Patents by Inventor Marc D. Zimmerman

Marc D. Zimmerman 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).

  • Rough order of magnitude narrative system
    Patent number: 8650104
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer program products for modeling and estimating costs for a project, such as a construction or remodeling project. For example, embodiments of the present invention provide a project cost modeling system having a communication interface configured to receive a first level input for a first level project parameter from a user, a memory configured to store a rule, and a processor operatively connected to the communication interface and the memory and configured to determine a second level project parameter and a second level input for the second level project parameter based at least partially on a comparison of the first level input to the rule. The system is further configured to compute cost estimates and provide cost models based at least partially on the first level input, the second level input, and/or information about other projects stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Marc D. Zimmerman, Patrick J. Brennan, Benjamin Keith Ammons, Charles R. Ashman
  • ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE NARRATIVE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100174573
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer program products for modeling and estimating costs for a project, such as a construction or remodeling project. For example, embodiments of the present invention provide a project cost modeling system having a communication interface configured to receive a first level input for a first level project parameter from a user, a memory configured to store a rule, and a processor operatively connected to the communication interface and the memory and configured to determine a second level project parameter and a second level input for the second level project parameter based at least partially on a comparison of the first level input to the rule. The system is further configured to compute cost estimates and provide cost models based at least partially on the first level input, the second level input, and/or information about other projects stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marc D. Zimmerman, Patrick J. Brennan, Benjamin Keith Ammons, Charles R. Ashman