Patents by Inventor Dimitri P. Hoffmann

Dimitri P. Hoffmann 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).

  • Patent number: 8458010
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring and enforcing price parity. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method monitors price parity. The method includes generating, by a server, a task related to pricing of an item. The server receives, in response to the task, a first price and a second price of the item. The first price corresponds to an offering price of the item by a third-party seller via a sales channel of a retailer and the second price corresponds to an offering price of the item by the third-party seller via a sales channel of the third-party seller. The server evaluates whether the second price violates a price parity rule, based on at least a comparison of the first price and the second price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Beatrice A. Geoffrin, Dimitri P. Hoffmann, Eric L. Broussard