Patents by Inventor Mark Tilly

Mark Tilly 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).

  • Publication number: 20070225999
    Abstract: A commerce exchange system manages contracts between manufacturers, distributors, and purchasers, and is accessible by all of the contracting parties over the Internet. Group purchasing organizations can access the system to place orders for distribution to various end users. The system stores data representing information regarding all of the parties in the contracting process. The system also stores data describing all of the products and services available from the seller, including dates of availability, sizes, prices, and other such information. The system also stores and updates all of the contract terms, product shipments, payments made, rebates due and chargeback payments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: I-Many, Inc.
    Inventors: A. Powell, Mark Tilly
  • Publication number: 20020069184
    Abstract: A novel wide area-networked system and method allows users of a web site-based network to negotiate, modify and interpret the performance of complex agreements between network users via the web site. A web site host computer system provides contract templates governing the general type of contractual relations contemplated by the contractual parties, and allows direct negotiation between the users via the web site. Complex terms are allowable, including those that vary the price of goods and services over the course of a contract, such as volume discounts, rebates, and other incentives. The host computer system also serves to locate buyers and sellers with similar contractual interests and provides a history of previous network contracts to give potential buyers and sellers an idea of probable contractual terms when dealing with a prospective contractual party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Tilly, Glenn J. Wira, A. Leigh Powell, Timothy Curran
  • Publication number: 20020055850
    Abstract: A commerce exchange system manages contracts between manufacturers, distributors, and purchasers, and is accessible by all of the contracting parties over the Internet. Group purchasing organizations can access the system to place orders for distribution to various end users. The system stores data representing information regarding all of the parties in the contracting process. The system also stores data describing all of the products and services available from the seller, including dates of availability, sizes, prices, and other such information. The system also stores and updates all of the contract terms, product shipments, payments made, rebates due and chargeback payments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: A. Leigh Powell, Mark Tilly