Jeremy D Sublett, 544501 Cheswick Way, Louisville, KY 40241

6637648, Oct 28, 2003

Dec 20, 2001

10/028861

Peter Gilgen - Findlay OH
John D. Thompson - Findlay OH
Peter V. Harridge - London, GB
Robert D. Harter - Bluffton OH
Walter J. Sanders - Redmond WA
Jeremy J. Sublett - Findlay OH
William Kevin Thomson - Findlay OH
Ronda L. Tendam - Bluffton OH

Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC - Findlay OH

G06K 500

235380, 235381

A method of doing business is disclosed which allows transactions in goods or services to be conducted in real time, with automatic changes as needed to comply with local rules or regulations. The method comprises storing, in a computer, at least one flag code associated with at least one of a locator code associated with locations having laws or rules which affect transactions within that geographic area and a transaction code associated with goods and services impacted by the laws or rules, confirming at the point of sale and at the time of sale if the transaction has a flag associated with it, collecting prior to, or at the time of sale, information from a consumer about their preferences for dealing with a transaction which is impacted by the local rule or regulation, and cross referencing flagged transactions with consumer preferences. The price, payment method or some other term of the transaction is adjusted as needed to comply with the local law or regulation. The business method facilitates offering discounts in gasoline, which are automatically reduced or changed to comply with local below cost sales rules.

2021024, Aug 5, 2021

Apr 19, 2021

17/234775

- Redmond WA, US
Carroll Wayne Moon - Lynchburg VA, US
Christopher James Carlson - Denton TX, US
Jeremy David Sublett - Louisville KY, US
Paul O'Hara - Orlando FL, US
David Ray Garza - Lynchburg VA, US
David James Weatherford - San Diego CA, US
Jason Aaron Graham - Elizabethtown KY, US
Jon Matthew Loflin - Knoxville TN, US
Kyle Wagner - Redmond WA, US

H04L 12/24
G06F 9/54
H04L 29/06
H04W 12/08
G06F 11/30
H04L 12/26

Techniques for enabling secure access to data using data blocks is described. Computing device(s) can provide instruction(s) to a component associated with an entity, wherein the instruction(s) are associated with an identifier corresponding to a data block of a plurality of data blocks. The computing device(s) can receive, from the component, data associated with the component, wherein the data is associated with the identifier and is indicative of a state of the component. The computing device(s) can store the data in the data block and monitor, using rule(s), changes to the state of the component based at least partly on the data in the data block. As a result, techniques described herein enable near real-time—and in some examples, automatic—reporting and/or remediation for correcting changes to the state of the component using data that is securely accessed by use of data blocks.