Patents by Inventor Vance Brown

Vance Brown 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: 8972284
    Abstract: A system for controlling outdoor price signs for fuel products includes a control center. The control center determines a price for a fuel product for a number of fuel stores. The control center receives a variety of data that may have an impact on fuel prices, including competitive data from a neighborhood store. The control center has a number pricing formulas and applies a selected formula to set a fuel price at one of the fuel stores. The price is sent to a store controller. The store controller passes the fuel price information to a point of sale device that updates a pump price and an outdoor controllable sign. The sign includes feedback that it not only received the correct price but that it correctly displays the price and the price is legible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventors: Gene Daigle, Mike Rose, Charles Lee Lindsey, Vance Brown, Douglas Stoyer, Robert Charles Stadjuhar
  • Publication number: 20110246313
    Abstract: A system for controlling outdoor price signs for fuel products includes a control center. The control center determines a price for a fuel product for a number of fuel stores. The control center receives a variety of data that may have an impact on fuel prices, including competitive data from a neighborhood store. The control center has a number pricing formulas and applies a selected formula to set a fuel price at one of the fuel stores. The price is sent to a store controller. The store controller passes the fuel price information to a point of sale device that updates a pump price and an outdoor controllable sign. The sign includes feedback that it not only received the correct price but that it correctly displays the price and the price is legible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Gene Daigle, Mike Rose, Charles Lee Lindsey, Vance Brown, Douglas Stoyer, Robert Charles Stadjuhar
  • Publication number: 20070074433
    Abstract: A system for controlling outdoor signs has an outdoor sign having a price that is controllable. A controller sends a price signal that controls the price on the outdoor sign. A feedback system determines if the outdoor sign is functioning properly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Charles Lindsay, Vance Brown, Gene Daigle, Mike Rose