Patents by Inventor Peter J. Eppele

Peter J. Eppele 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).

  • Patent number: 8775231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for efficiently identifying the sales opportunities in a business-to-business market environment. It provides a computer-implemented predictive sales intelligence system and method for identifying sales opportunities. The present invention is a computer implemented system and method for efficiently identifying reliable purchase pattern profiles through scientific analysis of customer data. It includes a system and method for calculating a customer's purchase profile, clustering customers based on similarity of their purchase profile, and efficiently providing a reliable set of opportunities including lost sales (retention) and cross-selling (wallet share expansion) opportunities. It uses this reliable estimate of sales opportunities to retain and expand wallet share for customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Zilliant Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph C. Nipko, Peter J. Eppele, Sabarinath Navaneethakrishnan, Jing Zan, Barrett M. Thompson, Eric B. Hills, David D. Kurak
  • Publication number: 20140089044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for efficiently identifying the sales opportunities in a business-to-business market environment. It provides a computer-implemented predictive sales intelligence system and method for identifying sales opportunities. The present invention is a computer implemented system and method for efficiently identifying reliable purchase pattern profiles through scientific analysis of customer data. It includes a system and method for calculating a customer's purchase profile, clustering customers based on similarity of their purchase profile, and efficiently providing a reliable set of opportunities including lost sales (retention) and cross-selling (wallet share expansion) opportunities. It uses this reliable estimate of sales opportunities to retain and expand wallet share for customers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Zilliant, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph C. Nipko, Peter J. Eppele, Sabarinath Navaneethakrishnan, Jing Zan, Barrett M. Thompson, Eric B. Hills, David D. Kurak
  • Patent number: 6308168
    Abstract: A data presentation module presenting panels that are driven by metadata to allow a user to configure the presentation of information from a computer database system. The data presentation module is customized for the user's environment by configuring the metadata tables upon initial installation of the data presentation module software. Changes to the panels presented by the data presentation module can be performed by changing the metadata tables and without modifying the data presentation module software. The data presentation module initiates access of metadata files to obtain panel presentation parameters. Examples of panel presentation parameters include intra-panel presentation parameters and inter-panel presentation parameters. Intra-panel presentation parameters include the selection items to be displayed on the panel, the label by which a selection item will be identified on the panel, and the order in which each selection item is to be displayed on the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Knowledge Discovery One, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Dovich, Peter J. Eppele