Patents by Inventor Glenn Ward Melzer

Glenn Ward Melzer 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: 10796325
    Abstract: Techniques that facilitate determining valuation information for a package of multiple components are provided. In one example, a computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to generate a data structure organizing historical data associated with a product comprising a plurality of components. The historical data comprises only previously accepted valuation proposals for the product. The computer program product further generates, by the processor, different valuation models for the product respectively based on a first portion of the historical data and different sets of model design parameters, wherein the different valuation models determine valuation information for the product based on acceptance probability information that reflects probabilities different values for the product will be accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Glenn Ward Melzer
  • Publication number: 20180247325
    Abstract: Techniques that facilitate determining valuation information for a package of multiple components are provided. In one example, a computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to generate a data structure organizing historical data associated with a product comprising a plurality of components. The historical data comprises only previously accepted valuation proposals for the product. The computer program product further generates, by the processor, different valuation models for the product respectively based on a first portion of the historical data and different sets of model design parameters, wherein the different valuation models determine valuation information for the product based on acceptance probability information that reflects probabilities different values for the product will be accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventor: Glenn Ward Melzer