Patents by Inventor Phillip G. Shackelford

Phillip G. Shackelford 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: 12213454
    Abstract: The systems and methods of flexible and customizable wellness program plan for pets through a distribution network connecting pet-owners, manufacturers, clinics and veterinarians, comprising: customizing a wellness plan to include one or more of the following parameters: frequency of services including exams or bloodwork, frequency of products used including vaccinations or preventatives and frequency of payments; customizing payment frequency for veterinarians for services rendered; tracking commissions to manufacturers for products used; tracking profitability for clinics implementing the wellness program; tracking wellness program plan usage by a pet; tracking enrollment and expiry status of a wellness program plan for a pet; dynamically reporting to one or more of the following: manufacturer, clinic, veterinarian or pet-owner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Phillip G. Shackelford, Nick Meurrier
  • Patent number: 11568357
    Abstract: The systems and methods of automated auditing data entry for a distribution network of products: customizing product information based on an equivalent independent of brand; receiving data entry records from plurality of consumption locations operating independently with a product using a variable brand; applying a set of rules on the data entry records to identify errors that uniformly conform the following perspectives: consumer, seller and manufacturer; determining whether errors exist; identifying whether errors that exist are of error types that can be fixed; fixing errors if errors exist of error types that can be fixed; identifying whether errors that exist are of error types that cannot be fixed; queuing errors for human review if errors exist of error types that cannot be fixed; analyzing subsequent actions triggered by human review to modify the rules; and approving the data entry record for further processing or completion only if no errors exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GREENLINE, LLC
    Inventors: Phillip G. Shackelford, Nick Meurrier
  • Publication number: 20220330528
    Abstract: The systems and methods of flexible and customizable wellness program plan for pets through a distribution network connecting pet-owners, manufacturers, clinics and veterinarians, comprising: customizing a wellness plan to include one or more of the following parameters: frequency of services including exams or bloodwork, frequency of products used including vaccinations or preventatives and frequency of payments; customizing payment frequency for veterinarians for services rendered; tracking commissions to manufacturers for products used; tracking profitability for clinics implementing the wellness program; tracking wellness program plan usage by a pet; tracking enrollment and expiry status of a wellness program plan for a pet; dynamically reporting to one or more of the following: manufacturer, clinic, veterinarian or pet-owner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Phillip G. Shackelford, Nick Meurrier
  • Patent number: 11297802
    Abstract: The systems and methods of flexible and customizable wellness program plan for pets through a distribution network connecting pet-owners, manufacturers, clinics and veterinarians, comprising: customizing a wellness plan to include one or more of the following parameters: frequency of services including exams or bloodwork, frequency of products used including vaccinations or preventatives and frequency of payments; customizing payment frequency for veterinarians for services rendered; tracking commissions to manufacturers for products used; tracking profitability for clinics implementing the wellness program; tracking wellness program plan usage by a pet; tracking enrollment and expiry status of a wellness program plan for a pet; dynamically reporting to one or more of the following: manufacturer, clinic, veterinarian or pet-owner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: GREENLINE, LLC
    Inventors: Phillip G. Shackelford, Nick Meurrier
  • Publication number: 20210368742
    Abstract: The systems and methods of flexible and customizable wellness program plan for pets through a distribution network connecting pet-owners, manufacturers, clinics and veterinarians, comprising: customizing a wellness plan to include one or more of the following parameters: frequency of services including exams or bloodwork, frequency of products used including vaccinations or preventatives and frequency of payments; customizing payment frequency for veterinarians for services rendered; tracking commissions to manufacturers for products used; tracking profitability for clinics implementing the wellness program; tracking wellness program plan usage by a pet; tracking enrollment and expiry status of a wellness program plan for a pet; dynamically reporting to one or more of the following: manufacturer, clinic, veterinarian or pet-owner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Phillip G. Shackelford, Nick Meurrier
  • Publication number: 20210374657
    Abstract: The systems and methods of automated auditing data entry for a distribution network of products: customizing product information based on an equivalent independent of brand; receiving data entry records from plurality of consumption locations operating independently with a product using a variable brand; applying a set of rules on the data entry records to identify errors that uniformly conform the following perspectives: consumer, seller and manufacturer; determining whether errors exist; identifying whether errors that exist are of error types that can be fixed; fixing errors if errors exist of error types that can be fixed; identifying whether errors that exist are of error types that cannot be fixed; queuing errors for human review if errors exist of error types that cannot be fixed; analyzing subsequent actions triggered by human review to modify the rules; and approving the data entry record for further processing or completion only if no errors exist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Phillip G. Shackelford, Nick Meurrier
  • Publication number: 20210374789
    Abstract: The systems and methods of flexible and customizable coupon deals for a distribution network of products through clinics, comprising: presenting a coupon library with available coupons together with their applicability requirements; allowing opt-in or opt-out; for two or more of the clinics participating: customizing the coupon library for one of the clinics; creating rules that indicate details for a transaction to qualify for each coupon; analyzing a transaction viz-a-viz the coupons that the clinic has opted into; generating a redemption based on the successful application of the rules for the coupons to the transaction; generating line item triggers to list applicable coupon offers; and receiving indication on accepted coupon offers; scaling customized sets of the coupons for two or more of the clinics to transactions received from the clinic; conforming the customized sets of the coupons across the distribution network of products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Phillip G. Shackelford, Nick Meurrier
  • Publication number: 20170293888
    Abstract: An approach for a veterinary management system server that enables management of a practice, vendors, pet, and pet owner information while gathering metrics and providing reports in addition to providing marking services to the practice and vendors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: GREENLINE, LLC
    Inventor: Phillip G. Shackelford