Patents by Inventor Stephen R. Fitzgerald

Stephen R. Fitzgerald 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 for the exchange, analysis, and reporting of performance data in businesses with time-dependent inventory
    Patent number: 6434533
    Abstract: A method is taught for processing performance data in a data reporting system having a plurality of business entities and a report center in communication with the plurality of business entities. The method includes transmitting by the plurality of business entities to the report center customer performance data indicative of the operation of the business entities during a first day and processing of the customer performance data by the report center to provide processed performance data. Availability of the processed performance data is provided to a selected business entity during a second day wherein the time difference between the first day and the second day is less than eleven days. The processed performance data includes processed occupancy data, processed average daily rate data and processed RevPAR data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Market Data Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen R. Fitzgerald