Clay C Whitehead

7505924, Mar 17, 2009

May 23, 2001

09/863010

Clay T. Whitehead - McLean VA, US

G06Q 30/00

705 26, 705 14, 705 15, 705 27, 709206, 725 36

A service subscription service business is a service provided to individuals and businesses that finds a lowest-cost provider or providers for subscription products and services as well as for one-time purchases of products and services. The system preferably administers the consumer items over a global network such as the Internet. A user profile is compiled that relates to desired consumer items. The database of items available from product and service providers can be accessed, and relevant items are identified according to the user profile. If the user profile incorporates an automatic best choice service, the system automatically implements the relevant items and communicates the implemented relevant items to the user. Alternatively, if the user profile does not incorporate the automatic best choice service, the items are communicated to the user, and the user is given an opportunity to selectively implement the relevant items. The user profile may be compiled or supplemented by monitoring a pattern of consumer item use.

20090144171, Jun 4, 2009

Feb 4, 2009

12/365399

Clay T. Whitehead - McLean VA, US

G06Q 30/00

705 26

A service subscription service business is a service provided to individuals and businesses that finds a lowest-cost provider or providers for subscription products and services as well as for one-time purchases of products and services. The system preferably administers the consumer items over a global network such as the Internet. A user profile is compiled that relates to desired consumer items. The database of items available from product and service providers can be accessed, and relevant items are identified according to the user profile. If the user profile incorporates an automatic best choice service, the system automatically implements the relevant items and communicates the implemented relevant items to the user. Alternatively, if the user profile does not incorporate the automatic best choice service, the items are communicated to the user, and the user is given an opportunity to selectively implement the relevant items. The user profile may be compiled or supplemented by monitoring a pattern of consumer item use. Additionally, the consumer profile can be monitored according to user-entered parameters. With this system, a customer can be assured that products and services desired by the customer are being maintained at a best available cost.

48130362, Mar 14, 1989

Nov 27, 1985

6/802990

Clay T. Whitehead - McLean VA

National Exchange, Inc. - McLean VA

H04Q 1102

370 57

A communication signal can be routed from any location in a spot beam satellite system to any other location within the spot beam system by simply choosing the proper carrier frequency for the uplink to the satellite. The spot beams are fully interconnected without any need for active switching within the satellite. An uplink signal received by one or more satellites in a particular orbit location may be routed, depending on its frequency, to any downlink spot beam. A network control center located on the ground in one of the spot beam coverage areas receives signalling requests from all the spot beam coverage areas and assigns frequencies so that the desired routing can be established. All of this is accomplished without any signal demodulation or active switching of circuit paths in the satellite.