Patents by Inventor Meenakshisundaram Venkatasubramaniam

Meenakshisundaram Venkatasubramaniam 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).

  • Cost based dynamic pricing of goods
    Patent number: 7885855
    Abstract: Methods and systems (200) for reducing losses related to perishables are disclosed. The perishables are grouped based on the use-by-date (UBD) and a quantity of at risk perishables are determined (210). A financial impact of the at risk perishables is calculated for each group (220). Pricing is dynamically determined for the perishables based on the financial impact and the UBD (230) and a price display is updated to indicate the pricing of the perishables (240).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rainer Kerth, Seshashayee Murthy, Umeshchandra H. Patel, Meenakshisundaram Venkatasubramaniam
  • Dynamic pricing based on shelf life of perishable goods
    Publication number: 20060277109
    Abstract: Methods and systems (200) for reducing losses related to perishables are disclosed. The perishables are grouped based on the use-by-date (UBD) and a quantity of at risk perishables are determined (210). A financial impact of the at risk perishables is calculated for each group (220). Pricing is dynamically determined for the perishables based on the financial impact and the UBD (230) and a price display is updated to indicate the pricing of the perishables (240).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Rainer Kerth, Seshashayee Murthy, Umeshchandra Patel, Meenakshisundaram Venkatasubramaniam
  • Method, system, and computer program product for eCommerce brokering of retail transaction data
    Publication number: 20050137938
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for allowing retailers to sell TLog data to third party purchasers using a standard eCommerce engine. The system collects TLog data, creates a user profile for a plurality of purchasers, offers customized TLog data for sale to the purchasers based upon criteria contained within their respective user profile, determines the appropriate price for the offered TLog data, packages and delivers the appropriate data in response to a purchase from a purchaser, and creates and stores a record of the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Meyer, Meenakshisundaram Venkatasubramaniam, Filip Yeskel