Patents by Inventor Philip D. Palmer

Philip D. Palmer 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).

  • Flexible license payment method for electronic commerce systems
    Publication number: 20030023563
    Abstract: This invention provides a stocking-burden-reducing sales-management system for articles such as computer readable media upon which an executable computer program is written. In a sales management server 1, an order-delivery processor 120 performs order and delivery processing with a manufacturer terminal 3. An order accepting unit 130 receives order information from a customer terminal 2, stores the order information in a sales database 170, and performs inventory management processes. A charging processor 140 performs the task of charging customers. The charging processor also determines a royalty to be paid to an added value creator of the article, and then transmits the information to an added value creator terminal 4. A delivery instruction unit 150 provides an instruction of delivery of the ordered articles to a delivery terminal 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Ken Kutaragi, Akira Saito, Tanjo Wakimoto, Toru Kuwahara, Kazuya Tamura, Hajime Hirano, Masayuki Chatani, Philip D. Palmer, Colin B. Maclean, Anne Ai-Yu Chen