Patents by Inventor Theresa W. Broden
Theresa W. Broden 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).
-
Patent number: 8589251Abstract: A method and system for managing trading in trading networks. At least one trading network package is offered. Each trading network package is based on negotiations occurring prior to receiving purchase requests from customer members of the trading network. Each trading network package is configured to include: (i) a value-add service offering offered by the trading network to the customer members for a fee, (ii) a managed package for which a customer member of the customer members provides a volume commitment and for which actual purchases are tracked; or (iii) both the value-add service offering and the managed package.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
-
Publication number: 20130006836Abstract: A method and system for managing trading in trading networks. At least one trading network package is offered. Each trading network package is based on negotiations occurring prior to receiving purchase requests from customer members of the trading network. Each trading network package is configured to include: (i) a value-add service offering offered by the trading network to the customer members for a fee, (ii) a managed package for which a customer member of the customer members provides a volume commitment and for which actual purchases are tracked; or (iii) both the value-add service offering and the managed package.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
-
Patent number: 8332280Abstract: A system for performing a method for managing a supplier for participation in trading networks. The method includes: receiving from each trading network a volume commitment consolidating volume commitments for offerings of commodities and services; negotiating with each trading network to supply to customer members of the trading network the commodity or service; storing, for each trading network for each supplier, attributes including start date, end date, services and products offered to the trading network, and payment flow for the commodities and services; offing a trading network package based on negotiations occurring before receiving purchase requests from the customer members, the trading network package including: (i) a value-add service offering to the customer members for a fee, and (ii) a managed package for which a customer member provides a volume commitment and actual purchases are tracked; and negotiating price discount levels for committed levels of demand from the trading networks.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
-
Publication number: 20110276458Abstract: A system for performing a method for managing a supplier for participation in trading networks. The method includes: receiving from each trading network a volume commitment consolidating volume commitments for offerings of commodities and services; negotiating with each trading network to supply to customer members of the trading network the commodity or service; storing, for each trading network for each supplier, attributes including start date, end date, services and products offered to the trading network, and payment flow for the commodities and services; offing a trading network package based on negotiations occurring before receiving purchase requests from the customer members, the trading network package including: (i) a value-add service offering to the customer members for a fee, and (ii) a managed package for which a customer member provides a volume commitment and actual purchases are tracked; and negotiating price discount levels for committed levels of demand from the trading networks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
-
Patent number: 7983958Abstract: An Internet trading network is operated by establishing supplier memberships of suppliers providing offerings to the trading network; establishing customer memberships of customers providing volume commitments; consolidating all volume commitments for a particular commodity or service when negotiating an offering with the supplier; managing memberships and their accounts.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Codoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
-
Patent number: 7243077Abstract: An Internet trading network is operated by establishing supplier memberships of suppliers providing offerings to the trading network; establishing customer memberships of customers providing volume commitments; consolidating all volume commitments for a particular commodity or service when negotiating an offering with the supplier; managing memberships and their accounts.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2001Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
-
Patent number: 6665654Abstract: A method and system for updating and deleting records in a tableset T of a family having M tables (M≧1). A set S of N source files (N≧1) are embodied in fileset SA at time tA and in fileset SB at time tB. S is logically associated with T. The family has a common family key KF across the M tables and across the N source files. A Delta program generates a dataset D having non-redundant family keyvalues embodying KF. Each non-redundant family keyvalue is drawn from selected Update or Delete records of SB relative to SA. For Updates, a Trigger program generates fileset &Dgr;S from records of SB having a family key in D, and a Bridge program generates fileset &Dgr;T that includes &Dgr;S data in a form compatible with T. A Load program updates and deletes records in T based on the non-redundant family keyvalues.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2001Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Robert W. Guse, Debra A. Parmeter, Jeffrey G. Willets
-
Publication number: 20030023497Abstract: An Internet trading network is operated by establishing supplier memberships of suppliers providing offerings to the trading network; establishing customer memberships of customers providing volume commitments; consolidating all volume commitments for a particular commodity or service when negotiating an offering with the supplier; managing memberships and their accounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2001Publication date: January 30, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Glenn C. Godoy, Jane M. Murphy, Mark A. Musa, Sherry L. Wilson
-
Publication number: 20030009436Abstract: A method and system for updating and deleting records in a tableset T of a family having M tables (M≧1). A set S of N source files (N≧1) are embodied in fileset SA at time tA and in fileset SB at time tB. S is logically associated with T. The family has a common family key KF across the M tables and across the N source files. A Delta program generates a dataset D having non-redundant family keyvalues embodying KF. Each non-redundant family keyvalue is drawn from selected Update or Delete records of SB relative to SA. For Updates, a Trigger program generates fileset &Dgr;S from records of SB having a family key in D, and a Bridge program generates fileset &Dgr;T that includes &Dgr;S data in a form compatible with T. A Load program updates and deletes records in T based on the non-redundant family keyvalues.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2001Publication date: January 9, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Theresa W. Broden, Robert W. Guse, Debra A. Parmeter, Jeffrey G. Willets