Patents by Inventor Kiyofusa Egashira

Kiyofusa Egashira 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).

  • System for commodity sales
    Patent number: 7917404
    Abstract: The wishes of purchasers and sellers of particular commodity items are matched using a computer database. Hopeful purchasers submit requests during a predetermined sale time frame. The requests include a desired purchase price and a desired purchase quantity for the particular commodity item. After the predetermined period, purchaser information is used to produce a purchase wish list in a predetermined order. An optimum combination of intending purchasers, selling quantities, selling prices, commodity suppliers, supply quantities, and supply prices is created by comparing the purchase wish list with a supply list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyofusa Egashira, Noriaki Mizuno
  • SYSTEM FOR COMMODITY SALES
    Publication number: 20080249821
    Abstract: The wishes of purchasers and sellers of particular commodity items are matched using a computer database. Hopeful purchasers submit requests during a predetermined sale time frame. The requests include a desired purchase price and a desired purchase quantity for the particular commodity item. After the predetermined period, purchaser information is used to produce a purchase wish list in a predetermined order. An optimum combination of intending purchasers, selling quantities, selling prices, commodity suppliers, supply quantities, and supply prices is created by comparing the purchase wish list with a supply list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Kiyofusa Egashira, Noriaki Mizuno
  • Method and system for commodity sales
    Patent number: 7398228
    Abstract: The wishes of purchasers and sellers of particular comodity items are matched using a computer database. Hopeful purchasers submit requests during a predetermined sale time frame. The requests include a desired purchase price and a desired purchase quantity for the particular commodity item. After the predetermined period, purchaser information is used to produce a purchase wish list in a predetermined order. An optimum combination of intending purchasers, selling quantities, selling prices, commodity suppliers, supply quantities, and supply prices is created by comparing the purchase wish list with a supply list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyofusa Egashira, Noriaki Mizuno
  • Method and system for commodity sales
    Publication number: 20020046134
    Abstract: The wishes of purchasers and sellers of particular comodity items are matched using a computer database. Hopeful purchasers submit requests during a predetermined sale time frame. The requests include a desired purchase price and a desired purchase quantity for the particular commodity item. After the predetermined period, purchaser information is used to produce a purchase wish list in a predetermined order. An optimum combination of intending purchasers, selling quantities, selling prices, commodity suppliers, supply quantities, and supply prices is created by comparing the purchase wish list with a supply list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyofusa Egashira, Noriaki Mizuno