Steven B Lloyd

US Patent:

6460041, Oct 1, 2002

Filed:

Apr 25, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/843331

Inventors:

Steven D. Lloyd - Pleasant Grove UT

Assignee:

Inshift Technologies, Inc. - Provo UT

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707 10, 707 2, 707 3, 707 4

Abstract:

A method and apparatus are herein described for a browser-based, database-access engine. Access to and modification of database data and schema are made available to a user remotely through a network, such as the Internet. The system is configured to interpret special tags embedded within HTML encoded web pages. The special tags may be configured to be interpreted into SQL in order to communicate with an SQL compliant database, or the special tags may be configured to be interpreted to any other database language. The special tags may also be configured to embed and/or introduce logic into HTML encoded web pages. The system may coordinate the functioning of a browser application, web server, and database all on one computing machine or each may be located on different computing machines connected by the Internet at opposite sides of the globe. Advantages of the present invention include the capability for remote database management and the ability to maintain and modify a web site from any remote Internet-connected location. Thus, the system makes a simple Browser application connected to the Internet a convenient database management tool.

US Patent:

8170926, May 1, 2012

Filed:

Feb 1, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/018556

Inventors:

Jake Ackerman - South Jordan UT, US
Steven Lloyd - Pleasant Grove UT, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 268

Abstract:

A system, method and computer program product for instant redirection of an online consumer from a referring website to a vendor website is disclosed. The method includes administering, via a single administrator, a plurality of referring websites in a plurality of goods and service provider categories and associating a single URL (uniform resource locator) for a client's website with at least one zip code as predetermined by the client. The method also includes automatically determining a zip code for the consumer visiting one of referring websites and comparing the zip code predetermined by the client with the consumer's zip code for a match. The method further includes instantly redirecting the consumer's browser to the client's website via the single URL when there is a match and otherwise directing the consumer's browser to a self-maintaining goods and service provider directory for a specific zip code.