Patents by Inventor Joseph L. Self

Joseph L. Self 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).

  • Collaborative fulfillment in a distributed supply chain environment
    Publication number: 20020042755
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for fulfillment in a distributed supply chain environment includes receiving an available-to-promise (ATP) request comprising a plurality of request line-items each corresponding to a desired product, and generating one or more component ATP requests using at least one rule and based on the request line-items. At least one of the rules identifies a sourcing constraint associated with a customer. The method also includes communicating the component ATP requests to at least one supplier associated with the desired product. The supplier is determined according to at least one rule identifying the sourcing constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: i2 Technologies, US, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Kumar, Joseph L. Self, Arshish C. Kapadia