Patents by Inventor William Kerker

William Kerker 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).

  • System and method for managing recurring orders in a computer network
    Publication number: 20080015951
    Abstract: A recurring order management system and method for a computer network is disclosed. The system receives a request to suggest a recurring order for one or more products or services. The system generates a profile which stores the suggested products or services, the suggested recurrence for those products or services and the suggested quantities to deliver upon each recurrence. The order then automatically recurs one or more times according to the specified recurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: William Kerker, Thomas Paasche, Dave Bamborough, Randy Bancino, Robin Horder-Koop, Kenneth McDonald, John Parker, Claire Zevalkink
  • System and method for returning merchandise
    Publication number: 20050222911
    Abstract: A system and method for returning merchandise to a merchant over a computer network is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a merchant computer receives a merchandise identifier associated with the merchandise to be returned. The merchant computer creates a merchandise return form having the merchandise identifier of the merchandise to be returned, and transmits the merchandise return form over the computer network to the customer computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: William Kerker, Sakire Ozcan, David Stump, Darrell Tanis