Patents by Inventor Virgil F. Cihla

Virgil F. Cihla 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: 20040128204
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating a transaction between a procurement system associated with a customer and an order fullfillment system associated with a provider are provided. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving, from the procurement system, a purchase order for at least one product supplied by the provider. The purchase order may be processed to enable the order fulfillment system to interpret the purchase order and route the purchase order to a provider resource. Additionally, information associated with the transaction may be stored and provided to a requesting entity that performs at least one analysis process based on the stored information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Virgil F. Cihla, Beth A. Koehl