Patents by Inventor Michael Scott Rutkowski

Michael Scott Rutkowski 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).

  • Patent number: 8190481
    Abstract: In an illustrative implementation, an anonymous pharmacy order processing system includes means for protecting downstream systems from exposure to confidential identity information, thereby protecting a customer's privacy. In a preferred embodiment, a pharmacy system can generate a generic identifier corresponding to a prescription. The pharmacy system optionally sends the generic identifier to a point of sale system. The point of sale system receives the generic identifier and sends a sale confirmation to the pharmacy system. Furthermore, the point of sale system sends transaction information, including the generic identifier to a transaction system. The pharmacy system receives the sale confirmation and sends a correction transaction with an actual item identifier to the transaction system. The transaction system propagates sales including the generic item identifier to an audit system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Bonnie Determan Green, Jo Aldrich, Kevin Anders Johanson, Debra Viramontes, Courtney Cole, Jayachandran Chandrashekaran, Michael Scott Rutkowski
  • Publication number: 20110145080
    Abstract: In an illustrative implementation, an anonymous pharmacy order processing system includes means for protecting downstream systems from exposure to confidential identity information, thereby protecting a customer's privacy. In a preferred embodiment, a pharmacy system can generate a generic identifier corresponding to a prescription. The pharmacy system optionally sends the generic identifier to a point of sale system. The point of sale system receives the generic identifier and sends a sale confirmation to the pharmacy system. Furthermore, the point of sale system sends transaction information, including the generic identifier to a transaction system. The pharmacy system receives the sale confirmation and sends a correction transaction with an actual item identifier to the transaction system. The transaction system propagates sales including the generic item identifier to an audit system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Bonnie Determan Green, Jo Aldrich, Kevin Anders Johanson, Debra Viramontes, Courtney Cole, Jayachandran Chandrashekaran, Michael Scott Rutkowski