Patents by Inventor Pat Corbett

Pat Corbett 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).

  • Interactive demand management
    Patent number: 7908207
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed which allows the aggregation of the demands of various buyers, providing an incentive for suppliers to bid to supply those demands in an auction. The system and method operates by scanning a database which contains a listing of goods or services sought by various people or entities. Thereafter, similar goods or services are grouped together and presented to various vendors. The vendors are given the opportunity to bid on the group of similar goods or services. Such a bid may vary from the originally purchased goods or services as long as the bid is within a predetermined range. The vendor which presents the optimum bid within a predetermined period of time is selected as the provider of the goods or services and proceeds to supply the goods or services at the bid upon amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Boyle, Tom Levine, Pat Corbett, John M. Berkley, Linda Birbara, Richard Hand, Dale Contratto, Michael Gonzales
  • INTERACTIVE DEMAND MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20110040584
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed which allows the aggregation of the demands of various buyers, providing an incentive for suppliers to bid to supply those demands in an auction. The system and method operates by scanning a database which contains a listing of goods or services sought by various people or entities. Thereafter, similar goods or services are grouped together and presented to various vendors. The vendors are given the opportunity to bid on the group of similar goods or services. Such a bid may vary from the originally purchased goods or services as long as the bid is within a predetermined range. The vendor which presents the optimum bid within a predetermined period of time is selected as the provider of the goods or services and proceeds to supply the goods or services at the bid upon amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Boyle, Tom Levine, Pat Corbett, John M. Berkley, Linda Birbara, Richard Hand, Dale Contratto, Michael Gonzales
  • INTERACTIVE DEMAND MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20090037233
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed which allows the aggregation of the demands of various buyers, providing an incentive for suppliers to bid to supply those demands in an auction. The system and method operates by scanning a database which contains a listing of goods or services sought by various people or entities. Thereafter, similar goods or services are grouped together and presented to various vendors. The vendors are given the opportunity to bid on the group of similar goods or services. Such a bid may vary from the originally purchased goods or services as long as the bid is within a predetermined range. The vendor which presents the optimum bid within a predetermined period of time is selected as the provider of the goods or services and proceeds to supply the goods or services at the bid upon amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Boyle, Tom Levine, Pat Corbett, John M. Berkley, Linda Birbara, Richard Hand, Dale Contratto, Michael Gonzales
  • Interactive demand management
    Patent number: 7440918
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed which allows the aggregation of the demands of various buyers, providing an incentive for suppliers to bid to supply those demands in an auction. The system and method operates by scanning a database which contains a listing of goods or services sought by various people or entities. Thereafter, similar goods or services are grouped together and presented to various vendors. The vendors are given the opportunity to bid on the group of similar goods or services. Such a bid may vary from the originally purchased goods or services as long as the bid is within a predetermined range. The vendor which presents the optimum bid within a predetermined period of time is selected as the provider of the goods or services and proceeds to supply the goods or services at the bid upon amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Boyle, Tom Levine, Pat Corbett, John M. Berkley, Linda Birbara, Richard Hand, Dale Contratto, Michael Gonzales
  • Interactive demand management
    Publication number: 20030208436
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed which allows the aggregation of the demands of various buyers, providing an incentive for suppliers to bid to supply those demands in an auction. The system and method operates by scanning a database which contains a listing of goods or services sought by various people or entities. Thereafter, similar goods or services are grouped together and presented to various vendors. The vendors are given the opportunity to bid on the group of similar goods or services. Such a bid may vary from the originally purchased goods or services as long as the bid is within a predetermined range. The vendor which presents the optimum bid within a predetermined period of time is selected as the provider of the goods or services and proceeds to supply the goods or services at the bid upon amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Edward J. Boyle, Tom Levine, Pat Corbett, John M. Berkley, Linda Birbara, Richard Hand, Dale Contratto, Michael Gonzales