Steve M Cox

20050240459, Oct 27, 2005

May 13, 2005

11/129173

Steve Cox - Capistrano Beach CA, US

G06F017/60

705008000

An on-line referral system. According to a preferred embodiment, individuals in need of having services rendered on their behalf post situations, preferably via a billboard maintained on a website. Service providers meeting certain competency thresholds capable and willing to perform services on behalf of such posted situations are enable to bid or otherwise forward advertising or promotional information to the individual posting such situation. In this respect, such posted situation is disseminated to those service providers capable of rendering such services on behalf of the individual. The individual may then consider the information, as submitted, and either select a particular service provider, or choose not to go with any service provider responding to such situation. In either event, the posted situation is caused to be terminated and withdrawn from the billboard. In further refinements of the invention, revenue may be generated by collecting subscription fees from service providers and/or fees from individuals for posting the situations.

60476575, Apr 11, 2000

Jul 19, 1999

9/356615

Steve Jon Cox - Capistrano Beach CA

B63B 2156

114242

Apparatus for generating surfable waves. In a first preferred embodiment, the invention comprises a buoyant hull member designed to be towed by a conventional speedboat or other like watercraft. The hull member preferably has a generally chevron-like shape with elongate, forward-facing sides defined by contoured sidewall portions that produce tubular waves suitable for surfing when advanced through a body of water. Preferably, such hull member is comprised of first and second wave generating beams that are attached to one another via a hinge at the point of the chevron. In a second preferred embodiment, the invention comprises at least one, and preferably a pair of elongate wave generating beams that are detachably fastenable to opposed sides of a conventional speedboat or other similar watercraft. Each respective beam is designed to extend in a generally diagonal fashion rearward from the bow of such watercraft. When the beam or beams are advanced through a body of water, a surfable wave is generated thereby.