Patents by Inventor Jeffrey David Joyce

Jeffrey David Joyce 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).

  • System for determining carrier service using logistics considerations
    Patent number: 6934594
    Abstract: A method for scheduling the manufacture of an item, in a factory which includes planning a time for manufacturing an item so as to have the manufacture of the item complete during a desired shipping window, determining the desired shipping window so as to allow the item to be shipped via a lower cost shipping method while arriving at a destination as if shipped via an expedited shipping method, and determining a carrier service for shipping the item so as to enable the item to be shipped via a lower cost shipping method while arriving at a destination as if shipped via an expedited shipping method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Clay Loring, Wayne Leroy Zorn, Allison Fay Searcy, Ihab Al-Wazani, Jeffrey David Joyce, William Frederick Reeves, Michael R. Rogers, Christopher Waters