Patents by Inventor Phil Beck

Phil Beck 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 of bidding to drive competition in an auction
    Patent number: 8126799
    Abstract: A method of bidding to drive competition in an auction, including receiving a plurality of bids from a plurality of bidders, distinguishing the bidders according to a subset of a parameter, assigning at least one identifier to the bidders in each subset, the subset associated with the identifier is unknown to the bidders outside of the subset, and displaying a lowest bid with the identifier for each bidder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Ariba, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Kellam, Leigh A. Tangretti, Valerie Colaico, Phil Beck
  • Method of bidding to drive competition in an auction
    Publication number: 20030130927
    Abstract: A method of bidding to drive competition in an auction, including receiving a plurality of bids from a plurality of bidders, distinguishing the bidders according to a subset of a parameter, assigning at least one identifier to the bidders in each subset, the subset associated with the identifier is unknown to the bidders outside of the subset, and displaying a lowest bid with the identifier for each bidder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Jennifer Kellam, Leigh A. Tangretti, Valerie Colaico, Phil Beck