Patents by Inventor Alejandro Avalos Mar

Alejandro Avalos Mar 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).

  • System and method of dynamically generating and using peer groups in an electronic procurement system
    Patent number: 12210530
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for dynamically generating and using peer groups in an e-procurement system includes creating an entity database with a plurality of attributes associated with entities and an ordered table of matching rules. Each matching rule having a priority value and two or more matching attributes. The method includes receiving a user input specifying a particular entity for generating a current peer group of other entities. The method includes accessing the entity database to retrieve particular attributes of the particular entity and querying the entity database to receive a result set of matching entities as the current peer group of other entities for the particular entity based on the particular attributes of the particular entity and the matching rules. The method further includes appending data for the matching entities in the result set to a peer group data structure associated with the particular entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Coupa Software Incorporated
    Inventors: Brent Sisson, Austin Haygood, Alejandro Avalos Mar, Emily Kelly, Liaowang Zou, Parand Darugar
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AND USING PEER GROUPS IN AN ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240403300
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for dynamically generating and using peer groups in an e-procurement system includes creating an entity database with a plurality of attributes associated with entities and an ordered table of matching rules. Each matching rule having a priority value and two or more matching attributes. The method includes receiving a user input specifying a particular entity for generating a current peer group of other entities. The method includes accessing the entity database to retrieve particular attributes of the particular entity and querying the entity database to receive a result set of matching entities as the current peer group of other entities for the particular entity based on the particular attributes of the particular entity and the matching rules. The method further includes appending data for the matching entities in the result set to a peer group data structure associated with the particular entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Brent Sisson, Austin Haygood, Alejandro Avalos Mar, Emily Kelly, Liaowang Zou, Parand Darugar