Patents by Inventor Robert Harry Downs

Robert Harry Downs 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: 7200607
    Abstract: A database analysis system comprising a store for storing databases, a user input and a user output, and a processor. The store includes a first database having a plurality of records of prospective customers each record having predictor variables such as information about the prospective customer including contact details and customer characteristics, the predictor variables being discretely identifiable in separate fields, each variable being categorized into two or more categories, such as household income level, the store also includes a second database of responders comprising a plurality of records of predictor variables of selected customers such as actual respondents to an earlier survey. The processor is adapted to compare the predictor variables for each of the records in the first and second database and to generate an output to the user output to enable the user to view the comparative result, such as in the form of a profile report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Apteco Limited
    Inventor: Robert Harry Downs
  • Publication number: 20030233339
    Abstract: A database analysis system comprising a store for storing databases, a user input and a user output, and a processor wherein the store comprises a first database having a plurality of records of prospective customers each record comprising predictor variables such as information about the prospective customer including contact details and customer characteristics, the predictor variables being discretely identifiable in separate fields, each variable being categorized into two or more categories, such as household income level, the store further comprising a second database of responders comprising a plurality of records of predictor variables of selected customers such as actual respondents to an earlier survey, wherein the processor is adapted to compare the predictor variables for each of the records in the first and second database and to generate an output to the user output to enable the user to view the comparative result, such as in the form of a profile report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Harry Downs