Patents by Inventor Ben Simon Samson

Ben Simon Samson 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 providing online incentives
    Patent number: 7228287
    Abstract: A method of providing incentives to bidders on an auction item using a database and a system, the method including creating the consumer profile for at least one consumer, choosing at least one of the unsold items from the inventory based on the consumer information in the consumer profile, generating the incentive for the chosen unsold item based on the consumer file, the selection of consumer information of the incentive being substantially similar to the consumer information in the consumer profile, and offering the chosen unsold item and the incentive to the at least one consumer to induce purchasing of the chosen unsold item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Inventors: Ben Simon Samson, Jeffrey Paul La Forest, Robert Preston Hornsby, Jr.