Patents by Inventor Jacob Eckel

Jacob Eckel 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).

  • Pricing optimization apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20080091624
    Abstract: A method or apparatus for automatically determining an optimum price for an offer by a first entity to a customer entity, comprising: obtaining a demand function representative of the customer, using the demand function and other factors include an intended product margin, building a goal function representative of goals of said first entity, and automatically optimizing the goal function for the margin, therefrom to generate the offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: Earnix Ltd.
    Inventors: Samuel Krikler, Jacob Eckel
  • Pricing optimization apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7328164
    Abstract: A method or apparatus for automatically determining an optimum price for an offer by a first entity to a customer entity, comprising: obtaining a demand function representative of the customer, using the demand function and other factors include an intended product margin, building a goal function representative of goals of said first entity, and automatically optimizing the goal function for the margin, therefrom to generate the offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Earnix Ltd.
    Inventors: Samuel Krikler, Jacob Eckel
  • Pricing optimization apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20050033706
    Abstract: A method or apparatus for automatically determining an optimum price for an offer by a first entity to a customer entity, comprising: obtaining a demand function representative of the customer, using the demand function and other factors include an intended product margin, building a goal function representative of goals of said first entity, and automatically optimizing the goal function for the margin, therefrom to generate the offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Samuel Krikler, Jacob Eckel