Patents by Inventor Robert Martin Evans

Robert Martin Evans 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: 20140089151
    Abstract: A system and method for assigning taxability codes to purchases, and processing tax invoices, by company groups. A user, identified to one of a group of companies, inputs a requisition. Tax code and tax location are identified in a front end process applicable to the object of the requisition and converted into a converted tax code and tax jurisdiction and fed to a back end processor. Responsive to converted tax code and the tax jurisdiction for the corresponding company group, the back end prepares a purchase order which is transmitted to a supplier. Responsive to an invoice from the supplier and company group and tax code indicia from the purchase order, the back end processes and selectively pays, short pays, or rejects the invoice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Susan Bumgardner Cirulli, Robert Martin Evans
  • Patent number: 8666903
    Abstract: A leveraged procurement network (LPN) system for leveraging purchasing across company and company groups includes a front-end requisition and catalog system accessible by users from a plurality of companies in different company groups. Access to procurement resources is controlled by user profiles and resource profiles specifying for each user and resource the applicable company group. Purchases against volume specific contracts are leveraged by requisitions for a plurality of company groups, while user access to procurement resources within the front-end system are controlled by company and/or company group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Bumgardner Cirulli, Robert Martin Evans, Gerald R. Robinson, Sherry Lee Wilson
  • Patent number: 8589275
    Abstract: A system and method for assigning taxability codes to purchases, and processing tax invoices, by company groups. A user, identified to one of a group of companies, inputs a requisition. Tax code and tax location are identified in a front end process applicable to the object of the requisition and converted into a converted tax code and tax jurisdiction and fed to a back end processor. Responsive to converted tax code and the tax jurisdiction for the corresponding company group, the back end prepares a purchase order which is transmitted to a supplier. Responsive to an invoice from the supplier and company group and tax code indicia from the purchase order, the back end processes and selectively pays, short pays, or rejects the invoice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Ebay Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Bumgardner Cirulli, Robert Martin Evans
  • Patent number: 7386495
    Abstract: A system and method for assigning taxability codes to purchases, and processing tax invoices, by company groups. A user, identified to one of a group of companies, inputs a requisition. Tax code and tax location are identified in a front end process applicable to the object of the requisition and converted into a converted tax code and tax jurisdiction and fed to a back end processor. Responsive to converted tax code and the tax jurisdiction for the corresponding company group, the back end prepares a purchase order which is transmitted to a supplier. Responsive to an invoice from the supplier and company group and tax code indicia from the purchase order, the back end processes and selectively pays, short pays, or rejects the invoice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Bumgardner Cirulli, Robert Martin Evans
  • Patent number: 7155403
    Abstract: A leveraged procurement network (LPN) system for leveraging purchasing across company and company groups includes a front-end requisition and catalog system accessible by users from a plurality of companies in different company groups. Access to procurement resources is controlled by user profiles and resource profiles specifying for each user and resource the applicable company group. Purchases against volume specific contracts are leveraged by requisitions for a plurality of company groups, while user access to procurement resources within the front-end system are controlled by company and/or company group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Bumgardner Cirulli, Robert Martin Evans, Gerald R. Robinson, Sherry Lee Wilson
  • Publication number: 20020184125
    Abstract: A system and method for assigning taxability codes to purchases, and processing tax invoices, by company groups. A user, identified to one of a group of companies, inputs a requisition. Tax code and tax location are identified in a front end process applicable to the object of the requisition and converted into a converted tax code and tax jurisdiction and fed to a back end processor. Responsive to converted tax code and the tax jurisdiction for the corresponding company group, the back end prepares a purchase order which is transmitted to a supplier. Responsive to an invoice from the supplier and company group and tax code indicia from the purchase order, the back end processes and selectively pays, short pays, or rejects the invoice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Bumgardner Cirulli, Robert Martin Evans
  • Publication number: 20020138281
    Abstract: A leveraged procurement network (LPN) system for leveraging purchasing across company and company groups includes a front-end requisition and catalog system accessible by users from a plurality of companies in different company groups. Access to procurement resources is controlled by user profiles and resource profiles specifying for each user and resource the applicable company group. Purchases against volume specific contracts are leveraged by requisitions for a plurality of company groups, while user access to procurement resources within the front-end system are controlled by company and/or company group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Bumgardner Cirulli, Robert Martin Evans, Gerald R. Robinson, Sherry Lee Wilson