Patents by Inventor Geff Gilligan

Geff Gilligan 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).

  • Patent number: 8117073
    Abstract: A method and system for delegation of service procurement by a temporary agent. In one embodiment, in response to an event, a first entity is automatically identified to adjust travel or meeting plans pre-established for one or more group members. The identified first entity adjusts the pre-established travel or meeting plans for one or more members, and notifies one or more group members of the adjustment to the pre-established travel or meeting plans. In one embodiment, the identified first entity is at least one of the one or more group members, not one of the one or more group members, or a software agent. In one embodiment, in response to an unavailability of the first entity, a predetermined alternative first entity is identified to adjust the pre-established travel or meeting plans. In one embodiment, in response to receiving a decline from one or more group members, the one or more group members are presented with one or more second travel or meeting adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Rearden Commerce, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Orttung, Geff Gilligan, Jay GaBany
  • Patent number: 7925540
    Abstract: A method and system to offer a service to a user based on a profile of the user, in response to an identification of an event. In one embodiment, the service includes offering a travel itinerary. In one embodiment, the profile of the user is based on previously obtained data. In one embodiment, the offering is performed automatically in response to the identification of the event and user. In one embodiment, the offering of the itinerary to the user based on the profile of the user comprises accessing data from at least one of a preference database and a contextual content database. The offering of the itinerary may comprise offering at least one of travel times for the user traveling to a selected area, ground transportation for the user arriving at a selected area, and costs for multiple modes of transportation. In one embodiment, the offering of the service is based in part on one of a type of service, a location, and a partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Rearden Commerce, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Orttung, Mike McEvoy, Geff Gilligan, Jay GaBany, Rick Hernandez, Sean Handel, Anson Mah, Jerome Chen