Patents by Inventor James L. Keesey

James L. Keesey 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).

  • Publication number: 20130339095
    Abstract: The present invention presents systems and methods for a closed loop method for managing enterprise pricing using hierarchically organized portfolios. Such systems and methods perform the steps of storing a plurality of transactions in a transaction database, sorting these transactions for success, and analyzing the successful transaction, using a processor, to generate a plurality of pricing policies. A “successful” transaction is one in which profit and/or volume are increased above a baseline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Niel C. Esary, James L. Keesey, Ian Tidswell
  • Patent number: 8458060
    Abstract: The present invention presents systems and methods for organizing price modeling data using hierarchically organized portfolios including a collection of transactions in a transaction database representing a first hierarchical level; collections of hierarchically organized portfolios at higher hierarchical levels than a previous hierarchical levels, the hierarchically organized portfolios representing selections from the previous hierarchical level where the hierarchically organized portfolios are arranged to be responsive to an enterprise approval hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Vendavo, Inc.
    Inventors: Niel Esary, James L. Keesey, Ian Tidswell
  • Patent number: 8355912
    Abstract: A technique for data entry at a device is provided. Initially, voice data is received at the device. The voice data and a device identifier are transmitted to a computer. At the computer, the voice data is translated to text. Next, it is determined whether to filter the translated text. When it is determined that the translated text is to be filtered, a filter is applied to the translated text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Keesey, Gerald J. Wilmot