George H Moryadas

20030105684, Jun 5, 2003

Sep 12, 2002

10/242570

Robert Dunn - Toronto, CA
Lev Mirlas - Thornhill, CA
George Moryadas - Boston MA, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

G06F017/60

705/028000

The present invention provides a method for allocating inventory of a supplier to contracted requestors based on allocation priorities. The supplier sets up a distribution arrangement (contract) with each requestor interested in obtaining inventory. Each inventory record identifies a pool of available inventory. Under a distribution arrangement (between the requestor and the supplier), one or more availability records are associated (by the supplier) with the distribution arrangement. An availability record identifies an inventory record from which inventory will be allocated (to a requestor). A supplier allocates inventory (to a requestor) from a pool of inventory identified by an inventory record associated with an availability record (the availability record indicates that inventory is to be allocated from the pool of inventory identified with the inventory record) assigned (by the supplier) under a distribution arrangement. Each availability record indicates an allocation priority relative to other availability records.

20040002918, Jan 1, 2004

Jun 26, 2002

10/180875

Julia McCarthy - Weaverville NC, US
George Moryadas - Durham NC, US
Mark Peters - Chapel Hill NC, US
Andrea Watkins - Durham NC, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F017/60

705/040000

Techniques are disclosed for using business events as triggers to drive payment processing for electronic commerce. As the business logic of a merchant's c-commerce software application reaches various stages that impact payment considerations, it issues a corresponding event notification. According to preferred embodiments, these event notifications are processed by a policy engine, which locates policy information or rules previously configured for that event. Actions are then carried out, based on the configured policy. The merchant e-commerce application is therefore shielded from the details of the underlying payment processing. New payment types can be provided, and existing payment types can be modified if necessary, by adding/modifying policies; the merchant's e-commerce application does not need to change. This event-driven model allows application developers to focus on creating software for the merchant's key business requirements, and makes it easier to maintain the software.

20090240623, Sep 24, 2009

Jun 2, 2009

12/476264

Julia K. McCarthy - Weaverville NC, US
George H. Moryadas - Durham NC, US
Mark E. Peters - Chapel Hill NC, US
Andrea J. Watkins - Durham NC, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06Q 20/00
G06Q 40/00

705 40, 705 35

Techniques are disclosed for using business events as triggers to drive payment processing for electronic commerce. As the business logic of a merchant's e-commerce software application reaches various stages that impact payment considerations, it issues a corresponding event notification. According to preferred embodiments, these event notifications are processed by a policy engine, which locates policy information or rules previously configured for that event. Actions are then carried out, based on the configured policy. The merchant e-commerce application is therefore shielded from the details of the underlying payment processing. New payment types can be provided, and existing payment types can be modified if necessary, by adding/modifying policies; the merchant's e-commerce application does not need to change. This event-driven model allows application developers to focus on creating software for the merchant's key business requirements, and makes it easier to maintain the software.