Patents by Inventor David W. Frink

David W. Frink 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).

  • Method, medium, and system for processing requisitions
    Patent number: 8930244
    Abstract: A single instance, multi-tenant procurement system, includes an access module to provide access to a plurality of end users associated with an organization to their respective accounts, each account being customized by a super user of the organization, a search engine to execute searches for products offered by one or more suppliers, a transaction module to process and track one or more requisitions generated by the plurality of end users, a business rules module to apply business rules established between the organization and the one or more suppliers to process the requisitions, and a data repository to store data generated on the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: SciQuest, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Ballaro, Alexey Lef, Ronald W. Angerer, Philip J. Sabino, David W. Frink, Lisa Fleck
  • Taxonomy and data structure for an electronic procurement system
    Patent number: 8359245
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described, performed at a server hosting an electronic procurement system. Supplier catalog data is received at the server from a plurality of respective suppliers associated with the electronic procurement system. The supplier catalog data is in a plurality of formats. The supplier catalog data is converted from the respective plurality of formats to respective common format catalog data. The respective common format catalog data is added to a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: SciQuest Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Ballaro, Alexey Lef, David W. Frink
  • Multi-constituent attribution of a vendor's product catalog
    Patent number: 8069096
    Abstract: A single instance, multi-tenant procurement system, includes an access module to provide access to a plurality of end users associated with an organization to their respective accounts, each account being customized by a super user of the organization, a search engine to execute searches for products offered by one or more suppliers, a transaction module to process and track one or more requisitions generated by the plurality of end users, a business rules module to apply business rules established between the organization and the one or more suppliers to process the requisitions, and a data repository to store data generated on the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: SciQuest Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Ballaro, Alexey Lef, David W. Frink
  • Form management in an electronic procurement system
    Patent number: 8065202
    Abstract: A single instance, multi-tenant procurement system, includes an access module to provide access to a plurality of end users associated with an organization to their respective accounts, each account being customized by a super user of the organization, a search engine to execute searches for products offered by one or more suppliers, a transaction module to process and track one or more requisitions generated by the plurality of end users, a business rules module to apply business rules established between the organization and the one or more suppliers to process the requisitions, and a data repository to store data generated on the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: SciQuest Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Ballaro, Blake E. Ellavsky, Mark A. Pugh, Alexey Lef, David W. Frink
  • Procurement system and method over a network using a single instance multi-tenant architecture
    Publication number: 20090182592
    Abstract: A single instance, multi-tenant procurement system, includes an access module to provide access to a plurality of end users associated with an organization to their respective accounts, each account being customized by a super user of the organization, a search engine to execute searches for products offered by one or more suppliers, a transaction module to process and track one or more requisitions generated by the plurality of end users, a business rules module to apply business rules established between the organization and the one or more suppliers to process the requisitions, and a data repository to store data generated on the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: SciQuest, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Ballaro, Alexey Lef, Ronald W. Angerer, Philip J. Sabino, David W. Frink, Lisa Fleck