Patents by Inventor Michael Joseph Hitmar

Michael Joseph Hitmar 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 controlled by data bearing records
    Patent number: 9904910
    Abstract: A system controlled responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records is operative to cause vehicle repair parts to be determined and furnished. Data read by a reader from a tag associated with a damaged vehicle is used to determine vehicle identifying data. A repair estimate calculation circuit (RECC) operates responsive to the read data to produce a needed parts record (NPR). The records produced by the RECC are operative to cause a vehicle repair entity (VRE) to be furnished the vehicle repair parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: OEConnection LLC
    Inventors: Igor Bondarenko, Scott Morman, Mike Folk, Guillermo Lopez, Sarah Truman, Katherine Golden, Christopher Carl Fuss, Michael Joseph Hitmar, Jeffrey Scott Comer, John Patrick Kelly, Brian Paul Thomas
  • Automated order routing
    Patent number: 8615441
    Abstract: Technologies described herein relate to automated order routing. A consumer can place an order for a product with a first retailer, wherein the first retailer is the preferred retailer of the consumer. If the first retailer fails to commit to fulfilling the order within a threshold amount of time, at least one other retailer is selected, and the order for the product is automatically routed to the at least one other retailer. The first retailer that commits to fulfilling the order acquires the sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: OE Connection LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Carl Fuss, Michael Joseph Hitmar, Jeffrey Scott Comer, John Patrick Kelly, Brian Paul Thomas, Scott Christopher Morman