Richard E Pickering

US Patent:

7877315, Jan 25, 2011

Filed:

Sep 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/230910

Inventors:

Richard Pickering - Duluth GA, US

Assignee:

National Book Swap, LLC - Suwanee GA

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 37

Abstract:

A system and method for an on-line swapping service. The service registers members and allows members to list items that each member is willing to swap in exchange for credits with the service for an item from listed by another member. An example of the items that may be swapped using the swapping service is books, such as paperback books. To facilitate delivery through the mail of an item from one member to another member, a printable mailing wrapper is created by the system with the appropriate destination address. The system emails, downloads or otherwise sends the mailing wrapper to the member who is in position of the item to be shipped. That member simply prints the mailing wrapper on a standard printer, and wraps it around the item to be shipped via standard postal services.

US Patent:

8538859, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Jan 22, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/355554

Inventors:

Richard Pickering - Suwanee GA, US

Assignee:

National Book Swap, LLC - Suwanee GA

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 37

Abstract:

A first user, second user, and third user are registered. Names of a first, second, and third item are stored a website for the first, second, and third users. The items can be tangible items or intangible items. The first user requests the second item. A first credit is removed from the first user and a second credit is stored for the second user when the first user receives the second item. The second user requests the third item. The second credit is removed from the second user and a third credit is stored for the third user when the second user receives the third item. The first credit, the second credit, and the third credit each represents a right to request a future swappable tangible or intangible item for the equivalent value of at least one previously swapped tangible or intangible item.

US Patent:

20100198703, Aug 5, 2010

Filed:

Apr 12, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/758748

Inventors:

Richard Pickering - Suwanee GA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06Q 50/00
G06Q 99/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

705 27, 705319, 707769, 707E17014

Abstract:

A request list for two or more tangible items is received by a server from a first user through the Internet connection. A request for a bulk shipment of a minimum number of tangible items from the request list is received from the first user to begin a transaction through the Internet connection. The request list is searched for minimum number of tangible items producing a selected list of tangible items. The electronic database is searched for a second user willing to exchange the selected list of tangible items. A first message is sent to the second user through the Internet connection requesting that the second user ship the selected list of tangible items to the first user. A second message is received from the first user through the Internet connection that the selected list of tangible items is received by the first user completing the transaction.

US Patent:

20110093405, Apr 21, 2011

Filed:

Dec 24, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/978485

Inventors:

Richard Pickering - Suwanee GA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705341

Abstract:

Systems and methods are provided for displaying geographical information regarding where a member shipped a tangible item to and received a tangible item from. A web site is provided to allow a user to view information regarding a first member that lists a tangible item. Geographical information is tracked regarding one or more source members that ship a tangible item to the first member and one or more destination members that receive a tangible item from the first member using a server computer. The geographical information regarding the one or more source members and the one or more destination members is stored in an electronic database using the server computer. On a map of the web site, a location of the first member and the geographical information regarding the one or more source members and the one or more destination members are displayed using the server computer.

US Patent:

20120290665, Nov 15, 2012

Filed:

May 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/470529

Inventors:

Richard Pickering - Suwanee GA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206

Abstract:

Systems and methods are disclosed to replace a received message received by a communications application of a computer or a mobile phone with a replacement message that includes a time and date stamp that is approximately the same as the time and date stamp of the received message in response to input received from an input device of the computer or the mobile phone. The received message is, for example, a private, confidential, or potentially embarrassing message, and the replacement message is a message used to appear as the received message in the communications application. The replacement message can be, for example, a stored message created by the user, a message generated by the computer or the mobile phone, a message from a stored randomized list, a message requested from an outside source.

US Patent:

20130036582, Feb 14, 2013

Filed:

Aug 13, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/584730

Inventors:

Richard Pickering - Suwanee GA, US

International Classification:

A43C 7/00

US Classification:

247122

Abstract:

An apparatus for opening a half double knot is disclosed. In embodiments, the apparatus includes a slider that includes a loop. A shoelace or drawstring is threaded through the loop. The shoelace or drawstring is tied in a bow knot. The slider is positioned adjacent to the bow knot. An end of the shoelace or drawstring and a bow of the bow knot opposite the end are tied in a half knot so that the half knot and the bow knot comprise a half double knot. The slider is moved toward the end to open the half double knot. In embodiments, the apparatus further includes a stopper that adheres to the end of the shoelace or drawstring and that prevents the slider from moving past the end of the shoelace or drawstring when the half double knot is opened.

US Patent:

20140012703, Jan 9, 2014

Filed:

Sep 16, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/027296

Inventors:

Richard Pickering - Suwanee GA, US

Assignee:

National Book Swap, LLC - Suwanee GA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/06

US Classification:

705 269, 705 261

Abstract:

A first user, second user, and third user are registered. Names of a first, second, and third item are stored a website for the first, second, and third users. The items can be tangible items or intangible items. The first user requests the second item. A first credit is removed from the first user and a second credit is stored for the second user when the first user receives the second item. The second user requests the third item. The second credit is removed from the second user and a third credit is stored for the third user when the second user receives the third item. The first credit, the second credit, and the third credit each represents a right to request a future swappable tangible or intangible item for the equivalent value of at least one previously swapped tangible or intangible item.

US Patent:

58849220, Mar 23, 1999

Filed:

Nov 26, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/978696

Inventors:

Richard E. Pickering - Duluth GA

International Classification:

B62B 712

US Classification:

280 717

Abstract:

A device for transporting a child to and from a play location under control and propulsion by an adult. The device combines a stroller and a toy vehicle in the same mechanism. The stroller configuration transports the child, facing forward, under adult control, to and from the play location. The stroller configuration includes a handle for propulsion and control by the adult. A toy vehicle configuration can be ridden and controlled by the child. The device can be quickly and easily transmogrified back and forth between the stroller and toy vehicle configurations. All components of the stroller configuration are stowed on board the vehicle configuration, and visa versa.