Patents by Inventor John P. Levis, III

John P. Levis, III 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).

  • Method and system for conducting electronic auctions with multi-parameter price equalization bidding
    Patent number: 7921053
    Abstract: An auction is conducted by obtaining, from a buyer, information associated with a product to be purchased using an auction, where the buyer purchases the product from a winning bidder. The obtained information associated with the product is made available to at least a first bidder and a second bidder. A first bid that includes a first price and a first non-price information is received from the first bidder. A second bid that includes a second price and a second non-price information is received, from the second bidder. Non-price information is associated with (1) a description of a particular product a given bidder will provide in the event the given bidder wins the auction and/or (2) delivery of a product by the given bidder in the event the given bidder wins the auction. A first comparison value is generated based at least in part on the first price and the first non-price information. A second comparison value is generated based at least in part on the second price and the second non-price information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Ariba, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam E. Kinney, Jr., Vincent F. Rago, Glen T. Meakem, Robert G. Stevens, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, William D. Rupp, Daniel C. Heckmann, Julia L. Rickert, Shane M. Tulloch, Jennifer L. Riddle, Nikki A. Sikes, John P. Levis, III
  • Method and system for disguised price bidding in online auctions
    Patent number: 7792713
    Abstract: A method and system for conducting electronic online auctions having disguised bidding is disclosed. Submitted bids are ordered on a basis of a comparative bid parameter used by an originator of an auction. The ordinal rank of a bid is reported to the bidder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Ariba, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam E. Kinney, Jr., Robert G. Stevens, John P. Levis, III
  • Method and system for conducting electronic auctions with multi-parameter price equalization bidding
    Patent number: 7249085
    Abstract: A method and system for conducting electronic online auctions using multi-parameter price equalization bidding is disclosed. Bids defined in a context of a bidder are transformed into a comparative bid parameter that enables a common basis of comparison for the submitted bids. A transformed bid of a first bidder can also be detransformed into a context of a second bidder, thereby enabling each individual bidder to view a comparison of submitted bids in their own context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Ariba, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam E. Kinney, Jr., Vincent F. Rago, Glen T. Meakem, Robert G. Stevens, David J. Becker, Anthony F. Bernard, William D. Rupp, Daniel C. Heckmann, Julia L. Rickert, Shane M. Tulloch, Jennifer L. Riddle, Nikki A. Sikes, John P. Levis, III
  • Method and system for partial quantity evaluated rank bidding in online auctions
    Patent number: 6871191
    Abstract: A method and system for conducting electronic online auctions having partial quantity evaluated rank bidding is disclosed. Submitted bids are ordered on a basis of a comparative bid parameter used by an originator of an auction. The quantity required by the originator of the auction is then allocated to the offered quantities of the submitted bids based upon a ranked ordering of the bids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventors: Sam E. Kinney, Jr., Robert G. Stevens, John P. Levis, III