Patents by Inventor Erik P. Young

Erik P. Young 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).

  • Systems for selecting a group of bidders for a current bidding event using prioritization
    Patent number: 7657461
    Abstract: A method and system for selecting potential bidders or suppliers for a current electronic auction by using quantitative models to create a prioritized list of potential suppliers. A prioritization software analyzes a supplier's bidding participation history and bidding competitiveness history from the bidding data collected for all prior auctions in which the supplier participated or was requested by the auction coordinator to participate. Using the prior bid data, the software generates a participation score and a competitiveness score for the supplier. The participation and competitiveness scores may be combined to generate a combined score. All potential suppliers may be prioritized based on any of these scores individually or a combination of two or more of these scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Ariba, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik P. Young
  • Method and system for supplier prioritization
    Publication number: 20080208616
    Abstract: A method and system for selecting potential bidders or suppliers for a current electronic auction by using quantitative models to create a prioritized list of potential suppliers. A prioritization software analyzes a supplier's bidding participation history and bidding competitiveness history from the bidding data collected for all prior auctions in which the supplier participated or was requested by the auction coordinator to participate. Using the prior bid data, the software generates a participation score and a competitiveness score for the supplier. The participation and competitiveness scores may be combined to generate a combined score. All potential suppliers may be prioritized based on any of these scores individually or a combination of two or more of these scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Erik P. Young
  • Method for selecting a group of bidders for a current bidding event using prioritization
    Patent number: 7401035
    Abstract: A method and system for selecting potential bidders or suppliers for a current electronic auction by using quantitative models to create a prioritized list of potential suppliers. A prioritization software analyzes a supplier's bidding participation history and bidding competitiveness history from the bidding data collected for all prior auctions in which the supplier participated or was requested by the auction coordinator to participate. Using the prior bid data, the software generates a participation score and a competitiveness score for the supplier. The participation and competitiveness scores may be combined to generate a combined score. All potential suppliers may be prioritized based on any of these scores individually or a combination of two or more of these scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Ariba, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik P. Young
  • Method and system for supplier prioritization
    Patent number: 7146331
    Abstract: A method and system for selecting potential bidders or suppliers for a current electronic auction by using quantitative models to create a prioritized list of potential suppliers. A prioritization software analyzes a supplier's bidding participation history and bidding competitiveness history from the bidding data collected for all prior auctions in which the supplier participated or was requested by the auction coordinator to participate. Using the prior bid data, the software generates a participation score and a competitiveness score for the supplier. The participation and competitiveness scores may be combined to generate a combined score. All potential suppliers may be prioritized based on any of these scores individually or a combination of two or more of these scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Ariba, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik P. Young