Patents by Inventor Martin Allen BECKER

Martin Allen BECKER 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).

  • Publication number: 20140222710
    Abstract: Systems and methods for carton- and item-level tracking of deliveries to retail locations in a supply chain are described. A central shipment management system receives over a network, from one or more retail distribution centers associated with a plurality of retail locations, advanced shipping notice information describing one or more shipments of pluralities of cartons to a pool. The central computer system also receives, from the retailer or distribution center, product information including category and description information for items contained in a shipment to at least one retail location of the retailer. The received advance shipping notice information and the product information are processed. The processing applies one or more business logic rules to determine an estimated delivery date of the shipment to the at least one retail location. A portal accessible over the network by associates of the retail location is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: PROGRESSIVE COMPUTER SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Perry Lee WHEELOCK, Howard J. WEISS, Nicholas SWEET, Chandra Mari ALLRED, Martin Allen BECKER
  • Publication number: 20140222708
    Abstract: Systems and methods for carton- and item-level tracking of deliveries to retail locations in a supply chain are described. A central shipment management system receives over a network, from one or more retail distribution centers associated with a plurality of retail locations, advanced shipping notice information describing one or more shipments of pluralities of cartons to a pool. The central computer system also receives, from the retailer or distribution center, product information including category and description information for items contained in a shipment to at least one retail location of the retailer. The received advance shipping notice information and the product information are processed. The processing applies one or more business logic rules to determine an estimated delivery date of the shipment to the at least one retail location. A portal accessible over the network by associates of the retail location is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: PROGRESSIVE COMPUTER SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Allen BECKER, Howard J. WEISS, Nicolas SWEET, Perry Lee WHEELOCK
  • Publication number: 20140222709
    Abstract: Systems and methods for carton- and item-level tracking of deliveries to retail locations in a supply chain are described. A central shipment management system receives over a network, from one or more retail distribution centers associated with a plurality of retail locations, advanced shipping notice information describing one or more shipments of pluralities of cartons to a pool. The central computer system also receives, from the retailer or distribution center, product information including category and description information for items contained in a shipment to at least one retail location of the retailer. The received advance shipping notice information and the product information are processed. The processing applies one or more business logic rules to determine an estimated delivery date of the shipment to the at least one retail location. A portal accessible over the network by associates of the retail location is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: PROGRESSIVE COMPUTER SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Allen BECKER, Howard J. WEISS, Nicholas SWEET, Perry LEE WHEELOCK