Patents by Inventor John H. McGehee

John H. McGehee 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 and method for service transaction brokering among distributed marketplaces
    Patent number: 6922675
    Abstract: A system for service transaction brokering among distributed marketplaces includes a first marketplace (102) that provides at least a first service and a second marketplace (102) that provides at least a second service. The system also includes a service transaction broker (104) that is coupled to the first and second marketplaces (102) and that provides at least the second service of the second marketplace (102) to a user (200) that is coupled to the first marketplace (102) in response to the user (200) communicating a service request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: i2 Technologies US, Inc.
    Inventors: Pallab K. Chatterjee, Gregory A. Brady, John H. McGehee, Israel Hilerio, Ajit Sagar
  • Method and apparatus for generating a sequence of steps for use by a factory
    Patent number: 6128542
    Abstract: The present invention allows the produce or process engineering of a factory to define a sequence of steps and to associate the steps to various levels defined by the object oriented database OODB. This allows the steps to be variable name independent and allow increased flexibility in reusability of the step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: CMSI Acquisition Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Kristoff, David P. Nunn, Christopher Winemiller, Dennis L. Draheim, John McCollum, Judith S. Hirsch, John H. McGehee, Robert J. White, Jr.