Patents by Inventor Trevor Traina

Trevor Traina 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).

  • Application service provider model for manufacturers product specification data
    Patent number: 7321901
    Abstract: A business model is described in which one entity hosts, maintains, and provides a uniform interface for entering data into, a database of manufacturers product specification on behalf of a plurality of manufacturers. The entity then serves as an application service provider (ASP) with respect to that database, by allowing the manufacturers to access their respective product specification data in the database for any of a variety of uses outside of the database in exchange for some form of remuneration from those manufacturers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold N. Blinn, John A. Dunning, Jr., Jun Li, Trevor Traina
  • Application service provider model for manufacturers product specification data
    Patent number: 7158997
    Abstract: A business model is described in which one entity hosts, maintains, and provides a uniform interface for entering data into, a database of manufacturers product specification on behalf of a plurality of manufacturers. The entity then serves as an application service provider (ASP) with respect to that database, by allowing the manufacturers to access their respective product specification data in the database for any of a variety of uses outside of the database in exchange for some form of remuneration from those manufacturers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold N. Blinn, John A. Dunning, Jr., Jun Li, Trevor Traina
  • Application service provider model for manufacturers product specification data
    Publication number: 20050065981
    Abstract: A business model is described in which one entity hosts, maintains, and provides a uniform interface for entering data into, a database of manufacturers product specification on behalf of a plurality of manufacturers. The entity then serves as an application service provider (ASP) with respect to that database, by allowing the manufacturers to access their respective product specification data in the database for any of a variety of uses outside of the database in exchange for some form of remuneration from those manufacturers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold Blinn, John Dunning, Jun Li, Trevor Traina