Patents by Inventor Timothy O. Caldwell

Timothy O. Caldwell 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: 20220148076
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and system which will simultaneously display a plurality of electronic bidding fee auctions. Users may simultaneously place at least one bid on each of the displayed electronic auctions using a single action, such as a single mouse click, keyboard stroke, or the pressing of a touch screen monitor. At least one bid is then placed in each auction. Each of the displayed auctions may end at different times and, as they end and a winner is notified, each ended auction is immediately replaced by another auction such that continuous bidding is not interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Epic Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy O. Caldwell
  • Publication number: 20210027364
    Abstract: An electronic auction method and system that determines a first number of bids that must be received, the receipt of which will end a reserve period of a first electronic auction and determines at least one additional number of bids that must be received, the receipt of which will end at least one additional electronic auction. A display simultaneously displays the first electronic auction and the at least one additional electronic auction, wherein the end point of the at least one additional electronic auction is displayed within the display of the first electronic auction. Each additional electronic auction ends upon receipt of the predetermined number of bids for that auction and ends the first electronic auction after all additional electronic auctions displayed within the first electronic auction have ended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Epic Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Troy Jungmann, Erik Nordin, Robert Weatherby, Shay Randall, Timothy O. Caldwell
  • Publication number: 20200020026
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and system which will simultaneously display a plurality of electronic bidding fee auctions. Users may simultaneously place at least one bid on each of the displayed electronic auctions using a single action, such as a single mouse click, keyboard stroke, or the pressing of a touch screen monitor. At least one bid is then placed in each auction. Each of the displayed auctions may end at different times and, as they end and a winner is notified, each ended auction is immediately replaced by another auction such that continuous bidding is not interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Epic Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy O. Caldwell
  • Publication number: 20170236199
    Abstract: The invention comprises an electronic auction method and system which determines a first number of bids that must be received, the receipt of which will end a reserve period of a first electronic auction and determines at least one additional number of bids that must be received, the receipt of which will end at least one additional electronic auction. The method and system simultaneously displays the first electronic auction and the at least one additional electronic auction, wherein the end point of the at least one additional electronic auction is displayed within the display of the first electronic auction. The system and method ends each additional electronic auction upon receipt of the predetermined number of bids for that auction and ends the first electronic auction after all additional electronic auctions displayed within the first electronic auction have ended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Troy Jungmann, Erik Nordin, Robert Weatherby, Shay Randall, Timothy O. Caldwell
  • Publication number: 20160098787
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and system which will simultaneously display a plurality of electronic bidding fee auctions. Users may simultaneously place at least one bid on each of the displayed electronic auctions using a single action, such as a single mouse click, keyboard stroke, or the pressing of a touch screen monitor. At least one bid is then placed in each auction. Each of the displayed auctions may end at different times and, as they end and a winner is notified, each ended auction is immediately replaced by another auction such that continuous bidding is not interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Timothy O. Caldwell