Patents by Inventor Duane F Jung

Duane F Jung 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 for facilitating electronic commerce transactions
    Patent number: 7590558
    Abstract: A global content directory (42) includes a directory structure (44) that includes a plurality of product classes organized in a hierarchy. Each product class categorizes a plurality of products and defines one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class. The directory (42) also includes one or more pointers that are associated with each product class. Each pointer identifies a seller database (32) in which product data enabling a product transaction is stored for products that are associated with the product class. The directory (42) also includes a search interface (45) that communicates, in response to a selection of a product class by a user (20) of the global content directory (42), a search query for product data to one or more seller databases (32) identified by the one or more pointers associated with the selected product class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: i2 Technologies US, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohanasundaram Chinnappan, Manoel Tenorio, Stephen Fenstermaker, Duane F Jung
  • System and method for facilitating electronic commerce transactions
    Publication number: 20020082932
    Abstract: A global content directory (42) includes a directory structure (44) that includes a plurality of product classes organized in a hierarchy. Each product class categorizes a plurality of products and defines one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class. The directory (42) also includes one or more pointers that are associated with each product class. Each pointer identifies a seller database (32) in which product data enabling a product transaction is stored for products that are associated with the product class. The directory (42) also includes a search interface (45) that communicates, in response to a selection of a product class by a user (20) of the global content directory (42), a search query for product data to one or more seller databases (32) identified by the one or more pointers associated with the selected product class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: i2 Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohanasundaram Chinnappan, Manoel Tenorio, Stephen Fenstermaker, Duane F. Jung