Patents by Inventor Karen Ann Dougherty

Karen Ann Dougherty 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).

  • Methods and systems for identifying prospective customers and managing deals
    Patent number: 7430535
    Abstract: A system including at least one computer configured as a server that contains a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity is provided. The system further includes at least one client system connected to the server through a network. The server is configured to prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members, notify members of the deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished, receive documents relating to a deal from a client system that are submitted for approval by a user, and provide access to the deal documents through a client system for review and approval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Capital Corporation
    Inventors: Karen Ann Dougherty, AnneMarie Jonason, Kevin Michael McCarthy, Jannic Georges Cheyns
  • Methods and systems for identifying prospective customers and managing deals
    Publication number: 20020169650
    Abstract: A system including at least one computer configured as a server that contains a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity is provided. The system further includes at least one client system connected to the server through a network. The server is configured to prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members, notify members of the deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished, receive documents relating to a deal from a client system that are submitted for approval by a user, and provide access to the deal documents through a client system for review and approval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Karen Ann Dougherty, AnneMarie Jonason, Kevin Michael McCarthy, Jannic Georges Cheyns
  • Methods and systems for identifying prospective customers and managing deals
    Publication number: 20020161602
    Abstract: A system including at least one computer configured as a server that contains a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity is provided. The system further includes at least one client system connected to the server through a network. The server is configured to prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members, notify members of the deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished, receive documents relating to a deal from a client system that are submitted for approval by a user, and transmit the deal documents to a client system for review and approval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Karen Ann Dougherty, Anne Marie Jonason, Kevin Michael McCarthy, Jannic Georges Cheyns