Michael K Miles

US Patent:

20080215352, Sep 4, 2008

Filed:

Feb 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/027845

Inventors:

Michael Miles - Barrington IL, US
Karen Browne - Chicago IL, US
Mitchell Greenwald - Glenview IL, US

Assignee:

Seaton Corp. - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 90/00
G09B 7/00
G09B 25/00

US Classification:

705 1, 434362, 434365

Abstract:

The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for recruiting students. Using the methods and apparatus disclosed herein, educators can more efficiently recruit prospective students. Educational institutions can increase the efficiency of recruitment efforts by automatically generating outbound calls to prospective students. Outbound calls to prospective students are automatically generated when a prospective student is directed to call a recruitment center and the prospective student fails to call within a set time period. Outbound calls to prospective students are also automatically generated when a student is performing an online process to set an appointment and requests an immediate call. In addition, educational institutions can simplify the appointment scheduling process by incorporating an administrator's schedule into a student database. The student database may contain a list associated with a prospective student's preferred interview times, as well as a list of the administrator's available times. The present disclosure provides a method for presenting times to the student that are only present on both lists.

US Patent:

60242396, Feb 15, 2000

Filed:

Jul 3, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/887576

Inventors:

Timothy L. Turner - Cary IL
Randall G. Forrest - Park Ridge IL
Michael P. Miles - Bloomingdale IL

Assignee:

American National Can Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B65D 1734

US Classification:

220269

Abstract:

The present invention provides a stay-on-tab end closure having a displaceable tear panel defined by a frangible score with a sloping segment and a non-frangible hinge segment. A curvilinear bead is formed entirely in an exposed area of the central panel formed by a void region of the tab webbing. The nose of the tab has a generally asymmetric shaped outer edge with a second portion extending further over the tear panel toward the curvilinear transition zone of the score. The invention further provides a tab with an asymmetrical thickness, with a thickened portion adjacent the second scoreline segment, and further provides a bead segment positioned under a side portion of the tab nose adjacent the second segment of the score. The present invention also provides an end with a hinge region of the tab adapted to bend at a hinge line, the hinge line intersecting the central longitudinal axis of the tab at an oblique angle. The invention also provides a stepped profile of the panel outer edge with substantially parallel countersink walls and a chuck wall angularly extending from below the panel height.