David L Heard

US Patent:

20060287873, Dec 21, 2006

Filed:

Jun 15, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/153930

Inventors:

David Heard - Coppell TX, US

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705001000

Abstract:

An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of doing business. A database of information is provided regarding equipment held by a plurality of separately-owned equipment using entities. The equipment held by a respective equipment using entity is determined. The determined information regarding the equipment is stored into the database, and it is determined whether respective items of equipment held by the equipment using entity should be retained or disposed of. If an item of equipment is determined to be disposed of, a value of the item of equipment is determined based on information from multiple ones of the equipment using entities stored in the database. It is offered to dispose of the item of equipment through a set of services including: purchasing the item of equipment from the entity, the price based on the determined value; offering the item of equipment for sale through consignment; or scrapping the item of equipment.

US Patent:

20060287903, Dec 21, 2006

Filed:

Jun 15, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/153958

Inventors:

David Heard - Coppell TX, US

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00
G05B 19/418
G06F 15/02
G06F 9/46

US Classification:

705008000, 705001000, 705009000

Abstract:

An embodiment of the invention is directed to an electronic management system having a database having information regarding equipment held by a plurality of separately-owned equipment using entities. The system includes logic that determines equipment held by a respective equipment using entity. The system includes logic that stores the determined information regarding the equipment into the database, and determines whether respective items of equipment held by the equipment using entity should be retained or disposed of based on information in the database.