The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2006
Alex X. Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Kemal Guler, San Jose, CA (US);
Fereydoon F. Safai, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Shailendra Jain, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alex X. Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Kemal Guler, San Jose, CA (US);
Fereydoon F. Safai, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Shailendra Jain, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An initial external bid of an enterprise that is based on initial component bids of plural entities is received by a tool. The tool receives margin values representing margins acceptable to the entities. A new external bid is received that is different from the initial bid, and adjusted component bids of the plural entities are generated by the tool according to the new external bid and the margins of the entities.