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Sky's Patents
System for Iterative, Multivariate Negotiations Over a Network
US Patent 6,141,653, issued October 31, 2000
Abstract
A multivariate negotiations engine for iterative bargaining which: enables
a sponsor to create and administer a community between participants such as
buyers and sellers having similar interests; allows a buyer/participant to
search and evaluate seller information, propose and negotiate orders and
counteroffers that include all desired terms, request sample quantities, and
track activity; allows a seller/participant to use remote authoring
templates to create a complete Website for immediate integration and
activation in the community, to evaluate proposed buyer orders and
counteroffers, and to negotiate multiple variables such as prices, terms,
conditions etc., iteratively with a buyer. The system provides secure
databases, search engines, and other tools for use by the sponsor, which
enable the sponsor to define the terms of community participation,
establish standards, help promote the visibility of participating companies,
monitor activity, collect fees, and promote successes. All this is done
through a multivariate negotiations engine system operated at the system
provider's Internet site, thus requiring no additional software at the
sponsors', or participant sellers', or buyer's sites. This also allows
buyers and sellers to use and negotiate payment options and methods that
are accepted internationally. The system maintains internal databases that
contain the history of all transactions in each community, so that
sponsors, buyers and sellers may retrieve appropriate records to document
each stage of interaction and negotiation. Documents are created by the
system during the negotiation process.
System and Method for Ordering Sample Quantities Over a Network
US Patent 6,332,135 Issued December 18, 2001
Abstract
A multivariate negotiations engine for ordering sample quantities which:
enables a sponsor to create and administer a community between participants
such as buyers and sellers having similar interests; allows a
buyer/participant to search and evaluate seller information, propose and
negotiate orders and counteroffers that include all desired terms, request
and order sample quantities, and track activity; allows a
seller/participant to use remote authoring templates to create a complete
Website for immediate integration and activation in the community, to
evaluate proposed buyer orders and counteroffers, and to negotiate multiple
variables such as prices, terms, conditions etc., iteratively with a buyer.
This also allows buyers and sellers to use and negotiate payment options
and methods that are accepted internationally. The system maintains
internal databases that contain the history of all transactions in each
community, so that sponsors, buyers and sellers may retrieve appropriate
records to document each stage of interaction and negotiation. Documents
are created by the system during the negotiation process.
System and Method for Representing Data and Providing Electronic Non-repudiation in a Negotiations System.
US Patent 6,336,105 Issued January 1, 2002
Abstract
An electronic non-repudiation multivariate negotiations engine for
iterative bargaining which: enables a sponsor to create and administer a
community between participants such as buyers and sellers having similar
interests; allows a buyer/participant to search and evaluate seller
information, propose and negotiate orders and counteroffers that include
all desired terms, request sample quantities, and track activity; allows a
seller/participant to use remote authoring templates to create a complete
Website for immediate integration and activation in the community, to
evaluate proposed buyer orders and counteroffers, and to negotiate multiple
variables such as prices, terms, conditions etc., iteratively with a buyer.
The system provides secure databases, search engines, and other tools for
use by the sponsor, which enable the sponsor to define the terms of
community participation, establish standards, help promote the visibility
of participating companies, monitor activity, collect fees, and promote
successes. The system maintains internal databases that contain the
permanent history of all transactions in each community, so that sponsors,
buyers and sellers may retrieve appropriate records to document each stage
of interaction and negotiation. Documents are created by the system during
the negotiation process.
System and Method for Providing and Updating User Supplied Context for a Negotiations System
US Patent 6,338,050 Issued January 8, 2002
Abstract
A multivariate negotiations engine for international transaction processing
which: enables a sponsor to create and administer a community between
participants such as buyers and sellers having similar interests; allows a
buyer/participant to search and evaluate seller information, propose and
negotiate orders and counteroffers that include all desired terms, request
sample quantities, and track activity; allows a seller/participant to use
remote authoring templates to create a complete Website for immediate
integration and activation in the community, to evaluate proposed buyer
orders and counteroffers, and to negotiate multiple variables such as
prices, terms, conditions etc., iteratively with a buyer. The system
provides secure databases, search engines, and other tools for use by the
sponsor, which enable the sponsor to define the terms of community
participation, establish standards, help promote the visibility of
participating companies, monitor activity, collect fees, and promote
successes. All this is done through a multivariate negotiations engine
system operated at the system provider's Internet site, thus requiring no
additional software at the sponsors', or participant sellers', or buyer's
sites. This also allows buyers and sellers to use and negotiate payment
options and methods that are accepted internationally. The system maintains
internal databases that contain the history of all transactions in each
community, so that sponsors, buyers and sellers may retrieve appropriate
records to document each stage of interaction and negotiation. Documents
are created by the system during the negotiation process.
System and Method for an Automated System of Record
US Patent 7,149,724, Issued December 12, 2006
Abstract
An automated system of record creates and administers a sponsored community for
participants. Participants use an automated negotiations engine for iterative, multivariate
negotiations that stores each set of terms at each iteration to form a system of record.
The automated negotiations engine can also be used to propose and negotiate specifications,
prototypes and implementations of other systems. An active contract feature informs the results
of such negotiations, by incorporating predefined templates to track activity related to the
concluded negotiation. The system implements a higher level of security by validating activities
against the originally negotiated terms. A contract authority assigns a unique identifier to
each transaction to track activities against the transaction for analysis and reporting. A multiple
repository enables users to maintain the non-repudiation data for transactions in which they
participate at user designated locations. Participants can also use process mining to measure
the effectiveness of processes.
System and Method for Process Mining
US Patent 7,162,458, Issued January 9, 2007
Abstract
A process mining system for analyzing the processes used to implement negotiated contracts and
other agreements stored in an automated system of record. Using unique identifiers assigned by
the contract authority of the invention, process mining can be done to evaluate the effectiveness
of processes used to implement one or more sets of negotiations.
System and Method for Automated, Iterative Development Negotiations
US Patent Number 7,194,442, Issued March 20, 2007
Abstract
An automated negotiations engine for iterative, multivariate negotiations of developments of products and
programs which stores each set of terms proposed at each iteration to form the basis of the system of
record. Active templates created using the present invention can be used to inform other systems
automatically of agreed upon terms so that products or computer programs can be generated by them.
System and Method for Contract Authority
US Patent Number 7,222,109, Issued May 22, 2007
Abstract
A contract authority for use by an automated system of record and an automated negotiations engine for iterative, multivariate negotiations which stores each set of terms proposed at each iteration to form the basis of the system of record. The contract authority of the invention assigns a unique identifier to each negotiated transaction and enables the participants to use that number to track all activities against the transaction for analysis and reporting purposes.
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