Patents by Inventor Thomas Vento

Thomas Vento 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).

  • Electronic open-market commerce system and method
    Patent number: 8296191
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for administering a sales transaction, including: receiving consumer transaction requirements and seller transaction requirements within one or more established transaction parameters; filtering the consumer transaction requirements based on the seller transaction requirements and producing a subset of consumer transaction requirements based on the filtering; receiving bids from potential sellers, wherein the bids are limited to a predefined number and type of variables; displaying the bids to potential sellers and receiving subsequent bids; displaying a plurality of the bids and the identities of the potential sellers that correspond to the displayed bids to one or more potential consumers; and receiving from the one or more potential consumers an acceptance or rejection of one or more of the displayed bids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: STTE, LLC
    Inventors: Elliot S. Foo, Stuart William Marsh, Anthony Cotroneo, Thomas Vento