Patents by Inventor John S. Bronson

John S. Bronson 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: 20170142161
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for access policy creation and enforcement. According to various embodiments, a message may be received via a communications interface. The message may include a request to perform an action within a proposal system. The proposal system may be operable to create a request for proposals based on user input. The request for proposals may describe a business need associated with a business entity. The proposal system may be further operable to process a plurality of proposal documents received in response to the request for proposals. The request may be associated with a user account. A determination may be made as to whether the requested action complies with an access policy. The requested action may be performed when it is determined that the requested action complies with the access policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: The One Page Company Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick G. Riley, Joanna R. Weidenmiller, Stefan Proud, John S. Bronson, Stephane Come
  • Publication number: 20170098179
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for access policy creation and enforcement. According to various embodiments, a message may be received via a communications interface. The message may include a request to perform an action within a proposal system. The proposal system may be operable to create a request for proposals based on user input. The request for proposals may describe a business need associated with a business entity. The proposal system may be further operable to process a plurality of proposal documents received in response to the request for proposals. The request may be associated with a user account. A determination may be made as to whether the requested action complies with an access policy. The requested action may be performed when it is determined that the requested action complies with the access policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: The One Page Company Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick G. Riley, Joanna R. Weidenmiller, Stefan Proud, John S. Bronson, Stephane Come
  • Patent number: 9485280
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for access policy creation and enforcement. According to various embodiments, a message may be received via a communications interface. The message may include a request to perform an action within a proposal system. The proposal system may be operable to create a request for proposals based on user input. The request for proposals may describe a business need associated with a business entity. The proposal system may be further operable to process a plurality of proposal documents received in response to the request for proposals. The request may be associated with a user account. A determination may be made as to whether the requested action complies with an access policy. The requested action may be performed when it is determined that the requested action complies with the access policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: The One Page Company Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick G. Riley, Joanna R. Weidenmiller, Stefan Proud, John S. Bronson, Stephane Come
  • Publication number: 20160088024
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for access policy creation and enforcement. According to various embodiments, a message may be received via a communications interface. The message may include a request to perform an action within a proposal system. The proposal system may be operable to create a request for proposals based on user input. The request for proposals may describe a business need associated with a business entity. The proposal system may be further operable to process a plurality of proposal documents received in response to the request for proposals. The request may be associated with a user account. A determination may be made as to whether the requested action complies with an access policy. The requested action may be performed when it is determined that the requested action complies with the access policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: The One Page Company Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick G. Riley, Joanna R. Weidenmiller, Stefan Proud, John S. Bronson, Stephane Come
  • Patent number: 9225745
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for access policy creation and enforcement. According to various embodiments, a message may be received via a communications interface. The message may include a request to perform an action within a proposal system. The proposal system may be operable to create a request for proposals based on user input. The request for proposals may describe a business need associated with a business entity. The proposal system may be further operable to process a plurality of proposal documents received in response to the request for proposals. The request may be associated with a user account. A determination may be made as to whether the requested action complies with an access policy. The requested action may be performed when it is determined that the requested action complies with the access policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: The One Page Company Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick G. Riley, Joanna R. Weidenmiller, Stefan Proud, John S. Bronson, Stephane Come
  • Publication number: 20130339427
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques and mechanisms that facilitate the creation of proposals and requests for proposals. According to various embodiments, a request for proposals for action based on first input provided by a first entity may be created. The request for proposals may identify a business need associated with the first entity. The request for proposals may be transmitted to a client machine via a network. The client machine may be associated with a second entity invited to submit a proposal in response to the request for proposals. A message from the client machine may be received at the server. The message may include second input for creating the proposal. The proposal may be created based on the second input. The proposal may address the business need identified in the request for proposals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: The One Page Company Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick G. Riley, Joanna R. Weidenmiller, Stefan Proud, John S. Bronson, Stephane Come
  • Publication number: 20130340030
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for access policy creation and enforcement. According to various embodiments, a message may be received via a communications interface. The message may include a request to perform an action within a proposal system. The proposal system may be operable to create a request for proposals based on user input. The request for proposals may describe a business need associated with a business entity. The proposal system may be further operable to process a plurality of proposal documents received in response to the request for proposals. The request may be associated with a user account. A determination may be made as to whether the requested action complies with an access policy. The requested action may be performed when it is determined that the requested action complies with the access policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: The One Page Company Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick G. Riley, Joanna R. Weidenmiller, Stefan Proud, John S. Bronson, Stephane Come
  • Publication number: 20130339102
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for evaluating proposal documents. According to various embodiments, a proposal document may represent a proposal for business action. The proposal document may be processed via a processor to determine a plurality of scores for the proposal document. Each of the plurality of scores may evaluate the proposal document in accordance with a respective one or more criteria. The plurality of proposal scores may be aggregated via the processor to create a composite score for the proposal document. The composite score may represent a measure of quality associated with the proposal document. The composite score may be stored on a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: The One Page Company Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick G. Riley, Joanna R. Weidenmiller, Stefan Proud, John S. Bronson, Stephane Come
  • Publication number: 20130339101
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms described herein may facilitate the creation of a request for proposals. In some embodiments, user input for creating a document representing a request for proposals for a business action may be received. The user input may include information characterizing the business action. Suggested content to include in the document representing the request for proposals may be based on the received user input. The suggested content may describe the business action. The document representing the request for proposals may be created based on the received user input and the identified suggested content. The document may identify a business need and one or more criteria for responding to the request for proposals. The request for proposals may be stored on a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: The One Page Company Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Riley, Joanna Weidenmiller, Stefan Proud, John S. Bronson, Stephane Come