Patents by Inventor Tom Vilbert

Tom Vilbert 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).

  • Method, system and program product for filling job orders
    Patent number: 8731981
    Abstract: A method, system and program product are disclosed for filling job orders, the method comprising: creating electronically a respective commitment reservation for each of a plurality of workers, with each respective commitment reservation comprising a commitment for the respective worker to work on a prospective job not yet created, with the prospective job having one or more job parameters; receiving electronically a job order subsequent to the creation of one of the commitment reservations, the job order specifying a job with one or more job parameters; matching the job parameters of the job in the job order to the job parameters in one or more of the commitment reservations to obtain a reservation-job match; and, securing automatically based on the results of the matching step the job in the job order to one of the workers with a commitment reservation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Frontline Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Adams, Nathan Lentz, Ralph Julius, Tom Vilbert, Roland Thompson
  • METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FILLING JOB ORDERS
    Publication number: 20120179617
    Abstract: A method, system and program product are disclosed for filling job orders, the method comprising: creating electronically a respective commitment reservation for each of a plurality of workers, with each respective commitment reservation comprising a commitment for the respective worker to work on a prospective job not yet created, with the prospective job having one or more job parameters; receiving electronically a job order subsequent to the creation of one of the commitment reservations, the job order specifying a job with one or more job parameters; matching the job parameters of the job in the job order to the job parameters in one or more of the commitment reservations to obtain a reservation-job match; and, securing automatically based on the results of the matching step the job in the job order to one of the workers with a commitment reservation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Greg ADAMS, Nathan Lentz, Ralph Julius, Tom Vilbert, Roland Thompson
  • Method, system and program product for filling job orders
    Patent number: 8140366
    Abstract: A method, system and program product are disclosed for filling job orders, the method comprising: creating electronically a respective commitment reservation for each of a plurality of workers, with each respective commitment reservation comprising a commitment for the respective worker to work on a prospective job not yet created, with the prospective job having one or more job parameters; receiving electronically a job order subsequent to the creation of one of the commitment reservations, the job order specifying a job with one or more job parameters; matching the job parameters of the job in the job order to the job parameters in one or more of the commitment reservations to obtain a reservation-job match; and, securing automatically based on the results of the matching step the job in the job order to one of the workers with a commitment reservation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Frontline Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Adams, Nathan Lentz, Ralph Julius, Tom Vilbert, Roland Thompson
  • Method, system and program product for filling job orders
    Publication number: 20090177518
    Abstract: A method, system and program product are disclosed for filling job orders, the method comprising: creating electronically a respective commitment reservation for each of a plurality of workers, with each respective commitment reservation comprising a commitment for the respective worker to work on a prospective job not yet created, with the prospective job having one or more job parameters; receiving electronically a job order subsequent to the creation of one of the commitment reservations, the job order specifying a job with one or more job parameters; matching the job parameters of the job in the job order to the job parameters in one or more of the commitment reservations to obtain a reservation-job match; and, securing automatically based on the results of the matching step the job in the job order to one of the workers with a commitment reservation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Greg Adams, Nathan Lentz, Ralph Julius, Tom Vilbert, Roland Thompson