Patents by Inventor Kevin Roderick Lawrence

Kevin Roderick Lawrence 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).

  • Method, system and program for specifying an electronic food menu with food preferences from a universally accessible database
    Patent number: 6646659
    Abstract: Food preferences for a particular customer are requested from a universally accessible database, wherein a key for the particular customer is required to access the food preferences for the particular customer. The food preferences for the particular customer are compared with multiple previously stored food menu items. A food menu comprising only said food menu items that satisfy the food preferences for the particular customer are selected, such that an electronic food menu is specified for a particular customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Wayne Brown, Kevin Roderick Lawrence, Michael A. Paolini
  • Method, system and program for specifying an electronic menu with food preferences from a personal storage device
    Patent number: 6618062
    Abstract: Food preferences for a particular customer are retrieved from a personal storage device, wherein the personal storage device is proffered from the particular customer. The food preferences for the particular customer are compared with multiple previously stored food menu items. A food menu is selected wherein the food menu items that satisfy the food preferences for the particular customer are distinguished, such that an electronic food menu is specified for a particular customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Wayne Brown, Kevin Roderick Lawrence, Michael A. Paolini