Patents by Inventor Simon C. Lee

Simon C. Lee 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).

  • Speaker assembly
    Patent number: 11950036
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume in which a speaker assembly is positioned. The speaker assembly can include a speaker module and a speaker enclosure in fluid communication, with the speaker enclosure at least partially defining a speaker volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Chanjuan Feng, Christopher Wilk, Dinesh C. Mathew, Keith J. Hendren, Stuart M. Nevill, Daniel K. Boothe, Nicholas A Rundle, Simon S. Lee, Xiang Zhang, Thomas H. Tsang, Rebecca J. Mikolajczyk
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDEX-BASED PRICING IN A PRICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    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
  • Systems and methods for index-based pricing in a price management system
    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
  • System and method for generating and displaying indexed price modeling data
    Patent number: 7640198
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system suitable for displaying price modeling data having an indexing module that calculates indexes based on price modeling data and a display module configured display a calculated index. Other embodiments provide a data aggregation module that aggregates indexes calculated by the indexing module that may be also be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Vendavo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Albanese, Sean M. Murphy, Narayanan Vijaykumar, Marc H. Brown, Simon C. Lee, Hannes L. Marais
  • Integrated price management systems with future-pricing and methods therefor
    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
  • Methods and systems for making pricing decisions in a price management system
    Patent number: 7360697
    Abstract: Pricing decisions and policies in a price management system are made based on a unified database populated with correlated commitment data and transaction data. A historical database is populated with commitment data and transaction data. Each transaction data is then correlated with a commitment data. The resulting correlated data is then analyzed to make pricing decisions and policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Vendavo, Inc.
    Inventors: Manojit Sarkar, Simon C. Lee, Niel C. Esary, Hannes L. Marais
  • Preparation of higher alkylesters of carboxylic acids
    Patent number: 5214150
    Abstract: Larger (C.sub.6 -C.sub.12) esters of substituted 2-pyridinyloxyalkanoic acids, such as 1-methylheptyl (4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-fluoro-2-pyridinyloxy)acetate, are prepared in high yield and purity by first preparing the methyl or ethyl ester and then transesterifying with a C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 alcohol. The methyl or ethyl ester can be prepared by alkylation of an alkali metal salt of 4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-fluoro-2-pyridinol with methyl or ethyl chloroacetate and the transesterification can be carried out in the presence of a tetraalkyl titanate catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: DowElanco
    Inventors: Ian R. King, Karl L. Krumel, Simon C. Lee