Patents by Inventor Jim J. Deffenbaugh

Jim J. Deffenbaugh 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).

  • Patent number: 8996548
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to identifying consuming entity behavior across domains. Identity records are stored in a memory accessible to a computing system. Each of the identity records comprises at least one attribute, and the identity records originate from a plurality of domains. A determination is made as to whether a first one of the identity records identifies a consumption entity that is identified by a second one of the identity records. The first and the second identity records originate from separate ones of the domains, and the second one of the identity records is associated with a persistent key. The persistent key is associated with the consumption entity. The first identity record is associated with the persistent key if the first identity record is determined to identify the consumption entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Inmar Analytics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronnie J. Garmon, Jim J. Deffenbaugh
  • Patent number: 8364510
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for determining discounts that optimize revenue for customers or customer subsets. Transaction records that are associated with a customer and a merchant are obtained. Each transaction record identifies a corresponding purchase of a quantity of one of multiple items by the customer from the merchant at a corresponding unit purchase price. A normalized unit purchase price is generated for each transaction record by normalizing the respective unit purchase price relative to a respective unit retail price at the time of purchase. A demand curve is generated for the customer for the items based at least in part on the transaction records and the normalized unit purchase prices. The demand curve identifies a quantity of units that the customer is predicted to purchase at a range of normalized unit purchase prices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Vuelogic, LLC
    Inventors: Ronnie J. Garmon, Jim J. Deffenbaugh
  • Publication number: 20120303416
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for determining discounts that optimize revenue for customers or customer subsets. Transaction records that are associated with a customer and a merchant are obtained. Each transaction record identifies a corresponding purchase of a quantity of one of multiple items by the customer from the merchant at a corresponding unit purchase price. A normalized unit purchase price is generated for each transaction record by normalizing the respective unit purchase price relative to a respective unit retail price at the time of purchase. A demand curve is generated for the customer for the items based at least in part on the transaction records and the normalized unit purchase prices. The demand curve identifies a quantity of units that the customer is predicted to purchase at a range of normalized unit purchase prices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: VUELOGIC, LLC
    Inventors: Ronnie J. Garmon, Jim J. Deffenbaugh
  • Publication number: 20120185494
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to identifying consuming entity behavior across domains. Identity records are stored in a memory accessible to a computing system. Each of the identity records comprises at least one attribute, and the identity records originate from a plurality of domains. A determination is made as to whether a first one of the identity records identifies a consumption entity that is identified by a second one of the identity records. The first and the second identity records originate from separate ones of the domains, and the second one of the identity records is associated with a persistent key. The persistent key is associated with the consumption entity. The first identity record is associated with the persistent key if the first identity record is determined to identify the consumption entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: VUELOGIC, LLC
    Inventors: Ronnie J. Garmon, Jim J. Deffenbaugh