Patents by Inventor James A. McInnes

James A. McInnes 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).

  • REAL TIME ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150332389
    Abstract: An auction system and method, which identifies at least one lot to be auctioned, having a plurality of units within the lot and associated auction parameters; transmits a remaining quantity of units within the lot from a central server to a plurality of remote locations; receives bid identifications for remaining units within the lot at the contemporaneous offering price from the plurality of remote locations; and decrements the offering price over time. The decrement may be adaptive to a bid activity pattern, and the bid activity pattern may be stored in a database. A local server may be provided to communicate between the central server and remote locations while changing the format of the information communicated. The packets preferably include compressed information, and preferably include quantity remaining information for a plurality of auction lot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: VOYAGER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Willem Damen, James A. McInnes
  • REAL TIME ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140122285
    Abstract: An auction system and method, which identifies at least one lot to be auctioned, having a plurality of units within the lot and associated auction parameters; transmits a remaining quantity of units within the lot from a central server to a plurality of remote locations; receives bid identifications for remaining units within the lot at the contemporaneous offering price from the plurality of remote locations; and decrements the offering price over time. The decrement may be adaptive to a bid activity pattern, and the bid activity pattern may be stored in a database. A local server may be provided to communicate between the central server and remote locations while changing the format of the information communicated. The packets preferably include compressed information, and preferably include quantity remaining information for a plurality of auction lot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: VOYAGER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: WILLEM DAMEN, JAMES A. McINNES
  • Real time electronic commerce telecommunication system and method
    Patent number: 8595087
    Abstract: An auction system and method, which identifies at least one lot to be auctioned, having a plurality of units within the lot and associated auction parameters; transmits a remaining quantity of units within the lot from a central server to a plurality of remote locations; receives bid identifications for remaining units within the lot at the contemporaneous offering price from the plurality of remote locations; and decrements the offering price over time. The decrement may be adaptive to a bid activity pattern, and the bid activity pattern may be stored in a database. A local server may be provided to communicate between the central server and remote locations while changing the format of the information communicated. The packets preferably include compressed information, and preferably include quantity remaining information for a plurality of auction lots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Voyager Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Willem Daman, James A. McInnes
  • Real time electronic commerce telecommunication system and method
    Patent number: 8200547
    Abstract: An auction system and method, which identifies at least one lot to be auctioned, having a plurality of units within the lot and associated auction parameters; transmits a remaining quantity of units within the lot from a central server to a plurality of remote locations; receives bid identifications for remaining units within the lot at the contemporaneous offering price from the plurality of remote locations; and decrements the offering price over time. The decrement may be adaptive to a bid activity pattern, and the bid activity pattern may be stored in a database. A local server may be provided to communicate between the central server and remote locations while changing the format of the information communicated. The packets preferably include compressed information, and preferably include quantity remaining information for a plurality of auction lots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Voyager Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Willem Daman, James A. McInnes
  • REAL TIME ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110145087
    Abstract: An auction system and method, which identifies at least one lot to be auctioned, having a plurality of units within the lot and associated auction parameters; transmits a remaining quantity of units within the lot from a central server to a plurality of remote locations; receives bid identifications for remaining units within the lot at the contemporaneous offering price from the plurality of remote locations; and decrements the offering price over time. The decrement may be adaptive to a bid activity pattern, and the bid activity pattern may be stored in a database. A local server may be provided to communicate between the central server and remote locations while changing the format of the information communicated. The packets preferably include compressed information, and preferably include quantity remaining information for a plurality of auction lots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Willem Daman, James A. McInnes
  • Real time electronic commerce telecommunication system and method
    Patent number: 7865420
    Abstract: An auction system and method, which identifies at least one lot to be auctioned, having a plurality of units within the lot and associated auction parameters; transmits a remaining quantity of units within the lot from a central server to a plurality of remote locations; receives bid identifications for remaining units within the lot at the contemporaneous offering price from the plurality of remote locations; and decrements the offering price over time. The decrement may be adaptive to a bid activity pattern, and the bid activity pattern may be stored in a database. A local server may be provided to communicate between the central server and remote locations while changing the format of the information communicated. The packets preferably include compressed information, and preferably include quantity remaining information for a plurality of auction lots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Voyager Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Willem Daman, James A. McInnes