Robert W Berger

US Patent:

20170132707, May 11, 2017

Filed:

Jan 25, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/415001

Inventors:

- Pittsburgh PA, US
Shane Michael Tulloch - Alexandria VA, US
Linda Marie Buckley - Pittsburgh PA, US
Andrew Douglas Cox - Pittsburgh PA, US
Stephen Eric Farrar - Pittsburgh PA, US
Robert William Berger - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 40/06
G06F 17/30

Abstract:

A method and system funding long-term data storage, retrieval, migration, and preservation services accessed over the internet, the services funded by an automated system seeking a target rate of return, input to the system, using pooled, one-time client payments of a client fee, where the rate of return is analyzed and referenced against pre-set criteria in a fund data store, with generated returns calculated and then apportioned so that distributed returns pay expenses incurred providing the data services, and non-distributed returns are reinvested to pay future expenses, all steps performed by a fund manager implemented as software executing on one or more computing devices or servers. A software-implemented database manager manages the data services, controlling data access by establishing an account record per client and then applying identifying information and criteria stored in various data stores.

US Patent:

20150046372, Feb 12, 2015

Filed:

Jul 29, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/445120

Inventors:

- Pittsburgh PA, US
Shane Michael Tulloch - Alexandria VA, US
Linda Marie Buckley - Sewickley PA, US
Andrew Douglas Cox - Pittsburgh PA, US
Stephen Eric Farrar - Pittsburgh PA, US
Robert William Berger - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 40/06

US Classification:

705 36 R

Abstract:

A method and system funding long-term data storage, retrieval, and preservation services accessed over the internet, the data services funded by an automated system seeking a target rate of return, input to the system, using pooled, one-time client payments of a client fee (), where the rate of return is analyzed and referenced against pre-set criteria () in a fund data store (), with generated returns calculated and then apportioned () so that distributed returns pay expenses incurred providing the data services, and non-distributed returns are reinvested to pay future expenses, all steps performed by a fund manager () implemented as software executing on one or more computing devices or servers. A software-implemented database manager () manages the data services, controlling data access by establishing an account record per client and then applying identifying information and criteria stored in various data stores ().