Shoen
Bradley E. Shoen, Royal Oak, MI US
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20150115644 | MULTI-POSITION ENDGATE SYSTEM - An endgate system providing multiple positions or angles of the endgate relative to the cargo box is disclosed. An end piece for attaching a cable to an anchor point includes a fixed link attached to the cable and a rotating link operatively attached to the fixed link. The rotating link is rotatable about a pivot point between a first position and a second position relative to the fixed link. The second position of the rotatable link is more proximal to the cable than the first position. A primary keyway is formed in the rotating link and is configured to selectively mate with the anchor point in the first position. A secondary keyway is formed in the rotating link and is configured to selectively mate with the anchor point in the second position | 04-30-2015 |
Edward J. Shoen, Scottsdale, AZ US
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20080288395 | Method and apparatus for payment retrieval and review collection - A method for conducting a review including the step of detecting a payment request from a vendor; generating a review based on the payment request; and, transmitting a reference to the review to a customer, wherein the reference provides a link to retrieve the review. A system for performing the method is also described. | 11-20-2008 |
20090187436 | Online Marketplace for Moving and Relocation Services - Methods and systems for operating an online marketplace for the sale of goods and services associated with self-help moving and relocating are described. A customer enters an online marketplace where vendors offer services and goods relating to moving and relocating, specifically in the “do-it-yourself” moving field. The venue for the online marketplace is an Internet web site or a site on a computer network and is operated by a host that determines which vendors will be listed on the site. Once in the marketplace, the customer can view informational content on numerous vendors providing services relating to moving and relocating. Based on the estimates provided by the marketplace as well as reviews, ratings, customer feedback, and background information on the vendors, the customer selects a vendor and “prepays for” the vendor's services on the marketplace. The customer is then provided a confirmation code. The code is given to the vendor upon completion of service or delivery of the good to the customer's satisfaction. The vendor accesses the online marketplace and enters the confirmation code to activate a payment for the service or good. | 07-23-2009 |
20110131118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAYMENT RETRIEVAL AND REVIEW COLLECTION - A method for conducting a review including the step of detecting a payment request from a vendor; generating a review based on the payment request; and, transmitting a reference to the review to a customer, wherein the reference provides a link to retrieve the review. A system for performing the method is also described. | 06-02-2011 |
Edward J. Shoen, Phoenix, AZ US
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20150032487 | Method and Apparatus for Real-time Qualification of Rental Customers - A method and system for real-time qualification of rental customers allows a rental company to quickly qualify a customer making an online reservation of a rental vehicle, such as a car share rental, without requiring the customer to be a member or have a membership or to be pre-qualified. The system includes: a database operative to store account information associated with a customer for a rental transaction; an input component operative to receive from the customer an uploaded image of the customer's driver's license and an uploaded second image of the customer; and a processor operative with the database to use the uploaded driver's license image, the uploaded second image and information associated with the uploaded second image to qualify the customer for a rental transaction. The system can compare the customer's driver's license image to the uploaded second image of the customer and qualify the customer for the rental transaction if the second image is uploaded within a pre-defined time before the rental time period begins. The information associated with the second uploaded image of the customer can include a timestamp associated with the second uploaded image and/or a GPS location associated with the uploaded image. | 01-29-2015 |
James P. Shoen, Phoenix, AZ US
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20140123743 | Fuel Usage Meter - A method and apparatus are provided for displaying an accumulated fuel usage to a driver of a rental vehicle, such as a rental truck. The rental vehicle has a fuel usage meter that incudes a digital display for displaying fuel consumption of a rental vehicle to a rental customer. The customer is instructed to reset the accumulated fuel consumption display to zero when the customer takes possession of the vehicle and is instructed to read the accumulated fuel consumption display before returning the vehicle to determine an amount of fuel consumed during the rental of the vehicle. The meter retains the accumulated fuel consumption when the engine is turned off, when the meter is uncoupled from the data bus of the vehicle, and when vehicle power is disconnected from meter. | 05-08-2014 |
James P. Shoen, Reno, NV US
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20120197777 | Online System and Method for Issuing Collateralized Securities - A computer-implemented method for conducting a registered public offering of collateralized securities includes storing offering information in a database. The offering information is associated with a public offering of a collateralized debt security offered for sale by the issuer of the debt security. The offering information includes payment terms of a loan and a description of collateral for securing the loan, as well as the number of units of the security to be sold in the initial offering. The website is used to receive from a retail investor an offer for the purchase of the debt security directly from the issuer. The purchase price for the retail investor can be as small as $100. | 08-02-2012 |
Jay Shoen, Boise, ID US
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20090195809 | HOST-BASED PRINTER DRIVER - A system includes a controller operable to receive a first data set comprising data in a first format type, the first-format-type data representing an image. The system further includes a circuit coupled to the controller, the circuit operable to produce a second data set in a second format type, the second data set based on the first-format-type data, the second data set representing the image. | 08-06-2009 |
Jay R. Shoen, Boise, ID US
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20090022404 | Efficient detection of constant regions of a region - A technique that improves image analysis efficiency by reducing the number of computations needed to detect constant regions. Constant region detection according to the present techniques includes determining whether an image analysis window at a current position contains a constant region by analyzing a new line of pixels in the image analysis window if a pixel at a predetermined location in the image analysis window in the current position has a value equal to a pixel at the predetermined location from a previous position of the image analysis window. Analyzing only the new line of pixels saves the computational time that would otherwise go into analyzing all of the pixels in the image analysis window. | 01-22-2009 |
20100225973 | LASER PRINT APPARATUS WITH DUAL HALFTONES - A printing system comprises a memory configured to store image data representing an image. The printing system comprises a processor configured to perform a first digital halftone process on a first portion of the image and a second digital halftone process on a second portion of the image. | 09-09-2010 |
20120113477 | LASER PRINT APPARATUS WITH DUAL HALF TONES - A printing system comprises a memory configured to store image data representing an image. The printing system comprises a processor configured to perform a first digital halftone process on a first portion of the image and a second digital halftone process on a second portion of the image. | 05-10-2012 |
20130182290 | LASER PRINT APPARATUS WITH DUAL HALFTONES - A printing system comprises a memory configured to store image data representing an image. The printing system comprises a processor configured to perform a first digital halftone process on a first portion of the image and a second digital halftone process on a second portion of the image. | 07-18-2013 |
20140198351 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING IMAGE PROCESSING ON A DOCUMENT BASED ON A DELAYED DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THE DOCUMENT IS MONOCHROME OR COLOR - Embodiments include systems and methods for performing image processing on a document based on a delayed determination of whether the document is monochrome or color. The image reproduction system includes image processing hardware configured to receive a plurality of pixels corresponding to a scan document, perform color processing on the plurality of pixels to produce color-processed scan data, perform monochrome processing on the plurality of pixels to produce monochrome-processed scan data, produce color distribution data for the plurality of pixels, and determine from the color distribution data that the scan document is one of a color document or a monochrome document. Based at least on determining that the scan document is one of a color document or a monochrome document, one of the color-processed scan data or the monochrome-processed scan data are discarded. | 07-17-2014 |
John E. Shoen, Jersey City, NJ US
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20150073970 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDER ENTRY IN AN ELECTRONIC TRADING SYSTEM - Orders received by an electronic trading system are processed in batches based on the instrument to which an order relates. An incoming order is assigned to a queue of a queue set that makes up the batch according to a random process. Where orders are received from related trading parties they are assigned to the same queue set according to their time of receipt. The batch has a random duration within defined minimum and maximum durations and at the end of the batch, the orders held in the queues are transferred to a matching thread of the trading system sequentially with one order being removed from each queue and a number of passes of the queues completed until orders have been removed. | 03-12-2015 |
Samuel J. Shoen, Scottsdale, AZ US
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20080288395 | Method and apparatus for payment retrieval and review collection - A method for conducting a review including the step of detecting a payment request from a vendor; generating a review based on the payment request; and, transmitting a reference to the review to a customer, wherein the reference provides a link to retrieve the review. A system for performing the method is also described. | 11-20-2008 |
20090187436 | Online Marketplace for Moving and Relocation Services - Methods and systems for operating an online marketplace for the sale of goods and services associated with self-help moving and relocating are described. A customer enters an online marketplace where vendors offer services and goods relating to moving and relocating, specifically in the “do-it-yourself” moving field. The venue for the online marketplace is an Internet web site or a site on a computer network and is operated by a host that determines which vendors will be listed on the site. Once in the marketplace, the customer can view informational content on numerous vendors providing services relating to moving and relocating. Based on the estimates provided by the marketplace as well as reviews, ratings, customer feedback, and background information on the vendors, the customer selects a vendor and “prepays for” the vendor's services on the marketplace. The customer is then provided a confirmation code. The code is given to the vendor upon completion of service or delivery of the good to the customer's satisfaction. The vendor accesses the online marketplace and enters the confirmation code to activate a payment for the service or good. | 07-23-2009 |
20110131118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAYMENT RETRIEVAL AND REVIEW COLLECTION - A method for conducting a review including the step of detecting a payment request from a vendor; generating a review based on the payment request; and, transmitting a reference to the review to a customer, wherein the reference provides a link to retrieve the review. A system for performing the method is also described. | 06-02-2011 |
Shigeo Shoen, Osaka JP
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20100122863 | Hood Structure of Work Vehicle - A hood structure of a work vehicle comprise, a hood supported to open and close relative to a vehicle body, the hood having a rear end portion bent toward an interior space of the hood to form a bent edge portion, an open-position retainer bracket attached to the rear end portion of the hood, and an open-position retainer member attached to the open-position retainer bracket to maintain the hood in an open position. The open-position retainer bracket extends cantileverwise forwardly of the hood from an attaching portion of the open-position retainer bracket that is attached to the rear end portion of the hood with a gap being defined between the open-position retainer bracket and a top surface of the hood. The open-position retainer member is attached to an extending end of the open-position retainer bracket. | 05-20-2010 |
Shigeo Shoen, Sakai-Shi JP
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20160031486 | Work Vehicle - There is disclosed a work vehicle having an openable/closable hood for covering an engine and a radiator mounted on a vehicle body frame, an air cleaner having an intake pipe and an elastic body for closing a gap present around the intake pipe. The elastic body includes a radiator side first elastic portion, a hood side second elastic portion and an engaging portion for engaging and retaining the second elastic portion to the first elastic portion. Under a closed state of the hood, the engaging portion maintains the second elastic portion under the engaged state, and the elastic body maintains the intake pipe at a predetermined position and closes the gap. | 02-04-2016 |