Patents by Inventor David B. Banks

David B. Banks 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: 20130110664
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating the operations of an online one-to-many, double-sided auction are disclosed. In an aspect of the present invention, a system includes an automated system configured to provide an ask price for an item presented in an auction, via a network, to a plurality of computing devices being utilized by a plurality of bidders and configured to receive, via the network, a plurality of bids for the item; and wherein the automated system terminates the auction in response to a termination condition. A termination condition is, for example, a bid-ask match (where a bid is greater than or equal to the ask price) or an auction time clock expiration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: PropertyRoom.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Bellomo, Matthew S. Shives, David B. Banks