Patents by Inventor Ursula Herzog-Denu

Ursula Herzog-Denu 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: 7634440
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for facilitating a trade between a buyer and a seller of a product, the seller offering a product for sale at a predetermined price; the buyer purchasing the product; determining buyer's sufficient currency status or insufficient currency status. If the buyers account has a sufficient currency status, holding monies in an amount equal to the predetermined price are transferred into a holding account; requiring the seller to verify the date of receipt of the monies; requesting the seller to verify the shipping status of the product within a shipping confirmation response time frame; requesting the buyer to verify the receipt status of the product within a receipt confirmation response time frame; and assigning a conduct value to the buyer and seller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Inventors: Ralf Manstein, Ursula Herzog-Denu
  • Publication number: 20080249915
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for facilitating a trade between a buyer and a seller of a product, the seller offering a product for sale at a predetermined price; the buyer purchasing the product; determining buyer's sufficient currency status or insufficient currency status. If the buyers account has a sufficient currency status, holding monies in an amount equal to the predetermined price are transferred into a holding account; requiring the seller to verify the date of receipt of the monies; requesting the seller to verify the shipping status of the product within a shipping confirmation response time frame; requesting the buyer to verify the receipt status of the product within a receipt confirmation response time frame; and assigning a conduct value to the buyer and seller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Ralf Manstein, Ursula Herzog-Denu
  • Patent number: 7299200
    Abstract: Rather than the traditional methods of bilateral costing, namely either fixed pricing or an auction type environment, this unique method allows both the buyer and seller to have an influence over the price of the products or service being exchanged in the transaction, while also factoring and controlling the time the product or service is available to potential buyers into the sale price. The potential buyer makes a value offer which may include a price offer or time offer. Where the buyer makes a value offer, they are offering to purchase a time unit in order to purchase the product, wherein the remaining time in reduced according to the amount of time units purchased and the current price is raised according to the price of the time units. Price offers and time offers are interdependent. A time offer entry will show the corresponding price on the currency axis (currency can be anything that can be exchanged at a value) and a price offer entry will show the corresponding time on the time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Inventors: Ralf Manstein, Ursula Herzog-Denu
  • Publication number: 20050144111
    Abstract: Rather than the traditional methods of bilateral costing, namely either fixed pricing or an auction type environment, this unique method allows both the buyer and seller to have an influence over the price of the products or service being exchanged in the transaction, while also factoring and controlling the time the product or service is available to potential buyers into the sale price. The potential buyer makes a value offer which may include a price offer or time offer. Where the buyer makes a value offer, they are offering to purchase a time unit in order to purchase the product, wherein the remaining time in reduced according to the amount of time units purchased and the current price is raised according to the price of the time units. Price offers and time offers are interdependent. A time offer entry will show the corresponding price on the currency axis (currency can be anything that can be exchanged at a value) and a price offer entry will show the corresponding time on the time axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Ralf Manstein, Ursula Herzog-Denu