Patents by Inventor Timothy Michael Ryan

Timothy Michael Ryan 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: 8612292
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product is disclosed. A purchase data computer receives a customer identifier obtained from a scanner at a point of sale. The customer identifier is associated with a customer in a retail location. The purchase data computer determines a targeted research invitation associated with the customer identifier, the targeted research invitation including contact information to be used by the customer to participate in a marketing research program. Next, the purchase data controller causes a printer to print the targeted research invitation. According to another aspect of the invention, a current purchase of the customer sets off a trigger in the purchase data computer, causing the purchase data computer to print a targeted research invitation at the printer, based on the current purchase. According to another aspect of the invention, a host computer uses prior purchase history of consumers to determine targeted research invitations to be delivered to the consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Catalina Marketing Corporation
    Inventors: Clinton Douglas Brown, Nancy May Kennedy, Timothy Michael Ryan, Mary Ann Schmidt