Method and system for lease of assets, such as trailers,...

Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Finance

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Reexamination Certificate

active

07941354

ABSTRACT:
A method and system of providing for the rapid availability of assets to customers wherein a lease method and system is provided which includes lease terms, a leasable asset with a unique identifier, associating the lease terms with the asset through the unique identifier, at least one sensor on the asset for detecting the status of at least one condition that starts a lease, a communications system for transmitting information from the sensors on the asset to a central management system, determining the amount due based on the status of the sensors and the lease terms associated with the unique identifier, and preparing an invoice based on the amount due determined.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5068656 (1991-11-01), Sutherland
patent: 5726884 (1998-03-01), Sturgeon et al.
patent: 5859596 (1999-01-01), McRae
patent: 6044364 (2000-03-01), DeFilippo et al.
patent: 6047258 (2000-04-01), Allison et al.
patent: 6285953 (2001-09-01), Harrison et al.
patent: 6384717 (2002-05-01), DeVolpi
patent: 6480103 (2002-11-01), McCarthy et al.
patent: 6542077 (2003-04-01), Joao
patent: 6584450 (2003-06-01), Hastings et al.
patent: 6665613 (2003-12-01), Duvall
patent: 6673479 (2004-01-01), McArthur et al.
patent: 6714857 (2004-03-01), Kapolka et al.
patent: 6721652 (2004-04-01), Sanqunetti
patent: 6873840 (2005-03-01), von Alten
patent: 7124059 (2006-10-01), Wetzer et al.
patent: 2001/0051787 (2001-12-01), Haller et al.
patent: 2002/0022979 (2002-02-01), Whipp et al.
patent: 2002/0174077 (2002-11-01), Yui et al.
patent: 2002/0184062 (2002-12-01), Diaz
patent: 2002/0186144 (2002-12-01), Meunier
patent: 2003/0060938 (2003-03-01), Duvall
patent: 2003/0120509 (2003-06-01), Bruch et al.
patent: 2003/0209375 (2003-11-01), Suzuki et al.
patent: 2003/0221118 (2003-11-01), Walker
patent: 2004/0117619 (2004-06-01), Singer et al.
patent: 2004/0122688 (2004-06-01), Janda
patent: 2004/0162063 (2004-08-01), Quinones et al.
patent: 2004/0176965 (2004-09-01), Winch et al.
patent: 2004/0177032 (2004-09-01), Bradley et al.
patent: 2004/0193368 (2004-09-01), Sanqunetti
patent: 2005/0017855 (2005-01-01), Harvey
patent: 2005/0086127 (2005-04-01), Hastings et al.
patent: 2005/0102152 (2005-05-01), Hodges
patent: 2005/0108089 (2005-05-01), Ehrman et al.
patent: 2006/0259353 (2006-11-01), Gutmann
patent: 2007/0136083 (2007-06-01), Simon et al.
patent: WO 01/83406 (2001-11-01), None
GE Veriwise for Refrigerated Van Trailers, highbeam.com/doc/1g1-135662116.html (attached, 2 pages).
ccj Refrigerated truck issue.
Frozen Assets Commercial Carrier Journal, Arron Huff, Jun. 2004, 4 pages.
Qualcomm Launches New Trailer Tracking, Fleet Owner, Nov. 1, 2004, Jim Mele.
On the Trail of Trailers, Commercial Carrier Journal, V158, n6, p. 48, Jun. 2001, Linda Parham.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Method and system for lease of assets, such as trailers,... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Method and system for lease of assets, such as trailers,..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and system for lease of assets, such as trailers,... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2619632

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.