Patents by Inventor Francois Rene Paul Boulanger

Francois Rene Paul Boulanger 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 and system for controlling feedback for an online auction
    Patent number: 7831499
    Abstract: A method and system for selecting feedback rules for an online auction. An exemplary method may comprise controlling feedback by customizing feedback rules for an online auction substantially no earlier than entry of auction rules into an auction program by an end-user, storing the customized feedback rules for future use by the auction program, and conducting the online auction by the auction program using the feedback rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kemal Guler, Ren Wu, Francois Rene Paul Boulanger
  • Method and system for predicting the outcome of an online auction
    Patent number: 7676397
    Abstract: A method and related system for predicting, possibly a software program executing on a computer system, an online auction outcome for each of a plurality of feedback rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kemal Guler, Francois Rene Paul Boulanger