Karen S Hsu

US Patent:

20040267674, Dec 30, 2004

Filed:

Jun 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/611471

Inventors:

Yan Feng - Los Altos CA, US
Nandhakumar Palanisamy - San Jose CA, US
Sanjay Mittal - Fremont CA, US
Shriniwas Gadage - Pune, IN
Mangal Sain - New Delhi, IN
Prem Malhotra - Cupertino CA, US
Karen Hsu - Hayward CA, US
Reuben Swartz - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/400000, 705/010000

Abstract:

An automated pricing system for calculating pricing for items and item orders has, a sever node connected to a data network for serving pricing information; a pricing application running on the server node for calculating the pricing information served; and a data repository accessible to the server node for storing at least one pricing data model and rules for manipulating the model. The server node receives requests for pricing, accesses rules created for pricing factors used in at least one pricing sequence to price an item or items of the request and uses the pricing application to calculate the correct pricing results including order sub totals and order total amounts for the request based on sorting and/or conflict resolution of the rules accessed for each factor.

US Patent:

20040267676, Dec 30, 2004

Filed:

Dec 8, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/731541

Inventors:

Yan Feng - Los Altos CA, US
Karen Hsu - Hayward CA, US
Nandhakumar Palanisamy - San Jose CA, US
Surekha Ghantasala - San Jose CA, US
Mangal Sain - New Delhi, IN

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/400000

Abstract:

A software application for creating, monitoring, and optimizing deals calculated by an automated pricing system for calculating pricing for items and item orders has a graphical user interface for accessing and directing the application; a set of advisory factors having rules and attributes associated thereto; a set of related calculating sequences for calculating results using at least one of the advisory factors in sequence; and at least one ranking factor for optimizing results returned by the set of calculating sequences. A user operating through the graphical user interface initiates a set of calculation sequences related by factor to one or more possible options associated with a deal, the calculation sequences cooperating to return a list of data structures for user consideration, the list of data structures ranked according to one or more goal-based attributes.

US Patent:

20070226155, Sep 27, 2007

Filed:

Mar 29, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/112417

Inventors:

Jai-Jein Yu - Fremont CA, US
Catheryne Nicholson - San Carlos CA, US
Michael Yu - San Jose CA, US
Yan Tao - Foster City CA, US
Do Ra - Mountain View CA, US
Michael Hao Li - San Francisco CA, US
Karen Hsu - Hayward CA, US
Piyush Govil - Redwood City CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

705400000

Abstract:

An extended attribute-based pricing system and method that enables users to build sellable objects based on selected products and extended attributes for those products. Product administrators are enabled to define sellable products and extended attributes for the products, while pricing administrators are enabled to define price lists for the sellable products and extended attributes. Sales representatives build sellable objects, such as quotes, orders, shopping carts, etc, by adding products that customers would like to purchase to the sellable object. Additionally, extended attributes may be selected for all or a portion of the products. The extended attributes may be stored in attribute classes, and may be loaded into memory structures to reduce database accesses.