Christopher S Webb

US Patent:

7574403, Aug 11, 2009

Filed:

Feb 6, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/066597

Inventors:

Christopher S. Webb - Baltimore MD, US
Thomas E. Katana - Baltimore MD, US

Assignee:

Roundit, Inc. - Baltimore MD

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 39, 705 1, 705 7, 705 26, 705 27, 705 35, 705 38, 705 40, 705 14

Abstract:

A method of doing business in a retail environment employs a patronage incentive system incorporating a rounding up saving software program which provides a customer making a purchase at a point-of-sale terminal of participating retailers with an option to round up the price of purchase to the nearest dollar (or higher), to credit the difference between the rounded and the retail price to an account once the purchase is made, and to invest the savings into a single predetermined mutual fund. The rounding up program establishes a personal account for each customer, establishes a cumulative account with the single mutual fund, interacts with the customer, and, upon the request of customer, provides the customer with the information regarding his/her account current and/or prospective.

US Patent:

8185439, May 22, 2012

Filed:

Jul 14, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/458505

Inventors:

Christopher S. Webb - Baltimore MD, US
Thomas E. Katana - Baltimore MD, US

Assignee:

Roundit, Inc. - Baltimore MD

International Classification:

G06Q 20/00

US Classification:

705 16, 705 39, 705 14, 705 80, 705 26, 705 1, 235380

Abstract:

A method of doing business in a retail environment employs a patronage incentive system incorporating a rounding up saving software program which provides a customer making a purchase at a point-of-sale terminal of participating retailers with an option to round up the price of purchase to the nearest dollar (or higher), to credit the difference between the rounded and the retail price to an account once the purchase is made, and to invest the savings into a single predetermined mutual fund. The rounding up program establishes a personal account for each customer, establishes a cumulative account with the single mutual fund, interacts with the customer, and, upon the request of customer, provides the customer with the information regarding his/her account current and/or prospective.

US Patent:

20210403226, Dec 30, 2021

Filed:

Jun 25, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/358192

Inventors:

James B. Babcock - Phoenix MD, US
Christopher Donald Webb - Stewartstown PA, US

International Classification:

B65D 83/08
B65D 81/26
B65D 43/16
B65D 25/14

Abstract:

A vial can include a container having a sidewall, a bottom, and a top, which may include a vial opening. The vial can include a lid that attaches to the top and that seals the opening. The vial can include a first dispenser insert that attaches proximate to the top. The vial can include an inner lining along an interior face of the sidewall. The inner lining can include a desiccant material.