Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Dwyer

Stephen C. Dwyer 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).

  • Publication number: 20020069182
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for alternative dispute resolution involving multiple offers and flexible setting of settlement parameters. Individuals determine whether settlement offers overlap with one another without deciding the settlement terms. Terms may be monetary, non-monetary, or time-limited. Participants access the system on a web site. Participants submit a series of confidential settlement demands beginning with non-monetary demands. Unique identifying devices match respective settlement demands against one another. When a participant signs on to the web site, a “click-wrap” agreement binds him to the terms of any settlement reached. Participants pay a fee for each round of negotiations. Where settlement figures overlap, an algorithm resident on the server of the present invention chooses the midpoint between the figures. Participants may restrict the analysis to knowing whether their demands overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventor: Stephen C. Dwyer