William Todd Addington

US Patent:

7072858, Jul 4, 2006

Filed:

Nov 15, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/714853

Inventors:

Steve Litzow - Mercer Island WA, US
Rebel Rice - San Francisco CA, US
William Addington - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

Xpensewise.Com, Inc. - Mercer Island WA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 26, 705 14

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and systems for defining commercial transaction components; defining rules for mapping customer transactions into individual components; market segmentation in light of these individual definitions and bundling individual components of an offer into optimized packages for presentation and sale. A data processing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, examines the commercial behavior of enrolled customers, breaks each of the constituent transactions into purchases of atom-level components; catalogues those components; extracts demographic information from said transactions and other sources; facilitates demographic studies of groups of such customers; optimizes offerings to such groups; and facilitates the consummation of those offers of sale. The processing system may also facilitate customers fiscal management through the communication of data necessary to practice the instant invention.

US Patent:

8401907, Mar 19, 2013

Filed:

Jul 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/177841

Inventors:

Steve Litzow - Mercer Island WA, US
Rebel Rice - San Francisco CA, US
William Addington - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 261, 705 40, 707752

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and systems for defining commercial transaction components; defining rules for mapping customer transactions into individual components; market segmentation in light of these individual definitions and bundling individual components of an offer into optimized packages for presentation and sale. A data processing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, examines the commercial behavior of enrolled customers, breaks each of the constituent transactions into purchases of atom-level components; catalogues those components; extracts demographic information from said transactions and other sources; facilitates demographic studies of groups of such customers; optimizes offerings to such groups; and facilitates the consummation of those offers of sale. The processing system may also facilitate customers fiscal management through the communication of data necessary to practice the instant invention.

US Patent:

20030093414, May 15, 2003

Filed:

Nov 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/000699

Inventors:

Steve Litzow - Mercer Island WA, US
Rebel Rice - San Francisco CA, US
William Addington - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707/003000

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and systems for defining commercial transaction components; defining rules for mapping customer transactions into individual components; market segmentation in light of these individual definitions and bundling individual components of an offer into optimized packages for presentation and sale. A data processing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, examines the commercial behavior of enrolled customers, breaks each of the constituent transactions into purchases of atom-level components; catalogues those components; extracts demographic information from said transactions and other sources; facilitates demographic studies of groups of such customers; optimizes offerings to such groups; and facilitates the consummation of those offers of sale. The processing system may also facilitate customers fiscal management through the communication of data necessary to practice the instant invention.

US Patent:

20060053132, Mar 9, 2006

Filed:

Sep 7, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/935728

Inventors:

Steve Litzow - Mercer Island WA, US
Rebel Rice - San Francisco CA, US
William Addington - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707101000

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and systems for defining commercial transaction components; defining rules for mapping customer transactions into individual components; market segmentation in light of these individual definitions and bundling individual components of an offer into optimized packages for presentation and sale. A data processing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, examines the commercial behavior of enrolled customers, breaks each of the constituent transactions into purchases of atom-level components; catalogues those components; extracts demographic information from said transactions and other sources; facilitates demographic studies of groups of such customers; optimizes offerings to such groups; and facilitates the consummation of those offers of sale. The processing system may also facilitate customers fiscal management through the communication of data necessary to practice the instant invention.

US Patent:

20080154694, Jun 26, 2008

Filed:

Dec 20, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/613853

Inventors:

Steve Litzow - Mercer Island WA, US
Rebel Rice - San Francisco CA, US
William Addington - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 10, 705 1

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and systems for defining commercial transaction components; defining rules for mapping customer transactions into individual components; market segmentation in light of these individual definitions and bundling individual components of an offer into optimized packages for presentation and sale. A data processing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, examines the commercial behavior of enrolled customers, breaks each of the constituent transactions into purchases of atom-level components; catalogues those components; extracts demographic information from said transactions and other sources; facilitates demographic studies of groups of such customers; optimizes offerings to such groups; and facilitates the consummation of those offers of sale. The processing system may also facilitate customers fiscal management through the communication of data necessary to practice the instant invention.

US Patent:

20110099060, Apr 28, 2011

Filed:

May 27, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/788652

Inventors:

Steve Litzow - Mercer Island WA, US
Rebel Rice - San Francisco CA, US
William Addington - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

XPENSWISE.COM, INC. - Mercer Island WA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06F 17/30
G06F 17/40

US Classification:

705 1444, 707705, 705 1466, 707E17044

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and systems for defining commercial transaction components; defining rules for mapping customer transactions into individual components; market segmentation in light of these individual definitions and bundling individual components of an offer into optimized packages for presentation and sale. A data processing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, examines the commercial behavior of enrolled customers, breaks each of the constituent transactions into purchases of atom-level components; catalogues those components; extracts demographic information from said transactions and other sources; facilitates demographic studies of groups of such customers;optimizes offerings to such groups; and facilitates the consummation of those offers of sale. The processing system may also facilitate customers fiscal management through the communication of data necessary to practice the instant invention.

US Patent:

20130138501, May 30, 2013

Filed:

May 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/482769

Inventors:

Steve Litzow - Mercer Island WA, US
Rebel Rice - Phoenix AZ, US
William Addington - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

US Classification:

705 1444, 705 144

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and systems for defining commercial transaction components; defining rules for mapping customer transactions into individual components; market segmentation in light of these individual definitions and bundling individual components of an offer into optimized packages for presentation and sale. A data processing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, examines the commercial behavior of enrolled customers, breaks each of the constituent transactions into purchases of atom-level components; catalogues those components; extracts demographic information from said transactions and other sources; facilitates demographic studies of groups of such customers; optimizes offerings to such groups; and facilitates the consummation of those offers of sale. The processing system may also facilitate customers fiscal management through the communication of data necessary to practice the instant invention.