Patents by Inventor Michael S. Bauer

Michael S. Bauer 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).

  • Offer delivery system
    Patent number: 8620740
    Abstract: An offer delivery system provides a mechanism for coordinating presentation of offers to customers that may originate from multiple different sources and that may be delivered to the customers over different channels. The systems makes use of rules to prioritize, select, and time the delivery of offers to any particular customer, allocate limited resources in the channels to deliver offers to a set of customers, and provide mechanisms for users or their agents to limit the delivery of offers, for example, by their frequency or type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher P. Bergh, Michael S. Bauer, Sidra Michon, Zack Miloushev, Kevin Furbish, Charles Evett, Gregory Erman, John Mandel
  • Offer delivery system
    Patent number: 8533038
    Abstract: An offer delivery system provides a mechanism for coordinating presentation of offers to customers that may originate from multiple different sources and that may be delivered to the customers over different channels. The systems makes use of rules to prioritize, select, and time the delivery of offers to any particular customer, allocate limited resources in the channels to deliver offers to a set of customers, and provide mechanisms for users or their agents to limit the delivery of offers, for example, by their frequency or type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher P. Bergh, Michael S. Bauer, Sidra Michon, Zack Miloushev, Kevin Furbish, Charles Evett, Gregory Erman, John Mandel
  • Offer Delivery System
    Publication number: 20110208578
    Abstract: An offer delivery system provides a mechanism for coordinating presentation of offers to customers that may originate from multiple different sources and that may be delivered to the customers over different channels. The systems makes use of rules to prioritize, select, and time the delivery of offers to any particular customer, allocate limited resources in the channels to deliver offers to a set of customers, and provide mechanisms for users or their agents to limit the delivery of offers, for example, by their frequency or type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher P. Bergh, Michael S. Bauer, Sidra Michon, Zack Miloushev, Kevin Furbish, Charles Evett, Gregory Erman, John Mandel
  • Offer delivery system
    Publication number: 20020026356
    Abstract: An offer delivery system provides a mechanism for coordinating presentation of offers to customers that may originate from multiple different sources and that may be delivered to the customers over different channels. The systems makes use of rules to prioritize, select, and time the delivery of offers to any particular customer, allocate limited resources in the channels to deliver offers to a set of customers, and provide mechanisms for users or their agents to limit the delivery of offers, for example, by their frequency or type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher P. Bergh, Michael S. Bauer, Sidra Michon, Zack Miloushev, Kevin Furbish, Charles Evett, Gregory Erman, John Mandel