Patents by Inventor Robert Michael Hibbard

Robert Michael Hibbard 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).

  • Method and apparatus for improved customer direct on-line reservation of rental vehicles
    Patent number: 8396728
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reservation booking website wherein customers who plan to travel via general aviation (GA) are provided with a GA reservation creation path that is responsive to their GA travel needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Crawford Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelli Boruff, Robert Michael Hibbard, Paul Tucker
  • Method and Apparatus for Improved Customer Direct On-Line Reservation of Rental Vehicles
    Publication number: 20120209637
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein the functionality of managing customer profiles/accounts is expanded upon to provide customers with greater control over the profile data stored in their associated personalized accounts/profiles, particularly in connection with the “favorite” or “preferred” branch locations for rental vehicle reservations that are stored in the customer profiles/ accounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: THE CRAWFORD GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Hugues Belanger, Kelli Boruff, Vernon James Chrisco, Robert Michael Hibbard, Julia Phaenome Owens Rogers, Paul Tucker
  • Method and Apparatus for Improved Customer Direct On-Line Reservation of Rental Vehicles
    Publication number: 20120209638
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reservation booking website wherein customers who plan to travel via general aviation (GA) are provided with a GA reservation creation path that is responsive to their GA travel needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: The Crawford Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelli Boruff, Robert Michael Hibbard, Paul Tucker
  • Method and apparatus for improved customer direct on-line reservation of rental vehicles
    Patent number: 8108231
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein the functionality of managing customer profiles/accounts is expanded upon to provide customers with greater control over the profile data stored in their associated personalized accounts/profiles, particularly in connection with the “favorite” or “preferred” branch locations for rental vehicle reservations that are stored in the customer profiles/accounts. Also disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website wherein customers who plan to travel via general aviation (GA) are provided with a GA reservation creation path that is responsive to their GA travel needs. Also disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein customers are provided with a streamlined ability to log into their customer profiles/accounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: The Crawford Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelli Boruff, Robert Michael Hibbard, Paul Tucker