Patents by Inventor Stephen Stukenborg

Stephen Stukenborg 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).

  • Determining taxes in an electronic commerce system
    Patent number: 8818878
    Abstract: An electronic commerce system includes a broker that enables customers to purchase items from multiple different merchants. A customer anonymously interacts with the merchants to identify items to purchase, and the merchants provide virtual shopping carts including the item and tax information to the broker. The tax information describes tax rates for the item in multiple jurisdictions. The broker determines the jurisdiction applicable to the customer by, for example, determining a shipping address for the customer. The broker uses the tax information and jurisdiction to calculate the taxes to collect for the item. The broker determines the total cost for the transaction, and conducts an electronic commerce transaction for the item with the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert G. Derby, Hubert M. Chao, Eugene Gluzberg, Stephen Stukenborg
  • DETERMINING TAXES IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20070299733
    Abstract: An electronic commerce system includes a broker that enables customers to purchase items from multiple different merchants. A customer anonymously interacts with the merchants to identify items to purchase, and the merchants provide virtual shopping carts including the item and tax information to the broker. The tax information describes tax rates for the item in multiple jurisdictions. The broker determines the jurisdiction applicable to the customer by, for example, determining a shipping address for the customer. The broker uses the tax information and jurisdiction to calculate the taxes to collect for the item. The broker determines the total cost for the transaction, and conducts an electronic commerce transaction for the item with the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Herbert G. Derby, Hubert M. Chao, Eugene Gluzberg, Stephen Stukenborg