Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Wise

Andrew J. Wise has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and systems for market clearance
    Patent number: 8442898
    Abstract: In a marketplace, offers are processed that are intended to be associated with other offers in a pool. The offers specify conditions for acceptance. Improvable offers are received that are capable of being associated with offers having more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with the improvable offers. Nonimprovable offers that have more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with improvable offers are identified. The identified nonimprovable offers are associated with corresponding improvable offers. Straddles, which comprise a set of offers and a limit on the associations, may span multiple pools. Information about the marketplace may be obtained from data generated by the operation of the marketplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Aggregation Commerce, LLC
    Inventors: Peter A. Alsberg, Andrew J. Wise
  • Methods and Systems for Market Clearance
    Publication number: 20110119172
    Abstract: In a marketplace, offers are processed that are intended to be associated with other offers in a pool. The offers specify conditions for acceptance. Improvable offers are received that are capable of being associated with offers having more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with the improvable offers. Nonimprovable offers that have more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with improvable offers are identified. The identified nonimprovable offers are associated with corresponding improvable offers. Straddles, which comprise a set of offers and a limit on the associations, may span multiple pools. Information about the marketplace may be obtained from data generated by the operation of the marketplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Peter A. Alsberg, Andrew J. Wise
  • Methods and systems for market clearance
    Patent number: 7895117
    Abstract: In a marketplace, offers are processed that are intended to be associated with other offers in a pool. The offers specify conditions for acceptance. Improvable offers are received that are capable of being associated with offers having more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with the improvable offers. Nonimprovable offers that have more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with improvable offers are identified. The identified nonimprovable offers are associated with corresponding improvable offers. Straddles, which comprise a set of offers and a limit on the associations, may span multiple pools. Information about the marketplace may be obtained from data generated by the operation of the marketplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Inventors: Peter A. Alsberg, Andrew J. Wise
  • Methods and Systems for Market Clearance
    Publication number: 20080126243
    Abstract: In a marketplace, offers are processed that are intended to be associated with other offers in a pool. The offers specify conditions for acceptance. Improvable offers are received that are capable of being associated with offers having more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with the improvable offers. Nonimprovable offers that have more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with improvable offers are identified. The identified nonimprovable offers are associated with corresponding improvable offers. Straddles, which comprise a set of offers and a limit on the associations, may span multiple pools. Information about the marketplace may be obtained from data generated by the operation of the marketplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Peter A. Alsberg, Andrew J. Wise
  • Methods and systems for market clearance
    Patent number: 7349879
    Abstract: In a marketplace, offers are processed that are intended to be associated with other offers in a pool. The offers specify conditions for acceptance. Improvable offers are received that are capable of being associated with offers having more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with the improvable offers. Nonimprovable offers that have more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with improvable offers are identified. The identified nonimprovable offers are associated with corresponding improvable offers. Straddles, which comprise a set of offers and a limit on the associations, may span multiple pools. Information about the marketplace may be obtained from data generated by the operation of the marketplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Inventors: Peter A. Alsberg, Andrew J. Wise
  • Methods and systems for market clearance
    Publication number: 20010032162
    Abstract: In a marketplace, offers are processed that are intended to be associated with other offers in a pool. The offers specify conditions for acceptance. Improvable offers are received that are capable of being associated with offers having more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with the improvable offers. Nonimprovable offers that have more favorable specifications than initial offers associated with improvable offers are identified. The identified nonimprovable offers are associated with corresponding improvable offers. Straddles, which comprise a set of offers and a limit on the associations, may span multiple pools. Information about the marketplace may be obtained from data generated by the operation of the marketplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Peter A. Alsberg, Andrew J. Wise