Patents by Inventor Kevin Growney

Kevin Growney 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).

  • On-line auction method and system facilitating the sale of multiple product units at prices varying with volume
    Patent number: 7062460
    Abstract: An online auction system for auctioning off products includes a server system, plural buyer systems, and plural seller systems. The server system comprises a seller interface, a buyer interface, a price adjustment mechanism, and a bid manager. The seller interface performs an online bid setup process including obtaining, from a given seller system, price varying information and quantity information corresponding to the price varying information. The buyer interface communicates, to select buyer systems, bid information and product information, and accepts from a given buyer system a given quantity needed and a given bid. The price adjustment mechanism determines a given parity price for the given buyer, which varies according to the given quantity needed. The bid manager defines a given winning bid for the given buyer as a function of the given parity price and a rank of the given buyer in relation to other buyers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Enduse.com LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Growney, Patrick L. Youssi
  • Online auction method and system facilitating the sale of multiple product units at prices varying with volume
    Publication number: 20050187859
    Abstract: An online auction system for auctioning off products includes a server system, plural buyer systems, and plural seller systems. The server system comprises a seller interface, a buyer interface, a price adjustment mechanism, and a bid manager. The seller interface performs an online bid setup process including obtaining, from a given seller system, price varying information and quantity information corresponding to the price varying information. The buyer interface communicates, to select buyer systems, bid information and product information, and accepts from a given buyer system a given quantity needed and a given bid. The price adjustment mechanism determines a given parity price for the given buyer, which varies according to the given quantity needed. The bid manager defines a given winning bid for the given buyer as a function of the given parity price and a rank of the given buyer in relation to other buyers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Kevin Growney, Patrick Youssi