Jay C Webb

US Patent:

20030018561, Jan 23, 2003

Filed:

Jun 29, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/895281

Inventors:

Louise Kitchen - Houston TX, US
Jay Webb - Houston TX, US
Marcello Romano - London, GB

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/037000

Abstract:

A method and system are provided for a party to buy and sell goods and/or services from and to a plurality of counterparties over a computer network. The party determines a best bid price and a best offer price at which the party is willing to buy or sell a good or service. The party transmits the best bid and offer prices over the computer network, which may be the internet. By accessing the computer network, a counterparty can see a display of a bid and offer price for the good or service. The counterparty can click on the display to send a signal over the computer network to the party, and upon receipt of the signal, the party can buy the good or service from or sell the good or service to the counterparty. The method preferably includes maintaining a list of determined bid and offer prices in a stack manager software, which allows the party to automatically display a next best bid and offer price to the counterparties over the computer network after a transaction is completed.

US Patent:

20020138400, Sep 26, 2002

Filed:

Mar 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

09/895092

Inventors:

Louise Kitchen - Houston TX, US
Jay Webb - Houston TX, US
Marcello Romano - London, GB

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/037000

Abstract:

A method and system are provided for a party to buy and sell goods and/or services from and to a plurality of counterparties over a computer network. The party determines a best bid price and a best offer price at which the party is willing to buy or sell a good or service. The party transmits the best bid and offer prices over the computer network, which may be the internet. By accessing the computer network, a counterparty can see a display of a bid and offer price for the good or service. The counterparty can click on the display to send a signal over the computer network to the party, and upon receipt of the signal, the party can buy the good or service from or sell the good or service to the counterparty. The method preferably includes maintaining a list of determined bid and offer prices in a stack manager software, which allows the party to automatically display a next best bid and offer price to the counterparties over the computer network after a transaction is completed.