Patents by Inventor Howard Allan Abrams

Howard Allan Abrams 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 online live auctions
    Publication number: 20020032634
    Abstract: A method and system for providing online live auctions platform is disclosed. The online live auction platform is provided among a group of bidders having similar or same interests or in one or more virtual communities. An auction process starts in a first community that permits a member of a first virtual community to list an auctioned item for bidding. All members in the first virtual community can participate in the bidding and members in a second virtual community may participate in the bidding by becoming part of the first virtual community or through one of the members in the first virtual community.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Howard Allan Abrams, Jonathan B. Lindo, Payton R. White, Mark Christian Barnes, Geoffrey F. Graber, Gavin S.H. Cheng