Patents by Inventor Earnest J. Foster

Earnest J. Foster has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Monitoring a delivery chain network
    Publication number: 20080189236
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for monitoring a delivery chain network. An exemplary method includes accessing a database of delivery records. Each delivery record includes delivery characteristics including delivery time data for an item transported along a route. A group of delivery records having one or more specified delivery characteristics is selected from the database. The selected group includes delivery records for items transported along at least two different routes. The delivery time data for the group of delivery records is averaged to calculate bundled chart data. The bundled chart data is then output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Earnest J. Foster, Lynn T. Truss, Jeffrey D. Tew, David A. Field