Patents by Inventor Michael K. Firth

Michael K. Firth 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).

  • Assessing probability of winning an in-flight deal for different price points
    Patent number: 10748193
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for assessing probability of winning an in-flight deal. The method comprises receiving information for the in-flight deal. The information for the in-flight deal comprises a set of price points for the in-flight deal and metadata relating to the in-flight deal. The method further comprises, for each price point of the set of price points, predicting a probability of winning the in-flight deal at the price point based on a predictive analytics model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael K. Firth, Aly Megahed, Guangjie Ren
  • ASSESSING PROBABILITY OF WINNING AN IN-FLIGHT DEAL FOR DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS
    Publication number: 20190122268
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for assessing probability of winning an in-flight deal. The method comprises receiving information for the in-flight deal. The information for the in-flight deal comprises a set of price points for the in-flight deal and metadata relating to the in-flight deal. The method further comprises, for each price point of the set of price points, predicting a probability of winning the in-flight deal at the price point based on a predictive analytics model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Michael K. Firth, Aly Megahed, Guangjie Ren
  • Assessing probability of winning an in-flight deal for different price points
    Patent number: 10248974
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for assessing probability of winning an in-flight deal. The method comprises receiving information for the in-flight deal. The information for the in-flight deal comprises a set of price points for the in-flight deal and metadata relating to the in-flight deal. The method further comprises, for each price point of the set of price points, predicting a probability of winning the in-flight deal at the price point based on a predictive analytics model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael K. Firth, Aly Megahed, Guangjie Ren
  • ASSESSING PROBABILITY OF WINNING AN IN-FLIGHT DEAL FOR DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS
    Publication number: 20170372378
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for assessing probability of winning an in-flight deal. The method comprises receiving information for the in-flight deal. The information for the in-flight deal comprises a set of price points for the in-flight deal and metadata relating to the in-flight deal. The method further comprises, for each price point of the set of price points, predicting a probability of winning the in-flight deal at the price point based on a predictive analytics model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Michael K. Firth, Aly Megahed, Guangjie Ren