Patents by Inventor Terri Jo Peterson

Terri Jo Peterson 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).

  • Customer search utility
    Patent number: 8065353
    Abstract: A customer search terminal system may be configured to accept customer product searches and identify corresponding products and product information. A method for determining the efficacy of the customer search terminal may include receiving customer usage information including data related to customer usage of a customer search terminal and may also include receiving product sales information including data related to products sold at a point-of-sale terminal. The method may further include generating customer purchase behavior information by correlating the received customer search terminal usage information with the received product sales information when a product is sold at the point-of-sale terminal within a prescribed time period relative to a search for the product on the customer search terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy S. Eckhoff-Hornback, Robert William Ash, Terri Jo Peterson, Joseph Herman Pletsch, Patricia Ann Perry
  • Customer Search Utility
    Publication number: 20100169336
    Abstract: A customer search terminal system may be configured to accept customer product searches and identify corresponding products and product information. A method for determining the efficacy of the customer search terminal may include receiving customer usage information including data related to customer usage of a customer search terminal and may also include receiving product sales information including data related to products sold at a point-of-sale terminal. The method may further include generating customer purchase behavior information by correlating the received customer search terminal usage information with the received product sales information when a product is sold at the point-of-sale terminal within a prescribed time period relative to a search for the product on the customer search terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Target Brands Incorporated
    Inventors: Wendy S. Eckhoff-Hornback, Robert William Ash, Terri Jo Peterson, Joseph Herman Pletsch, Patricia Ann Perry