Patents by Inventor Kirk G. Krappé
Kirk G. Krappé 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).
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Patent number: 11720951Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intelligent quote-to-cash software agent (“the Agent”) that enables users to efficiently interface with a quote-to-cash system from external messaging applications. The Agent is able to communicate with users using natural language and to identify quote-to-cash system action requests and associated parameters from natural language communications. The user may communicate with the Agent from one of plurality of messaging applications that are not associated with the quote-to-cash system. In response to identifying a quote-to-cash action request and associated parameters in a communication session with a user, the Agent calls the quote-to-cash system and obtains the applicable quote-to-cash output requested by the user. The Agent forwards the quote-to-cash system output to the user via the external messaging application selected by the user. The Agent may initiate communications with the user to inform the user of an opportunity in the quote-to-cash process.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Apttus CorporationInventor: Kirk G. Krappé
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Patent number: 11455373Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer program for real-time and computationally efficient calculation of a recommended value range for a quote variable, such as price, discount, volume, or closing time. The system uses the highest-density interval (HDI) of probability density function (PDF) as a recommended or suggested value range for a quote variable. PDFs for the quote variable are precomputed for groups of related inputs, and each PDF is summarized as an array of discrete points. A dimension reduction technique is applied to the PDF inputs in both the training and real-time (non-training) phases to reduce the number of possible combinations of PDFs. During a quote-creation process, a PDF look-up table enables the system to efficiently identify an applicable PDF from the group of precomputed PDFs based on reduced input values.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Apttus CorporationInventors: Kirk G. Krappé, Neehar Giri, Man Chan, Isabelle Chai, Rahul Choudhry, Kitae Kim, Stanley Poon, Brian Li, Geeta Deodhar, Elliott Yama
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Publication number: 20220148071Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intelligent quote-to-cash software agent (“the Agent”) that enables users to efficiently interface with a quote-to-cash system from external messaging applications. The Agent is able to communicate with users using natural language and to identify quote-to-cash system action requests and associated parameters from natural language communications. The user may communicate with the Agent from one of plurality of messaging applications that are not associated with the quote-to-cash system. In response to identifying a quote-to-cash action request and associated parameters in a communication session with a user, the Agent calls the quote-to-cash system and obtains the applicable quote-to-cash output requested by the user. The Agent forwards the quote-to-cash system output to the user via the external messaging application selected by the user. The Agent may initiate communications with the user to inform the user of an opportunity in the quote-to-cash process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventor: Kirk G. Krappé
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Patent number: 11232508Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intelligent quote-to-cash software agent (“the Agent”) that enables users to efficiently interface with a quote-to-cash system from external messaging applications. The Agent is able to communicate with users using natural language and to identify quote-to-cash system action requests and associated parameters from natural language communications. The user may communicate with the Agent from one of plurality of messaging applications that are not associated with the quote-to-cash system. In response to identifying a quote-to-cash action request and associated parameters in a communication session with a user, the Agent calls the quote-to-cash system and obtains the applicable quote-to-cash output requested by the user. The Agent forwards the quote-to-cash system output to the user via the external messaging application selected by the user. The Agent may initiate communications with the user to inform the user of an opportunity in the quote-to-cash process.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Apttus CorporationInventor: Kirk G. Krappé
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Patent number: 10621640Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system, method, and computer program that enables users to initiate quote-to-cash system actions and receive quote-to-cash system output via a virtual/augmented reality interface. A virtual reality client device provides a virtual/augmented reality user interface via which the user can initiate one of a plurality of quote-to-cash action requests, such as requesting a quote or configuring a product. In response to the user selecting a quote-to-cash action, the client device displays a virtual/augmented scene with graphical images that correspond to parameters of a quote-to-cash action. The user is able to specify parameters for the quote-to-cash action by interacting with these images in the virtual/augmented reality scene.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Apttus CorporationInventors: Kirk G. Krappé, Neehar Giri, Vibhor Gaur
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Publication number: 20200065354Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer program for real-time and computationally efficient calculation of a recommended value range for a quote variable, such as price, discount, volume, or closing time. The system uses the highest-density interval (HDI) of probability density function (PDF) as a recommended or suggested value range for a quote variable. PDFs for the quote variable are precomputed for groups of related inputs, and each PDF is summarized as an array of discrete points. A dimension reduction technique is applied to the PDF inputs in both the training and real-time (non-training) phases to reduce the number of possible combinations of PDFs. During a quote-creation process, a PDF look-up table enables the system to efficiently identify an applicable PDF from the group of precomputed PDFs based on reduced input values.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Kirk G. Krappé, Neehar Giri, Man Chan, Isabelle Chai, Rahul Choudhry, Kitae Kim, Stanley Poon, Brian Li, Geeta Deodhar, Elliott Yama
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Patent number: 10521491Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer program for real-time and computationally efficient calculation of a recommended value range for a quote variable, such as price, discount, volume, or closing time. The system uses the highest-density interval (HDI) of probability density function (PDF) as a recommended or suggested value range for a quote variable. PDFs for the quote variable are precomputed for groups of related inputs, and each PDF is summarized as an array of discrete points. A dimension reduction technique is applied to the PDF inputs in both the training and real-time (non-training) phases to reduce the number of possible combinations of PDFs. During a quote-creation process, a PDF look-up table enables the system to efficiently identify an applicable PDF from the group of precomputed PDFs based on reduced input values.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Apttus CorporationInventors: Kirk G. Krappé, Neehar Giri, Man Chan, Isabelle Chai, Rahul Choudhry, Kitae Kim, Stanley Poon, Brian Li, Geeta Deodhar, Elliott Yama
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Publication number: 20180349324Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer program for real-time and computationally efficient calculation of a recommended value range for a quote variable, such as price, discount, volume, or closing time. The system uses the highest-density interval (HDI) of probability density function (PDF) as a recommended or suggested value range for a quote variable. PDFs for the quote variable are precomputed for groups of related inputs, and each PDF is summarized as an array of discrete points. A dimension reduction technique is applied to the PDF inputs in both the training and real-time (non-training) phases to reduce the number of possible combinations of PDFs. During a quote-creation process, a PDF look-up table enables the system to efficiently identify an applicable PDF from the group of precomputed PDFs based on reduced input values.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Kirk G. Krappé, Neehar Giri, Man Chan, Isabelle Chai, Rahul Choudhry, Kitae Kim, Stanley Poon, Brian Li, Geeta Deodhar, Elliott Yama
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Publication number: 20180293640Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intelligent quote-to-cash software agent (“the Agent”) that enables users to efficiently interface with a quote-to-cash system from external messaging applications. The Agent is able to communicate with users using natural language and to identify quote-to-cash system action requests and associated parameters from natural language communications. The user may communicate with the Agent from one of plurality of messaging applications that are not associated with the quote-to-cash system. In response to identifying a quote-to-cash action request and associated parameters in a communication session with a user, the Agent calls the quote-to-cash system and obtains the applicable quote-to-cash output requested by the user. The Agent forwards the quote-to-cash system output to the user via the external messaging application selected by the user. The Agent may initiate communications with the user to inform the user of an opportunity in the quote-to-cash process.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventor: Kirk G. Krappé
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Publication number: 20180096406Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system, method, and computer program that enables users to initiate quote-to-cash system actions and receive quote-to-cash system output via a virtual/augmented reality interface. A virtual reality client device provides a virtual/augmented reality user interface via which the user can initiate one of a plurality of quote-to-cash action requests, such as requesting a quote or configuring a product. In response to the user selecting a quote-to-cash action, the client device displays a virtual/augmented scene with graphical images that correspond to parameters of a quote-to-cash action. The user is able to specify parameters for the quote-to-cash action by interacting with these images in the virtual/augmented reality scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Kirk G. Krappé, Neehar Giri, Vibhor Gaur