Patents by Inventor Jane M. Murphy
Jane M. Murphy 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).
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Patent number: 8589251Abstract: A method and system for managing trading in trading networks. At least one trading network package is offered. Each trading network package is based on negotiations occurring prior to receiving purchase requests from customer members of the trading network. Each trading network package is configured to include: (i) a value-add service offering offered by the trading network to the customer members for a fee, (ii) a managed package for which a customer member of the customer members provides a volume commitment and for which actual purchases are tracked; or (iii) both the value-add service offering and the managed package.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
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Publication number: 20130006836Abstract: A method and system for managing trading in trading networks. At least one trading network package is offered. Each trading network package is based on negotiations occurring prior to receiving purchase requests from customer members of the trading network. Each trading network package is configured to include: (i) a value-add service offering offered by the trading network to the customer members for a fee, (ii) a managed package for which a customer member of the customer members provides a volume commitment and for which actual purchases are tracked; or (iii) both the value-add service offering and the managed package.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
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Patent number: 8332280Abstract: A system for performing a method for managing a supplier for participation in trading networks. The method includes: receiving from each trading network a volume commitment consolidating volume commitments for offerings of commodities and services; negotiating with each trading network to supply to customer members of the trading network the commodity or service; storing, for each trading network for each supplier, attributes including start date, end date, services and products offered to the trading network, and payment flow for the commodities and services; offing a trading network package based on negotiations occurring before receiving purchase requests from the customer members, the trading network package including: (i) a value-add service offering to the customer members for a fee, and (ii) a managed package for which a customer member provides a volume commitment and actual purchases are tracked; and negotiating price discount levels for committed levels of demand from the trading networks.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
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Publication number: 20110276458Abstract: A system for performing a method for managing a supplier for participation in trading networks. The method includes: receiving from each trading network a volume commitment consolidating volume commitments for offerings of commodities and services; negotiating with each trading network to supply to customer members of the trading network the commodity or service; storing, for each trading network for each supplier, attributes including start date, end date, services and products offered to the trading network, and payment flow for the commodities and services; offing a trading network package based on negotiations occurring before receiving purchase requests from the customer members, the trading network package including: (i) a value-add service offering to the customer members for a fee, and (ii) a managed package for which a customer member provides a volume commitment and actual purchases are tracked; and negotiating price discount levels for committed levels of demand from the trading networks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
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Patent number: 7983958Abstract: An Internet trading network is operated by establishing supplier memberships of suppliers providing offerings to the trading network; establishing customer memberships of customers providing volume commitments; consolidating all volume commitments for a particular commodity or service when negotiating an offering with the supplier; managing memberships and their accounts.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Codoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
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Patent number: 7702533Abstract: A system for deploying to a client accounting installation a general procurement and accounts payable application specifically configured for the client by an enterprise includes a database server for (1) maintaining on a storage device a database of templates describing procedures for assessing, preparing, developing, deploying and supporting the application, and for (2) serving these templates to team members operating web-enabled terminals for coordinating, recording and tracking team activities with respect to the application while generating a description for adapting a front end server and an accounting system server to the requirements of the client.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ray F. Barnard, Philip J. Cirulli, Kerin J. Flannery, Carl J. Lanuti, Jane M. Murphy
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Publication number: 20080281657Abstract: A system for deploying to a client accounting installation a general procurement and accounts payable application specifically configured for the client by an enterprise includes a database server for (1) maintaining on a storage device a database of templates describing procedures for assessing, preparing, developing, deploying and supporting the application, and for (2) serving these templates to team members operating web-enabled terminals for coordinating, recording and tracking team activities with respect to the application while generating a description for adapting a front end server and an accounting system server to the requirements of the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventors: Ray F. Barnard, Philip J. Cirulli, Kerin J. Flannery, Carl J. Lanuti, Jane M. Murphy
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Patent number: 7398222Abstract: A system for deploying to a client accounting installation a general procurement and accounts payable application specifically configured for the client by an enterprise includes a database server for (1) maintaining on a storage device a database of templates describing procedures for assessing, preparing, developing, deploying and supporting the application, and for (2) serving these templates to team members operating web-enabled terminals for coordinating, recording and tracking team activities with respect to the application while generating a description for adapting a front end server and an accounting system server to the requirements of the client.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2006Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ray F. Barnard, Philip J. Cirulli, Kerin J. Flannery, Carl J. Lanuti, Jane M. Murphy
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Patent number: 7243077Abstract: An Internet trading network is operated by establishing supplier memberships of suppliers providing offerings to the trading network; establishing customer memberships of customers providing volume commitments; consolidating all volume commitments for a particular commodity or service when negotiating an offering with the supplier; managing memberships and their accounts.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2001Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
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Patent number: 7110957Abstract: A system for deploying to a client accounting installation a general procurement and accounts payable application specifically configured for the client by an enterprise includes a database server for (1) maintaining on a storage device a database of templates describing procedures for assessing, preparing, developing, deploying and supporting the application, and for (2) serving these templates to team members operating web-enabled terminals for coordinating, recording and tracking team activities with respect to the application while generating a description for adapting a front end server and an accounting system server to the requirements of the client.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ray F. Barnard, Philip J. Cirulli, Kerin J. Flannery, Carl J. Lanuti, Jane M. Murphy
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Publication number: 20040148190Abstract: A system for deploying to a client accounting installation a general procurement and accounts payable application specifically configured for the client by an enterprise includes a database server for (1) maintaining on a storage device a database of templates describing procedures for assessing, preparing, developing, deploying and supporting the application, and for (2) serving these templates to team members operating web-enabled terminals for coordinating, recording and tracking team activities with respect to the application while generating a description for adapting a front end server and an accounting system server to the requirements of the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ray F. Barnard, Philip J. Cirulli, Kerin J. Flannery, Carl J. Lanuti, Jane M. Murphy
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Patent number: 6684191Abstract: A system for deploying to a client accounting installation a general procurement and accounts payable application specifically configured for the client by an enterprise includes a database server for (1) maintaining on a storage device a database of templates describing procedures for assessing, preparing, developing, deploying and supporting the application, and for (2) serving these templates to team members operating web-enabled terminals for coordinating, recording and tracking team activities with respect to the application while generating a description for adapting a front end server and an accounting system server to the requirements of the client.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1999Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ray F. Barnard, Philip J. Cirulli, Kerin J. Flannery, Carl J. Lanuti, Jane M. Murphy
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Publication number: 20030023497Abstract: An Internet trading network is operated by establishing supplier memberships of suppliers providing offerings to the trading network; establishing customer memberships of customers providing volume commitments; consolidating all volume commitments for a particular commodity or service when negotiating an offering with the supplier; managing memberships and their accounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2001Publication date: January 30, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson