Michael Leon Mcclain

US Patent:

6810648, Nov 2, 2004

Filed:

Aug 22, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/934860

Inventors:

Michael R. McClain - Fort Mill SC

Assignee:

Deere Company - Moline IL

International Classification:

A01D 3464

US Classification:

56 159, 56 171, 56208

Abstract:

A lawn mower having a frame, a motor connected to the frame, a drivers seat located on the frame, a cutting blade connected to the motor, a deck located above the cutting blade and vertically movably mounted to the frame, and a draft rod connected between the deck and a portion of the frame. The draft rod is movably connected between the deck and the portion of the frame to limit upward vertical movement of the deck relative to the frame to a predetermined upper stop location.

US Patent:

20030208403, Nov 6, 2003

Filed:

Apr 22, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/419301

Inventors:

David Fisher - Tega Cay SC, US
Michael McClain - Basking Ridge NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/014000

Abstract:

With greater frequency, POS (point of sale) devices are being deployed for retail loyalty applications. The current process is for each of these applications to be custom programmed for each merchant. Such custom application development significantly increases the cost beyond the reach of small to midsize merchants. This invention is an “out-of-the-box”, turnkey retail marketing solution that empowers individual merchants to set up and configure their own customer loyalty applications using their own unique cards or tokens, or by enrolling compatible cards and/or tokens from other programs. Now smaller merchants can benefit from the same powerful marketing programs that were previously only available to the larger national chain stores. These powerful programs will help merchants build a larger and more loyal base of customers by: Identify existing loyal customers Build sales among existing customers Help attract and hold new customers Increase average transaction size and purchase frequency Enable more efficient cross-promotion of products or services to preferred customers on a “one to one basis.”Executed transactions then sent from the terminal back to the server where they are added to a database of all transaction data. Merchants can access this data over the internet and use powerful reporting tools to extract and manage their own data. This can be extended to accommodate future enhancements such as yield management and smart marketing programs targeted at specific cardholders or demographic groups. This simple, streamlined process allows merchants to setup and administer their own accounts without requiring customer service support. Cardholders can also access their account data for balance checking, enrollment/update profile, and previous transaction review.

US Patent:

20180124047, May 3, 2018

Filed:

Oct 30, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/796914

Inventors:

David L Fisher - Fort Mill SC, US
Michael S McClain - Basking Ridge NJ, US
Jesse C Skrivseth - Missoula MT, US
Jorge A Rivera - Ashburn VA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
G06K 9/00
G06F 21/50

Abstract:

Remote identity proofing is the process of uniquely verifying an individual who is a party to an online transaction. This presents an enormous challenge to the secure delivery of government services as well as online commerce. The degree of difficulty is compounded when attempting to remotely authenticate for the first time a previously unknown individual. The High Assurance Remote Identity Proofing method introduces a holistic approach to solving this problem. A rich collection of identity data, when evaluated by multiple verification methods, can be aggregated to an identity assurance score, which is a measure of the uniqueness and authenticity of a claimed identity and ultimately provides a high assurance that someone attempting to remotely verify his or her identity is who he or she claims to be.