Patents by Inventor Rafael Gonzalez-Caloni

Rafael Gonzalez-Caloni 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).

  • Publication number: 20130246307
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible pricing method for providing pricing adjustments for a product in a deal in response to price variations in selected indexes. The method comprises: designating an index for the product wherein said index has a published index value; and computing a price for said product based on said published index value. The invention also provides for periodically re-pricing deals with index-based pricing terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Vendavo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shankar Sundaram, Ramesh Seshadri, Shannon Y. Zhang, Sri Raghupathy, Simon C. Lee, Rafael A. Gonzalez-Caloni
  • Patent number: 8396814
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible pricing method for providing pricing adjustments for a product in a deal in response to price variations in selected indexes. The method comprises: designating an index for the product wherein said index has a published index value; and computing a price for said product based on said published index value. The invention also provides for periodically re-pricing deals with index-based pricing terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Vendavo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shankar Sundaram, Ramesh Seshadri, Shannon Y. Zhang, Sri Raghupathy, Simon C. Lee, Rafael A. Gonzalez-Caloni
  • Patent number: 7912792
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating margin sensitive pricing quotation in an integrated price adjustment system including: a) selecting products in selected product sets; b) providing pricing data corresponding to the products in selected product sets; c) providing guidance elements for products in selected product sets wherein guidance elements are margin sensitive; d) calculating guidance prices for products based upon guidance elements; e) selecting one of either pricing data or guidance prices; and f) generating a quotation based upon selections made such that margin sensitive pricing adjustments are incorporated into quotations. In some example embodiments, the present invention further includes providing predetermined suggestions for modifying the quotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Vendavo, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary S. Lehrman, Rafael A. Gonzalez-Caloni, Narayanan Vijaykumar, Niel Esary
  • Patent number: 7613626
    Abstract: The present invention presents systems and methods of future-pricing in an integrated price management system. The invention provides a method of maintaining at least one deal with a lowest price status for at least one product in the price management system by inputting a proposed price for product; searching the price management system for deals having the product with the lowest price status; defining a current lowest price as equal to the price of the product; and, if said proposed price is less than said current lowest price, then computing a potential revenue impact of lowering the price of said product to the proposed price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Vendavo, Inc.
    Inventors: Vinay K. Muniganti, Sri Raghupathy, Simon C. Lee, Rafael A. Gonzalez-Caloni
  • Publication number: 20060031178
    Abstract: The present invention presents systems and methods generating margin sensitive pricing quotation in an integrated price adjustment system including: a) selecting products in selected product sets; b) providing pricing data corresponding to the products in selected product sets; c) providing guidance elements for products in selected product sets wherein guidance elements are margin sensitive; d) calculating guidance prices for products based upon guidance elements; e) selecting one of either pricing data or guidance prices; and f) generating a quotation based upon selections made such that margin sensitive pricing adjustments are incorporated into quotations. In some example embodiments, the present invention further includes providing predetermined suggestions for modifying the quotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Gary Lehrman, Rafael Gonzalez-Caloni, Narayanan Vijaykumar, Niel Esary
  • Publication number: 20060004861
    Abstract: The present invention allows a user make filter, zoom, and roll up selections and apply those selections to a desired price modeling data set. As such the present invention provides a system configured to suitably display price modeling data having a data selection module for selecting at least one subset of the price modeling data, a data aggregation module for aggregating at least one subset of the price modeling data, and a display module configured to display at least one of the at least one selected subset and the at least one aggregated subset of the price modeling data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Albanese, Rafael Gonzalez-Caloni
  • Publication number: 20050278227
    Abstract: The present invention presents systems and methods for managing price modeling data through closed-loop analytics including a historical database populated with price modeling data; a rule based policy database populated with rules based on historical price modeling data; a transactional database for generating quotes conforming to rules from the rule based policy database; and a service database for transacting quotes generated by the transaction database and providing the transacted quotes to the historical database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Niel Esary, Simon Lee, Rafael Gonzalez-Caloni, Marc Brown, Narayanan Vijaykumar, Sean Murphy