Patents by Inventor Scott C. Hightower

Scott C. Hightower 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).

  • Prioritizing product development lines
    Patent number: 7853496
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining building serviceability information for geographic locations. The disclosed systems and methods may include forming a future market in which the product developments lines are equated to stocks. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include determining participants in a trading session of the future market and setting rules governing how the trading session in the future market will operate. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods may include opening the trading session for the participants, closing the trading session for trading and evaluating market session trends and participant purchases to determine the priority of a product line in relation to other product lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Cox Communication, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Poffenberger, Scott C. Hightower, Ray H. Starbird