Patents by Inventor Michael McWayne Cole

Michael McWayne Cole 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 threshold billing for returned goods
    Patent number: 8645232
    Abstract: A system, a method, and computer readable medium for threshold billing of returned items. Billing threshold rules are established and stored in a computer memory and are associated with returned items. A returned item is identified and a computer processor determines if a billing threshold rule has been associated with the returned item. If so, the processor assigns the returned item to a container based on a billing threshold rule associated with the returned item. Information indicating the container to which the returned item has been assigned is stored in the computer memory. The processor determines if the billing threshold amount for the returned item has been reached. If so, the processor determines the status of the container to which the returned item has been assigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Inmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael McWayne Cole, Revel Paul Young, II, Sean McCarthy, Nicolas Pellegrino