Patents by Inventor Todd B. Ferguson

Todd B. Ferguson 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: 12148022
    Abstract: A method for purchasing goods comprising receiving a document listing one or more goods to be purchased, acquiring prices for the good from a plurality of sellers, acquiring at least one price for a comparable good from at least one seller, identifying a best price of the acquired prices, and outputting the best price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: TACO Marketing LLC
    Inventors: Todd B. Ferguson, Andrew M. Czachowski
  • Publication number: 20240370915
    Abstract: In one aspect a method is provided for providing a user with offers to purchase merchandise. The method comprises monitoring browsing activity of a user on a web browser application of a user device via a web browser extension. Further, determining a. product of interest to the user based at least in part on the browsing activity and displaying, via the user device, an offer to purchase a comparable product to the determined product of interest. Upon receiving an indication from a user to accept the offer, adding the comparable product to a virtual shopping cart associated with the user and the web browser extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Todd B. Ferguson, Andrew M. Czachowski
  • Publication number: 20240311755
    Abstract: A method of managing inventory comprising generating a list of inventory items, identifying removal of one of the inventory items from inventory, updating the list of inventory items as inventory items are removed, predicting a future rate of removal of inventory items, and developing purchasing plan for inventory items based on predicted rate of removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Todd B. Ferguson, Andrew M. Czachowski
  • Patent number: 12020205
    Abstract: A method of managing inventory comprising generating a list of inventory items, identifying removal of one of the inventory items from inventory, updating the list of inventory items as inventory items are removed, predicting a future rate of removal of inventory items, and developing purchasing plan for inventory items based on predicted rate of removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TACO Marketing LLC
    Inventors: Todd B. Ferguson, Andrew M. Czachowski
  • Publication number: 20220318738
    Abstract: A method of managing inventory comprising generating a list of inventory items, identifying removal of one of the inventory items from inventory, updating the list of inventory items as inventory items are removed, predicting a future rate of removal of inventory items, and developing purchasing plan for inventory items based on predicted rate of removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Todd B. Ferguson, Andrew M. Czachowski
  • Patent number: 11436559
    Abstract: A method of managing inventory comprising generating a list of inventory items, identifying removal of one of the inventory items from inventory, updating the list of inventory items as inventory items are removed, predicting a future rate of removal of inventory items, and developing purchasing plan for inventory items based on predicted rate of removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Taco Marketing LLC
    Inventors: Todd B. Ferguson, Andrew M. Czachowski
  • Publication number: 20210019813
    Abstract: A method for purchasing goods comprising receiving a document listing one or more goods to be purchased, acquiring prices for the good from a plurality of sellers, acquiring at least one price for a comparable good from at least one seller, identifying a best price of the acquired prices, and outputting the best price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Todd B. Ferguson, Andrew M. Czachowski
  • Publication number: 20200175464
    Abstract: A method of managing inventory comprising generating a list of inventory items, identifying removal of one of the inventory items from inventory, updating the list of inventory items as inventory items are removed, predicting a future rate of removal of inventory items, and developing purchasing plan for inventory items based on predicted rate of removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Todd B. Ferguson, Andrew M. Czachowski
  • Publication number: 20120280451
    Abstract: A method of educating includes providing a collectible trading card game with a plurality of trading cards. Each card may contain educational information including a consonant, vowel, number or mathematical operator and the cards are used to form a properly spelled word or to form a mathematically correct equation. In some forms, the method includes providing a game with a playing field and a set of game components with game component types having a predetermined power for affecting play of the game by affecting a power, effect, or value of the game component. The level of skill necessary to play the game may be varied by selectively implementing or disregarding the predetermined power of the game components. An educational game includes first and second game components with different expressions, powers, point values, and identifiers for distinguishing game components and facilitating game play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Todd B. Ferguson, Richard Goodman
  • Publication number: 20100003649
    Abstract: A method of educating includes providing a collectible trading card game with a plurality of trading cards. Each card may contain educational information including a consonant, vowel, number or mathematical operator and the cards are used to form a properly spelled word or to form a mathematically correct equation. In some forms, the method includes providing a game with a playing field and a set of game components with game component types having a predetermined power for affecting play of the game by affecting a power, effect, or value of the game component. The level of skill necessary to play the game may be varied by selectively implementing or disregarding the predetermined power of the game components. An educational game includes first and second game components with different expressions, powers, point values, and identifiers for distinguishing game components and facilitating game play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Todd B. Ferguson, Richard Goodman