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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2011
Applicants:
Robert J. Lindores, Somerfield, NZ;
Katherine Sandford, Westminster, CO (US);
Richard W. Hilliker, Chehalis, WA (US);
Jeffrey A. Hamilton, Westminster, CO (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Lindores, Somerfield, NZ;
Katherine Sandford, Westminster, CO (US);
Richard W. Hilliker, Chehalis, WA (US);
Jeffrey A. Hamilton, Westminster, CO (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/08 (2012.01); G06Q 40/04 (2012.01); G06Q 50/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06312 (2013.01); G06Q 30/08 (2013.01); G06Q 40/04 (2013.01); G06Q 50/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of exchanging water allocation credits comprises accessing data describing a water allocation credit reserved for a first user. An unused amount of the water allocation credit which will not be used by the first user is then determined. A sale is then brokered of the unused amount of the water allocation credit to another user.