Patents by Inventor Niel C. Esary

Niel C. Esary 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING PRICE MODELING DATA USING HIERARCHICALLY ORGANIZED PORTFOLIOS
    Publication number: 20130339095
    Abstract: The present invention presents systems and methods for a closed loop method for managing enterprise pricing using hierarchically organized portfolios. Such systems and methods perform the steps of storing a plurality of transactions in a transaction database, sorting these transactions for success, and analyzing the successful transaction, using a processor, to generate a plurality of pricing policies. A “successful” transaction is one in which profit and/or volume are increased above a baseline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Niel C. Esary, James L. Keesey, Ian Tidswell
  • Methods and systems for making pricing decisions in a price management system
    Patent number: 7360697
    Abstract: Pricing decisions and policies in a price management system are made based on a unified database populated with correlated commitment data and transaction data. A historical database is populated with commitment data and transaction data. Each transaction data is then correlated with a commitment data. The resulting correlated data is then analyzed to make pricing decisions and policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Vendavo, Inc.
    Inventors: Manojit Sarkar, Simon C. Lee, Niel C. Esary, Hannes L. Marais