Patents by Inventor Tony A. Plate

Tony A. Plate 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).

  • Method and system for matching bids
    Publication number: 20010047322
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method and system for matching requests with capabilities for goods and/or services under a set of constraints which arise from conditions among the requests and capabilities. More specifically, the method and system of the present invention receives alternative requests and bids, receives conditions among these alternatives and determines combinations of these alternatives that satisfy these conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Tony A. Plate, Robert R. MacDonald