Patents by Inventor Thor Ibsen

Thor Ibsen 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).

  • Patent number: 7596508
    Abstract: A system and method (100, 310, 510) of inventory tracking and custom ordering over a computer network (316). The system includes a multimedia user interface (318) delivered over the computer network to a user, and a configuration and pricing database (324) storing product pricing data according to user-entered product configuration. An inventory database (322) stores product availability data in inventory of retail sales facilities, in-transit from product manufacturing facilities to the retail sales facilities, in-plant at the product manufacturing facilities, and on a ordering bank at the product manufacturing facilities. The user is able to search, via the multimedia user interface (318), the inventory database (322) for the user-entered product configuration and receive pricing data and product availability data. A sales processor (332) is operable to receive, via the multimedia user interface (318), user reservation of an available product determined by the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: David A. McGuffie, John W. Burns, Jeffrey M. Liedel, J. Kevin Vasconi, Leo W. Darley, Thomas D. Cornellier, Thor Ibsen