Patents by Inventor Michael K. Reiter

Michael K. Reiter 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).

  • Secure auction systems
    Patent number: 6055518
    Abstract: The apparatus and method of the present invention provide secure auction service for use in a network having servers and bidding terminals. The auction service makes transactions among servers and bidding terminals subject to a distributed protocol. The distributed protocol distributes submitted bids among the multiple servers, closes a bidding period, verifies validity of monetary value of each submitted bid by utilizing said distributed protocol and determines a winning bidder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: AT&T Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew K. Franklin, Michael K. Reiter