Patents by Inventor Ronald B. Ryan

Ronald B. Ryan 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).

  • Apparatus and method using front-end network gateways and search criteria for efficient quoting at a remote location
    Patent number: 6684189
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method using front-end network gateways and search criteria entered at a remote computer terminal to conduct a search of multiple financial products for efficient quoting at a remote location. The method includes the steps of providing at least one data input screen with signals communicated from a digital computer to the remote terminal connected by a communications system, the at least one data input screen at the terminal soliciting entry of financial product selection criteria, receiving the selection criteria from the terminal over the communications system at the digital computer, and using the front-end network gateways, data accessible by the digital computer representing the multiple financial products, and the selection criteria entered at the terminal to provide a quote at the terminal for a financial product identified from the multiple financial products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: The Ryan Evalulife Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald B. Ryan, Ronald G. Marquart