Patents by Inventor Julia Giannella

Julia Giannella 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).

  • Platform-independent, usage-independent, and access-independent distributed quote configuraton system
    Patent number: 5870719
    Abstract: A platform-independent, usage-independent, location-independent quote configuration system is described. The present invention, operating in a computer network, is a quote configurator comprising, 1) a client module, the client module having a platform-independent user interface for receiving quote input and command selections from a user, the quote input and command selections including product selection and selection of information indicative of business rules, and 2) a server coupled to the client module across the network, the server having access to quote data and business rules, the server including a platform-independent server interface configured to receive the quote input and command selections from the client module, the server validating the quote input based on the quote data and the business rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: L.M. Maritzen, Rolando D. Dimaandal, Julia Giannella, Raul Arregui, Marc Moss