Patents by Inventor Tim Gunther

Tim Gunther 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).

  • Generating retail sales report
    Patent number: 8195516
    Abstract: A computer-implemented automated method of generating a report of sales growth estimate from point of sale transaction settlement database includes selecting a subset of the point of sale transaction data that represents sales transactions for accounts in the transaction settlement database that are active during two consecutive reporting periods from the point of sale transaction settlement database. The selected subset of the point of sale transaction data is then analyzed based on a sorting category resulting in an estimate of sales growth rate over the reporting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Rolland Olives, Wayne Thomas Best, Jay Hawkins, Laurence Michael Levin, Tim Gunther
  • GENERATING RETAIL SALES REPORT
    Publication number: 20090327045
    Abstract: A computer-implemented automated method of generating a report of sales growth estimate from point of sale transaction settlement database includes selecting a subset of the point of sale transaction data that represents sales transactions for accounts in the transaction settlement database that are active during two consecutive reporting periods from the point of sale transaction settlement database. The selected subset of the point of sale transaction data is then analyzed based on a sorting category resulting in an estimate of sales growth rate over the reporting period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Rolland Olives, Wayne Thomas Best, Jay Hawkins, Laurence Michael Levin, Tim Gunther