data passing between the network interface device and the datastores is accessed, polled, and retrieved through an intermediary gateway system. Such aggregated information is then synthesized, customized, personalized and localized to meet the information resource requests specified by the user via the network interface device.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2000Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Travelocity.com LPInventors: David Stanley Bull, Robert Neal Carr, Jr., Joseph Robert Offutt, Jr.
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Patent number: 7742934Abstract: Systems consistent with the present invention implement provide information regarding savings associated travel alternatives. Such systems receive requests from users reflecting travel itineraries, respectively. Each itinerary is analyzed to determine a set of alternative itineraries comparable to the travel itinerary specified in the request based on selected rules associated with travel. Then a value or cost of the input travel itinerary is determined and a value for each of the alternative itineraries is also calculated. The systems then generate a report reflecting the input travel itinerary specified in the request, each of the alternative itineraries, the value for each travel itinerary, and a difference between the value for the travel itinerary specified in the request and each of the alternative itineraries.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1999Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Travelocity.com LPInventors: Joseph Robert Offutt, Jr., Jerome Edward Cash
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Patent number: 7350150Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for interfacing a legacy application and internet-based application and for displaying information from each application in a frame of a multi-frame browser on a client workstation. Further, the interface system enables users to transact business with the legacy application based on information retrieved from the internet-based application, and to retrieve information from the internet-based application based on information retrieved from the legacy application.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2003Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Sabre Inc.Inventors: Michael Gerra, Joseph Robert Offutt, Jr.
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Patent number: 6630942Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for interfacing a legacy application and internet-based application and for displaying information from each application in a frame of a multi-frame browser on a client workstation. Further, the interface system enables users to transact business with the legacy application based on information retrieved from the internet-based application, and to retrieve information from the internet-based application based on information retrieved from the legacy application.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Sabre Inc.Inventors: Michael Gerra, Joseph Robert Offutt, Jr.
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Publication number: 20030187726Abstract: An information aggregation and synthesization system and process. The present invention provides aggregation and packaging of structured or unstructured information from disparate sources such as those available on a network such as the Internet. A network compatible/addressable interface device is operated by a user. The network interface device communicates with local datastores or network accessible datastores via an addressing scheme such as Uniform Resource Locator addresses (URLs) utilized by the Internet. Data passing between the network interface device and the datastores is accessed, polled, and retrieved through an intermediary gateway system. Such aggregated information is then synthesized, customized, personalized and localized to meet the information resource requests specified by the user via the network interface device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2000Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: TRAVELOCITY. COM LPInventors: David Stanley Bull, Robert Neal Carr Jr, Joseph Robert Offutt Jr
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Patent number: 6229534Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for interfacing a legacy application and internet-based application and for displaying information from each application in a frame of a multi-frame browser on a client workstation. Further, the interface system enables users to transact business with the legacy application based on information retrieved from the internet-based application, and to retrieve information from the internet-based application based on information retrieved from the legacy application.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1998Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: Sabre Inc.Inventors: Michael Gerra, Joseph Robert Offutt, Jr.
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Patent number: 6208975Abstract: An information aggregation and synthesization system and process. The present invention provides aggregation and packaging of structured or unstructured information from disparate sources such as those available on a network such as the Internet. A network compatible/addressable interface device is operated by a user. The network interface device communicates with local datastores or network accessible datastores via an addressing scheme such as Uniform Resource Locator addresses (URLs) utilized by the Internet. Data passing between the network interface device and the datastores is accessed, polled, and retrieved through an intermediary gateway system. Such aggregated information is then synthesized, customized, personalized and localized to meet the information resource requests specified by the user via the network interface device.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1997Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: Sabre Inc.Inventors: David Stanley Bull, Robert Neal Carr, Jr., Joseph Robert Offutt, Jr.
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Patent number: 5995943Abstract: An information aggregation and synthesization system and process. The present invention provides aggregation and packaging of structured or unstructured information from disparate sources such as those available on a network such as the Internet. A network compatible/addressable interface device is operated by a user. The network interface device communicates with local datastores or network accessible datastores via an addressing scheme such as Uniform Resource Locator addresses (URLs) utilized by the Internet. Data passing between the network interface device and the datastores is accessed, polled, and retrieved through an intermediary gateway system. Such aggregated information is then synthesized, customized, personalized and localized to meet the information resource requests specified by the user via the network interface device.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1997Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: Sabre Inc.Inventors: David Stanley Bull, Robert Neal Carr, Jr., Joseph Robert Offutt, Jr.
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Patent number: 5901287Abstract: An information aggregation and synthesization system and process. The present invention provides aggregation and packaging of structured or unstructured information from disparate sources such as those available on a network such as the Internet. A network compatible/addressable interface device is operated by a user. The network interface device communicates with local datastores or network accessible datastores via an addressing scheme such as Uniform Resource Locator addresses (URLs) utilized by the Internet. Data passing between the network interface device and the datastores is accessed, polled, and retrieved through an intermediary gateway system. Such aggregated information is then synthesized, customized, personalized and localized to meet the information resource requests specified by the user via the network interface device.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1996Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Assignee: The Sabre Group Inc.Inventors: David Stanley Bull, Robert Neal Carr, Jr., Joseph Robert Offutt, Jr.