Patents by Inventor Robert Lawrence Shields

Robert Lawrence Shields 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).

  • Method and apparatus for forming expressive combinatorial auctions and exchanges
    Publication number: 20030195835
    Abstract: A method of processing an exchange includes providing a solver/analyzer for determining a solution that includes at least one of a winning allocation and feasible allocations. At least one bid is received at the solver/analyzer, with each bid including at least one item and an associated price. Exchange description data (EDD) is associated with the at least one bid. The EDD is also received at the solver/analyzer. The processing of the at least one bid is modified in accordance with the at least one feature included in the EDD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: CombineNet, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuomas Sandholm, Subhash Suri, David L. Levine, Andrew G. Gilpin, John Heitmann, Robert Lawrence Shields