Patents by Inventor Tom Fogarty

Tom Fogarty 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: 11880860
    Abstract: A digital promotion processing system may include a shopper device associated with a given shopper, and a promotion processing server. The server may generate a given promotion identifier associated with a digital promotion for a given product. The digital promotion may be redeemable via different redemption channels and may have a redeemable value associated therewith. The server may communicate the digital promotion to the shopper device, cooperate with the shopper device to display, on a display of the shopper device, the digital promotion, and cooperate with the shopper device to permit shopper-selection of one of the different redemption channels based upon display of the digital promotion. The server may determine when the given product has been purchased by the given shopper, and when so, apply the redeemable value according to the shopper-selected redemption channel and based upon the given promotion identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew B. Jump, Ali Mirian, Srinivasan Varadarajan, Tom Fogarty
  • Patent number: 6721946
    Abstract: A method and system for installing software on a computer in a computer manufacturing facility. In the method, the frequency with which optional hardware and software is installed on a computer is assessed. One or more static installation images are generated for relatively more frequently selected optional hardware or software and one or more dynamic installation images are generated for relatively less frequently selected optional hardware of software. At least one image is then stored in a storage device of a computer. The image database may also contain one or more static/dynamic images. The method and system have particular application in a build-to-order computer manufacturing facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Tom Fogarty, Abdelhakeem Amer Hammad